Sean Combs: The Reckoning
What’s it rated? TV-MA
When? 2025
Where’s it showing? Netflix
Delving into Sean Combs’ past is not what the world needs right now; any attention is ill-deserved. Despite that, it’s nothing less than fascinating to see how the once big-time music mogul snaked his way up the proverbial ladder and became someone who believed himself untouchable.
This docuseries does nothing to proclaim the sexual abuser as anything but—every interview, every witness speaks on the ego and violence that Combs exudes. The series uses intimate footage of Combs in the days preceding his arrest to set the frame for the end of the story, his long court battle and sentencing. What’s amazing is he tried to legally block the story, saying the footage was used without permission, but in fact he refused to pay the videographer he hired, who sold the footage to 50 Cent.
Through interviews with colleagues, peers, and employees, the series paints the image of a man who thinks himself closer to a god than a mortal, a checkers player trying to play 4D chess, and frankly, a cheapskate rapist with no real friends.
Get ready to get angry. Let’s all just hope the stain on his name continues after his prison release. (four approximately one-hour episodes)
—Anna Starkey
This article appears in Dec 18 – Dec 25, 2025.