Regardless of the quality production of this show it doesn't deserve the high rating people are giving it. This series reveals the depths people will go to in order to make a buck. Not only are the people who are featured in the show profiting off of the suffering of others, so is the company that made the show. What's more, in some cases, they're actually complicit in causing that suffering. The very first episode features one nightcrawler, Austin Raishbrook, filming a stalled vehicle on a motorway. It's night time, the vehicle is black and loses all its lights. He knows what's coming and does nothing but continue filming. One passing vehicle clips the stalled vehicle and still he films. Then a vehicle slams into the back of the stalled vehicle causing it to burst into flames.
That, in my opinion, is absolutely disgusting. Many reviewers say the UK born Austin Raishbrook isn't as bad as the other nightcrawlers on the show - I don't share that opinion. The occupant of that car nearly died because of him. What makes it worse is that in other episodes he continues to promote his own hero status - openly talking with his brother how he saved the man's life. Yes, it's true he pulled the guy from a burning car but he was complicit in that accident happening and willfully put others at risk for money. How would he want people to act if it had been his child in that car?
I'm sure others out there will love the thrill and drama but I'm not one of them. I have no desire to watch people who are willing to overlook human safety & well-being in order to make money.
Review of Shot in the Dark
