{"id":617521,"date":"2024-04-19T20:42:10","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T17:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-jinx-part-two-review-hbos-robert-durst-doc-sequel-compels-despite-first-parts-long-shadow\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T20:42:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T17:42:10","slug":"the-jinx-part-two-review-hbos-robert-durst-doc-sequel-compels-despite-first-parts-long-shadow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-jinx-part-two-review-hbos-robert-durst-doc-sequel-compels-despite-first-parts-long-shadow\/","title":{"rendered":"#\u2018The Jinx \u2014 Part Two\u2019 Review: HBO\u2019s Robert Durst Doc Sequel Compels, Despite First Part\u2019s Long Shadow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c1b018c8c2\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c1b018c8c2\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-jinx-part-two-review-hbos-robert-durst-doc-sequel-compels-despite-first-parts-long-shadow\/#The_Jinx_%E2%80%94_Part_Two\" >The Jinx \u2014 Part Two<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The second season (or \u201cPart\u201d) of <em>The Jinx <\/em>is arriving on HBO nine years after the conclusion of the first and, wholly coincidentally, right on the eve of the Jewish observance of Passover.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    This timing has me thinking of \u201cDayenu,\u201d the festive song in which we recite the various miracles of the Exodus, one at a time and each followed by the declaration of \u201cDayenu,\u201d meaning \u201cIt would have been enough.\u201d So\u2026 Leading us out of Egypt (\u201cDayenu!\u201d), parting the Red Sea (\u201cDayenu!\u201d), giving us the Torah (\u201cDayenu!\u201d) and so on.<\/p>\n<div class=\"review-summary-card\">\n<div class=\" lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-a-125 u-background-color-honey-light \">\n<div class=\"lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column u-width-275@tablet u-border-b-1@mobile-max u-border-r-1@tablet u-border-dotted lrv-u-margin-r-150 lrv-u-padding-r-150 lrv-u-margin-r-00@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-r-00@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-b-125@mobile-max lrv-u-margin-b-075@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-font-family-primary u-font-size-34 u-font-size-38@desktop-xl lrv-u-line-height-small lrv-u-margin-b-125 \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Jinx_%E2%80%94_Part_Two\"><\/span>\n<p>                    The Jinx \u2014 Part Two     <\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>                    <span class=\"lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-font-family-accent lrv-u-font-weight-bold lrv-u-color-brand-primary lrv-u-font-size-16 lrv-u-display-block\">The Bottom Line<\/span><br \/>\n                    <span class=\"c-span  u-font-size-22@tablet u-font-style-italic lrv-u-font-family-secondary\"><\/p>\n<p>    Less shocking, but still effective.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>                            <strong>Airdate: <\/strong>10 p.m. Sunday, April 21 (HBO)<br \/><strong>Director: <\/strong>Andrew Jarecki<br \/>\n            <span><br \/>\n                                            <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    When it comes to the first six episodes of <em>The Jinx<\/em>, it goes something like: If it had just been an exceptionally well-produced depiction of a twisty, unresolved <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of murders tied to real estate mogul Robert Durst? Dayenu! (Or it would have been enough for a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly enthusiastic review.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    If it had just been an exceptionally well-produced documentary AND featured extensive interviews with the wily and evasive and disturbingly candid Durst? Dayenu! (Or it would have been enough to make my Top 10 for 2015.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    If it had just been an exceptionally well-produced documentary AND featured exclusive interviews with Durst AND single-handedly broken open a cold case that had thwarted law enforcement? Dayenu!<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    That\u2019s what Andrew Jarecki, Marc Smerling and Zac Stuart-Pontier\u2019s documentary did, and that\u2019s why it was my top show of 2015 and why <em>The Jinx <\/em>still stands as a true crime pinnacle for me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Sure, there ended up being lots of questions about the documentary\u2019s ethics, specifically when Jarecki and company got Durst\u2019s bathroom confession, when they told the proper authorities and how those events aligned with Durst\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>rehension in New Orleans just hours before the finale. But <em>The Jinx<\/em> was such an astonishingly gripping series that I was fully prepared to leave the ethics to the ethicists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The thing about \u201cDayenu,\u201d meanwhile, is that it\u2019s a faith-based thought experiment, because if God had separated the Red Sea but hadn\u2019t led us through to dry land, would that really have been enough? I posit, \u201cProbably not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The second season of <em>The Jinx<\/em> \u2014 with Smerling seemingly out and Sam Neave in \u2014 is a similar thought experiment. Through the four episodes sent to critics, there are no exclusive interviews with Robert Durst. And, although there are twists and turns, given how much of the season is built around Durst\u2019s very well-covered trial, the shocking revelations feel decidedly limited. Disclaimer: I <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/uproxx.com\/hitfix\/interview-the-jinx-director-andrew-jarecki-traces-the-origins-of-his-robert-durst-series\/\">interviewed Jarecki<\/a> in 2015 after seeing the start of the initial season, and my very first question was based on the assumption that, as with <em>Finding Bigfoot<\/em>, if the show had actually caught Durst, we would have heard about it on the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>. I was wrong. So\u2026 I wouldn\u2019t put it past <em>The Jinx \u2014 Part Two<\/em> to somehow prove that Robert Durst was the Lindbergh Baby, or something equally astonishing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    It just hasn\u2019t happened yet in the episodes I\u2019ve seen, which means that <em>The Jinx<\/em> puts to the test the question, \u201cWould it TRULY have been enough if <em>The Jinx <\/em>were just an exceptionally well-produced true crime docuseries?\u201d Because that, so far, is what the second season is. There are plenty of very good interviews, and the case zigs and zags with an engaging sense of mounting unease. Plus there\u2019s a lot of Robert Durst, just mostly in jailhouse conversations from prison. But it isn\u2019t quite the same.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    <em>The Jinx <\/em>has ruined everything for <em>The Jinx<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The second season of <em>The Jinx<\/em> actually follows in the footsteps of a number of landmark \u2014 for better or worse \u2014 true crime stories when they reach a second installment. <em>Making a Murderer<\/em> and <em>Tiger King<\/em> returned for second seasons that were about how the events of the first season impacted all of the featured players. Though <em>Serial<\/em> went off in subsequent seasons and told different stories, any time they\u2019ve done special episodes following up on the story of Adnan Syed, the undercurrent has always been, \u201cHey, look what we did!\u201d Part of the tantalizing frustration of the later installments of the <em>Paradise Lost<\/em> films was witnessing how slow the previous films had been in getting justice. It\u2019s a trope!<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    So the new episodes of <em>The Jinx<\/em> pick up in March 2015 when, as I\u2019ve already said, Durst was arrested in New Orleans and everybody went, \u201cHoly cow, now I\u2019ve gotta watch that finale.\u201d It\u2019s here that you might be thinking, \u201cOK, we\u2019re gonna get a full accounting of what went down and when between the filmmakers and John Q. Law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Kinda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    \u201cIn 2013, <em>The Jinx<\/em> filmmakers shared the evidence they had discovered with law enforcement,\u201d says a line of on-screen text.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    That, at least, is a data point. Kinda. A fuzzy data point. Anything else you might be wondering, however, isn\u2019t discussed. At all. Was that conversation with law enforcement held the exact same day as the Durst hot-mic interview? Was the gap between that disclosure and the show\u2019s premiere a product of the natural editing cycle or additional cooperation with authorities? Was it just a totally ginormous coincidence that the arrest was literally the day before the finale? Apparently! There is unquestionably a full documentary, or at least a full episode, that could have been made about the conversations between Jarecki, HBO and their respective attorneys. And if you think that would have made for scintillating TV \u2014 I do! \u2014 that\u2019s not what the second season of <em>The Jinx<\/em> is.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    No, instead we get to watch a lot of people talking about <em>The Jinx<\/em> on <em>The Jinx<\/em>, starting with L.A. deputy district attorney John Lewin, who flew to New Orleans in 2015, sat down across from Durst and almost im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely asked the question on everybody\u2019s mind. No, not \u201cDid you kill three people?\u201d Or \u201cWhat\u2019s with the acid reflux?\u201d But, \u201cI don\u2019t get it. What made you talk to them?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    I won\u2019t spoil the answer. Lewin is probably the main character of this round of <em>The Jinx<\/em>, and we also get a lot of Lewin and his colleagues, including the very amusing Belcher twins, eager young researchers on Lewin\u2019s staff. The defense team is perfectly content to be well-represented, too \u2014 which, given the very closed nature of the trial and, well, Durst, isn\u2019t all that surprising. There are no appeals for which the juicy bits must be saved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The first part of <em>The Jinx<\/em> did a truly spectacular job of breaking down the shifting facts of three murder cases over three decades, smoothly illustrating \u2014 between well-shot interviews and unobtrusive re-enactments \u2014 the evolving nature of the evidence and perceptions of Durst. It\u2019s interesting to see this new part slightly stymied by how to do the same thing with the stop-and-start events of the past nine years. The decision to condense the circuitous trial, delayed into various parts by COVID, into a single storyline makes sense narratively, but becomes jarring as masks, COVID-mandated protective screens and other precautions come and go and Durst\u2019s health visibly declines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    The second part of <em>The Jinx<\/em> proves how much of the pleasure of the first was generated by the schadenfreude of the cat-and-mouse <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> between Durst and Jarecki. Durst was getting off on trying to toy with Jarecki, who was getting off on presenting himself as a mild-mannered, erudite inquisitor. It almost didn\u2019t matter if somebody actually won. Well, Jarecki won. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    But in the second part, that wily and evasive Durst is gone. This season is watching a dying man get clobbered. Is he getting deservedly clobbered? Yeah, all signs point to that. Still, there\u2019s less schadenfreude, even if there\u2019s plenty of Durst, and he\u2019s plenty cringey in his prison conversations and phone calls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n    Following in those earlier genre footsteps, it\u2019s easy to say that the first part of <em>The Jinx<\/em> illustrated what a miscarriage of justice looks like and this part illustrates what justice looks like, and it\u2019s simply possible that \u201cjustice\u201d is less dramatically interesting than \u201cinjustice.\u201d Either way, <em>The Jinx \u2014 Part Two<\/em> is still good TV and that\u2019s probably enough.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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