Respectful and thorough, this unembellished true-crime story might have only regional appeal, but its depressing reminder of our failure to prevent similar calamities will resonate nationwide.
It was yet another depressing reminder that more than 11 years after 9/11 Americans still allow themselves to be easily and willingly cowed by the "threat" of terrorism.
Downing Street cannot give a breakdown of the figures and, for many, this may seem like a depressing reminder of "facts" manufactured to justify Tony Blair joining George W Bush's invasion of Iraq.
For those who hoped the lurid collapse of Fifa would herald a new age, the manoeuvrings of recent months have been a depressing reminder that the more things change, the more they appear to stay the same.
It is a depressing reminder that the law in Thailand can seem at the service of its political masters, rather than the other way around.On the streets of Khlong Toey, the largest slum in Bangkok, there is nostalgia for Mr Thaksin's iron-fisted drugs policy.
If Harry Potter's adventures are joyful skyrockets of the imagination for children who suspect they are somehow more special than the mere mortals around them, then Ryan's story is a depressing reminder that sometime in childhood most of us put in some years as mere misfits.
The shrill, overstuffed, spiritless cinematic contraption being marketed under the label "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" is a depressing reminder that when Hollywood decides to lavish more than $100 million on a beloved children's story, that money has to go somewhere.
While Hudack was likely to lose in the recall fight (just as two other Colorado Democrats did earlier this year) her decision was both an inspiring example of a politician putting her beliefs ahead of her ambition and also a depressing reminder of the extraordinary power that the NRA continues to wield in national politics.
The continuing die-off of the world's coral reefs is a depressing reminder of the reality of climate change, but it's also something we can actively push back on.
That's a depressing reminder of the gap between practical and legal realities and values.
