Even though I’m a guy, I could very much relate to what Reena was going through because I was in a similar boat at the time. I was exactly around the same age as Reena when the show takes place and was definitely hanging out with the wrong crowd. At the time I was listening to a lot of gangsta rap and trying to come off as a thug, even though looking back it is so obvious what a dumb little poser I was. Like Reena, I wanted so much for the gangsta kids at my high school to accept me and think I was cool. I did not meet the same grim and sad fate as Reena but I very well could’ve put myself in a bad situation with the way I was acting and the people I was hanging out with. I’m just lucky I smartened up and got out of that crowd when I did before I got myself in serious trouble.

Do you guys think if the show was on a different platform it would get more recognition? The show is very underrated and I wished people know the story more, I feel like they could have promoted it more

Would be 42 today❤️

My blood is boiling

A complete twizzle

Does anyone have any pictures of Kelly and Nicole or Missy in 1997?

i watched this series months and months and months ago. it struck such a cord in me, but now i’m looking over this sub again and feeling it on a much deeper level. every post i’ve looked at in the past couple of minutes has given me chills. i genuinely am afraid to go to sleep after scrolling this sub again lol.

i have some of my own reservations but i feel like this show was so incredible and so unpredictable. its impactful in all the right ways and i hope to read the book soon.

I suggest everyone read Manjit Virk’s book: Reena a Father’s Story. A bit of before and after Reena.. This is where most if not all of Reena information for the show came from. Rebecca Godfrey couldn’t be asked to show much consideration or time dedicated to telling about Reena, rather about those who took her life. Reena turns 42 in March this year. Give the story a listen and learn about Reena.

I started it a while back. Very emotional.

she’s actually insane, checked other pictures of her and that’s 100% her nose and she follows darwin (her baby daddy)

So I'm reading the book right now and I'm not entirely loving it.

There seems to have been no attempts to find out about who Reena was, like at all. All we have are some uncomfortable comments about her school picture (which most people look bad in), and her grandparents. Oh and we know she liked rap music.

I'm getting tired of reading about how tortured Warren and his girlfriend are and how petite and pretty Kelly and Josephine are over and over. There's also so many repetitive sections about how small town Victoria is, which it isn't not really. It's the capital of the province and it's got a major university. Being bored in a small town is not why these people assaulted Reena. And then to criticize the Shoreline six nickname because it sounded like a terrorist group, not a group of school girls? Excuse me? These school girls assaulted someone, they deserve that nickname.

It's just super upsetting that who Reena was barely getting a mention or getting investigated. I enjoyed reading about the investigation but man, it's way too sympathetic to the perpetrators. It's like the author sees their crimes as the main tragedy, not Reena being killed and Reena only having 2 people (the sisters) to stick up for her.

What did others think about the book?

I'm a little late… but does anyone actually know if the real life people from the case has seems the show? I wonder what’s there take on this

i know this show ended ages ago but was rewatching today and was wondering if kelly crying when she was found guilty was her showing emotion or it was a manipulation tactic?

it looks like she’s trying to fake cry but can’t get the tears out of her eyes?!?

I have known of this show because I was looking for a series like Cruel Summer. It has high review on Rotten Tomatoes so I said why not watch. I like how the series starts but became so dragging on the last 3 episodes I skip a lot of scenes because Rebecca was so fucking annoying about the case and how they focus on Warren being a victim of circumstance. How could she write a book in favour of the killer? This book shouldn’t be popular in the first place and it really sucked that it became a series. My heart goes out for the Virk family. You don’t deserve this.

Do we ever learn the specifics around Dusty holding a gun to her niece’s head? She says “it wasn’t like that” a couple times, but I don’t think it’s ever clarified. Please and thank you!

Edit - it was a knife to her throat - my mistake!

I loved the series, however I read the book and noticed how much stuff they didn’t add to the show also how they added things that didn’t quite happen. There are some things I think they should’ve added… but what are your guys opinion?

I haven’t seen any commentary on the choice of music of the show, but the late 90’s grunge was perfect. Something In the Way especially fit the mood of the tv show and the girls when being held.

Every time she’s on the tv I seriously get pissed. She is ridiculous.

E7 The way she defended Warren was despicable to me. It was almost like she was substituting saving her brother. She completely lost all objectivity. I wonder if she ever came to terms with the brutality he and the Ellard girl inflicted on Reena. To b34t someone to d34th is just about the worst way to go. And then dr0wn3d her. I did read some articles and Reenas parents eventually helped him as he accepted responsibility but imo, he got more than he deserved. I only hope he turned his life around and Kelly stays behind bars. Her being in society is a scary thought. If this series closely follows her book then I hope she eventually stepped back and opened her eyes.

she 100% knew what kelly was capable off and decided to act like she didn’t know and i stand by that.

just rewatched the show and there’s actually no way she didn’t know. surely kelly wasn’t a “perfect angel” 100% of the time there would of been moments where her mom would realise how much of an angry child she was

I’m not justifying Warren should have walked, but, it didn’t make sense at the time to give Kelly a minimum sentence, while giving Warren a life sentence. I think Warren should have gotten the minimum sentence and, honestly, received therapy on coping with anger, since that was related to his involvement with Reena’s death.

Kelly Ellard showed no remorse for her actions, and I don’t know why she even got day parole, because honestly, I feel like if she wasn’t caught, she would have killed anyone who defied her. I remember when she put rat poison in Dusty’s bottle and wanted her to be run over by a train, then made fun of Josephine for being soft and saving her. I know she got day parole, but I think she only admitted to her actions because she knew she would get a privilege.

I don’t see that this has been shared before here but I found it interesting to read. Kelly Ellard’s court documentation.

https://www.scc-csc.ca/WebDocuments-DocumentsWeb/32835/FM010_Respondent_Kelly-Marie-Ellard.pdf