The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin (2021)

totallyfiend

5.0

Oct 5, 2025

Now this was _a lot_ to take in, and I'm having a difficult time deciding where to even start from. The 5-episode series was definitely packed. I was confused a lot, as this series assumes the viewer knows how churches work. I didn't get a clear picture of how exactly this community interacts and how it spreads it's message; glimpses of footage was shown off from some gatherings, but I had no idea what most of them were _about_. It would've helped to have longer screentime for Weigh Down and other church activities. I feel like this could've been pushed to be 3 episodes instead with a li…