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  • Sep 19, 2024
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  • Sep 19, 2024

Summary The Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan anthology series begins with 10 episodes on Jeffrey Dahmer's (Evan Peters) life and the decade long hunt to capture him under the name Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is the second installment explores the lives of the brothers (Nicholas Alexander ...

Created By: Ian Brennan, Ryan Murphy

  • Netflix
  • Sep 19, 2024
  • Netflix
  • Sep 19, 2024
Monster (2022)
Season 2
Season Premiere: Sep 19, 2024
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Summary The Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan anthology series begins with 10 episodes on Jeffrey Dahmer's (Evan Peters) life and the decade long hunt to capture him under the name Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is the second installment explores the lives of the brothers (Nicholas Alexander ...

Created By: Ian Brennan, Ryan Murphy

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Episode 1 • Sep 19, 2024 • 57 m
Blame It on the Rain
Plagued by dark thoughts after the murders, Erik opens up to his therapist and shares disturbing details that put the doctor in a difficult position.
Episode 2 • Sep 19, 2024
Spree
After throwing suspicion elsewhere during police questioning, Lyle and Erik go on a wild spending spree while waiting for Jose's will to be read.
Episode 3 • Sep 19, 2024
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
The brothers navigate life behind bars after police receive a tip-off about the tapes. A new defense attorney prompts Erik to talk about the past.
Episode 4 • Sep 19, 2024
Kill or Be Killed
Lyle shares painful memories of trying to live up to his father's expectations, detailing the timeline and impact of Jose's abuse and its effect on Erik.
Episode 5 • Sep 19, 2024
The Hurt Man
During an emotional conversation with Leslie, Erik gives a harrowing account of the sexual abuse and torture he experienced throughout his childhood.
Episode 6 • Sep 19, 2024
Don't Dream It's Over
The trajectory of Jose and Kitty's relationship--from their courtship through their fracturing marriage--plays out against family therapy sessions.
Episode 7 • Sep 19, 2024
Showtime
Lyle and Erik struggle to shape their defense before the trial. Then Menendez mania hits--from cheering crowds to fan mail and courtroom TV cameras.
Episode 8 • Sep 19, 2024
Seismic Shifts
A captivating witness alters courtroom dynamics, and Erik's testimony causes a sibling rift. The Menendez pop-culture moment begins to fade.
Episode 9 • Sep 19, 2024
Hang Men
At a second trial, the prosecution aims to prove that Erik and Lyle are cold-blooded killers. After the verdict, the brothers face a new reality.

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80
Sep 19, 2024
Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story takes a pretty familiar story and makes it compelling by shifting the narrative slightly and through some excellent performances.
By Joel Keller FULL REVIEW
65
Sep 19, 2024
Trademark Murphy, at once in-depth and superficial, incisive and outlandish.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 19, 2024
Thankfully, this latest in the Monster series lacks the gruesome excesses of Dahmer. But it also feels like a muddled mix of the best and worst of Murphy’s oeuvre. It’s likely to please his legions of fans, but may leave his detractors feeling a little queasy.
By Katie Rosseinsky FULL REVIEW
42
Sep 20, 2024
[Episode five] “The Hurt Man” is a definitive, unflinching perspective. It’s an engrossing 33 minutes — not always for the right reasons, but always maintaining the stark rawness of truth. It’s exactly what’s missing in the rest of “Monsters,” a true crime retelling so obsessed with the same question posed 30 years ago that it loses any perspective of its own.
By Ben Travers FULL REVIEW
40
Sep 20, 2024
Monsters refuses to take a definitive stance on the nature of their relationship and with regard to the brothers’ guilt, it ultimately draws the same conclusion that Dunne does: “Regardless of what happened to them, Lyle and Erik aren’t entitled to our forgiveness.” That may be true. But viewers of this series should be entitled to a more nuanced, less exploitative depiction of the relationship between these two notorious, complicated men.
By Jen Chaney FULL REVIEW
40
Sep 20, 2024
It’s a competently put-together hokum made in the worst possible taste.
By Ed Power FULL REVIEW
40
Sep 19, 2024
Despite the gripping subject matter and the outstanding performances, “‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” has no idea what it wants to be. Therefore, it just dissolves into a retelling of unspeakable abuses and gruesome crimes. However, the bigger issue is who and where we are as a society.
By Aramide Tinubu FULL REVIEW

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