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/Raise_Hail 2d ago

Also, what the hell is up with the parents of Khloe? It was hinted at by Sean that her dad is a dirty cop and her mom doesn’t believe Lauryn and Sean are victims in this?

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u/haawls 2d ago

came looking for this comment! how THEY saw themselves as the real victims in all of this was really shocking to me! seems like they peaked in high school and are raising a child who will follow the same path as them. VERY weird vibes from that family, they all came across as very self centered and cruel

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u/Zealousideal_Bet_204 23h ago

I mean they did say something along the lines of poor Khloe lost a year in what was supposed to be one of the best times in her life.. so I'd agree with the peaking in high school lol

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u/mafaldajunior 2d ago

I don't feel like we saw enough of them to know anything concrete about them. In any case, their daughter was framed by a criminal, she's of course a victim too.

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u/Aromatic-Tackle-2122 1d ago

I think I saw plenty, haha, to determine that regardless of being a victim, she’s a classic bully being raised by bullies. Owen said she wasn’t a nice person and his sweet cousin is enough proof.

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u/mafaldajunior 1d ago

She's a kid who got targeted by a criminal adult. That's all there is to say about it. And she's still a kid btw, we don't need to be dissecting her on social media.

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u/ComfortableFriend879 1d ago

She is now graduated from high school and a legal adult

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u/mafaldajunior 1d ago

Maybe let go of the stalking?

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u/haawls 2d ago

absolutely! but she was certainly not the center focus of this story like her parents made her and themselves out to be. i suppose khloe is relatively neutral, but her parents were totally awful and REALLY lacked empathy

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u/Webbie-Vanderquack 1d ago

they...are raising a child who will follow the same path as them. VERY weird vibes from that family, they all came across as very self centered and cruel

I don't think that's fair on Khloe. She too is just a child caught up in a miserable situation. Being suspected by friends and neighbors and then questioned by the police regarding a campaign of abuse that was sexual and violent in nature must have been horrific for her, and when interviewed about her experience it's not unreasonable for her to answer those questions and be frank about how difficult it was.

If her parents are guiding her towards blaming Lauryn, that's on them.

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u/Financial_Jelly_2818 2d ago

Maybe there is more to the case that wasn't included in the documentary that suggests Lauryn and or the dad knew

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u/Raise_Hail 2d ago

Possibly. Also they don’t cover why the mom went out of her way to start harassing the mom and second girlfriend of Owen.

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u/kitty_mars 1d ago

This is the part that really sent me to Google to see what others thought. The way that mom said that about Lauryn (and also her dad) and in such a mean and callous way — it had me questioning if there was any validity to it. Don’t get me wrong — the scrutiny that her daughter was under for a period of time was very likely stressful on her and their whole family, but I don’t know how you could come away thinking both Lauryn and her dad knew and just were letting it happen.

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u/BellChance9931 13h ago

They were right. It was pretty clear Lauryn was in on it. Her reaction when she was informed who did it made it obviously clear.

Also, why were her friends suspecting she was doing it to herself early on? That was also very strange. Also that "experiment" one of her friends did, where the only person who was always around when certain information was shared, which was then popping up in messages, was... Lauryn.

I think the argument that "she's only a child" is totally irrelevant. Children can be extremely mean sometimes, and don't have a well defined sense of morality. Manipulated by the wrong people, they can even become monsters and commit horrible crimes.

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u/Raise_Hail 13h ago

That’s putting a lot of faith in teenagers conducting experiments and investigations. People react to shock and bad news differently. I think we need more evidence before we can say Lauryn was involved.