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‘McMillions’ tells the story of the FBI investigation into the huge McDonalds Monopoly scam, where for over a decade McDonals was unaware that their biggest game of Monopoly was fixed from the inside. The first 3 episodes debuted at this year’s Sundance festival, and I was able to screen them before the final 3 episodes aired these past few weeks. I was really interested in what I saw, it left on a really big cliffhanger that made me want to see where the story went. I was at first confused why they’d not show the other 3 episodes until I had seen the final 3, and to me, it feels like almost all of the interesting and informative bits were given in the first 3 episodes, while the other two before the finale were just filler.
This won’t be a very long review, however, I want to bring up some points that will make you want to complete this series if you started it like myself. There is a satisfying conclusion to this story and a twist on some points that you won’t see coming. Whether you’ll be engaged enough by the finale is depending on how you get through episodes 4 and 5, but I think ‘McMillions’ was able to still give a fairly satisfying conclusion.
Overall, ‘McMillions’ isn’t as fast-paced as the first half would lead you to believe, but it’s still a very interesting story and looks into the FBI, McDonald’s, and weirdly enough, the mafia. It’s very funny, and I would still recommend it now that the full 6 episodes are now out on HBO.
