The
Widower 7/10
I
finally finished watching the three episode series The Widower. Cam
told me about it and when she told me how short it was I checked it
out. I know all of you love these long series like The Walking Dead
and Breaking Bad but there is no way in hell I'm jumping into a show
that is that far along. I'll just watch best moment clips and be
fine. The Widower is based on the true story of a killer named
Malcolm Webster that was all about poisoning, stealing from, and
sometimes killing women after getting into relationships with them
over a thirteen year time period.
His
marries a lady named Claire at this beautiful wedding surrounded by
all their friends and family. A little while later she wants to check
out how much money he owes because he loves spending more than he has
and stealing her money. He drugs her and stages a car crash in which
she explodes. He then bones out to New Zealand and meets a woman
named Felicity. He marries her and is about to shove her off a cliff,
and yes he has been drugging her too, but she says she is pregnant so
he puts the killing on hold. He pulls the same money stealing shit
and her parents end up saving her with a phone call.
Then
he meets another woman named Simone and weasels his way into her
life. He gets sympathy from her by claiming to have leukemia and
shaves all his hair off and acts all sick and weak. She falls for it
and even when detectives show up and warn her she may be in danger
she ignores them. Eventually all his his bullshit catches up with him
and he is given life in prison.
This
was a good series and felt to me like some villain from a series like
Luther that just could not be caught. I was waiting for his door to
get kicked open and his ass kicked or something. I am too used to
American series. I didn't rate this higher because the way it ended
was very anti-climactic. It was kinda like “Hey, are you Malcolm?
Okay. You're arrested.” They didn't show any of the trial which
apparently had 1,000 witnesses and was the longest in Scottish
history. There were also more women than was shown in this series. Of
course they cant fit all of that into three episodes. You should
still check this out. It'll convince you to stay single.
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