While audio maker Kaitlin Perst painted a beautiful portrait in February of the relationship with her sister (SISTERS), she directs in the new season of The Heart the microphone on her father. And again follows a raw and honest telling of a traumatic family dynamic. Devoted father Greg struggles when his teenage daughter opposes him. He is constantly out of his mind and takes on a victim role in their many conflicts. Kaitlin wonders: shouldn’t he have been the adult? Was this emotional abuse? Are her mental problems because of him? In the blood-curdling DAD she confronts him with that question.
A version of this article also appeared in the July 8, 2023 newspaper.