Y'all Tiger King is equal parts infuriating, sad, insane, WTF, and bewildering.
And I'm on ep 1 still.
Thus far...
This dude is crazy.
Wait, how is the lady equally crazy? I'm confused. I need more info here.
THERE'S ANOTHER CAT DUDE????

Oh he's crazier than cat dude 1.
Oh shit, ZANESVILLE
(Literally no one but @friendhorse appreciates that one)
DUDE ONE IS CRAZIER THAN DUDE 2.
DUDE 2 IS CRAZIER. WAIT, HOLLYWOOD USES HIM????

OH SHIT. IT'S DUDE ONE. HE'S THE CRAZIEST.

WACO? W A C O???????
I-

(I FORGOT THE PART WHERE THE LADY HAD PPL STALKING DUDE ONE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. WHAT IS EVEN HAPPENING???)

OMG. HOW DID I ALREADY FORGET ABOUT THE ONLINE TV SHOW.
AND THE ALBUMS. IF NO ONE HAD FOUND THAT SHIT ONLINE YET WHAT IS EVEN THE POINT?

Yes, I will be yelling everything bcs that is the only appropriate reaction.

WAIT. I REMEMBERED WHILE PEEING THIS SHOW STARTED WITH US BEING TOLD LADY WAS KILLED, POSSIBLY BY A CAT??? OH DUDE ONE DEFINITELY DID IT WITH A CAT. UNLESS DUDE 2 DID IT. WHAT IF THEY BOTH DID IT?

Can we talk about the fact that on both sides of this their houses are decorated as if someone took DD's most extreme shirt, said that is .03% of the amount of cat I need and money is no object?

So many questions.
I regret not live tweeting from the start.

HE JUST CALLED HIMSELF AN EXECUTIONER AND OWNS 15 JILLION GUNS.
COOL. THIS IS FINE. AMERICA IS GREAT. WHATEVER. THIS IS FINE.

"we made a pact to shoot each other"
Um....
If there goal is to die, whoever is shot first ain't shooting the second bcs, they're, you know, DEAD.
Unless they don't want to die immediately....
Then why make the pact????

THEY WROTE THEIR NAMES ON BULLETS. WTAF.

I want to make it through this but between the animal cruelty and guns....
It's a lot.

He really just said to someone "I'd shoot you before I shot one of my cats." with a gun on his hip.

SOMEONE LIKE THAT SHOULD BE NOWHERE NEAR A GUN, LET ALONE AN AK-47 AND SHOULD DEFINITELY NOT OWN HUNDREDS OF WILD CATS.

I'm so messed up and confused by this that I literally forgot how to write 47. I'm not joking. I wrote 40+7

Still talking about killing ppl and they start talking specifically about lady. On camera. Who is apparently dead now??? Yeah......
Ok.

Did they start filming this before whatever happened happened????
Like it was a docu about the crazy cat ppl that turned into a murder???

Wait, I'm actually confused my car rescue lady....
She's kind of doing the exact same thing????
They are in cages. She's selling tickets. Ppl saree coming to see the cats.

RICK AGREES
Not sure that means much tho

Crazy dude 1 agrees

This is a mess.

I FORGOT SHE GOES TO WASHINGTON DRESSED LIKE THAT.

Why do they all look like their own special brand of douchey?

Ok, cool. He threatened her life openly.
Normal. Sure. This is fine.

HE ACTUALLY MAILED HER THE SNAKES????
IT WASN'T JUST A REALLY GROSS JOKE???

Uhhhh????
At the gun store and the guy says, "this gonna be it or do you need any explosives today?" LIKE THAT'S A NORMAL THING.

Oh God. This is disturbing.
He's shooting dummies and pretending he's killing the lady.

Ok...
That call from prison was......

So ep 2 starts with someone who got their arm bit off....

They are just laying there while ppl work, conscious. She doesn't look in pain or anything. She's gotta be in shock.

Wait, is he an actual first responder or does the jacket make it look like he knows what he's doing???

I-
His concern is finances?????
SHE JUST LOST HER ARM.
Is he really trying to blame her?

She had the arm amputated and went right back?!
WTH?????

She was worried about protecting their media image...

I-
There are no words for what I am watching.

DUDE TWO WAS RIDING AN ELEPHANT DOWN THE STREET.

That lady keeps going off about pics with the cats, esp being posted on sm, and I'm sorry, but did they just show a pic of her from FB posed with 2 cats????

He sells the cats????
Oh, and it's illegal to do so and he knows that, but it's $2000.

THERE'S MORE DUDES?????

How is this a thing multiple ppl do?

I cannot take her seriously when every time she talks she's wearing that flower crown.

WTAF

USING SNAKES TO SMUGGLE DRUGS?????

I-

So dude 2 also has 59 wives. Ok....

Oh God. This is gross.
He's like a wild cat and sex cult leader....

THAT MUSIC VIDEO
I CANNOT

DOES DUDE 1 HAVE MULTIPLE HUSBANDS?????

WHAT IS EVEN HAPPENING???

(It's important that we know he has big hands and big feet.)

I-

WHAT

IS IT A THRUPPLE???

Dude 2 paid $200/week.
Lady pays nothing.

She really out here acting like she's single-handedly saving cats.....

It's straight up slave labor with a colored shirt hierarchy.

SHE GETS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM FACEBOOK????

Y'all....this music video.....

"I idolize him for how he's got them women trained."

I need to punch something.
I am so fucking appalled by everything in this.

HE CHOOSES THEIR OUTFITS.
HE HAS THEM CHANGES THEIR NAMES.
HE FORCED PLASTIC SURGERY ON THEM.
THIS IS SO FUCKED UP.

So he and a wife that's left and dude 1 all call it a cult at this point. Ok. Totally normal....

How does dude 1 pay the most at $138/week????

I have no words....

NO RUNNING WATER???

This is HORRIFYING.

Lady REALLY accusing others of abusing employees???? They are. Yes. And so is she.

HER HUSBAND IS DEAD AND MISSING?????

THEY REALLY BURIED THE LEAD THERE.

His kids think she fed him to a tiger. Sure, normal.

Ok 3 started and now I can't not watch.

OMG IT'S ABOUT THE MISSING HBD.

THE MISSING HBD WAS AFRAID OF HER, WARNED PPL SHE WAS DANGEROUS, HE WAS GOING TO TELL HER HE WANTED A DIVORCE, AND PPL NEVER SAW HIM AGAIN.

Dead missing hbd was super rich and she was super poor.

SHE BRED AND SOLD CATS AND MADE A HOW TO VIDEO FOR MAKING CATS PETS.

HE HAD A SECRET LETTER JUST IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENED TO HIM AND IT WAS AN ATTEMPT AT A RESTRAINING ORDER THAT WAS DENIED BCS SHE THREATENED TO KILL HIM.

She is literally not upset about the missing hbd at all.

This is crazier than any script that could ever be written.
How is this all real????
This is mind boggling.

DUDE 1 WROTE A SONG AND MUSIC VIDEO ABOUT HER KILLING HIM AND FEEDING HIM TO THE TIGERS.

IF THESE VIDEOS AREN'T ONLINE SOMEWHERE THE INTERNET IS POINTLESS.

She's LAUGHING, actually laughing, about all of this.

"I never really knew my brother because the time I was 15 he was 9."
??????
6 years apart isn't a lot.....
I was 10 when my brother was born. Our older sister was 13 when he was born.

THE SECOND POWER OF ATTORNEY LITERALLY SAID "UPON MY DISAPPEARANCE..."

How is this all true?????

OMG
I have the stop for the night but I don't want to.
THIS IS ACTUALLY CRAZY.
WHAT IS EVEN HAPPENING?

Ok. Watching Ep 4
IT DOES NOT DISAPPOINT AND STARTS WITH A MUSIC VIDEO FROM DUDE 1
It's so bad
"This is what I do. I drive around and listen to myself sing."

HOLY FUCK THERE'S A TIGER IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. A FULL GROWN TIGER. WE WENT FROM 0 TO 7754376654433326677544123454668643344 REAL FAST

A CALL FROM JAIL

Wait...
He thinks cat lady is making money off of him being in jail. I thought he was there bcs she was killed??? Or does it get REALLY crazy and he had get killed while he was in prison????

Cat lady is awful.

LOL Dude 1 legit ripped off name and logo from cat lady just to be petty.

LAW SUIT

OMFG TELL ME SOMEONE HAS A SHOT OF HIM SITTING NEXT TO MANNEQUIN CAT LADY

THAT FUR BALL
DDSDGKKGGDDSFJGFSASFHBH

Dude 1s internet show...
I CANNOT

Wait, the reality show and internet show are different things???
THIS DUDE

I CANNOT

WHAT IS THIS WEIRD COSTUME STUFF???

WTAF
He threatened to kill her over and over and over. He made a dummy of her and shot it on camera. This is not normal.

I-
Cat lady popped off over and over about how gross pics with the cats are and she really got pics with slave laborers holding dead rabbits and smiling and it was a big deal bcs they couldn't afford to feed the cats??????
WHY DO YOU HAVE THE FUCKING CATS THEN?
Also, gross lady.

I-
The bunny suit...
What even????

How do ppl have time in their lives to do this shit????

This studio/crocodile barn (how is that a real place) burning down is really fucking dramatic.
WAS IT CAT LADY?
WAS IT REALITY TV SHOW DUDE?
WAS IT BOTH?
WAS IT DUDE 1 HIMSELF?

MURDER, ARSON, MISSING PERSON

This has EVERYTHING

That cat lady's bf or whatever really acts like cat lady is a saint.
Idek ppl

HIS MOM???
HE FUCKED OVER HIS MOM???

THIS IS CRAZY AF

The mom is crying about cat lady screwing her.

This is MESSED up.

I-
Cat Lady wants his "zoo"

Oh God
They ripped the babies as soon as they were born....
OMG
Oof.
Then bitch about the babies crying????

They can't afford to feed all of them.
Who could've foreseen that???

God, they are going to start eating the ppl.

"I'm gonna die a hero."

"God is in control and he'll either pull me through this or he won't."

Well, I mean, those are the two options...

Ominous music and white hummer driven by a dude the dubbed "the godfather."

Oh. Cool. Another person who keeps tigers as pets. Ok.

Uhhhhhh.....
This couple y'all.
They attract women to swing with them with baby cats.

OH GROSS
I HATE THIS DUDE
(ABSOLUTELY NOT going to tweet what he just said.)

This Jeff dude is a piece of work.
They used cubs to get girls to have sex.
He bankrolled for whatever reason.
Like, is he doing this for the sex????

OMG THEY PUT EVERYTHING IN HIS NAME AND THEN "THE UGLY SIDE CAME OUT."

I can't just end there....

HE ANNOUNCED HE WOULD RUN FOR PRESIDENT

THAT CAMPAIGN ADD

Joe's campaign manager was a manager at Walmart selling guns

Then he went for governor when POTUS didn't pan out.

POLITICAL CONDOMS WHEN HIS FACE ON THEM

Carole in Washington dressed like that again.

THAT DAMN FLOWER WREATH
I CANNOT
Carole every time she talks:

Dude 2 took animals the Congress.
LOL

Who is this Allen dude???
Where did he come from?

Oh, money dudes guy. Ok.

WTAF
THEY GOT JOE BEING DRUG BY A BIG CAT ON MULTIPLE CAMERAS AND HIM BEATING THEM AND SHOOTING AT THEM

He is really just shooting guns wherever and ppl are laughing.

Of course there's meth involved.

Thrupple member knocked up the secretary bcs he's not gay and left Joe.

Other thrupple member also not gay.

I-
WTH
Did the other thrupple guy really just shoot himself in front of the campaign manager and there was a camera that got the campaign managers receive???
JFC this is messed up.

How many times did he say balls in a eulogy???

Oh, we're using this funeral to have a concert.

Oh dude. The mom had to sit through that funeral.
Oof.

This memorial is....different...

Joe has pics of hi written in the clouds and perfect angels

"It was after Travis's death that Joe really completely lost it."

I'm sorry, where were we before????
Are we saying it gets worse??

NEW BANKROLLER WANTS TO MOVE THE ZOO TO VEGAS, HAVE A PARTY BUS WITH WILD ANIMALS, AND IS SURPRISED IT WAS A BIG MISTAKE.

HE'S GOT ANOTHER BOYFRIEND ALREADY.
He asked looks half Joe's age like all of the others.

HE INVITED THE DEAD THRUPPLE MEMBER'S MOTHER THO HIS WEDDING 2 MONTHS AFTER HE DIED.

Joe lost the election. Who could've guessed.

The park is falling apart.

I-
They found a bug on the property?
Not gonna lie, I fully expected them to say it was Carole, but IT'S FEDERAL AGENTS.

Damn it. I have to sleep. 6 & 7 to come!

Ok, here we for 6 & 7

I CANNOT FIGURE OUT WHY JOE IS IN JAIL.
The show seemed to suggest cat lady was killed but it would appear she wasn't....

One of the times investor dude was arrested was because he was sneaking cubs into hotels.

Wait what????
What Joe took away from Jeff being arrested for having cats at his house was that he's a predator?????
Not "lions aren't pets, this is illegal, don't do it" ???????

I FORGOT ABOUT THE FEDS.
THAT'S RIGHT, THEY FOUND THAT LISTENING DEVICE.

JOE BURNED EVERYTHING AND LEFT BCS OF THE CAMPAIGN FUNDS SHIT.

He stole the cats to sell in the middle of the night.

He went into hiding????
Like actually.
That campaign manager was dramatic af.

I CANNOT WITH THESE MUSIC VIDEOS

Joe: "I'm done"
Me knowing there's 1 3/4 episodes left:

Um....
Jeff admits to threatening to kill Joe on camera and then says "He told ppl I was going to kill him..." suggesting it never happened.

So Joe no longer is at his "zoo"
The employees told everyone he retired.
Ok...

Ok but why is the campaign manager still around and know what's going on at the zoo after the campaigns are over?

WAIT, I THOUGHT THIS WAS ABOUT CAMPAIGN MONEY.

IS IT ABOUT HIM PAYING SOMEONE TO KILL CAT LADY, WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE DEAD????

Obvsly some ppl need to hear this...
Saying you wish someone was dead, and a lot of people saying it, doesn't make it ok just bcs you don't have an actual plan. Pretending mannequins are her and shooting them and bragging about it isn't funny or ok.

"when I do become psychotic that's my going to Tampa gun"

I-
They are really trying to make Jeff & co look bad bcs if their criminal records and like, they proudly break the law.
OMFG
"He sold me a stolen Hummer and I think there's an open case to this day."

So you bought the stolen Hummer, know it's stolen, and still have it???

WAIT
JEFF AND JOE WERE WORKING TOGETHER TO HIRE SOMEONE TO KILL CAT LADY AND EVEN GOGGLE EARTHED WHERE

THE LOCATION WAS JEFF'S IDEA??

Jeff really talking about Joe wanting Carole dead like he's awful for wanting that (and he is) like he didn't just say he wanted her dead and came up with a plan and location?????

IS CAROLE DEAD OR NOT????
I NEED TO KNOW.

WHAT THE HELL?
"Who isn't capable of killing someone?"
A LOT OF PPL
Wait, Jeff's guy agreed to kill cat lady and bring her head back and admits to it, on camera.

YOU LITERALLY COULD NOT MAKE THIS SHIT UP,!

"Let's me at Applebee's."
Thank you for that vital information.

Jeff wants to get rid of the park and weird hair suggests selling it to cat lady. This will definitely not cause major problems. That was well thought out.

JEFF SAID TO OFFER CAROLE JOE AND THE CRIMES HE ONES OF ON A SILVER PLATTER???

Wait, what was weird hair offered $100k to do???
Make a phone call and the offer to Carole??? I'm so confused.

THIS TEXT OFFERING INFO ON JOE
OMG

"I have nothing to with this shit [except he knows everything is in the middle of it all but ok] except that bogus lemur"

"I signed up to be a confidential informant bcs it was the right thing to do."

And you know, if you didn't you were fucked and going to jail & your lawyer told you so, but sure, you did it bcs you were concerned about right and wrong and someone breaking the law.

I'M SCREAMING.
HBD 1's REACTION (THE ONE THAT DID METH) WHEN THEY TELL HIM WEIRD HAIR WAS WORKING FOR THE FEDS...
OMG

He legit didn't know

I NEED THIS LEMUR BACKSTORY LIKE RN. WHY DOES EVERYONE KEEP BRINGING UP THE LEMUR?? WHAT HAPPENED?? WHY IS THE LEMUR THING THIS BIG OF A DEAL???

WAIT, HE WAS ONE WHO SOLD THE STOLEN HUMMER!

This is insane.

ARE THE LEMUR AND HUMMER RELATED INCIDENTS???

Wait, so they actually did have someone hired to kill cat lady according to weird hair Hummer stealing lemur drama confidential informant dude.

OH IN TAMPA

The FBI called cat lady to tell her someone wanted to kill her and she's bscly like "what's new"
Ok...

Uhhhhh....
The guy hired is just talking about it like normal to the camera.
DUDE

Wait, he went to Florida and then back home and his take is
"I chickened tf out."
Not, killing a person is wrong so I didn't do it.

Lemur dude tells bank roller that he's working with the feds and bankroller wants in bcs he's in legal trouble and wants to make a deal.

So Joe did actually pay the dude that went to kill Carole but didn't go through with it.
Taking the $3k was about fucking over Joe???
You just said you chickened out and that's why you didn't kill cat lady.
These stories change so fast I'm getting whiplash.

OMG
Joe actually was arrested.
This love letter you his hbd who looks 13 is oof.

"What would you say to Joe rn?"

"I would just hug him. He doesn't have contact and he's a very affectionate man."

Carole is really posting on FB a video about Joe's arrest.

I'm so confused.
I thought at the beginning they were saying she was dead and he hired someone to have the cats kill her. I gotta rewatch that 1st ep...

Bankroller is building a new zoo.
What?

What is this carnival footage?

Joe, who kept hundreds of animals in cages: "I'm in a cage. You know why animals due in cages? Because their soul dies."

Storage compartment falls off of the semi. That's normal.

ORIGINAL DUDE 2 IS DEFENDING JOE AND CLAIMING EVERYTHING IS ALL BS.

INFORMANT IS BITTER THE ZOO ISN'T NAMED AFTER HIM.

These ppl are pieces of work.

So we're back to "was Jeff involved in the hire for murder."

Oh, trial is about to go down.

WOAH
HOLD UP

Cat lady just said that this silver lining to all of this is that if someone were to kill her it would push this so far forward it would be worth it.

WHAT

Oh...
Hbd 1 testified against Joe.

HE DROVE THE DUDE SUPPOSEDLY HIRED TO KILL HER TO ANOTHER STATE TO GET A FAKE ID???

Please tell me more about this road trip.

Wait...
Jeff basically planned the murder. Why is he not in trouble???

Um...
Ok.
This lady that appears to be a news anchor agrees.

I keep rewinding bcs I'm so confused here. Bankroller didn't even testify when he was clearly involved????

Ok Joe was definitely awful. Beyond words awful. BUT WHY IS HE THE ONLY ONE IN TROUBLE HERE????

Joe didn't do any of this single-handedly. There are a million accomplices from the beginning through the end.

(HOW AM I SORT OF DEFENDING JOE FFS)

Ummmmm.....
Hummer stealing weird hair lemur drama informant guy is saying it was a witch hunt bcs even the hitman isn't in trouble. It's just Joe
?????????
Like, wasn't that your goal. You chose to get involved and offered up dirt on Joe and helpef Jeff not get in trouble.

News anchor lady is saying they lied on the stand and no one ever questioned it.

WAIT
HOLD THE FUCK UP
Joe is saying there's proof Allen never went to Florida.

OMG THEY HAVE AUDIO OF ALLEN SAYING HE NEVER WENT TO FLORIDA AND NEVER INTENDED TO?????

I mean, Joe still guess him to kill her afaik but this is still so WTAF???

They all have changed their stories so many times.
WTH is actually going on????

So they definitely lied under oath.

Joe is no saint. Far from it. He is the worst. But this is getting weirder....

WAIT
Joe gave Allen the $3k under Jeff's on that Thanksgiving right after his hbd died bcs Allen wouldn't work for him or do anything so the $3k was so he would leave????

I'm so confused.

Oh....
Dude 2 is awful but also making a good point...
No hitman would do it for $3k, esp one that meant driving across the country.

HOW AM I AGREEING WITH JOE AND DUDE 2?

Campaign manager is still involved somehow.

BANKROLLER BSCLY JUST ARMITTED TO SETTING HIM UP SO THAT HE COULD GET THE BUSINESS ?????
The ILLEGAL business

WAS THIS ALL A SET UP AND CON FROM BANKROLLER SINCE HE GOT INVOLVED?

Why didn't they investigate everyone????

Wait, the informant thinks others should've gone down too.

They never talked to his long time employees???

OMG
They set him up with the murder for hire shit. I'm not even sure that happened but if it did, he was not the only one involved, at all.

The animal cruelty, selling cars, etc, is definitely on him. He should pay for that.

But this murder plot stuff looks like it was a set up by everyone. I don't get why the Feds never questioned more ppl directly involved though.

Y'all, WAS CAROLE INVOLVED IN THE SET UP???

Jeff is fucking disgusting. Young wife is super pregnant. He says she's being induced & they're getting a nanny & she's getting back in the gym. GROSS. NO. NOT OK. Then holds up a pic & says he said she could have a nanny if he got to pick her, clearly meaning someone hot.

OMFG
This nanny convo is disgusting. He literally says it has to be someone hot.

Ahh, yes, the "if I was a criminal wouldn't I have been charged" defense.

Dude. You were. Las Vegas?????

I am so tired but there's 15 mins left. I'm powering through.

Informant thinks Jeff will be arrested soon.

Why are we watching informant jet ski???

Old manager called the Feds to ask about others and was told it's far from over.

Joe gave dirt on dude 2 along with everyone else.
Damn.

OMG wait, is everyone turning on Lowe now????

Hbd 1 is getting tatoo of Joe's name covered.

Uhhhh...
There is video of Joe from the early days saying the breedong must stop.

And now a video of him saying he deprived the chimpanzees of a better life for 10 yrs.

I'm so fucking confused

THAT'S THE END?

OMG ok at least we get music videos.
OMG these videos.

So Carole killed her hbd and feed him to the cats.
Everyone set up Joe for a murder for hire that never happened and he never intended to do.
Joe def did bad shit.
This was batshit crazy.

I gotta sleep but we are definitely going to be talking about this tomorrow bcs WTF just happened????