The Staircase (2022)
6/10
The plot is interesting, the reality not so much...
4 June 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Perhaps the greatest merit of this series was to have brought in Colin Firth to play Michel Peterson. Among several hypotheses, he is the one who holds the theory that the protagonist is not really to blame for the murder of his wife. Sometimes, however, the series also supports Michael's theory of innocence in the justice system's fairness.

There are four theories here:

1# Kathleen has fallen down the stairs two or more times: the way this is filmed, as much as it may seem real, looks pretty artificial.

2# Michael killed his wife: although shocking, it is the most realistic and plausible. Perhaps the reason for the onset of violence is never revealed, but this act is the most acceptable.

3# An owl attacked Kathleen: basically explores the impossible. There may be a lot of material on the internet, but just out of curiosity for the hypothesis.

4# The prosecution would have hidden/forged evidence (not filmed): there is evidence that the prosecution was indeed corrupt. But there has to be a lot of conspiracy behind this case before this theory is said to be true.

Personally, I believe that there is no doubt that Michael Peterson murdered his wife, but the series explores the contradiction of (maybe you) not being so sure of it.
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