r/netflix • u/Cultural-Chart3023 • 13h ago
Discussion Rewatching unknown number to see what I missed
1:23 from the very start the first red flag "I just told her to ignore them" what? The first time I watched it I did say wtf but let it go. Now I'm watching it again and already realise that alone is weird af everyone else is taking it so seriously and worried about her and mums all "oh well"..
The signs were definitely there!
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u/SurfinginStyle 13h ago
I feel like that daughter will have a very different perspective regarding the whole situation when she hits 30, even earlier. It’s so sad all around.
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u/Cultural-Chart3023 13h ago
Yea I wonder if she even feels different after seeing the doco finished
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u/s-b-mac 13h ago
In an article the director mentioned that their final two interviews 2023 and 2024 she definitely was starting to process it. They didn’t show this in the film tho, which is dumb.
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u/babymeow13 9h ago
I thought it was so odd that when the cops were telling lauyrn and the mom that it was the mom, Lauryn is just sitting there messing with her toe nails??? What the hell, it didn't even faze her in that moment!! I wish they would have spoken about what you're referring to.
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u/hanbotyo 9h ago
I think she was in deep shock. Would have been a huge blow and taken a while to truely sink in what was happening.
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u/NooStringsAttached 6h ago
Yeah I was thinking either they cut out all the footage of her freaking out and crying and screaming at her mom, or else she disassociated or something due to the extreme trauma of finding that out.
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u/Global_Bluejay_6152 7h ago
I don’t know that she would even begin to process what that meant. The psychological abuse that went on for so long, no child could comprehend that. I give major props to the dad, he vocalized right away that shit was going to get real ugly if she didn’t leave. Right in front of the cops he’s like “imma end up in jail”.
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u/Cultural-Chart3023 12h ago
I also wish they questioned Lauren separately before bringing her in and telling her in front of her mum. Would have been interesting to see her reaction and hear her story without mum right there
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u/pineapplesaltwaffles 11h ago
Ha I guessed it right at the beginning when one of the kids said something about it being such a boring town that even the parents were too obsessed with the kids' lives.
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u/cia-ninja-gurl 5h ago
Same, sort of. I didn’t think it was HER mom. Just a mom. 🤦♀️ and specifically because of that comment in the very beginning. It was nice to see at the end that she’s been bonding with her father though. Having at least one of her parents care about her well being will hopefully help her heal from the damage her mom did.
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u/mumblewrapper 1h ago
Dad did an excellent job of getting mom out of there when they found out what she had done. It would be really hard to remain calm and he did the right thing by calling someone to come get her. Of course, it feels like she should have been arrested right then. But, he did the next best thing. Seems like a good dad.
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u/cia-ninja-gurl 1h ago
I’ve seen some other posts saying they think the dad knew. I didn’t get that impression. Obviously we will never know. But I agree, she should have been arrested right then and there. Just 🤯🤯
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u/NooStringsAttached 6h ago
Good catch! I remember someone saying this but I did not make that connection.
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u/lliiiddddsssss 5h ago
When the doc started, I was thinking to myself that it'd be wild if it was a parent... but I wouldn't have thought it would be her own mom. Sigh.
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u/Cultural-Chart3023 13h ago
How did she get the photo from the family Christmas that led to speculation it was his cousin
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u/Lucky_Swordfish_6131 13h ago
Righttt! Maybe a post on social media? Why didn’t they bring that up?
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u/s-b-mac 12h ago
They mentioned that Kendra was attending many of Owen’s sports games even after he broke up with Lauryn. So it’s possible that Kendra was there at the party because she was friends with his parents even if Lauryn didn’t go. But I don’t understand why that wasn’t addressed in more detail. A lot of annoying stuff like that with this film.
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u/Cultural-Chart3023 12h ago
Yea there's lots of gaps in the story it's sending me down a rabbit hole lol
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u/1029394756abc 10h ago
I remember when the mom first popped on the screen she was over the top gleeful. Which was a red flag.
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u/TamsinBurke 1h ago
When law enforcement first suggested that Kendra was the one sending texts, I thought, "No way!" but we soon learn it was her. When she likens her actions to, "Drunk drivers who haven't been caught," I lost it. She has taken zero accountability for what she's done to her daughter, her marriage, their family finances, their friends, and other teenage kids. She continued to marginalize her actions throughout the program. Saying trite things like, "We all make mistakes." Honey, those weren't mistakes, they were conscious choices! She suggested to her daughter via those texts that she should end her life, and goes on to say that she knew her daughter wouldn't do such a thing. What if she had? Sadly, there are already too many kids who've been catfished who have taken their own lives. She has no business being around any minor, including her daughter. I'm glad her husband ended their marriage and I hope he protects their daughter from her for as long as possible. As a childhood trauma survivor myself, thoughts like that never even entered my brain. I have a daughter and a son who are both grown, and I couldn't imagine hurting them in any way. I hope Kendra is getting the help she obviously needs for her unfathomable actions.
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u/phoebe3936 1h ago
That woman is delusional. And everything out of her mouth is a lie. That poor daughter
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u/NooStringsAttached 6h ago
The whole time I kept thinking it was weird the parents were all alone when being interviewed for the documentary. Most documentaries I see, parents will be sitting together being interviewed. So that I thought was odd from the beginning. Now I see why they were apart.
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u/Lovealone88 13h ago
My jaw dropped when I saw her name pop up when the FBI did their investigation. I cannot believe she would do that to her own child. She was obsessed with a 14/15 year old boy. She's sick in the head.