Streaming [HBO] True Detective

[Warsaw]

Davis` death threw me. Didn't see the blood till Ray did.

Great ep, but the one thing that's nagging me is the amount of emphasis the story places on peripheral characters that we've hardly know anything about like Casper. It's an effort to keep track of everyone. Tempted to re-watch it all before next week.

 

[BACCS]

Couldn't help but laugh at the attorney general suddenly deciding to make them all undercover detectives.

Well yeah, it's a TV show, things are always going to work out. I'm not sure why season one of this show gets put up on some massive pedestal. It was good no doubt, but this season is fine as well.

 

[Kirby]

It must have been a good episode as it felt tense all of the way through.

I think that McAdams and Farrell are really showing their chops as actors, particularly McAdams. Her vulnerability from under the toughness is really starting to come through but in a slow and subtle way.

Poor old Woodrow, he had the skills until the end there.

I think VV does a good job with Frank when he is doing all the gangster stuff, just keep him away from the crappy stuff with his mrs.

Looking forward to the final episode.

 

[Sterge]

Were we supposed to know the person who killed Taylor kitsch at the end?

Lucky with the tunnels running under the whole city and everything he knew the exact door to wait at

 

[vast]

Were we supposed to know the person who killed Taylor kitsch at the end?

Lucky with the tunnels running under the whole city and everything he knew the exact door to wait at

He has been in every ep his name is Burris.

 

[vast]

Davis` death threw me. Didn't see the blood till Ray did.

Great ep, but the one thing that's nagging me is the amount of emphasis the story places on peripheral characters that we've hardly know anything about like Casper. It's an effort to keep track of everyone. Tempted to re-watch it all before next week.

Yeah Farrells reaction when he saw her was great too.

Agree it was a bit hard to follow but to be honest I havent paid a great deal of attention to all those side chracters names a minor details which left me a bit lost in that ep.

 

[PepeSilvia]

 

[Sterge]

He has been in every ep his name is Burris.

Thought that was him haven't really been paying attention though.

This is going to end like the first one isn't it, all the killings will be Burris and ultimately the big underground society will mean nothing

 

[Taylor]

True Detective 1 was about getting some small justice while not being swamped by the invincible machine of power.

 

[phantom13]

Honestly it is so hard to keep up, they have swollen the list of people involved in the story and how they are all connected to the point that without alot of clunky exposition you spend most of your time wondering who they are talking about or who is on your screen. This can work but not in 8 episodes with so much other stuff going on.

Its the first show i can remember intently watching and still feeling pretty lost.

 

[Noel Gallagher]

There is something NQR with the VV's wife. One minute she's pleading with him to get out of the business, the next she doesn't blink an eyelid when she walks into his office and sees a dead body o the floor.

 

[bourbons]

lol Frank with the scorched earth policy, nice one.

Paul what a boss. Dunno if I like Burris just happening to be lurking at the random door that Paul emerged from. Guess you could argue they would have had guys stationed at every exit, lover boy did say he had lots of eyes on him before he took him into the tunnels.

Thinking Woodrugh getting killed will be the catalyst (LOL, pun) for fed involvement/interest too. Dead cop, dead mercenaries in the tunnels.

Not to mention a dead district attorney

Was enjoying the opening scene with Bezzeridis and Velcoro, her talking about waiting her whole for that or looking for that and then slipping up about running out of the woods was good some writing IMO but then she tried to **** him which seemed out of place and ruined the end of the scene despite a small recovery will Velcoro saying she was out of his league anyway lol.

Thought that was ok, she was still trolleyed - she even said so.

 

[Sterge]

Thought that was ok, she was still trolleyed - she even said so.

i got the impression she said that to excuse the fact she tried to root him

 

[randyzany]

Well yeah, it's a TV show, things are always going to work out. I'm not sure why season one of this show gets put up on some massive pedestal. It was good no doubt, but this season is fine as well.

I second this. Too much pseudo philosophical wank in S01 and not enough substance for me too deem it a 'great' show. Probably in the minority but I'm enjoying S02 a lot more than S01.

 

[randyzany]

just got back from the rally?

lulz Pay that.

Like I said on another thread (assuming post wasn't deleted) as a child of non european migrant parents and raised in several 'multicultural' enclaves/ghettos of Melbourne I have come to appreciate the different cultures/ethnicities (Vietnamese, Thai, Indian, etc..) that have made this city their home; arguably more so than your average anglo who rarely comes in contact with the so-called 'ethnics'.

However my experiences with Muslims (even prior to 9/11) in my formative years did not leave a good impression on me (disturbing to put it mildly) and sadly the rise of ISIS and all the other 'issues' associated with Islam has not surprised me in the slightest. I'll just leave it at that.

FWIW S01 was set in a 'hole' too, redneck Southern America, but for whatever reason LA cops this label (unfairly IMO) more than any other US city that I've noticed.

 

[exile]

for anyone who's lost on any part (or all) of the storyline of season 2:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat...ide_to_the_plot_of_this_confusing_season.html

 

[Kirby]

for anyone who's lost on any part (or all) of the storyline of season 2:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat...ide_to_the_plot_of_this_confusing_season.html

Cheers mate. That is actually quite awesome.

 

[vast]

for anyone who's lost on any part (or all) of the storyline of season 2:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat...ide_to_the_plot_of_this_confusing_season.html

If the repeating shopping list is legit that is gold.

AK-47 x 2
Frag Grenades x 10
AK-47 x 2

Lol Frank has dementia

 

[Sterge]

for anyone who's lost on any part (or all) of the storyline of season 2:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat...ide_to_the_plot_of_this_confusing_season.html

Good read, thanks

 

[Seeds]

I second this. Too much pseudo philosophical wank in S01 and not enough substance for me too deem it a 'great' show. Probably in the minority but I'm enjoying S02 a lot more than S01.

The philosophical wank is what made the show interesting. Without it it's just a dumb generic cop show.

 

[phantom13]

for anyone who's lost on any part (or all) of the storyline of season 2:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat...ide_to_the_plot_of_this_confusing_season.html

The fact something like this is required is the blueprint for what was wrong with this season.

 

[vast]

Well that saved me having to re-watch 7 episodes

 

[djrossie16]

Finishing strongly. Another solid episode. Vince Vaughn featured prominently and it worked very well. The story line resembles the tangled freeway and overpass mess we see at the start of the episodes but the last few episodes have been lucid and the payoffs are emerging. Looking forward to the finale.

 

[Powerade 08]

If the repeating shopping list is legit that is gold.

AK-47 x 2
Frag Grenades x 10
AK-47 x 2

Lol Frank has dementia

He wanted 2 cars with guns so its supposed to be a separate list for each car, still doesn't make much sense though.

Yeah Burris could easily be the birdman

Birdman didn't kill the cop and Burris did killed the cop but I don't know if that necessarily means they are different people. Might just mean he is getting more desperate.

 

[MC Bad Genius]

for anyone who's lost on any part (or all) of the storyline of season 2:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat...ide_to_the_plot_of_this_confusing_season.html

Thanks! I thought I had a pretty good grasp on it, but that's straightened it out a lot for me. Although to be honest, now that I've finished the article I'm pretty sure I just forgot it all.