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Intimate partner violence is often insidious. Abusers come in many forms; they can be loving partners and pathological liars, outwardly friendly and terrifying at home, soft-spoken and controlling. Those who experience it never enter into the relationships thinking they’ll bring anything but happiness, and it can take months to years for the perpetrators to reveal their true colors. The new true crime series Worst Ex Ever documents four instances of relationships gone extremely wrong due to violent, deceitful partners. From director Cynthia Childs and Blumhouse Television (Worst Roommate Ever), the series details the accounts through interviews with survivors, victims’ families, and investigators.
There are four episodes in Worst Ex Ever Season 1.
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Here’s a spoiler-free breakdown of the episodes:
Episode 1: One night in the small town of Grants Pass, Oregon, Angie receives a distressing call from her friend Justine. When Angie shows up to Justine’s house, she comes across a terrible discovery that leads to a statewide police hunt for Justine’s boyfriend of two months, a dangerous man named Benjamin Foster.
Episode 2: Seemona, a financial adviser and small-business owner, lives a busy life in Queens, New York. Despite working long days, she manages to meet a police officer named Jerry Ramrattan, and the two hit it off. But after two years together, Seemona gets a shocking call alleging Jerry isn’t who he says he is. When she confronts him, he turns violent, then launches a years-long campaign of torment.
Episode 3: Despite her seemingly shy nature, Rosa Hill quickly bonds with Eric during a group hike in Alameda, California, and the two eventually get married. As their relationship deteriorates amid Rosa’s control issues, Rosa and her mother, Mei Li, enact a bizarre scheme to gain sole custody of Eric and Rosa’s child, putting his family in grave danger.
Episode 4: When Amanda met Kevin Lewis in their town of Everett, Washington, she found his efforts to woo her both bold and charming. Years into their relationship, after Kevin’s emotional abuse becomes violent, Amanda asks for a divorce. But when Kevin’s continued behavior causes him to lose custody of their three children, his rage turns deadly.
Yes. Worst Ex Ever is a true crime docuseries.
