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Spoilers ahead for NetflixsUnbelievable.
Two more detectives come in and ask her more questions.
Then Marie has to go to the police station and retell the story of her rape yet again.
It is, indeed, unbelievable how insensitive and demanding everyone is given what Marie has just been through.
But at every turn, Amber is treated in a completely different way.
Would you be comfortable talking in my car?
Duvall accompanies Amber to the hospital for her exam.
When the exam is over, she drives Amber to a friends house.
This is what its like,Unbelievabletells us, when a woman is in charge.
Because its based on actual events,Unbelievablesits right in the middle of the true and scripted crime spectrum.
What happens in the show feels real because much of it actually happened.
Some of this is steeped in truth.
The series does not gloss over the violence of the attacks, but it doesnt dwell on it either.
If youve been assaulted, certainly all of this can be triggering or upsetting.
ButUnbelievable doesnt traffic in shock value.
But inUnbelievable, the men in the investigators lives are vital without overwhelming the story.
She has no patience for anything resembling laziness.
When an officer asks for a bathroom break while working Ambers crime scene, he gets a flat no.
Duvall is professional and cordial, but not necessarily a friend.
The men who take orders from her sometimes give each other knowing God, shes a ballbuster looks.
But they all want her approval.
But Rasmussen is also the first one to say, You know what?
Give it a shot.
There are no bad ideas.
Shes blunt and no-nonsense, but shes also warm and encouraging.
In fact, Duvall eventually confesses that she learned how to handle herself on the job from Rasmussen herself.
I just thought,Okay, I dont have to defer or second-guess.
I can just show up and get the job done, she tells her partner.
Together, the two of them just show up and get the job done over and over again.
Yet, as assured and phenomenal at their jobs as they are, not everything comes easily to them.
I know I do.
Once Smith appears onscreen, you subconsciously think,This woman knows abusers and abuse.
This woman will be able to do something for Marie.
Karen Duvall and Grace Rasmussen do something huge for Marie, too.
Marie doesnt even know it yet, but her life is about to change for the better.
And its because those two women genuinely meant it when they said, Were here to help you.
