BAD VEGAN (Episodes 1-4) Docuseries Review **SPOILER ALERT** 

This was the most bewildering docuseries I've ever seen. I was arguing with the people out loud like they could hear me through the screen. Honestly, the only one I felt sorry for was the dog.

Chiiiiile......I just finished watching this and if "covert narcissist" was a person. She gaslighted the whole interview and got four months for all those federal crimes. All those poor employees,, especially the entire family that was employed by her. Then had the nerve to be low-key flippant as she was talking. The privilege. I really can't. Great commentary, though! You guys are a whole vibe.

This lady is something else....no accountability, excuse upon excuse. "I just disappeared. Is that against the law?" While knowing she was actively concealing her identity. She kept saying "What was I going to say?" whenever she was asked why she didn't just tell the truth. Good grief!

I dont like when victimizers try to play the victim role. Sarma talked about her mind was being played. She is a grown smart woman and she wants zero accountability. She wanted her debt paid by him which is a gold digging aspect of her behavior. She does not even remember why she fired her employees.

this video is better than the netflix “documentary”, you are good !

Nazim was a bartender that had $130k LIQUID to give away to a damn stranger… HOW

The entire documentary is gas-lighting us, the audience.

Toward the end of Episode 3, Sarma says that she allowed this mad dog to represent himself as "Michael Caledonia" to her investor Jeffrey because, as she says, "I thought Jeffrey was going to get all his money back, that everyone would get their money back." How can this be, when she couldn't get even her own money back from this Navy Walrus?? She couldn't possibly believe Jeffrey's money was safe with the mad dog, the Navy Narwhal, if it wasn't safe within her own marriage!!! And she just breezes this off as though it's quite understandable. Unbelievable.

I was annoyed as well! I was like how in the hell did this woman even have a business. If you falling for dog immortality and sending money for no other reason than trust me. I don't know how you maintained a business.

The only victims in this story are the ORIGINAL investors (those who bought in before the first closing), the dedicated staff who were the real reason the restaurant was so successful yet didn't get compensated for their loyalty and effort, Sarma's loving yet gullible mom who threw away her retirement savings trying to rescue a daughter who is a charismatic, highly-intuitive and manipulative sociopath, and Leon the dog.

I couldn't even finish watching it. I was screaming at Sarma! A lot of it made no sense at all. FYI, this is my first time watching Fish Jelly Film Reviews. Love you guys!! Will watch you again. You're both adorable in completely different ways. XO

Please don't apologize for making a long video. Your reviews are hilarious! 😂

Bad Vegan? Fraud? 45 min. spoiler review?! YES AND THANK YOU, NICK & JOSEPH!! Any time there's a docuseries focusing on someone with fried blonde hair, I know it will be a trashy mess. My brother, who was a hair stylist but is now resting in peace, would've cackled at your breakdowns of hair don'ts. Especially the Vanity Fair reporter because he would've said his hair looked like cats have been sucking on it. LMAO I hollered at the Earth Girls Are Easy (I'm A Blonde) reference because that's one of my favorite movies and that song is too catchy!! Thank you again for the review and sharing your thoughts on those ridiculous, annoying people!

I actually liked how we the audience were left to figure out what was really going on. I think you guys are definitely on to something about the whole "next level" stuff being bullshit - and yes it was probably something they cooked up as a potential insanity plea in the event the two of them got busted. Now I'm convinced she knew exactly what he was doing with her money from the get-go, and they were both going down a gambling rabbit hole the entire time. I just hope no one walks away from this doc feeling sorry for her - that woman is a world class liar, who got off way too light.

God bless you two! I found your review after investing my time into approx 1 1/2 episodes of this farcical tale before (gently) slamming my iPad shut in frustration. There are SO many problems with this series, many of which y’all touched on during your review (i.e. poor research, VERY unreliable narrator, horrible hair color job, etc….). My biggest gripe? No accountability! This woman spent the entire first 1.5 episodes speaking in passive voice - “He had me try on rings. He took us apartment hunting” and on and on. She acts as though she had no say in ANYTHING even before she (allegedly) fell under his manipulations. Between her, Anna Delvey and Elizabeth Holmes, I’m convinced 2022 is the year of white woman deniability. And why shouldn’t it be? None of these scammers have/will serve any significant jail time and all have/will land movie deals! Your review is the only silver lining that emerged from this abysmal doc IMO. Thanks for salvaging my night and continue to keep the great content coming!

Frustrating doc. Yeah, Anthony was terrible, but Sarma chose to lie to investors and not pay her employees (and lie to them) about it. She took zero responsibility. Zero. She never once said she was sorry or did anything wrong. Makes her completely unsympathetic

I literally just finished watching the series, and throughout the first 2 episodes all I could think of was Marshall Applewhite and the Heaven's Gate cult. Who with one brain cell would fall for the BS he was throwing at her - she'll be the "queen at the table". WTF. You both did a terrific job with the mess you were given. Just an aside ... I kept waiting for Nick to do a fur flip over his shoulder :) Enjoy your reviews and comments so much!

You nailed it out of the box. I was complaining about this doc the entire time my wife and I were watching. I didn’t believe a damn thing she said and definitely nothing he said. The most frustrating thing is listening to her talk throughout the show. She is as manipulative as Anthony/Jason or whatever the hell his name is. She seems like an extremely cold person that had no issue using anyone she knew for any purpose she saw fit. It’s gonna sound like I’m not blaming him but we don’t get to hear his side from start to finish. All I get is hers and from the start I felt her playing me. And like you said about the reporter he was wrapped around her finger. The only person I truly believed was her dad. Especially at the end her dad says he could see her marrying that douchbag for his money. He said she would play him to pay off her bills until he pulled the okiedoke on her ass.

“You’re vegan…But you married a big fat pig”😂😂 you guys are great

There were so many ROAD TO NOWHERE moments. Like, what was the deal with the diamonds? What was the deal with the wine? This doc was a dumpster fire. Sarma girl, the math ain’t mathin’. Great review!

Okay…I thought the pocketbook sitting next to the sister was so odd! Why?? Y’all nailed it. They were both trying to con each other. Crystal clear to me.

I think this is a perfect example of the gold digger getting conned. She’s guilty and just as much of a pos as he is. There is so much more to this story that we won’t ever know. So many holes that they really didn’t have enough material to make a coherent story.

This is the first episode of this show I watched …out of the gate the thoughts on the hair had me hooked. I had watched the series and enjoyed it. So I searched online for more information . This review popped up. From the beginning I loved the joy presented in the review. I’ve watched all the reviews since I found this one. I think the efforts by Joseph and Nick are the best of everything on you tube . It seems simple but the dynamic really brings something special. I’ve watched this episode five times… it’s just fantastic.

I have no clue about this story, but enjoyed y'all talking about it, along with the comments below. Thx 😅

You guys rock, seriously I kept thinking all the way through that her brain must be messed up like her hair. Don't forget also she used her first husband. Ending up dating a famous chef after interviewing him???? Only creature I felt sorry was the poor Dog xx I hope he is safe

I would ABSOLUTELY watch a documentary titled "Fame, Fraud, and Fried Hair"! LOL

She never smiles! Her odd good looks, education, and that 'I'm not really there' stare makes her able to con others and still present herself as a victim.

"...the way content is being pooped out there without respect..." Nick said it. Joseph asking to be dmed if people do not know what to do with their hair when they have to be in front of a camera is so cute🤣

I was just looking for something to watch and almost clicked on this documentary. I am so thankful that I decided to check in on you guys instead! I absolutely loved this review and the pure disgust you both displayed after watching it. As always your descriptions of the story Joseph are engaging and memorizing. I love Nick's whole ensemble. He was giving me early 2000's clubbing vibes for some reason. I love you guys, keep being your fabulous selves!

She is a terrible person who will never take responsibility for what she did.

🤣 "that old ass stove... And that HAIR!" I can't.

how can she still afford to live in one of the most expensive cities in the world, and feed a dog, when she owes over 6 million bucks??? Maybe she's shacked up with her homeless buddy who happens to own a car, courtesy of Netflix? OMG the dog is still alive!!!!

You really did a wonderful job in reviewing this BS docuseries. Definitely agree it was fluff and TBH was not put to task. Every time she was asked something hard not only did she act clueless but was frustratingly dismissive in waving her hands around. I don’t believe for a second she was a victim here. Netflix has really fallen off!

Just to let you know, albeit belatedly, that I absolutely enjoyed your critique more than the series. I also think it is an important point that you made, about this type of doc film making , being a detriment to the art. Thanks 😊

Dear Lord, this is what I have been saying about content being crappy just because it’s on a streaming service. That shouldn’t matter!!!! It should be as good if not better no matter what!!!!!

This is my first experience with your channel. I am completely adoring you both. Thank you for sharing yourself with this glorious world. 🌎 ❤️ Looking for to more 👀.

Appreciate your commitment in watching this gentleman 😩😂wonderful, thorough and entertaining review. TYSM !🙏💙🖤

I needed this to help me digest what I just watched.

I stopped watching after episode one, but glad I found your channel! I love your chemistry as hosts and how you bounce thoughts off each other, very witty and relatable.

I wasn't sure whether to watch this so thanks for assessing it! 👍🏿

She should have turned the tables on him and said, "I just came into millions of dollars from a deceased aunt. The deal here is that you have to go away for a year and not contact me a single time, and if you can do that, all the money will be yours." hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!

8 months later and this review still gives me life! 😂

As a fellow stylist, I feel you on that hair!!❤️

Wow, a long episode...is it Christmas time already? Love it!

I just discovered you guys in an attempt to make sense of what I watched in this “documentary”. Love it! You guys had me cracking up.

These 2 are the only one's I've heard who came away with the same opinions that I had after viewing Netflix. Nice!!

I adore the banter you guys have. Pls don't stop making videos.

I’m confused by the one person cult

That « documentary » was a waste of time ! Loved your review - cracking up 😂

This style to this document film making is a detriment to the craft lmao!! Exactly! You summed it all up, I’m so frustrated!

Alcoholics define alcoholism as "drinking that causes problems." This is a good working definition for bad relationships, too. A bad relationship is one that causes problems. i don't mean ordinary problems, the kind that most people have to deal with between birth and the grave. I am talking about constant and unusual problems, problems that keep arising and never seem to go away. An ordinary couple might have an occasional problem with a lie between them. An ordinary couple might have a single occasion that causes jealousy between them. Ordinary couples, though, deal with these and make them go away. In a bad relationship, these problems continue to occur unabated and never go away. The lies mount up. The infidelity occurs again and again. The fear grows. The threats increase. The bank account continues to drain. Remember this: if you can think back to a time before your relationship and can honestly say, "Things were never like this; they were never so bad," then you are living in what is called a 'devitalizing cycle.' In other words, you are moving, not in the direction of life and happiness, but in the direction of misery and death. And then you must make a decision. What is it you want? Are you accepting all the horrors of the relationship because there is a single thing about it that you like? Are you accepting infidelity because you like the fact that your partner buys you jewelry or takes you on nice vacations? Are you accepting the constant depletion of your bank account merely because you enjoy the sex you are having with this partner? Is everything like Great Adventure, except when he beats you now and then? If so, it is time to save your life and make sure this person is out of your life. God has not created us to live a death within our lives. People who do not help us to live must not be allowed to end our lives before our natural death occurs. Unfortunately, there are people who are more like cancers than people, who roam through the world looking for people to infect with their own particular form of virus, and, unfortunately, there are some people who allow themselves to become hosts to these infections. You must love yourself enough to say, "I did not come into this world so that you could end my life. My life is mine, not yours." And this is why we have family, why we have people who love us unconditionally. These people are supposed to save us when we cannot save ourselves. Our friends serve this purpose also. If anything like this ever happens to you, please call someone and say, "I know you love me. Will you help me, because I have lost control, and this person is going to kill me one way or another." I can tell you this: if Sarma were my sister, I'd pay this guy a call, and he'd never bother her again. EVER. Case closed. Don't misunderstand me. I do not believe in violence. I do not believe that violence is an appropriate way to solve a problem. Again, though, there is no way to deal with a mad dog except to put it down. And there is no way to protect loved ones from imminent harm except direct action. Why no one ever consulted the police--now, in fairness, I'm only up to the middle of Episode 3--I'll never know. This should have been brought to the attention of law enforcement right away. There were warning signs early on.

She's smart and manipulative who's used to playing games with folk and winning ("smartest person in the room" combined with being beautiful can take you far). But this time she got got.

I’m glad u said something ab that vanity fair guy’s appearance bc he looked like a labradoodle to me

Watching this made me feel like Netflix has its own MCU of the Tinder swindler, Anna Delvey and the Smarma.

That reporter's hair literally turned my stomach. Yuck! Thank you for being honest in calling that out. I mean, was that a perm?!

OMG I watched the docuseries today and felt the same way you guys do. Lmao y’all were funny and on point…loved it.

I was never going to watch this show, but I'm happy it came out because this review was so entertaining. An annoyed Joseph always makes for a great review.

Mid way through watching the series I legit came on your channel to see if y’all posted a review cause the series was so wild to watch

OK....THIS WAS HIIIIILARIOUS!!!! ❤️❤️❤️ You guys tore this up....It is TOOOOO CRINGEY for me to watch ...(I cannot....I can't).... but listening to you two tell it ??????? ALLLLLL DAY. Joeseph was about to have a full on heart attack from the DISGUST ! 😭😭😭😩😩😩😩

"These two dumb-dumbs"

AAHH you had me screaming! "There's not real reporting...." I cannot right now!! looool.

I had the same exact thoughts y’all did!! I think this story is ridiculous!! I love y’all!! ♥️♥️

Who walks barefoot in New York? Gross!

“The only bitch I want is you” 😭😭😭 y’all are absolutely sending meeee

I'm glad yall call them dumb because I was saying it the whole time....tweedle dee and tweedle dum.

Boyzzzzz THANK YOU for this recap. I watched the whole “docuseries” and (after falling asleep twice) I only NOW can really understand what I watched! I watched while cooking dinner and drinking a margarita! Byeeeeee

A 45 minute review? And you didn’t like it?! Oh yeah lemme get my popcorn

Thank you for this through review !!! I was so frustrated watching this only made it through the first two parts because it made no sense. I just kept staring at her like she not selling how this happened at all.

I just watched this series and is the most insane story I have ever heard. The texts and phone conversations are annoying and frustrating to hear. This people used the F word in every sentence they spoke. The series failed in that you feel no empathy or connection with Sarma. She seems to be a detached and antisocial individual that let all of this happen to her. Shane was a con man and anybody with some basic common sense would have noticed that from the beginning. … Also the whole Alec Baldwin connection is bizarre.

You both so eloquently explain why Catfish continues to be so fascinating!

I´m here after watching the documentary yesterday. I searched on youtube a video review to see how other people reacted to this documentary. First of all, you managed to keep me watching for 45 min, and yes your review was more interesting than the documentary itself. You described very well the feeling I had watching the entire documentary: frustration! I do believe he is a con artist/sociopath and a compulsive gambler. She is either a liar or crazy person that should not manage a 6 figures restaurant. The story is sad because after alle they´ve done, they only got to spend 4 months and 1 year in prison. And the saddest moment in the documentary was the last call they had at the end, where they sounded like "Well it was fun, see you"

There was so many holes in this story, so was the whole point of her doing this was suppose she thought one day she would have endless money and a dog that never passed away

Guys I was literally so gripped and obsessed watching this series but now that I've watched your video, I realise how gullible I was to be roped in and that I shouldn't feel so sad for her 🙈

I've just finished watching the documentary and i can say i understand exactly how it feels when you come across a manipulator and a person that abuses you psychologically.. I feel sorry for her for going through all that but i also feel sorry for her for calling him right after she is out of jail, giggling at his jokes and all.. It just shows she wasn't 100 percent innocent, she knew what she was doing, at least part of it.. I'm not the one to judge and i don't even know her but you don't just get out of jail and call someone who you claim destroyed your life, it's not normal

Ohh i loved it, binged it yesterday and yelled at the tv the whole time!

I had to rewatch this docuseries to try and understand what was it in Anthony that made her feel controlled by him. She only known him for 2 1/2 years. Her past wasn’t as bad as other peoples. And I still don’t understand how she let this man ruin her life. The only power that man had was literally what she let him do to her. She could have pulled the plug on him Frfr she wasnt in any real danger. Even listening to the phone calls between Sarma and Anthony Anthony would try to scare her and when she stuck up for herself he would back down and try to make it say it was her fault.Watching similar Netflix documentaries like Fyre Fest and the Tinder Swindler, I can see why the people fell for the scam but her I can’t. On top of that she did her employees dirty especially when they were willing to come back and work for her after she on purposely didn’t pay them. I hope she recovers from this and makes better decisions in the future.

One of those bizarre stories that should have never been made into a documentary. Sarma and her BF deserve each other

Other reviews aren’t critical like this one. They just go along w the nonsense. I had to come back over here for a bit … Thank you.

*how is it possible you dont have a million subscribers yet* 😮

Every video I live for the shade and it’s even better on the podcast

😂😂 when I tell you I was laughing so hard watching this review because your reactions were exactly like mine. I was so damn confused, they both are manipulators and crooks and I’m pissed people with petty offenses spend years in jail and they spent a year or less..they were in on this “get rich quick” scheme together and the scammer ultimately got scammed….A Mess!!! Netflix…do better!

Okay, thank you guys. I thought I was the only one who was lost about the details. I was bored out of my mind. Phew. I'm not the only one who hated this "documentary".

35:42 wow four whole month 🙄, I can only imagine the pain the employees went through by not getting paid, like their credit being messed up because they couldn't pay bills or get evicted for not being able to pay rent

OmG i almost forgot about White Julie Brown in that movie I love this channel

I just felt sorry for the dog. They didn’t even explained the blood found in the apartment. Great review guys!

So glad I found u guys…. because everything you’re saying …I was thinking 🤔

60 seconds in and i'm all ears. thank you for the wit and laughs xx

You guys are so much fun. I laughed the whole way.... I also hate when people do not even look like they've tried - isn't there a *costume* designer role that oversees this stuff. Nick loved that color on you! 😍

The first sign that someone is not normal is that they try to exert a type of control over you that no one has ever tried to exert before. Cults do this. Con men do this. It's amazing that this woman never said, "Gee, this life with him is unlike any aspect of my life before he came into it." TRUST YOUR GUT!!! If it seems weird, IT IS!! People who claim to love you don't try to control your every movement and every thought. Love is not of that character. This was control, not love. In my world, the following phone call would have been made to Mr. Manipulation: "Hey, Creepy Mystical Dude, come near my daughter, contact her again, tell her what to do again, and I will have you underground by the weekend. How would you like THAT box, you creep?! I have twelve men looking for you as we speak. Have a nice day."

I was so confused watching this documentary on Netflix, so much weird stuff. So many questions, she thinks the whole world is stupid or what? You two did brilliant job ⭐️😂⭐️ also how convenient, they got his videos from his phone??? Lmao meet suit 🤣

I was thinking the same thing about the homeless man. He has a car? 😂

No other reviewer, dissects hair and makeup in film…! Joseph is so real.

Where did all the blood stains come from what was happening there? I think she’s 45% culprit to this case she no Angel herself

Wow! I have a certain feeling your review is way more entertaining than the series itself! Although I admit to be somewhat intrigued by some of the details, celebrity connection etc...THANKS.

Gee, I thought the homeless guy looked pretty put together.

I agree with your review. By the third episode I was talking to the TV set, "That Bi#@h knew exactly what she was doing."

Oh hell no. U guys are the best

Thanks for the long reviews guys! It is 100X better than this documentary!

PS: shoot me, but I thought Sarma's hair was cute. (what's so wrong with the Barbie look?! Barbie is a babe!)

Ok.. I watch your review of this shit docuseries and you and Nick are right, there's no pushback in these docuseries. People can say whatever and be as vague as they want. F' this shit! Netflix, need to stop! I'm beginning to think this whole platform is a scam. I feel both your frustration.