First, if you are like me and want to dig deeper into the real case but haven't found results, it's because their names were changed for the series. Their real ID: Dorka Lisker (mother) RIP. Bruce Lisker (son). Andrew Monsue (detective).
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As a long time reader and watcher of law enforcement dramas and true crime, and a Choose Your Own Adventure fan for several decades, the premise of Interrogation looked promising, as did the casting of Sarsgaard & D'Onofrio. And it is a relief to say it was worth watching. The performances of all the characters were top notch. I hated, pitied, liked, frightened of or was disappointed by who I was supposed to be.
The creators also did a great job of making 1983 look like it, (without going overboard on mohawk sporting teens & pastel neon signs everywhere.) And showing not just aging on the actors, but changes over 20 years to the family's home like updates of a new door and tree & ivy growth.
I followed the episodes by chronological date until the last two. It was interesting to see the message that stories and cherished memories may never have happened, like the case of the Detective and his daughter, believing he had been along with her on the fishing trip wherd a picture was taken, when it was his father behind the camera. Did the Detective desire that story and experience so strongly but wouldn't put aside his work hours? Or did he genuinely mix up another weekend when he had taken her fishing?
The creators also did a great job of making 1983 look like it, (without going overboard on mohawk sporting teens & pastel neon signs everywhere.) And showing not just aging on the actors, but changes over 20 years to the family's home like updates of a new door and tree & ivy growth.
I followed the episodes by chronological date until the last two. It was interesting to see the message that stories and cherished memories may never have happened, like the case of the Detective and his daughter, believing he had been along with her on the fishing trip wherd a picture was taken, when it was his father behind the camera. Did the Detective desire that story and experience so strongly but wouldn't put aside his work hours? Or did he genuinely mix up another weekend when he had taken her fishing?