S01.E02: Jump The Jitters Out

[Snazzy Daisy]

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Natalia starts at school, and Kristine’s suspicions about the adoption deepen. Michael receives unexpected news at work.

Air Date: Mar 19, 2025

 

Edited March 23 by Snazzy Daisy

[Snazzy Daisy]

I never watched any documentaries about Natalia Grace but I know how she looks like IRL. I don’t understand the casting and styling for Natalia’s character. And what’s with the walker?

Kristine doesn’t tell Michael the whole truth about the sketchy adoption agency, the incomplete paperwork for adoption and vaccination, Natalia’s dangerous behavior at school and in the car.

Michael doesn’t have the courage to to tell Kristine about his retrenchment. And he refuses to see obvious red flags in Natalia’s behaviors — the beheaded Ethan’s cow doll, tacks on the front door, refusing to go to school etc.

The pubic hair fiasco is weird AF.

[Pi237]

The amount of things Michael and Kristine hide from each other rings false to me. It’s their side of the story, told in a way that gives them both a lot of plausible deniability.  I know they’re not directly involved in the script, so all the ‘don’t tell’ secrets must just be embellishment for drama. 
 

It’s bizarre to watch this after all we’ve seen on The Curious Case of Natalia Grace. 

[Paloma]

On 3/23/2025 at 5:05 PM, Pi237 said:

The amount of things Michael and Kristine hide from each other rings false to me.

I've been married twice, once for 5 years and now for 40+ years, and from my own experience and that of relatives and friends I know that spouses often hide things from each other. Of course we don't know what really happened between Michael and Kristine behind closed doors, but it doesn't seem unrealistic to me that spouses would hide things that cause shame. A small thing could be something like having a secret stash of chocolate, which both my parents did and I do also. But they may also hide much bigger things such as alcohol abuse and cheating (as in my first marriage) or negative interactions with a child that make the wife feel like a bad mother (as I occasionally did when my daughter was young, though I was never abusive). 

On 3/23/2025 at 5:05 PM, Pi237 said:

It’s their side of the story, told in a way that gives them both a lot of plausible deniability.

It bothers me that we are so far seeing only their side of the story, which paints Natalia in the worst light. I know the general story but haven't seen the documentary, which may be more sympathetic to Natalia. I hope future episodes give a fuller perspective.  

[Kel Varnsen]

I know nothing about the real case but now I am curious since how close this is to the real thing. Since it is so crazy it's almost over the top and reminds me of that Kristen Bell Netflix show "The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window" which was a parody of psychology thrillers.

And while I know Mark Duplass can do drama, I still think of him as Pete from The League which makes me think this show might be a bit of a parody. 

[Pi237]

You have to check out the curious case of Natalia Grace…there’s a lot of episodes, but it’s very informative and shocking. Really shows what manipulative monsters the Barnetts are. One warning, the real Micheal is a total over the top attention ho who got on my nerves like you wouldn’t believe. He blamed it all on Kristine, which is BS since he could’ve intervened at any time.