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Stargate SG-1: Ascension (2001)
No this was not creepy...
Those who say this was creepy, are thinking from a very human perspective. This ascended being, in an instant, learned everything there is to know about Carter, everything. And in that instant fell in love with her in a way no human can comprehend. That is how these beings communicate; they are that advanced. Human culture would be so alien to them. They would have no concept of our need to spend years to get to know and trust someone.
Carter WAS creeped out by him at first because on its face, it is creepy. But once she came to realize this is a purely good being that simply had no concept of our culture, she liked him for he was. He was a genius, honest, genuine, funny, good person that knew more about her than anyone else and loved her completely for it.
This was a sweet story and it was nice to see that Carter can have other kinds of fun too.
Exhibit A (2019)
Clear Defense Advocacy Bias
It's an interesting series, entertaining and easy to watch. But just as many crime documentaries on Netflix (looking at you "Making a Murderer"), it clearly has a defense advocacy narative and often ignores fairly important details of the cases it uses as evidence of the misuse of forensic science.
For example, in the "Cadaver Dogs" episodes key aspects of the prosecution's case are left out and the series wrongfully implies the defendant was found guilty based on the cadaver dog alone. This is a blatant mischaracterization of the case against D'Andre Lane. The victim's mother, D'Andre's ex, claimed he had been in trouble with the law but that it was never for violent crimes. This is wrong, but the show never challenges this claim, giving the viewer the false impression it is true.
D'Andre had gang affiliations and was sentenced to four years probation for assault with intent to commit armed robbery. And he had been arrested numerous times after on drugs and firearms charges, even spending over 3 years in prison for one charge. He had 7 kids with 7 different women, and cheated on most of them. His current girlfriend heard him hitting his daughter the night before for wetting the bed and said the girl's cries were intense and then went silent. Two witnesses saw the defendant driving the car at the time the car was allegedly hijacked. One actually spoke to the defendant while he was in the car and made a statement saying the little girl wasn't in the vehicle with the defendant. Another witness saw the defendant park the car in the alley it was found a few blocks from the alleged crime scene and saw the defendant get out of the car and walk away alone. The alley where the car was found was a block away from the girl's mother's house where the defendant went right after the alleged hijacking and the mother was the one that had to call police.
This is an entertaining series that does give some idea of the pitfalls of forensic science and how it can be misused or misinterpreted. However, the series does not give a fair representation of the cases against the defendants and gives the impression the prosecutions' cases were far weaker than they really were.