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radar, and introduces you to the principal players in the shocking saga. From the charismatic and hilarious FBI Agent Doug Matthews (I promise you, by MILLER byBRIAN DEBRA MERRYWEATHER this isn’t that last we’ve seen from the delightful Agent Matthews), to the strangely stereotypical and sad mobster wife Robin Colombo, there are an endless array of characters If ever there was a time to embrace the practice of binge-watching, this is most that seem as if they were plucked directly from a certainly it. As citizens across the country are forced to stay home, whether they want to or not, they are struggling for ways to while away the hours. If you dig the true crime Christopher Guest mockumentary. genre, but are looking for something a little more light-hearted than the devastating The details of Netflix doc THE TRIALS OF GABRIEL FERNANDEZ, there are two compulsively watchable the scheme are astoundseries available right now that are begging to be binged. ing, and the series, written The first aired on HBO, and will appeal to just about anyone who ate at and directed by James Lee McDonald’s in the 80’s, 90’s, or early 2000’s. If you were anything like me during that Hernandez and Brian period of time, you were certain that you were going to hit it rich by playing the Lazarte, presents them in Monopoly game at McDonald’s. With only one ticket to find before the grand prize was an engaging and won, you no doubt upgraded your fries to get a couple of more pieces. Little did any of exciting way. Playing out us know, that we were never going to win a grand prize. No matter how many as a whodunit thriller, it super-sized buckets of soda you bought or how may Big Mac’s you consumed, it was impossible for you to get that million dollar prize or that sweet new car. This is because it utilizes archived was, basically from its inception, rigged, and the winners were chosen by those in on the footage and interviews from virtually everyone fix. involved, giving the viewer an expansive look into an elaborate and unbelievable crime MCMILLIONS is an enthralling, entertaining, and downright baffling that likely impacted them directly, whether they realize it or not. documentary series. Within the six episodes, it tells how the scam ended up on the FBI
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