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‘The Jinx: Part Two’ Showed the Impossible Task of Topping a True Crime Classic
The follow-up to the classic docuseries about serial murderer and real estate heir Robert Durst couldn't top itself — and was best when it didn't try.
That Durst himself delivered the line in his distinctive, croaking rasp lent the whole saga the air of Greek tragedy, epitomizing the millionaire’s bizarre compulsion to unburden himself to filmmaker Andrew Jarecki in defiance of his own good luck. “The Jinx” is not the first true crime sensation to attempt a sequel: “The Staircase,” “Tiger King,” “The Vow” and “Making a Murderer” have all yielded follow-ups that extend their narratives without replicating the original’s viral success. It’s an approach with a mixed track record: where a legal proceeding gave the dreamy, elliptical “The Vow” a needed sense of structure and urgency, “Making a Murderer” slowed to a crawl as it traded decades’ worth of exposition for the sloth-like pace of active litigation.
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