Hulu’s 3-Part True-Crime Series Is So Good, You’ll Finish It in One Sitting

Every day, audiences are being inundated with true crime content, sometimes to a fault. However, the latest documentary streaming on Hulu, Friends Like These: The Murder of Skylar Neese, does a beautiful job of telling the story without sensationalizing the crime. The film focuses on a group of three teenage girls who, at first glance, seem like the best of friends. Set in Morgantown, West Virginia, the documentary follows locals who are thrown into a frenzy when one of the girls, Skylar Neese, goes missing. As the story unfolds over the course of this three-part series, details of the case and the circumstances surrounding Skylar's death are slowly revealed to the viewer. Unlike other true-crime documentaries, Friends Like These uses Skylar's personal diary entries, Facebook posts, Tweets, and text messages to shape the narrative. It's a powerful and unique vehicle that allows the audience to see things from Skylar's perspective.