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Came in with pretty high expectations, and episode 1 was pretty close to parody. My guess is it may be that last season, episode 1 was often complained about as being a slow lead-in, and HBO has data now on how many viewers they lose who get not-hooked in episode 1. So they smack you in the face in ep 1 now to hook people.

S2Ep1 sucked. I may watch one more episode, but True Detective has already jumped the shark, IMO.

Better this week.

Think I may have one more episode left before I give up.

Pretty bad so far.

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Seriously, it just seems a bit incoherent. I think I can see where they're headed with a few things, but the only thing that makes me think I may watch ep3 is because

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Colin Farrell's character got a shotgun to the balls at the end of ep. and that's a decent WTF moment worth tuning into the beginning of ep3.

Baff, there's absolutely no reason to share a spoiler. Don't GoT this shit.

Shut up

Grandpa's Spells wrote:Baff, there's absolutely no reason to share a spoiler. Don't GoT this shit.

Why not, Gramps? After all, it seemed a lot like that fat-fuck George RR Martin co-wrote that fucking episode...

All this show seems like so far is 55 minutes of watching California traffic and 5 minutes of WTF at the end that almost force you to watch the next week in the hope that it's going to pick up.

So far it's all deliberate abstruseness. Empty symbolism that we're supposed to imbue with cryptic meaning, stroking our collective goatees and murmuring "Yes, yes..."

WildGorillaMan wrote:So far it's all deliberate abstruseness. Empty symbolism that we're supposed to imbue with cryptic meaning, stroking our collective goatees and murmuring "Yes, yes..."

The animal masks Colin Farrell found in that pervert Caspar's second, soundproofed bachelor pad were the same ones that those coonasses were wearing at the Courir De Mardi Gras, in Season 1.

Also, I have visited nearly ALL the True Detective Season 1 locations shot in and around Acadiana.

I will always love this show. Season 1 the most.

Pretty sure I'm gonna drop spoilers in this thread every week now.

Just saw e2. Better in some ways, worse than others...none of the characters seem like able, and Vaughn gets worse each week with shitty acting

Shafpocalypse Now wrote:Just saw e2. Better in some ways, worse than others...none of the characters seem like able, and Vaughn gets worse each week with shitty acting

I feel like, character-wise, Vince Vaughn's character is the only one with his shit half-way together. His acting is not as good as Woody's or Matthew's, but he's not terrible.

My guess is that the mayors son is BirdFaceKilla.

Anyone else think the whole show is miscast except for Colin Farrell?

Mostly mediocre acting, shitty theme music, opaque plot, phony depth.
NO ALEXANDRA DADDARO!!!
I'm out.

So far Season 2 is like a Noir-version of Seinfeld. It's a show where nothing happens.

WildGorillaMan wrote:So far it's all deliberate abstruseness. Empty symbolism that we're supposed to imbue with cryptic meaning, stroking our collective goatees and murmuring "Yes, yes..."

I don't have a goatee

Liar

Episode 3 now has me in...but this season is proving it can't be compared to the first. At least I'm finding it more interesting than The Wire.

Cave: Yes, I agree. Although McAdams and Farrell I think are the only two worth their salt.

You don't like The Wire? Why not? Serious question.

bennyonesix wrote:You don't like The Wire? Why not? Serious question.

I can't figure out why the rest of the world loved it and it didn't enthrall me like The Sopranos did, because the writing and acting across the whole show was great.

The second season for me was a real snooze-fest.

Cave Canem wrote:Anyone else think the whole show is miscast except for Colin Farrell?

He's the only one doing anything approaching decent acting.

None of them are even remotely assisted by the horrendous writing.

I'm losing interest, but will probably finish out the season just because I started it.