The docudrama portrays Steven Avery as a man who has had problems with law enforcement, but also a man who the police blame and target when something bad happens . He also portrays his family as honest and reliable people. The Averys run a family business, live near each other and miss each other, visit and call each other often. The Averys were torn apart, not once, but twice. Steven's parents, who are his biggest breadwinners, are constantly questioned about how they live with their son and grandson in prison. Even though they remain hopeful most of the time, it is clear that they are also suffering. In episode 10, "Fighting for Their Lives," Allen Avery, Steven's father, says that the Wisconsin justice system "ruined us." They ruined our business. Steven's mother, Dolores, says, "This one is worse than the first one." There are no more families here. The series shows the aging couple living alone on their land, heartbroken but hopeful, as any parent would be in their situation. Also in "Fighting for Their Lives," Avery's attorney Dean Strang emotionally shares his devastation that Wisconsin did this to Avery a second time, saying, "There's a big part of me that hopes really that Steven Avery is guilty of this crime. Because the thought of seeing him innocent of this crime, and back in prison, for something he didn't do, and now for the rest of his life