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S2 doesn't compare to S1 in any way shape or form in my opinion. Going out to lunch Friday with my old HBO counterparts, but I suspect they feel the same. Last week's episode was good, but last year I literally couldn't wait until the next episode each week. It was a build up, folks at the office all into it. This year, not anything close to the drama, the acting, etc. IMO. No way would I put last week's episode as best of both seasons, but again to each their own. I do agree the last episode last year was a bit of a disappointment, but part of that is because each week was so brilliant the bar was set high. The reason last week's episode ranks well, is because most of this year has been not great....low bar.
This week's episode was good. Tension was well built. For me it still hasn't reached the heights of Season 1 (tracking shot episode was ridiculously amazeballs), but it's improved consistently and I'm looking forward to the finale.I also like the development of Vaughn. They've done a good job building him up as that guy you aren't sure if you should cheer for or against. That's actually one thing I like about many of these characters. Vaughn is the guy who built himself from nothing only to see it all being taken away. Why he does what he does makes sense. Velcoro turned after his wife's rape, it all makes sense. That's the part of this show I really like. Bezzerides, Paul, their storylines are understandable and relatable.This is definitely a show that should improve with a second viewing. I'm confident there's stuff from the first couple episodes that will be missed, and that the storyline will become even more clear a second time around.
I liked the acting by the four principals. I really liked what Vaughn did at the end. However, the writing, the plotline, the directing, were just plain bad. I spent too much of the last two episodes trying to remember characters who had 5 minutes of screen time during first few episodes. Summed up perfectly by McAdams going into the clinic with the lights out and finding the director dead of a 'suicide' and the files gone. Two minutes of 'huh'? Too many answers from left field too fast. Meeting the two kids, one of them the murderer that started the whole series, from the jewel robbery that was the precipitating event for the entire series and then having them disappear in 10 minutes? Ultimately, a fail in my book.
I sat through the entire season of John From Cincinnati, and I wasn't going to do anything like that ever again!
I wasted 12 hours of my life on that one too. Started with some interesting characters, so the assumption was that something would happen in the story. It never did.
Saw the first episode of season 3 tonight, won’t come out until January officially. Very good. Feels like we are back on the right track like season one.The lead actor was in Hidden Figures and Moonlight....Mareshala Ali. Good stuff. Anyone that saw season two was disappointed, but this has a lot of promise. Set in the Ozarks in the 1990’s. Harrelson and McConeaughy are both exec producers on this.
Ha, just read all of my old comments on this thread, and stand by all of them 100%.Season 2 sucks. With the further passage of time everyone seems to agree, even HBO: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/hbo-reveals-why-true-detective-season-2-sucked-a6798516.htmlI do hope Season 3 is back to something resembling the quality of Season 1. I will give it a shot.
Mahershala Ali won the Oscar the other night for Green Book, he is amazing on True Detective.Did you know he played D1 basketball at Saint Mary’s for four years from 1992-1996? Point guard.Averaged 7 points per game his senior year.
Did not know that. He is one of my favorite actors. Still need to check out Season 3.
I was mildly disappointed in Season 3.It was miles better than Season 2, don't get me wrong, but based on what I had heard, I thought it would be at least as good as Season 1. And it wasn't. A lot of hopping around from one year to the next, some hard-to-believe plot turns, I won't spoil anything about the ending. The acting in general was very good, though.
Better than season 2. Not as good as season 1. I like the time slips. The ending felt too neat and too contrived. Well acted. I enjoyed it.