I don't like dramas with strong and central messages to be delivered all the time. This one unfortunately liked that.It is fine to create TV series with true events in mind. But too many intense subjects will only be ruining those well intended notions, audiences won't notice beyond that. For that reason, I prefer true crimes elaborated into films better.I watched "Scandal" and was addicted by it to my own surprise . Because a lot of its plots were down right ridiculous. But it had its intense scripts and complicated however intriguing scenarios. Audiences rode along with it. This one made the common mistake, overthinking. The producer might like it to be close to its aspired true events but it failed to deliver what most audiences wanted, entertaining. It was somewhat painful to watch liked pulling teeth out of mouths.It's tedious and melodramatic to the best.

They are evil. another leftist propaganda to present the US in a negative light.

but I just couldn't. The title itself pulled me in, along with the two lead actors. After that, it was a total disaster. Since I watched it on Netflix, I was able to fast forward through parts of the show I just didn't like. Not only was the story about the Hispanic family boring and exaggerated, it should have been left on the cutting room floor. I did want to find out about the murderer(s) and the murdered, but that would not be the case. I think the writers ran out of ideas so they just threw this train-wreck of a story out there, leaving the plot as confusing and tired as the characters. No character development or interesting backstory anywhere in this series. The acting by Huffman and Hutton was awful. I will not even attempt season 2. Kudos though to Lily Taylor and Penelope Ann Miller. Great job.

It's great to see the major US networks finally trying to compete with the likes of Netflix original content. This Is Us is another impressive example. But the writing here still has too many "yeah right" moments. It's really unlikely any local small time district attorney is going to be negotiating with the Federal State Department to avoid an extradition when all the characters involved are small-time drug dealers. And there are several other similar leaps into unrealistic territory as the writers tried to manufacture added drama on a rather insubstantial foundation.American Crime is a great idea, there's decent character development, and it tackles some pertinent and even controversial topics. But, in the end, the initial premise is too weak to carry the huge amount of supposed drama. People are murdered every day and there's not much credible about this murder to make it headline news for months on end. Instead the story line comes off as increasingly contrived as Season 1 progresses.I'm also not a fan of the cinematography/camera work, direction, and post production work. The effects used more frequently detract from the emotion of the show rather than enhance it. It's a random jumble of screeching noises, dialog jumping from live to voice over and back in the same shot, fade-to-black pauses, stop motion, people's faces half out of the frame, etc. It's like they were trying to be different just to be different. It's the equivalent of cheesy Instagram filters for still pictures. The show deserves better.