shutterbug-60246 I visited the Big Bend area in late October 2017. Frequent stops at the only gas station in Terlingua were a feature of this visit, as well as a breakfast or two at its built-in cafe. I knew nothing of the crime or this Nat Geo series at the time. I found it after coming back from the trip.One other reviewer described this as the 'gloomiest, most depressing thing I've ever watched'. I cannot agree more. The sad truth is that the reality of Terlingua is every bit as depressing as this show. Two things about this series:1. Since clips of an interview with Glen Phelps were included in the series, one can only assume this started out as a series on Terlingua itself, and before the video work completed (or even begun) the entire focus of the series shifted to the murder and the trial. It might have actually been a better, more focused product had the crime not got in the way.2. The continual re-use of certain scenes, along with the lengthy and depressing intro, leaves the impression that the producers had barely enough material to fill out the eight episodes, and had to 'pad' the episodes with this stuff to get through each hour.Terlingua is the last place anyone but a misfit would seek out and gravitate to as a place to live. It is one of those few places in the United States that is one step removed from being a Third World environment. God help anyone with an injury or a medical condition requiring immediate attention.

kateward1 As previously mentioned, lots of the same stuff is repeated over and over and over again, some of the 'characters' are quite annoying and very anecdotal. The first episode is the characters droning on about how hard life is living there, who cares!!!! They chose to live there. This needs to be condensed into fewer episodes. What was also a little confusing is there's footage of the victim being interviewed along with all the other characters but it isn't made clear initially that he is the victim. On a positive note, the scenery is spectacular and the story is quite interesting.

nils-96397 This is way too repetitive. Basically you can watch the first two and last episode and know what it was all about. Stills are repeating itself way to often. Some scenes are used up to 10 times just to make a point. Sometimes the story line of the interviews doesn't make a sense. Still I admit that there are very interesting characters shown, but the big aha effect about them is missing as well. Nice Texan scenery. One for the Alzheimer's section.

binkstar At the show opening credits u get the phone call from cook.Now think about this why would he say he found his boss{ IN} a parking lot. Not the parking lot where i work. Now there is a possibility that flint did kick his face in but maybe and i mean maybe the caller could have run him over by accident and put the body back where the skids marks were and the winds or a broom could have easily removed the tire tracks. Now i know its a stretch but if there was a cook there and when he left he may have accidentally ran over a badly beaten man crawling back to the bar but was to messed up and when employee goes home he hits him gets scared and makes the 911 to clear himself. Now i think he's guilty because he kept changing story but is my point valid. Let me Know Sheriff. PS Flint should fry