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Cant find any threads in search engine for this series except p.r. Releases.
Whats the verdict on the second series? I thought it was brilliant.
Farrell was excellent and vince vaughn as the villain-but-not-the-worst-villain just got better and better.
I thought series two was a vast improvement on series one, which only got going after about episode 6.
I spend the first five episodes trying to comprehend matthew mcConaughys mumbling and exaggerrated drawl.
Anybody else got a view on the series?
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At least one other person watched it!!
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Second season was unrelated and unrecognisable from series one.
First series was harrelson and mcConaughy chasing a serial killer.
Second series was about 3 cops - who you really arent sure if they are good or bad for a chunk of the series - who come together to investigate a killing which unearths more killings, prostitutes for rich and influential senators and rogue cops.
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Id go with that joan.
Spoilers. The acting was excellent. Not sure i agree with the view that vince vaughn wasnt convincing - he was a pretty creepy psycho when he turned and you were never quite sure when that was gonna happen.
What i liked was the large chunk of the series where you were pretty certain Farrell was a scumbag only for him to at least try some redemption over the last four or so episodes. Mcadams was excellent and the episode where she goes undercover and rescues the prostitute and has to - even tho shes horribly drugged - knife her way out of the clutches of the security guy, I thought was superb.
As joan says the raid shootout a few episodes before was also brilliantly filmed.
I take the point about the convoluted villainy and what was going on, faceless crooks, but it in the end it wasnt that important, it was really about the lives of the four main characters and equally the impossible odds they faced and not knowing quite what they were up against.
There are so many sickly sweet cop series, with lots of flirting and banal banter, this was a serious antidote to that and you knew you were watching something darker, where anything could happen and none of the main characters were assured of survival.
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Like I did with TOP OF THE LAKE I bailed after 1 or two eps
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apparently made a wise decision.
check out season one: so superbly directed, written and acted that the lack of a compelling mystery is not that big of a deal (sorta like Raymond Chandler's mysteries)
brm
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This is what I wrote about it for the CC's Pinterest Board of Amazing Television ( https://www.pinterest.com/arthurgrant9883/amazing-television/ )
"True Detective Season 2: Like season 1, the overall intensity, performances and some of the brilliantly staged action scenes were amazingly accomplished. The quieter, more intimate moments were mesmerizing, really drawing us in. On the downside, the plot became more frustratingly diffused and convoluted as each episode progressed, increasingly adding characters and side-related incidents until it finally just imploded, leaving most of its shredded strands incomprehensibly introduced. "
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I enjoyed season 1 quite a bit, even though it was frustrating in the end, going from strong suggestions of a very dark Lovecraft inspired horror conspiracy to a looney guy in a big house talking in a ridiculous accent  Even though in the end, the leads admitted " oh the big fish got away but we got our man", the wholesale dropping of ( what was built up to be ) the big picture felt awkward and sloppy. Still, it was gripping television drama.
I gave up on the second series at the end of episode one. It was so ridiculously dark and grim with every single character being human garbage and the story intentionally vague, for me it killed any interest in following the rest of the series.
However, if the second season only got the green light after the surprise sensation success of season one, then it may be kinda understandable. Writing 500 or so pages of screenplay, casting, shooting, and getting the whole thing completed in a year is a huge feat, so there was little time to revise things.
Maybe it was asking too much, too soon?
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Re: season one
Since no one wants to admit it, I will.
Having Probably the hottest chick(s) ever to appear naked on screen earns it bonus points
brm
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Did u watch 1 or 2?? 1 was decent but 2 was miles better.
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