My favorite summer TikTok trend is one that spoofs Netflix true crime dramas by applying their narrative formula to mundane, everyday situations. In this trend, you might watch a nervous-looking woman sit down in front of a camera, fiddle with her microphone and confess that she was the colleague who took Cara’s Diet Dr Pepper from the office fridge. Or you might watch a family grimly assemble under ominous type reading, “The dad who forgot to gas the car before driving to Disney.”
