From the outside looking in, the popularity of "Making a Murderer" must have surely helped Avery's case, right?
From telling his story to creating a mass movement trying to free him and the ongoing fan investigation of the evidence, Avery must have come out on top.
But the story may be different from the inside looking out. Has the popularity of the series actually hindered the case and further investigations? Have the many new theories about evidence and other suspects actually pulled resources away from more solid leads?
Will we find that the dedicated amateur sleuths actually found things Zellner, Avery's previous attorneys, and investigators overlooked? And will those findings come to Avery's aid, or incriminate him?
Of course, these are all the things that make us look forward to season two of "Making a Murderer."