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Post by Scumhunter on Jun 30, 2015 13:10:04 GMT -5
So The Hunt's website has the season 2 preview and a now outdated posting asking for tips on Richard Matt and David Sweat. Are they just going to update episode-by-episode as opposed to last season when they pretty much announced all upcoming fugitives at once? Considering they still have season 1 on there, the page will still be very crowded. At the very least, remove Shane Miller and others who are deceased/captured, and add a DIRECT CAPTURE COUNTER so we finally know which of the fugitives captured from last season The Hunt is taking direct credit for. Part of the fun of AMW was seeing what their direct capture number was up to at the beginning of each program.
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Post by HeadMarshal on Jul 1, 2015 10:47:55 GMT -5
So The Hunt's website has the season 2 preview and a now outdated posting asking for tips on Richard Matt and David Sweat. Are they just going to update episode-by-episode as opposed to last season when they pretty much announced all upcoming fugitives at once? Considering they still have season 1 on there, the page will still be very crowded. At the very least, remove Shane Miller and others who are deceased/captured, and add a DIRECT CAPTURE COUNTER so we finally know which of the fugitives captured from last season The Hunt is taking direct credit for. Part of the fun of AMW was seeing what their direct capture number was up to at the beginning of each program. If they were smart, they would have two separated site pages, one for season one and the other for season two. |
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Post by Scumhunter on Jul 1, 2015 15:37:31 GMT -5
Ok, looks like vigilanti might be right after all and The Hunt may have a 2-HOUR PREMIERE! Episode 1 will be a recap of season 1 at 8 PM ET, with Yaser Said's epsiode right after it at 9 PM. (So as I predicted, Yaser Said is the technical debut fugitive for season 2- even though it's the second episode). www.zap2it.com/tv/the-hunt-with-john-walsh/episodes/SH019420230000Also, episode 5 is described as this: "Fugitive Mom" Young mother takes daughter and vanishes; serial child molester is caught, escapes, and starts over. -The first fugitive is probably Megan Everett- since we already know she's on this season and took her daugter and vanished. The second fugitive who knows- there's unfortunately a lot of serial molesters out there |
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Post by Scumhunter on Jul 1, 2015 15:43:58 GMT -5
tvguide.com seems to confirm The Hunt will have a season 1 rundown special before the technical season 2 debut.
My only complaint about this is does this mean in effect we will only get 15 episodes of new fugitives as opposed to 16, or is the "still running" episode just an additional episode?
With only 1-2 fugitives an episode unlike AMW, 15 instead of 16 shows of new faces is actually an important difference.
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Post by Scumhunter on Jul 1, 2015 19:17:05 GMT -5
Also wanted to add, one good thing about The Hunt doing a season 1 "Still Running" episode for season 2 it is likely going to be the first time we ever see more than two fugitives in one episode on The Hunt (albeit all the fugitives were already on season 1).
So in actuality, the episode, good or bad, will be the closest to AMW we will ever get since the show will air multiple fugitives. Should be curious to see how ZPZ does doing an episode that essentially will be somewhat like an AMW show. If we think they do a semi-decent job, perhaps they might want to think about changing the 1-2 fugitives an episode format after all.
AMW started out on Sunday nights airing just 1-2 fugitives an episode (although it was only a half-hour show) and eventually expanded. Who knows what will happen with The Hunt.
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Post by Scumhunter on Jul 2, 2015 10:57:57 GMT -5
Read from a source the Saraswati episode is scheduled for August 9th. If the Still Running episode doesn't count as an official "first episode", he would line up to August 9th. Otherwise, it would be a different child molester since episode 2 is July 12th, therefore making episode 5 August 2nd (hope that wasn't too confusing lol)
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Post by Scumhunter on Jul 2, 2015 17:57:17 GMT -5
Mr. Walsh will have a Facebook chat Thursday the 9th at 12 Noon.  |
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Post by Scumhunter on Jul 2, 2015 22:56:41 GMT -5
Glad to hear. We have a general thread on Saraswati as well. (He was profiled on America's Most Wanted but only as a website fugitive, glad to see he's getting a full tv airing in John Walsh's new show.)
I'm still outraged you have to hope for justice in the first place since Saraswati was convicted and should have been in jail, but I also hope this episode will make up for the failure of the court system and finally bring Saraswati to justice.
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Post by HeadMarshal on Jul 3, 2015 11:23:09 GMT -5
Read from a source the Saraswati episode is scheduled for August 9th. If the Still Running episode doesn't count as an official "first episode", he would line up to August 9th. Otherwise, it would be a different child molester since episode 2 is July 12th, therefore making episode 5 August 2nd (hope that wasn't too confusing lol) Hi, I am one of the victims of the Prakashanand case. I've been following your boards. I can confirm that the episode will air on August 9th barring any rescheduling by the network. You never know what is going to happen. A little bit of background, we filmed our interviews in seattle in October. It as a great experience and this is a long time coming for us. I am excited and nervous to see the episode. Hopefully some good will come from this. Other than that, just wanted to say that I appreciate you guys, your words, and your attention on these cases. Can't tell you enough how important that is to the victims and society in general. <3 Hello srose, My sincere apologizes that you and the other children were victimized by Prakashanand. Even if this monster is still in India, recently, a man who killed his family in Michigan was apprehended in India so there is hope that Prakashanand will be apprehended. I really hope that you and the other victims receive Final Justice by Prakashanand being sent to an American prison for the rest of his life. I do commentary and replies on these cases as both an act for the good of society and as a hobby. I started watching America's Most Wanted in 2007 when I was 13 but I don't actually work for Law Enforcement. This all wouldn't be possible without Scumhunter's amazing management skills for this forum, he is such an awesome person to work with on this forum. HM |
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Post by Scumhunter on Jul 5, 2015 16:01:14 GMT -5
Hate to harp on this again- but one thing that should be interesting is seeing the 1-2 fugitive format, and how it corresponds with a bigger episode order this season.
I love The Hunt- but let's be honest, as we've mentioned here, they actually did not have that great a capture success rate last season. Yeah, half the guys on the show got caught, but most weren't as a result of the show (or even if they were, can't be proven). Charles Mozdir obviously was, and Genevieve Kelley we can pretty much say was a direct capture (even one might want to argue she wasn't considering she voluntarily surrendered months after the show had already aired). There is no proof Shane Miller and Kevin Stoeser's body discoveries and the capture of Victor Barnard had anything to do with The Hunt. If they have a direct capture counter and take credit, I'll gladly eat my words but right now it's just Mozdir and Kelley.
Only harping on this again because I still don't see the problem with a 15 seconds of shame type feature while the rest of the show is dedicated to just one guy- or two guys. And the more bad guys who get caught it, obviously the better society is. We can see from the Justice Network's success even 30 second commercial spots are reeling in bad guys.
In fairness to The Hunt, of the fugitives in season 1, two guys were already dead, and a couple of guys like Brad Bishop and David Burgert are *possibly* dead, so they did have less people to potentially be alive to capture. However, when you show less fugitives, it makes those unexpected circumstances even more of a problem.
However, with 16 episodes (or technically 15 episodes if you don't count the season 1 recap), if they only get 1 or two guys from this season, they may want to think about the format again.
It isn't just stylistically that people complain about The Hunt not being like AMW, but that so many people need a court of last resort, and they show a minimal amount of cases for a public service show.
I think The Hunt is a better show than *recent* AMW. I love it. But I do hope they take capture rates/people needing them into consideration as a result of this season and hopefully beyond.
However, with more episodes this season, it is possible that the larger order will somewhat alleviate the lower capture rate problem.
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Post by HeadMarshal on Jul 6, 2015 13:25:41 GMT -5
No confirmed Season 2 case info but The Hunt's CNN Website has done a major update where it categorizes the Season 1 fugitives by if they're still large or if they were caught/now dead. www.cnn.com/shows/the-hunt-with-john-walsh |
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Post by Scumhunter on Jul 6, 2015 13:56:21 GMT -5
Cool!
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Post by Scumhunter on Jul 6, 2015 14:24:08 GMT -5
Just wanted to mention I unfortunately will not likely get to see the season 2 2-hour premiere live.  Normally I wouldn't care. I've probably watched AMW more often on VCR and then DVD than I saw episodes live. However, as the admin of an AMW/Hunt forum, albeit one that doesn't make money lol, I still feel somewhat of a duty to watch the shows live if I can to keep the site up-to-date, especially the season premiere. There's a slight possibility I'll be able to watch episodes 1 and 2 much later on in the evening and I can just pretend I live in California and was on time zone-delay lol, but in all likelihood I won't see them until Monday afternoon at the earliest. I'll have to count on you guys to pick up the slack Sunday. (Please try to be as spoil-free as humanly possible. ) |
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Post by Scumhunter on Jul 6, 2015 19:22:59 GMT -5
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Post by HeadMarshal on Jul 6, 2015 21:47:29 GMT -5
To be completely honest, I think that's just a way to generate publicity. Since Charles Modzir was the only 100% confirmed direct capture (Genevieve & Scott Kelley come close), saying only one case was closed because of Season One wouldn't be very marketable. |
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