Behind Ctrl Alt Desire’s glib title is a thoughtful docuseries
the true crime that's worth your time
The crime
Grant Amato killed his parents, Chad and Margaret, and older brother Cody.
The story (warning: some structural spoilers ahead)
I watched Paramount+'s newish docuseries Ctrl Alt Desire in a morning, for what that's worth – but I haven't worked out what that is in fact worth for a viewer who is neither 1) obliged to watch all three episodes for the purposes of critique, nor 2) inclined to resist Googling the case as a way of testing the material's per se ability to compel. I don't regret watching the whole thing, and I don't regret keeping my phone in my pocket while I did so*. The question is, would you?
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