Pat Johnson While I found the series interesting, with fine acting, I can't rate it higher than a "1" when it comes to accuracy.MAJOR, MAJOR SPOILER ALERT FOLLOWS - if you plan on watching "Trust" and don't want to read any spoiler alerts, please stop reading now!The most notorious aspect of the kidnapping (other than the wealthy grandfather refusing initially to pay any ransom) would have to be the victim having his ear cut off, and sent to his family. In the real-life case, there's no doubt the kidnappers did the dirty deed; the victim, after his release, said so in an interview. Not so in the "Trust" version:In episode 8, after a deal to pay the ransom falls through, the kidnappers decide to kill the victim. The teenage son of one of the kidnappers, hearing this, races to the cave where the victim's being held, frees him, and tells him to run away. The victim realizes running away won't work - any villager he came across would likely return him to the mafia kidnappers (as happens in a previous episode). So in a desperate attempt to save his own life, the victim begs the teenager to cut off one of his ears and send it to his family, to pressure them into paying the ransom. The teenager reluctantly obliges.To change this major element of the kidnapping - from the kidnappers cutting off their victim's ear, to the victim asking for this to be done - is kind of like taking a real life case of a woman being kidnapped and raped, and changing this, so that in your fictional version, the victim asks for it!Why would the producers change this element of the story - is it because the writers and producers did no research whatsoever? Did they feel that kidnappers cutting off their victim's ear isn't dramatic enough? Were they afraid of antagonizing the real mafia? ("I realize we're portraying the mafia as kidnappers and killers, but if we also portray them as mutilators, why, they might be angry at us! We better change that! I know, we'll have the victim ask to have his ear cut off!")So if you want to watch some interesting fiction, this series fits the bill. If you want to watch an accurate rendering of the Getty kidnapping, look elsewhere.

Portobella Im very torn on this series. On one hand I really enjoy the scenes with Donald Sutherland and Brendan Fraser but all the scenes involving the kidnappers in Italy are so cliché and the build up to the molestation of young Getty is SO londwinded and not thrilling. I feel they should have cut a lot of these scenes out and depicted the italian characters in a more nuanced fashion instead of painting a picture of all italians being potential mafiosi.

pgooden Nice scenery - seems to be well written but I will not watch any more of this series. I like to like the characters and hope that they do well. In this I do not care what happens to Paul III . It is of no matter to me. He is a profligate self indulgent piece of nothing . Witness his true life and see what happens to him . Furthermore I will not watch any program that is 50 % commercials as is this.I am tired of being used to bolster the networks works bottom lines.

Ed-Shullivan This is a tragic but true story surrounding THE most wealthiest family in the entire world. J. Paul Getty during the 1970's WAS THE richest man in the entire world and he was portrayed in this biography by esteemed actor Donald Sutherland who bares an uncanny resemblance to the real J. Paul Getty. The first episode titled, The House of Getty, focuses on the death by drugs and by harakiri suicide of J. Paul Getty's eldest son George. The aftermath of the suicide represents what this dysfunctional families inherent wealth and power breeds. After the funeral J. Paul Getty is witnessed alone in his room berating his remaining heirs that are his other four (4) sons, three (3) of which are simultaneously hiding in one of their fathers mansions bathrooms sharing a cigarette and talking negatively about why none of them want to accept the responsibilities that their now deceased brother George once held.It is during the aftermath of George Getty's funeral that a dishevelled and inappropriately dressed teenager named John Paul Getty III shows up at his grandfather's mansion with a plan in mind to either request or steal sufficient funds from his grandfather that would allow him to return to Rome and continue partying which is where he most recently was residing and enjoying his young life.Donald Sutherland's portrayal of J. Paul Getty the richest man in the world is electrifying and one of a man who lived and shared money like a miser would, with no friends, far too many ex-wives, five (5) sons and a harem of mistresses who reside in his mansion and are available to him on his beckon call 24 hours per day and night. The opening episode is far from the over the top opulence and skulduggery of such former TV series such as Dallas, Dynasty and Flamingo Road. Instead, we are witnesses to a Getty family and his servants and mistresses that are all fearful of the man at the very top and who tend to walk on eggshells around him, cautious not to say the wrong thing in his presence.I was very impressed with this opening episode and I am looking forward to seeing in future episodes of this Tv mini-series how J. Paul Getty reacts to the news of his grandson's presumed kidnapping in Rome.