The only reason I didn't give this 10 stars is because of how disturbing it is to watch, and yet, there's no actual violence shown or seen. I'm glad they don't attempt reenactments. I watched another show on another channel that does reenactments. They're too fake and cheapen the actual violence these people experienced.
Anyway, "I survived" is 3 stories in each episode, going back and forth in each one. I saw some reviews complaining that they don't finish out a story all at once. I'm sure that, just like in fictional crime stories, the idea is to build suspense, so Idk why this should be different.
It works well for us. In fact, the true crime shows about real life murders take a full hour or longer to get to the end. These are done in a half hour.
You wouldn't think that watching someone's face as they tell their story would be interesting. It IS, though, and I think it's because:
1 the stories are true
2. We never get this much detail from the news
3. In other true crime shows like "48 hours" , "20/20", and "Dateline", it's about someone who did NOT survive, so we get only speculation, from neighbors,friends, relatives, detectives, lawyers.
This is the ONLY show where with firsthand accounts of what actually happened, from start to finish.
4. It's a great lesson in why some people survive while others don't. Yes, some of that is just timing, but a lot of these people did things a little differently that made the difference btwn life and death.
