I have to admit that the first time I watched this series, I couldn't get past the first episode. It left me feeling violated, angry, and feeling like there would be no hope. I tried again a few months later, after continuing to see it on my feed. I was very glad that I did.
As a survivor of sexual assault, this show ended up being very healing for me. It was very deliberate in how things were portrayed, and though at times it was hard to watch, it left me hopeful. I appreciated that everything was focused on the victims. How the events affected their lives. How the detectives interacted with and treated the victims, and how that was used as motivation to find the perpetrator. There is no way to explain how rape affects the mental, physical, spiritual aspects of survivors' lives, but I feel like this show was an EXTREMELY important springboard into opening up the conversation, and in displaying the strength it takes to go through something like this. In showing others a snippet of the aftermath of assault. And in showing survivors that they are not alone.
As a survivor of sexual assault, this show ended up being very healing for me. It was very deliberate in how things were portrayed, and though at times it was hard to watch, it left me hopeful. I appreciated that everything was focused on the victims. How the events affected their lives. How the detectives interacted with and treated the victims, and how that was used as motivation to find the perpetrator. There is no way to explain how rape affects the mental, physical, spiritual aspects of survivors' lives, but I feel like this show was an EXTREMELY important springboard into opening up the conversation, and in displaying the strength it takes to go through something like this. In showing others a snippet of the aftermath of assault. And in showing survivors that they are not alone.