True Detective

[Rantz]

My favourite new show recently. Have you guys seen the first season, which just finished airing? If you haven't, why aren't you doing so right now? If you have... fantastic, wasn't it?

[Del Murder]

Will probably start this ASAP. Heard very good things.

[Madonna]

I was impressed and left very satisfied by the writing, acting, and, well, everything. Those characters, Cohle and Hart, were amazing, and it was a great ride accompanying them.

I second the motion that if you have not seen this show, to rectify this as soon as possible. I am jealous of anyone who watches now, since waiting a week between episodes for all eight episodes was so painful.

[Vyk]

Is it on Netflix or Amazon Prime or anything? Or should we secretly plunder it from the depths of the interwebs?

[Madonna]

It is an HBO show, available online on HBO GO, and I am sure they will rerun the season in their regular programming on cable.

[Freya]

Or ya know interneting it.

I have hbogo. Haven't watched the finale yet but the show is amazing. The writing is amazing. I have been very impressed.

[Vyk]

Ah, leads me back to that old argument where you should be able to subscribe to HBO and watch it's online services without having to first have cable television. (I don't have cable and never plan to get it). I may try to pirate it then. Or maybe the local video rental place will pick it up when the retail version is available

[Del Murder]

Watched the first episode today. It's slow to get going but I'm intrigued. Laughed a lot at their banter.

[Shiny]

The first episode was the most boring thing ever but I caught another episode on Sunday that was pretty great so I must watch.

[I Took the Red Pill]

Yes, it is a fantastic show. The dark, weird atmosphere and music, the acting, the dialogue, all are great. I just watched the last episode of the first season and I am very impressed with it.

I do have one gripe, though. Essentially every hunch they had was correct, and essentially everyone they interviewed gave them exactly the information they needed, which seemed kind of deus-ex-machina-y. I guess that since the storyline was spread out over multiple years this can be somewhat explained, but it's difficult to convey the feeling of that much time passing in an 8 episode story arc. It made the pacing seem a bit awkward to me.

I still think that overall it's an amazing show and I can't wait for the next story. I'm interested to see who will be the actors in Season 2.

[LunarWeaver]

There was a time I never would have said, "You know who's a great actor? Matthew McConaughey!" But here we are. I watched this show mostly for the two lead actors and their dialog and less for the overarching mystery about whoever and whatever. I enjoyed the ride~

That episode with the very complicated 6 minute long take is one of the most impressive things I've ever seen a TV show pull off.

[Shorty]

There was a time I never would have said, "You know who's a great actor? Matthew McConaughey!"

This is how I felt when I heard he had won an Oscar. It's like they give them away as party favors now or something.

Having said that, I have heard enough about this show to want to watch it now!

[Del Murder]

1/4 the way in and it is still slow to get moving. Hopefully the pace picks up!

[Freya]

Just finished the finale tonight. I foresee emmys all around!

[McLovin']

Episode 4 is where I was like holy shit. So I have high hopes for the last half, which ill get to soon enough

[Del Murder]

This was a pretty good series, and the last half was very suspenseful. This may very well be the Year of the McConaughey.

[Shorty]

Marathoned the trout out of this series in the last thirty hours. It has been a long time since I have felt such an intense, crazy mixture of emotions while watching something. Curiosity, resounding discomfort, fear, and in the end... hope, I guess?

I can't say enough good things about this show. I've always been a Woody Harrelson fan, and his character and role progression throughout the years has been interesting to watch. He does a good job. But Matthew McConaghey, christ alsmurfingmighty. Right now, the only person to outdo him on my list is Heath Ledger, and he gives Ledger a good run for his money. I honestly never thought I would say that. I think about his acting career, with troutty, horrible movies like How To Lose A Guy In Ten Days and Failure To Launch - even that horrible dragon movie all those years ago (I was so excited and so, so disappointed) and I want to cringe, but seeing what he's become - I guess he could be compared to Ledger in that sense, with Ten Things I Hate About You and A Knight's Tale. He's really and truly come into his own, and he completely blew my mind. I'm honestly shocked, and I actually enjoy the fact that I have to eat my hat on this one. If he doesn't win an award for this show, my faith in film and television critics will be blown.

On the content itself - the mysteries of the deep south have always been kindof fun to speculate on. Stuff that goes on in the woods, crazies who live out there. Of course you get stories like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and everything else encircling basically everything to do with those theories of what goes on out there. This quick, eight-episode series was so raw, so, so dark, and covered so much of the human psyche in such a short amount of time. It disturbed me without having to show me all of its cards, and that is what I liked about it. And it has totally and completely curbed any desire I have ever had to go exploring there.

I will say that as creepy and uncomfortable as the finale was, the one shot that's stuck with me all this time was the image of the dude in his underwear crossing the farm property with his gas mask swinging around and the camera just froze on him. Right as Cohle is talking about dreams and monsters. That's been haunting me since I saw it. The ending was one of its own, though. I kindof wish that more of it was exposed, but I like that it wasn't, because it wasn't necessary. They showed as much as they needed, and they ended the story where it needed to end. I am kindof disappointed that they both lived at the end, I was sure Cohle was going to eat it. Him talking about the end and his daughter and the darkness, though, was just almost... profound, to me, I guess. I really enjoyed that unexpected character moment from him.

10/10. Awesome, awesome show. They say it's going to be, or that it was intended to be, rather, an anthology. I would be very interested to see how that would work. They tried it with American Horror Story and that show has just become a progressively worse train wreck, but with how strong this first season was, I very much look forward to it.

[Freya]

I'm so glad you watched the show, Shorty. It truly is an amazing piece of work. Matthew came out of his shell in this one and the way him and harrelson played off each other just worked so well.

I hear they are going to have the next one in northern california and i've heard rumors of a female lead.

[Shorty]

I don't care about female leads specifically so much as I care about who it is.

[Freya]

Apparently Colin Farrell has been offered a spot and Taylor Kitsch. The female lead is still questionable. Apparently it's three different cops in california in different cities that come together. And apparently each of course has their own demons in their personal life/past.

[Loony BoB]

The one moment that really stood out for me throughout the entire series is the moment where Mr. Redneck starts speaking with the most posh accent imaginable. Danielle and I didn't see that coming, I don't think anyone could have seriously expected that.

I loved this series. Like some in this thread, I felt it started slowly - Danielle was the one who kept making me watch it rather than me actually jumping at the chance. I'm glad she did, though. The first four or five episodes were all build up to a worthy rampage through the real story taking place, and it was excellent.

Looking forward to the second season. It certainly has a lot to live up to.

[Shorty]

uuuuugh Colin Farrell? What is this show, an acting reform program?

[Freya]

Apparently! I thought ugh to McConaghey but he blew it out the park.

Farrell isn't too bad of a choice I don't think. I dunno, the first seasons writing was phenomenal so I don't think it'll disappoint.

[Shorty]

As long as he doesn't play an Irishman, I can take it. He us terrible at playing his own nationality and was basically the worst thing about Seven Psychopaths.

[The Man]

I finished watching this a couple days ago too. This show lived up to the hype.

[Loony BoB]

As long as he doesn't play an Irishman, I can take it. He us terrible at playing his own nationality and was basically the worst thing about Seven Psychopaths.
I dunno, I liked him in In Bruges.

[Freya]

Yes it's been almost a year and I'm reviving a thread but I wanted anecdotes from season one in the thread in anticipation for season two. SEASON TWO TRAILER!


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I'm actually very piqued by ferrell's look. He has a mustache! Rachel McAdams looks good. She was in SWAT gear!

[Del Murder]

I feel like this show is like the podcast Serial. It's first season was so good that it will be almost impossible to recapture that magic in the future. I'm sure it will still be good. I'll probably wait for the whole thing to air instead of watching week by week since a show like this makes you crazy with anticipation for the next episode.

[McLovin']

How should we tease the second season?

Intense looks, Jimmy. And then the looks intensifies.

[Rantz]

I'm cautiously hopeful that they'll keep up the good quality, but of course we won't know until we see it. Unlike Murder, I will not be able to keep myself from watching it week by week. :tongue:

[Shiny]

This would be so good if it didn't have Vince Vaughn. I'm curious to see what Rachel McAdams' and Taylor Kitsch's characters bring to the table, but mostly Rachel's because she looks like a badass.

[Shorty]

NEW SEASON JUNE 21ST THAT'S THIS SUNDAY

http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/is-true-detectives-new-season-truly-defective-20150617

Newest review leaves me with mixed feelings. Rachel McAdams sounds like she's killing it, but I could very well do without Colin Farrell, just like I could very well do without another LA crime show. However, the writer specifically compares it to something like the The Chinatown Monologues, which has subsequently piqued my interest.

Whoever thought to make Vince Vaughn a crime syndicate leader, though, should be removed from the show, along with the person who green-lighted the idea. I cannot take him seriously. Then again, I thought this same exact thing about Matthew McConaughey, but he atleast had some solid serious drama work under his belt, even if it stood up against crap like Failure to Launch and How to Lose A Guy In Ten Days. We'll see, I guess.

Still excited for it, and excited to see some maniacal ragecop on Rachel McAdams' part.

[Strider]

Colin Farrell is always better when he's not doing the A-list action hero thing. See: Horrible Bosses, In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths.

And I don't understand the hate for Vince Vaughn, since I'm of the opinion he's got like two different modes: low-key slacker type and slow-burning villain type. Think of Robin Williams, who you may remember killed it on Law and Order and in movies like Insomnia. It just so happens that Vaughn has leaned more on the former in recent years, but don't forget roles he had in Into the Wild and Cell. He's got it in him.

Can you tell how excited I am now that #TrueDetectiveSeason2 is actually here?

[Freya]

I'm super excited. So glad they put this on right after GoT ended so I don't have a lull in shows.

I'm giving all the actors a clean slate here. I worried about the last seasons actors but they proved me wrong so I'm going to try to not worry this time.

[Shorty]

Colin Farrell is always better when he's not doing the A-list action hero thing. See: Horrible Bosses, In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths.

And I don't understand the hate for Vince Vaughn, since I'm of the opinion he's got like two different modes: low-key slacker type and slow-burning villain type. Think of Robin Williams, who you may remember killed it on Law and Order and in movies like Insomnia. It just so happens that Vaughn has leaned more on the former in recent years, but don't forget roles he had in Into the Wild and Cell. He's got it in him.

Can you tell how excited I am now that #TrueDetectiveSeason2 is actually here?

Was he in Into the Wild? I don't remember him at all.

I did like Colin Farrell in In Bruges, but I found his role in Seven Psychopaths as not awesome. I don't know what it was. He is very out of place as an Irishman among Americans. I have nothing against the Irish, but it felt like his character was Irish solely because Colin Farrell is Irish; the character probably would have been American if it were any other actor in the role. Maybe that wasn't his fault because his character was written that way, but he does very well as playing an American as seen in Minority Report, which is probably my favorite thing I have yet to see him in.

I haven't seen any of the trailers yet, so I'm just going off of what I've read on the internet about his role this season.

What villainous roles have we seen Vince Vaughn in?

[Loony BoB]

I am looking forward to more often-disliked actors proving they can act by actually being featured in a well written and directed show. Bring it on.

[Rantz]

Was he in Into the Wild? I don't remember him at all.
He was a farmer who let Christopher work at the farm until he got busted for something or other.

I'm so excited for this :jess:

[Del Murder]

This show is waaaaay to suspenseful so I think I'll wait for it to be over and then binge the whole thing.

[Night Fury]

Happy birthday to me from HBO I guess :jess:

I'm looking forward to seeing Vincent Vaughn tbh!

[Freya]

I'm confused. But intrigued.

I think it's that we have all these story lines but I THINK I half ass got it.

So Farrel is a aggressive dirty cop? Vince is kinda a bad guy but someone is killing his people? Taylor is a good cop with maybe PTSD and McAdams is a pissed off good cop and they all end up having to deal with whomever killed the one guy.

I think. There's a lot going on

[DarkMatta]

I've not read the comment. Gone straight to typing this.

About to get my True Detective fill. I'm pretty chuffed it's back. HBO are just great with my needs!

[Rantz]

I'm confused. But intrigued.

I think it's that we have all these story lines but I THINK I half ass got it.

So Farrel is a aggressive dirty cop? Vince is kinda a bad guy but someone is killing his people? Taylor is a good cop with maybe PTSD and McAdams is a pissed off good cop and they all end up having to deal with whomever killed the one guy.

I think. There's a lot going on
That's pretty much what I got out of it too. I was a bit confused with what seemed to be the separate timeline for Farrell and Vaughn where they met, but I think it was just a temporary flashback.

I'll reserve judgement for now but it seems pretty promising.

[DarkMatta]

I liked the episode. It felt convoluted at the start, bouncing all the characters somewhat quickly, but the foundations were very nicely placed with all four of them - bringing them together nicely for the story-arc of the season.

Farrell stood out for me. Looking like his character will be the one that pushes the story forward.

[Night Fury]

I really enjoyed the episode, it wasn't what I was expecting and it was very different straight away from the first season. I like all of the characters and I'm intrigued by all of them. My favourite part was when Farrell told that kid he was going to buttfuck his dad with his headless mom's corpse.

[Shiny]

Episode 1 was terribly boring. I have yet to watch episode 2 but I'm hoping it picks up.

[Freya]

What is this? Game of thrones? Just killing a character in episode two doodeeleedoo.

Ughhh

I was thinking it was his redemption arc for the season cause he started to balk at Vince. Which Vince is scrambling cause he made bad investment choices.

What's with he crow people?!

[Rantz]

Well that was an unexpected twist.

Pleasantly surprised by McAdams' acting so far, but also Farrell's. Vaughn has been okay but nothing special. Kitsch is alright too. The storyline isn't super exciting yet, but the script is pretty good.

[Shiny]

This show is boring. I quit. Someone just please let me know what happens to Colin's character. I'm way too done with this show to invest anymore time. It puts me to sleep.

[McLovin']

This is a boring show...so was the first season, but you had to let it build, then it got good once you saw the foundation being laid. I think s1 only started to show how good it really was in ep 4? So yeah...this one did well enough with that ending lol. I was also bored kinda just passively watching it, and then was like wat at the end lol.

[Pheesh]

In my opinion this season is no more or less boring than season 1 was content wise (up to this point), but one of my favourite things in season 1 was simply listening to Woody and Matthew's characters speak. They could have been reading off the back of orange juice cartons and I still would have enjoyed it. In contrast, this season everyone is a low talking mumbler which leaves me craning my neck to try and hear what's being said and it isn't particularly enjoyable.

I'm confident the plot will pick up steam in the next few episodes though.

[Night Fury]

I think this is really hard to keep up with what's going on but I'll persevere with it because it will reach a point where it will click most likely - and I'm interested enough in all of the main characters to keep watching.

Does anyone else think that Paully is a homophobic gay after this weeks episode? It could explain why he took viagra to sleep with that woman if he's not sexually interested, and also he said he got hit on by a male and he wanted to beat him up. He was then watching what I assume was a gay prostitute from the window... I wonder if he is either a HUUUUGE homophobe and is going to beat that guy up, or if he is gay himself but hates it. It can also be another reason why he's so pissed off about the blow job story.

[Shorty]

Also incredibly pleased with Rachel McAdams' acting, as well as Vince Vaughn's. The very first scene of this episode when he's lying in bed with his woman talking about getting locked in the basement was so surreal. Watch it again and look at how he conveys his story just through his facial expressions. His eyes moving and staring. He looks so deadpan but he's still twitching in a way through his glances, like he's reliving being back there, locked in that pitch black basement. I take back my sarcasm about him. I've never seen him pull off a scene like that.

Colin Ferrell I was down with in the first episode, but this one just... made me sortof question what the smurf his character was good for. He's a plot device? Great. Thanks a lot, asses. What value did his character provide? He was Vince's main guy on the inside, and now he's going to have to struggle? I don't even know.

As Tara said, I, too, am having trouble following exactly what is all happening right now and why we're supposed to care. Maybe it's be as Philip also said, I am having to crane my smurfing neck into the tv in order to catch any notion about the conversation at hand so maybe I am missing some things.


In my opinion this season is no more or less boring than season 1 was content wise (up to this point), but one of my favourite things in season 1 was simply listening to Woody and Matthew's characters speak. They could have been reading off the back of orange juice cartons and I still would have enjoyed it. In contrast, this season everyone is a low talking mumbler which leaves me craning my neck to try and hear what's being said and it isn't particularly enjoyable.

Same on all accounts. I absolutely loved listening to Woody and Matthew's characters. It was one of the driving features of season one for me. It worked so well in keeping the story flowing from one happening to the next, from past to present, drawing parallels between scenes and allowing the viewers to read between the lines. Without that now, the show seems lacking.


Does anyone else think that Paully is a homophobic gay after this weeks episode? It could explain why he took viagra to sleep with that woman if he's not sexually interested, and also he said he got hit on by a male and he wanted to beat him up. He was then watching what I assume was a gay prostitute from the window... I wonder if he is either a HUUUUGE homophobe and is going to beat that guy up, or if he is gay himself but hates it. It can also be another reason why he's so pissed off about the blow job story.

The gay thing did cross my mind when I saw him take out the viagra. I read something somewhere else, though, that seemed to imply that he is a thrill-chaser and that he can't ride high unless some major adrenaline is involved like doing things like racing down the canyon on a motorcycle with his lights off or getting sucked off by an actress. Could be why he took a job as a cop, and then moved up to a detective. It sortof made me believe it a little more when his lady friend was like, "You aren't right." I'm glad she stood up for herself.

Either way, I totally hate his character. I hate him. I just hate him.

I dunno. I just don't know right now. I really enjoy the LA noire David Lynchian Mulholland Drive feel. I can dig it. But if this season wasn't riding so hard on the coattails of season one, I might not otherwise still continue watching.

It's only the second episode, though, and some new mysteries have cropped up. I hope the next episode picks up a little more.

[Night Fury]

Also incredibly pleased with Rachel McAdams' acting, as well as Vince Vaughn's. The very first scene of this episode when he's lying in bed with his woman talking about getting locked in the basement was so surreal. Watch it again and look at how he conveys his story just through his facial expressions. His eyes moving and staring. He looks so deadpan but he's still twitching in a way through his glances, like he's reliving being back there, locked in that pitch black basement. I take back my sarcasm about him. I've never seen him pull off a scene like that.


Does anyone else think that Paully is a homophobic gay after this weeks episode? It could explain why he took viagra to sleep with that woman if he's not sexually interested, and also he said he got hit on by a male and he wanted to beat him up. He was then watching what I assume was a gay prostitute from the window... I wonder if he is either a HUUUUGE homophobe and is going to beat that guy up, or if he is gay himself but hates it. It can also be another reason why he's so pissed off about the blow job story.

The gay thing did cross my mind when I saw him take out the viagra. I read something somewhere else, though, that seemed to imply that he is a thrill-chaser and that he can't ride high unless some major adrenaline is involved like doing things like racing down the canyon on a motorcycle with his lights off or getting sucked off by an actress. Could be why he took a job as a cop, and then moved up to a detective. It sortof made me believe it a little more when his lady friend was like, "You aren't right." I'm glad she stood up for herself.

Either way, I totally hate his character. I hate him. I just hate him.

I dunno. I just don't know right now. I really enjoy the LA noire David Lynchian Mulholland Drive feel. I can dig it. But if this season wasn't riding so hard on the coattails of season one, I might not otherwise still continue watching.

It's only the second episode, though, and some new mysteries have cropped up. I hope the next episode picks up a little more.

I really enjoyed the opening scene too. I'm very intrigued by Rachel McAdam's sexual freaky stuff she has going on. I wonder if the commune is a cult and she was subject to some abuse or something - who knows. There are a lot of minor things going on that interest me way more than the main murder at this point.

[Araciel]

I hate mcadams... She talks like a sixty year old woman.

[Night Fury]

Naaah this show is losing me. Good shoutout but still, why should I care about any of these characters?

[McLovin']

You're missing how the story is coming together. I read an interesting theory that uses bits like the intro song "i live among you, well disguised" and the purposeful omissions of Paul Woodrough's life (his dad, what he did after Blackrock) to show that HE IS THE BIRDMAN. And his dad is Caspere, the guy in the beginning. He is the one doing it all, but he's so messed up that he doesn't remember doing any of it. He and McAdams are some of the children that were used by the pedohpiles in the first season that Woody and Rust discovered. Boom. Let that sink in and see if it unfolds this way.

[Freya]

I dunno that shoot out was pretty cool.

I dunno about that theory though. I'll keep up with it to see how it pans out but yeah it's not as good so far as last season.

[Night Fury]

I will continue to watch this for Vince Vaughn though, he's like my dirty guilty crush.

[Rantz]

I agree that it's not living up to the previous season so far, but I suppose I didn't really expect it to. I still really enjoy most of the scenes, though. They nail the atmosphere much like the first season did, but it's missing the brilliant dialogue (even though I appreciate that they're trying).

That shootout was intense. Great editing.

[Night Fury]

Oh my god! Now it's heating up. Fantastic episode, I didn't want it to end this week!

[Freya]

Ooooooo Ferrell Is pissssssed

[McLovin']

I thought this was a great freakin' episode.

[Freya]

Yeah, that little shit of a kid thought "I will always be your father" "k *noms pizza*"

Also, goodness that was a uhhh crazy party.

[Pheesh]

This show is *just* doing enough to keep me watching. A few highlights in this weeks episode, and as always a bunch of filler that I don't care about at all. If this show gets picked up for a 3rd season I hope they realise what parts of the formula have definitely not been a success and fix it.

[Freya]

Oh snap. That ending! This season's threads are all coming together and it's intense!

[McLovin']

It's been super slow in the beginning, which imo wasn't executed that well, but, nonetheless, it has come together awesomely.