r/netflix • u/AnotherDarnDay • 6d 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 6d 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/mdb1836726272726 6d 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/Webbie-Vanderquack 6d 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 5d 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/long_term_catbus 3d ago

Her supposed "best friend" flat out said that she's not a good person so that should say something. Her little group definitely gave off mean girl vibes and it all made sense once he parents were introduced.

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u/just_j80 2d ago

Yup! I was thinking the same thing. Both those parents seemed like a*holes.