The Black Widower: The Six Wives of Thomas Randolph

As Episode 1 of "The Black Widower: The Six Wives of Thomas Randolph" (2024 release; 3 episodes of 42 min. Each) opens, we are in "2005 Las Vegas", and Thomas Randolph is telling his story. "I met Susan, her husband had passed." They meet via a dating website, and before you know it, they are married... At this point we are less than 10 minutes into Episode 1.

Couple of comments: as the title of this mini-series indicates, Thomas Randolph ends up having been married 6 times, and this mini-series gives the full story of each of them, while also digging into the background of Thomas Randolph himself. Of course this is plot-heavy so I certainly am not going to spoil anything.. I will say that I was underwhelmed with the overall production value of this mini-series. It is bare-bones and just not done very well. I will readily admit that I ended up watching all 3 episodes because I knew that there were only 3 episodes. Frankly, I'm not sure why this was cut up in 3 episodes, when it simply could've been a 2 hr. Documentary.

"The Black Widower: The Six Wives of Thomas Randolph" recently starting streaming on Max, where I caught it the other night. I'm frankly surprised that it is streaming on Max, as this feels below the usual standard of documentaries airing in HBO and streaming on Max. Of course don't take my word for it, so if you like true crime documentaries, please check it out and draw your own conclusion.