SPOILERS

“What the Hell Did I Do?”

“There it is. You’re caught. You’re right, of course”

“But you can’t imagine.”

“I don’t know what’s in the house.”

“What a disaster.”

“He was right. I was wrong.”

“And the burping. I’m having difficulties with the questions.”

“What the hell did I do? Killed them all, of course.”

This was a tremendously engaging and thrilling docuseries before that unbelievable ending to this episode. Perhaps the idea that this show presented a true crime case and what looked to be a wrap on the case was what was so special. Usually a lot of these true crime docs end up with an ending that does not have the kind of finality that this had. That is part of what made this such a stirring ride.

Watching Andrew Jarecki, holding an ace up his sleeve, trying to get Robert Durst to agree to one more interview to spring it on him, only to have Durst cancel and delay and put off the final meeting, is just sensational. Then when Bob finally agrees to the interview, the prep for the interview with Andrew and the rest was so great. They went all in. It was also exceptional when Andrew commented on how cold this was going to feel to Bob. It was an interesting moment and you could see how the weight of what was going on, and how Andrew actually had some feeling for Durst, stressed Jarecki out.

Then that last moment. The confrontation with Robert and the letter/envelope was rough as Robert tried to get through the interview without giving anything up, but clearly it was building up inside of him because as soon as the interview ended and he used the restroom, Durst starting talking, dropping lines that made it look real badly for him.

He did not come right out and admit to the murders, but he came really close. This is the reason we saw the time in episode three or four where they showed Robert talking with his live mike… all to set up for this very moment.

And it is a glorious reveal. Shocking. A man who has been brilliant in his ability to avoid being sent to jail several times, even after he was shown to have cut up a body and dumped its parts into the water, he basically wrecks himself with his own words.

I have never expected that we would get more episodes to this as it felt done, but I am ready to dive into the next round of episodes in season two.