Replies to '05/22 The True Life of Marcia Brady'

Thanks, martiriggs, for replying to my post with an argument you've obviously thought out.  Others, such as the person who calls herself "anotherstory," merely attack without any explanation.  That's why I try to steer clear of this message board (and perhaps I'll be told to kiss off once this is posted).

My concern is this:  If the woman who had gone to Dr. Phil and said that she thought her brother was brainwashing her father hadn't been Maureen McCormick, attractive star of the treasured TV hit "The Brady Bunch," she probably wouldn't have gotten the time of day, and I seriously doubt that Dr. Phil could have deduced from the video footage that her story holds up and that the brother is a criminal-lunatic.

Like I said in my first post on this matter, those two guys in the video look like my pop and me.  (It just so happens that when we go out on a sunny day, we might both be wearing white shirts.)  When they are approached by an emotional Maureen McCormick, they do not seem like the bad guys you sometimes see being confronted by a local TV news crew.  They reacted in a reasonable manner.  Others on this board have pointed out the very things that Dr. Phil said during the show--that they tried to walk away, that they made accusations in return (such as Ms. McCormick's well-documented battle with illegal narcotics), that they laughed at some of the things Ms. McCormick was saying (the biggest laugh came from the father when Ms. McCormick said to him that the men had previously agreed to apologize to her ... for what? even I'd like to know).  Perhaps others have stronger capabilities of perception than I, but I just didn't see evil men in that video.

What I did happen to catch is that one person ran up to the other two in public, catching them off guard, with a camera crew in tow, tears flowing, desperation in her voice, making vague, stammering accusations and dramatic pleas.  This same person, I want to remind you, has a documented history with drugs and emotional problems.  She is not completely innocent either, is she?

Now, that's just what I collected from viewing this episode.  Those are the most honest perceptions and objective observations I can offer.  Perhaps the two gentlemen in the video are a couple of smooth operators, and perhaps this story is a little more complicated that we yet know.  We haven't even gotten the brother's and the father's sides of the story yet!

During the video footage, the brother was insistent on their submitting to a lie detector test (often a bluff made by someone who is lying, so I am suspicious).  If it can be pulled off, I think that'd make for a compelling future broadcast.  And though I've always enjoyed "The Brady Bunch," and I admire Ms. McCormick's beauty very much, I'm going to reserve my judgment about the people she accuses of treacherous crimes until I can get a clearer view.