This was a really compelling, interesting show. The things they got right: perfect casting, tense plot, the correct number of episodes for the subject matter. I would have liked to know more about the backstory of Kendra and her stepson - how old was he when she married his father? What was their earlier relationship like? I thought the flashback scene were too choppy and some too blurry.
However, the big flaw that made me crazy was Maddy surviving her fall from the plane. The distance from the road of the Golden gate Bridge is around 220, Feet. RAELY as anyone survived the fall - 98% don't they hit the water after 4 seconds going around 75 mph. The impact is tremendous. The body goes from roughly 75 to 80 mph to nearly zero in a nanosecond. The physics of inertia being what they are, internal organs tend to keep going. The force of impact causes them to tear loose. Autopsy reports typically indicate that the jumpers have lacerated aortas, livers, spleens and hearts. Ribs are often broken, and the impact shoves them into the heart or lungs. Jumpers have broken sternums, clavicles, pelvises and necks. Skull fractures are common.
Which means you die one of two ways, or a combination of both. One, you hit the water and the impact kills you. Sometimes the jumper is knocked unconscious. Other times, the jumper survives for a time. The person can be seen flailing about in the water, trying to stay afloat, only to succumb to the extensive internal bleeding. Death can take seconds or minutes. Two, you drown. You hit the water going fast, and your body plunges in deep. Conscious or otherwise, you breathe in saltwater and asphyxiate.
That's 220 feet. There's no way that Maddy only fell that distance from the damaged plane. Anything higher than the 220 would mean certain death. Period. I understand that her survival was a critical plot point, but it is simply impossible under any circumstances.
However, the big flaw that made me crazy was Maddy surviving her fall from the plane. The distance from the road of the Golden gate Bridge is around 220, Feet. RAELY as anyone survived the fall - 98% don't they hit the water after 4 seconds going around 75 mph. The impact is tremendous. The body goes from roughly 75 to 80 mph to nearly zero in a nanosecond. The physics of inertia being what they are, internal organs tend to keep going. The force of impact causes them to tear loose. Autopsy reports typically indicate that the jumpers have lacerated aortas, livers, spleens and hearts. Ribs are often broken, and the impact shoves them into the heart or lungs. Jumpers have broken sternums, clavicles, pelvises and necks. Skull fractures are common.
Which means you die one of two ways, or a combination of both. One, you hit the water and the impact kills you. Sometimes the jumper is knocked unconscious. Other times, the jumper survives for a time. The person can be seen flailing about in the water, trying to stay afloat, only to succumb to the extensive internal bleeding. Death can take seconds or minutes. Two, you drown. You hit the water going fast, and your body plunges in deep. Conscious or otherwise, you breathe in saltwater and asphyxiate.
That's 220 feet. There's no way that Maddy only fell that distance from the damaged plane. Anything higher than the 220 would mean certain death. Period. I understand that her survival was a critical plot point, but it is simply impossible under any circumstances.