Good American Family

word of advice ! This article contains SPOILERS for secure American Family episode 4.Hulu’sGood American Familyhas continued aggrandise Kristine and Michael Barnett ’s side of Natalia Grace ’s story , and the new episode has introduced raw inconsistency with their claims . Hulu ’s true - crime show has never been very implicated with thetrue story behindGood American Family . Even with so many conflicting accounts of the same story , each episode ofGood American Familyintroduces new storylines that have been fabricated for the saki of striking tensity . For example , it has more tautness onto thecast ofGood American Familythan the real life people they ’re based on had .

InGood American Familyepisode 4 , Kristine ( Ellen Pompeo ) and Michael Barnett ( Mark Duplass ) last began to see eye - to - optic about Natalia Grace ( Imogen Faith Reid ) . It took Kristine taking the boys to her female parent ’s firm and Natalia Grace tanking Michael ’s consultation with T - Mobile , but he was finally quick to side with his wife . As a effect , she was lock in in the Barnetts ' garage , they hadNatalia Grace ’s agelegally changed , and they deposited her in an main apartment . The wide separatrix of the story are faithful , butGood American Familycontinued to take creative familiarity .

4Natalia Grace’s Alleged Electric Fence Attack Happened On A Public Farm, Not At Kristine’s Mother’s House

The Barnetts Claimed Kristine Was Shoved Into An Electric Fence At Traders Point Creamery

One of the liberal moments inGood American Familyepisode 4 came when Natalia Grace allegedly pushed Kristine Barnett into the galvanising fence at her mother ’s home . It was n’t show on silver screen , but Kristine assured Michael that Natalia was attempt to stamp out her . The problem is , that alleged slaying try did n’t happen at Kristine ’s mother ’s home , it happened at a public farm call Traders Point Creamery(viaThe Curious Case of Natalia Grace ) . Michael Barnett explained they had go there for their son ’s birthday , and the scene ended in a very public meltdown .

Some of the Barnetts allegations about the galvanic fence incident are operose to parse , as Michael Barnett blatantly shift his story just three years after his initial audience . The main gist of his claim , however , are that Natalia Grace pulled Kristine into an electric fencing , that the police were involve , and that Natalia was afterward taken to a mental infirmary because of the incident . employee of Traders Point Creamery regard the incident and counter some of Michael ’s claims , but it sure enough did n’t happen on a individual farm asGood American Familydepicted .

3The Electric Fence Wasn’t Even Powered On Like It Was In Good American Family

Traders Point Creamery Employees Said The Electric Fence Wasn’t Even On When Natalia’s Attack Supposedly Happened

Another major item of the galvanising fence incident thatGood American Familygot wrong is the injury Kristine Barnett sustained . In the show , Kristine was treated for balmy electrical suntan , as the fence was running at a low potential drop . In real spirit , employees of Traders Point Creamery claim the fence Kristine allegedly fall into was n’t even power on when the Barnetts visited(viaThe Curious Case of Natalia Grace ) .

2Natalia Grace Was Forced To Sleep On The Porch, Not In The Garage

Michael Admitted That Kristine Barnett Forced Natalia To Sleep Outside When CPS Was Called

After the galvanic fence incident , Kristine and Michael tried to admit Natalia Grace to a genial infirmary . When their first option was full , they had to pass a nighttime with her in the house , and they decide to mesh her in the service department to protect the boys . In real life , Michael claims that Kristine forced Natalia Grace to sleep outdoors on the Barnett kinfolk ’s back porch not to keep the boys secure , but to coerce her into bring out her " real " age(viaThe Curious Case of Natalia Grace ) . That was really the upshot that instigated Child Protective Services ' visit to the Barnett house , not a call from Natalia .

1Good American Family Glossed Over Natalia Grace’s Time In The Mental Hospital

Good American Family Skipped Straight To Natalia’s Independent Apartment

One of the most crying changesGood American Familyepisode 4 made to its truthful story is actually an omission . After the Barnetts were claver by the police investigator and distinguish to vary her effectual geezerhood , effective American Familyproduced a collage of physician ' visit and effectual proceeding lead up to Natalia Grace being put in her own flat . In real life , Natalia Grace was admitted to Larue Carter mental hospital before she was generate an independent apartment(viaThe Curious Case of Natalia Grace ) .

ripe American Family dramatise the harrowing true story of orphan Natalia Grace Barnett . But the show does n’t tell us what happened to her next .

peculiarly enough , ifGood American Familyhad included the accounts of Natalia ’s time at Larue Carter , it would have added credenza to the Barnetts ' claims . Several employees of Larue Carter , speaking anonymously , claimed that Natalia was an adult and that she even propositioned male patients for sex(viaThe Curious Case of Natalia Grace ) . For some rationality , Good American Familyhas skipped over Natalia Grace ’s clip at the genial infirmary , perhaps to depict it in a light more favorable to her afterwards on in the show .

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Natalia Grace (Imogen Faith Reid) on a nightvision camera as she’s locked in the garage in Good American Family episode 4

Natalia Grace and Kristine Barnett argue in front of an electric fence and a cow in Good American Familly episode 4

Michael (Mark Duplass) and Kristine Barnett (Ellen Pompeo) sit with a paramedic in Good American Family episode 4

Natalia Grace (Imogen Faith Reid) outside her new apartment in Good American Family episode 4

Good American Family Natalia smiling at the camera

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