Under The Banner Of Heaven

We started watching it but have both decided that it’s not for us.

Yes, I’ve watched it. Gruesome and appalling but I did enjoy it. 🥴😀. Not a true story….

Haven’t watched it yet, but from the trailers I think it’s the sort of thing I like to watch, so it’s on my list

I started it this afternoon and it’s right up my street.

Hoping to find time to binge watch.

I’m watching it. The misogyny is awful and I’m finding that depressing but I shall stick with it. I thought it was based on a true story.

Hi- I finished it last night and really enjoyed it, if that is the right word. At times I struggled with the flashbacks to Joseph Smith etc- but in the end they made a kind of sense.
I thought the performances were very sensitive and intelligently written.
Although the terrible murder of this poor young woman and her child really happened, and two brothers convicted were quite accurately portrayed I thought, the detectives and other characters were entirely fictitious.
So yes, a good watch and very thought provoking and really harrowing at times.

I'm currently watching it and wonder how true it is to morman life. I'm thinking of the detective Pyre family. I also understood it was based on a true story. I think it says so on screen at the beginning.

Have just watched first episode but will keep going although if I read the above post correctly I think we have just been given a big clue as to the outcome but to be honest I think after the first episode who would be involved in the crime!!

Good to know others have watched and feel as I do. It will stay with me for a long time, I think.

I’ll never forget. The murders took place in 1984 right after I graduated from high school. “The case is still considered one of the most notorious and gruesome in Utah’s history. And while the case it’s based on is real, the show does have some fictionalized elements.”

Yes, the detectives are entirely fictional.

I'd read the book some time ago so was quite keen to see this.
I thought it was very well done and I do quite like how fiction and reality have been combined.
There was another interesting programme related to the Mormon faith... about the Utah bombings, also worth watching.

I’ve just finished watching it and it made me realise how little I know about the Mormon faith.

I hadn’t heard of it but it sounds just like the type of programme I will enjoy. Tonight’s viewing taken care of.

I watched a documentary a few years ago about Mormon women who decided to leave their church. They were completely cut off by their families and had to fend for themselves. A fascinating insight into a life of the misogyny these women have to endure.
Similarly, I have just finished a book by Julia Haart, Brazen in which she tells of her life under a strict orthodox Jewish life as a female, same misogynistic regime which she eventually found the courage to break away from leaving her husband and children behind. She knew nothing about living in a gentile way of life and gradually built a fashion empire. A fascinating read.

I have come late to this drama only recently having learnt how to access ITVX on my laptop. I have watched two episodes and am finding it really good although it took me a little while to sort out who was who in the Lafferty family. I looked up the crime so know who is responsible but that does not detract from my experience in watching it. We have some Mormons in our extended family and so it is interesting to see how their beliefs are portrayed. One of the most bizarre is the fact that you cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven unless you are married. All in all a very good production.

We came across it by accident, didn't think we'd like it but got really into it. Well worth watching