Worst Roommate Ever: this might officially be the worst true crime show ever

Netflix's wretched new documentary tackles recent murder cases while having a title that could have been used for a gameshow. It needs to show some respect

There is a chance that, in years to come, we'll look back at 2022 as Netflix's Age of Grifters. Almost every show to hit it big so far this year has had a gruesome element of real-life deceit to it. There was The Tinder Swindler documentary, then Inventing Anna. And now Worst Roommate Ever.

You may already have seen Worst Roommate Ever, because it is in Netflix's top 10. And if you have watched it, there is a chance that this will be because the concept of bad roommates is universal. One old roommate of mine, for instance, locked himself out, smashed a window to get in then refused to pay for repairs. Another shaved his beard into the sink and didn't clean up. Terrible behaviour. The worst.