To live in Los Angeles as a moviegoer or a TV watcher is ... There were fires in the 1990s in nearby Malibu, when I was a high school student, and also floods and a significant earthquake.

Something similar is the case with Butler, who, writing in the early 1990s, was extrapolating from the Los Angeles she knew. Two years before “Parable of the Sower” came out, the city erupted ...

The four-part series takes a look at the murders, the Bronco chase, and the explosive trial. Where it excells is detailing where the LAPD and DA’s office fell down on the job.

FILE - Lyle, left, and Erik Menendez sit with defense attorney Leslie Abramson, right, in the Municipal Court in the Beverly Hills area of Los Angeles, during a hearing, Nov. 26, 1990.