There's just so much abuse out there and people who haven't experienced it firsthand often have a hard time recognizing it until it's too late. It was only in the last 25 years we recognized battered spouse syndrome and that can happen to anyone, even those who had normal childhoods. So it was a struggle to watch the first couple episodes as they saw a 17 who had been abducted 12 years earlier, psuedo-legally, and then placed into this kind of abuse during the years many of us learn to cope with society as a whole. His whole life isolated, no friends, no family and his step brother and step mother being his only glimpse into this was not how it was supposed to be when they left.

By the end you will be rooting for him, and it just broke my heart beginning to end. For the final clips where you see how the first real chance to heal has finally begun, it's both gut wrenching and full of hope. An excellent telling of his story by the camera crew/director.

As for Anthony, he's survived an ordeal and I hope that he lives a good life.