Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich - Season 1

There's a bigger, broader story to be told about Epstein, his web of secrets, the network of the rich and powerful and the ways that money corrupts. That will be a knockout. For now, "Filthy Rich" is a good start.

The series is eminently watchable, and enraging. But it comes no closer to unraveling Epstein than any previous reportorial attempts have managed.

With too much time and too little to say, "Filthy Rich" squanders the opportunity to do the same.

Filthy Rich is a good enough starting point if you know little about Jeffrey Epstein, but it doesn't crack anything open. The best thing the documentary does is let you hear from the survivors directly.

In the end, I don't feel like I learned anything from Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich beyond horrific details.

The documentary series, while well made, is difficult to watch.

It's a chilling series, and not a minute too long.

A lurid and superficial overview straight out of a James Patterson thriller. Epstein's victims, who tell their stories in heartbreaking detail, deserve more than further exploitation in service of true crime content.

The legal footage of Epstein was transfixing, like watching a crime happening in real time.

Even after four hours under the microscope, he remains largely unknowable. At the very least, the survivors are heard and understood, their stories shining a light on a case that feels like it's still unraveling.

It's revealing and informative without being sensationalist. [Full Review in Spanish]

The bravery of the dozen or so young women going before the camera to tell their horrifying stories is remarkable and obviously not very easy, even now, 10 to 15 years after the fact.