The ending felt very anticlimactic to me. Did they think the big Adam reveal was going to be some kind of bombshell? We've known Adam had to be an alter since around episode three. I do not understand why the show danced around the issue the way they did. They didn't do enough to convince me the jury would have found Danny innocent.
I watched the Netflix docuseries about Billy Milligan referenced by @Affogato above. It just left me confused about what really happened. I don't know if Billy really had multiple personalities, or whether such a thing actually exists. It's still a hotly debated topic in the psychiatric field to this day. Lots of conflicting opinions.
Billy certainly had a tragic life, and most of the story takes place after a judge found him not guilty by reason of insanity (his case never went to a jury trial). He was bounced around from hospital to hospital and assuming he ever suffered from mental illness it only made him worse. They could easily do two or three more seasons of The Crowded Room, although I doubt Tom Holland is interested in committing to something like that given his movie career.
There were several things this show borrowed from Billy's story. Chief among them was Danny's goofy hairdo. That's exactly how Billy was wearing his hair at the time of his arrest. Also, the abuse by the stepfather in the barn was part of Billy's story. And like Danny, Billy was a prolific and talented artist who drew all the time. Interestingly, one of Billy's "alters" was named Danny. There were also alters modeled after Ariana, Jack and Yitzhak.
Overall I'm glad I watched this but it could have been trimmed down a couple episodes and I don't think they quite stuck the landing.
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