The Menendez murders that shocked Beverly Hills.The Menendez murders that shocked Beverly Hills.The Menendez murders that shocked Beverly Hills.
- Jose Menendez
- (as Carlos Gomez)
Storyline
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- TriviaThe movie that was playing when the detectives enter the crime scene is The Ten Commandments (1956).
- GoofsWhen the detective arrives at the crime scene, the emergency light on the dash was LED, which didn't exist in 1989.
- Quotes
Detective Les Zoeller: Chief said this was a doubleheader.
Detective Tom Linehan: Jose and Kitty Menendez. Neighbors heard pops around 10. The sons, Lyle and Erik, came home, found the gate open and the alarm off.
Detective Les Zoeller: Where are the sons now?
Detective Tom Linehan: Sarge brought them to the station.
Detective Les Zoeller: Did you run the plates on these yachts?
Detective Tom Linehan: The Alpha's Lyle's. This Mercedes is registered to Mr. Menendez. The other is loaner while his wife's Rolls is being serviced.
Detective Les Zoeller: [scoffing] Mercedes loaner. My wife takes the car in for service, she gets a bus ticket.
- ConnectionsFeatures The Ten Commandments (1956)
José Enrique and Kitty Menéndez spoiled their only two sons, and so when the murders were first made public there was no end of rumors who could be responsible for these two cold blooded execution style murders.
Unless you are under the age of 30, you may not be familiar with just how high profile these murders were at the time (1984) and the eventual trial by tabloid newspapers of the two sons Erik and Lyle Menéndez. I have seen the two earlier made for TV movies of the Menéndez murders both of which starred A-lister film stars.
In the 1994 TV movie "Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders" it starred A-list actors James Farentino, and Jill Clayburgh, John Beck and Susan Blakely. In the second made for TV movie "Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills" starred Edward James Olmos, Beverly D'Angelo, and Damian Chapa.
This new 8 episode mini-series also has some A-list TV stars such as Edie Falco (Carmela Soprano of The Sopranos) and Chris Bauer (The Wire and also Third Watch). I am going to go out on a limb based on just watching the first episode that this mini series will be based on factual evidence and the court transcripts. Edie Falco plays a defense attorney named Leslie Abramson who seems to be very opinionated although in the opening episode she is not yet familiar with any of the case evidence, nor yet introduced to the two Menéndez brothers, Erik and Lyle.
A good benchmark in assessing if a mini-series is worth watching or not is if the episode(s) seem to end much quicker than you expected, or wanted it to. Such is the case with the opening episode of Law & Order: True Crime, it ended almost as quickly as the lives of José Enrique and Kitty Menéndez did. I give the opening episode a 7/10 rating and I will update my review after this mini-series has concluded.
- Ed-Shullivan
- Sep 29, 2017