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in the head before the explosion. Bledsoe was furious with what he saw as an attempt to whitewash events. He explained: "The power of the story is the fact that here is ultimate evil. And here's where CBS screwed up, by making it less bad. The whole point of what I did was to understand how this happens." While
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that kind of behavior. But you just have to jump off the high dive and do it." Part of what attracted McGillis to the miniseries was its message about taking responsibility, a moral she thought had a lot of real-world relevance and something she felt the people around Fritz and Susie had failed to do. McGillis described her character as having developed some type of mental sickness, and she researched
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derided the lack of nuance as exemplified by the over-the-top brutality and the one-dimensional villainy of Susie and Fritz. Still, he acknowledged
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the network wanted, which would have seen the two Lynch children being saved by their father. Freedman's script for CBS also ended up deviating from the book's ending by having the children killed alongside their mother after an explosive is detonated; in reality, the children were poisoned and shot
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relationship. After her parents discover the relationship, Susie and her sons move in with Fritz. When Fred dies from a heart attack, the authorities force Fritz to shut down his father's medical practice. After the court rules that Susie must allow Tom access to their children, an exasperated Susie
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McGillis was keen to take on the role of Susie because it gave her a rare opportunity to play an antagonistic character. Even then, she found it challenging as a mother to put herself in the mind frame of someone who could have hurt her own children. She said: "Part of me doesn't want to commit to
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Donaldson, has no concrete leads. Months later, Tom worries that Susie is mistreating the children. He approaches Susie's parents, who agree to testify in his favor at the custody hearing. Still pretending to work for the CIA, Fritz recruits an impressionable young man from
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closing in, Susie and Fritz try to leave the state with her two sons. A car chase and gunfight erupt as they try to flee. With nowhere left to run, a bomb hidden in Fritz's car is detonated, killing everyone in the vehicle. Tom is left devastated by the deaths of his children.
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The ratings increased slightly for part two, with 16.3 million households tuning in, representing 17.3% of all television-owning households. With an average of 23.9 million total viewers, it was the 18th most-watched broadcast for the week of
January 17 to 23, 1994.
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of the various investigators who worked on the case. Although Tom Lynch was against the miniseries being made, as were other surviving relatives of the victims, he and his wife met with Freedman before filming began to ensure their side of the story was heard.
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s Todd Everett said Freedman's script was very straightforward with a few instances of sharp writing. He commended the solid effort by Bleckner and the cast, and concluded that the miniseries should appeal to fans of the genre despite its unpleasant ending.
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were apprehensive about the grisly ending in Bledsoe's book, which sees two children violently killed, and the miniseries ended up softening the original ending. Eager to play an antagonistic character, McGillis believed Susie suffered from some form of
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Hamlin believed his character suffered from mental disorders, describing Fritz as "narcissistic, obsessive, borderline sadistic." Hamlin relished the challenge of portraying such a dark character and, after years as the upstanding Michael Kuzak in
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for years. Carradine did not consult with his character's real-life counterpart Tom Lynch for the role, instead describing himself as a minimalist actor who keeps his work and personal life separate.
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by Ambroco Media Group and Dan Wigutow Productions, with Dan Wigutow serving as the executive producer and Bleckner also receiving a producer credit. The creative team also included Alan Caso (
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reported that McGillis and Hamlin were set to star in the miniseries. Their roles were confirmed to be Susie and Fritz the following month, with Carradine also being announced to play Tom. A
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serious consideration." He was drawn to the role of Tom because it offered him the challenge of playing against his usual
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