Episode 5 begins with John watching Sam talk with the press in the ward. Sam and Bob come in to speak with him, telling him he should plead not guilty by reason of insanity. John is angered by this and suggests the self-defense plea again, to the frustration of Bob and Sam.
Joe visits Jeffrey to speak with him about filing a police report for assault against Gacy the previous year. Jeffrey, annoyed, tells them they’re too late, and kids died because of them not investigating. We then meet Billy and Dale, the next victims, in 1976. Joe and Bill interview David, who worked for Gacy for a while.
David tells Bill and Joe that he lived with John for a while, and he and the other kids did drugs. David then goes on to say John paid him extra to dig a trench in his crawlspace. Billy convinces Dale to be a male prostitute with him and shows him around the system. David is then brought to the crime scene, and confronted about his “lack of knowledge” of the dead bodies. David confesses to Joe and Bill that John was sexually molesting him.
Joe meets with Robert Donnelly to speak with him about his confrontation with John Wayne Gacy and to help with the case. Robert goes on to tell Joe that John offered him a beer, and he got angry when he refused. Gacy told him that the house is soundproof, he could kill him, and no one could know. He then raped Robert repeatedly, and held his head underwater until he blacked out. We then get some real footage of John Wayne Gacy’s home, and the surrounding area covered in feet of snow. Images and video of people cleaning it up are also shown, before we get pictures of Billy and Dale.
Maybe the episodes’ editing and production improved, because there seems to be no signs of any weird edits, or anything. Another point is the inclusion of the real footage that’s been at the end of each of these episodes. These show that the team behind the show did their research to try and make the show as accurate as possible (even including the snowstorm, the only question is did that happen during the investigation or was that for dramatic effect?) So far, the show is still good, and episodes have been getting better in the editing, and hopefully it stays that way again.
Rating 7.5/10