r/netflix • u/AnotherDarnDay • 2d ago

Discussion Unknown Number High-school Catfish Spoiler

What the hell did I just watch? And what the hell was this person thinking?

I'm in shock that someone would do such a thing to their own child. And that she doesn't seem to have any focus on what she actually did.

The daughter didn't seem to grasp what her mother did when they told her but the father acted on it right away.

Was she totally jealous of her own daughter?

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u/Five_Pents7 2d ago

When the FBI said it was the mom I paused it to see how much time there was left in the documentary.....because I was almost positive that somehow someway the true catfish was using the mother's number remotely. It took me several minutes to fully digest that it was actually the mom. Total bizarro.

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u/GDRaptorFan 2d ago

I did the exact same thing! I was like oh there is almost 30 more minutes, there has to be another twist! The documentary storytelling was SOLID, what a shock.

Because Kendra was shown so many times in the first half in a seemingly normal caring capacity, I didn’t think any human who did what she did would actually come on the doc and talk like that?!?

Truly though someone spoofed her phone. But no, this lady is a certified controlling excuse making sexual abuser narcissist, just insane that it was Kendra.

My sons are just past high school age now and if some grown woman was sending those disgusting messages to my son I would be pushing for sexual predator to also face legal ramifications for that too! Can’t believe they didn’t, she isn’t even on the registry. It’s disgusting!

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u/mdb1836726272726 2d ago

Yes and I’m still left with questions! Why did Khloe’s dad say “Shawn and Lauryn will play the victim?” As though they knew something? Why did they blame officer Main so much? Why was Lauryn allowed to with her mom in prison then cut off when she got out?

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u/TigreImpossibile 1d ago

I didn't understand that at all, because Lauryn IS the victim. She's the main victim, even over Owen.

Owen gets to not talk to her and move on with his life. This was her mother.

You don't really get to move on from that. Everyone said that girl is not a nice person and that was a very shitty comment, IMO.

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u/Great_Sugar_1495 2d ago

To be honest, that was kind of a vile statement to do, especially since Khloe's dad is an officer himself. Truth been told it did not seem at all that Shawn or Lauryn played victims. Sure one can say that it is odd that Shawn did not pick up that his wife lost her jobs and that she had several phones laying around etc, yet again, master manipulators are masters at their crafts for a reason...they don't just get that title from nothing. Just look at Lauryn, the poor girl still doesn't even grasp what her mom actually did to her...
Khloe's parents blamed Main because he went in directly to investigate Khloe instead of first talking to all other involved parties. So they were pissed about that.

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u/TigreImpossibile 1d ago

Kendra controlled all the money, he didn't even know she wasn't paying the rent and bills until the eviction notice was on the door. I can see how she could hide it from him if she pays all the bills and she's in IT so maybe "works from home" often and doesn't have to rush off anywhere some days or any day.

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u/Open-Researcher-5074 1d ago

They clearly are themselves vile entitled bullies. From thecut.com article: "At the Wilsons’ last Halloween party, Tami dressed a scarecrow in a prison jumpsuit and a mask of Kendra’s mug shot, phones clutched in its gnarled hands. At one point, she pondered gathering friends in Beal for a big watch party of the documentary. Then she changed her mind:"

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u/iatethecheesestick 1d ago

The kinds of people they are was obvious from the first moment they were on screen. Khloe didn't really stand a chance, of course she had been in trouble for bullying herself, and of course her parents never believed it was true.

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u/Webbie-Vanderquack 1d ago

Why did Khloe’s dad say “Shawn and Lauryn will play the victim?”

I honestly thought I must have misunderstood that, because it was so bizarre:

I told someone else that Shawn and Lauryn are going to play this off like they were the victim in this shit, they had no clue what was going on, and they're gonna get away with it.

It was Khloe's mom who said it, but her dad then smiled and pointed at her and said "I'm proud of her for that."

The documentary didn't even really pick up on that or explain it. Are they seriously suggesting that Lauryn was not a victim, and that she and her dad were complicit in what was happening? If so, they're publicly accusing a child of aiding and abetting a very serious crime.

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u/hii_jinx 1d ago

They just came across as gross bullies and Khloe as a product of her environment. There’s a reason everyone believed it was her, she clearly had been a bully just wasn’t the one doing this.

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u/FewCauliflower0 1d ago

I thought Khloe’s dad said he was proud of his wife’s statement referring to how poorly the local police handled things? Khloe’s mom referred to Mike Main and said that he fucked up the investigation. That’s when her husband said he was proud of her “for that”. It was also interesting that Khloe’s dad claimed to have suspected Kendra for quite some time.

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u/No_Jump7642 1d ago

Khloe’s parents were gross too.

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u/Radiant-Bonus5811 1d ago

I want to know more about this too! To me it sounded like her parents were implying they were all part of this?

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u/bootska01 2d ago

I had to rewind and listen to her confession a second time because I didn’t believe it

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u/kellyscomedy 2d ago

Same. I was waiting for the turn. I figured they’d focus on the mom for a bit and then Weed revealed who it really was. I was floored when it was true.

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u/AnotherDarnDay 2d ago

I kind of thought that too.

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u/PleaseStopTalking7x 1d ago

Totally the same thing for me - I figured out early on that it probably had to be an adult - those sexual texts were way too deliberate to be a young teenager in a small town who went to school in ONE school for their entire education and who probably learned half of their sex ed from rap lyrics. I knew it had to be an adult. But her MOM??!! I was floored. That is some deeply disturbing mind fuckery and it doesn’t even get better after the semi-confession. I have never seen anything so freakin unexpected and disturbed - and I watch ALL the true crime documentary shit.

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u/Willing_Acadia_1037 15h ago

I thought it was maybe Owen’s mom at first and she wanted them to break up because she didn’t like her son having a girlfriend.

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u/Englishmatters2me 2d ago

My daughter did the same thing lol

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u/TigreImpossibile 1d ago

I had the same thing. I was like... no? There has to be a twist and it's not her, it just looks like it's her number?

I honestly am still having trouble comprehending it. Especially with the level of sustained nastiness and just vile content of those messages.

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u/ZodiacLala 1d ago

Same!!! I literally had to pause and be like, Lauryn used her moms phone and is doing this is herself. I am absolutely STUNNED right now

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u/mafaldajunior 2d ago

I had exactly the same reaction!

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u/Future_Ad863 1d ago

I did the same exact thing. I paused it twice!

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u/Far_Republic_852 12h ago

Same!!!!!!!!!

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u/Independent-Owl-4406 12h ago

same! i literally did the exact same thing i was convinced she was being threatened or money was on the line, nope! she’s just a sicko

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u/LouisvilleLoudmouth 7h ago

I wonder if that's part of the reason the cop went in poorly prepared with the search warrant.. Did he assume it couldn't possibly be mom?