HBO Television Show: True Detective

[VinylGuy]

Yeah I really like it

Can someone tell me why they didn’t cracked Annie’s phone before?

[joostone]

Yeah I really like it

Can someone tell me why they didn’t cracked Annie’s phone before?

Cause they just found it in that trailer?

[VinylGuy]

Oh yeah I forgot that

[Bi_3]

Solid episode except for the scene with Navarro in the hospital, which was borderline cheesy.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Solid episode except for the scene with Navarro in the hospital, which was borderline cheesy.

Do you mean the “she’s waiting for you” line? That wasn’t borderline, that was cheesy AF

[VinylGuy]

I liked that; very horror movie. Not sure if they are going to explain it, but it was cool

[Ensign9]

That was a perfectly acceptable episode.

[Ello Sailor]

Still doesn't really feeling like a season of True Detective, but I'm loving this regardless.

[Bi_3]

Solid episode except for the scene with Navarro in the hospital, which was borderline cheesy.

Do you mean the “she’s waiting for you” line? That wasn’t borderline, that was cheesy AF

Yeah, i didnt want to come off sounding like a hater but that really broke the momentum of the episode. If he had been motionless and delivered the line Shining-style it would have fit the mood much better.

[tommy]

Hey guys, Coach missed episode 3. He's going to watch it tonight and let you guys know what he thinks.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[Monkey_Driven]

E3 was fine. They're missing the mark on some things:

Yeah, the hospital scene.

Also the combined themes about the two leads not really having a place with the female culture of their town / the water is poison from the mine: Navarro attends a birth as an outsider, and witnesses their relief when they successfully revive the baby; then Danvers goes to the "wake" (or whatever their cultural equivalent is) of another baby that was stillborn that day. This was muddled in its execution and made the themes fall kind of flat.

Then Danvers's second daydream/flashback to being in the desert; the ghostly voices while she's searching the tundra for what's his name; and then the girls go visit the former scientist out at the remote camp, and accomplish nothing of significance.

Stylistically it's all very enjoyable, but it's lacking in substance.

I had similar thoughts on the episode. It can certainly come together in the final three episodes, but it may be trying to do too much right now.

[epilogue]

E3 was fine. They're missing the mark on some things:

Yeah, the hospital scene.

Also the combined themes about the two leads not really having a place with the female culture of their town / the water is poison from the mine: Navarro attends a birth as an outsider, and witnesses their relief when they successfully revive the baby; then Danvers goes to the "wake" (or whatever their cultural equivalent is) of another baby that was stillborn that day. This was muddled in its execution and made the themes fall kind of flat.

Then Danvers's second daydream/flashback to being in the desert; the ghostly voices while she's searching the tundra for what's his name; and then the girls go visit the former scientist out at the remote camp, and accomplish nothing of significance.

Stylistically it's all very enjoyable, but it's lacking in substance.

I had similar thoughts on the episode. It can certainly come together in the final three episodes, but it may be trying to do too much right now.

The essence of True Detective

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[epilogue]

I haven't had any major issues with this season yet. I think each episode has been meaningful, impactful, gripping, and engaging. Great production design. Great performances all around. The look, feel, and tone has been exquisite. I'm really digging this one. It's definitely flawed, as all the TD seasons have been. But all the strengths are there.

[VinylGuy]

Yeah this season has been stellar so far. I’m a little worried about the 6 episodes stretch I still think for a show like this , 8 eps are ok but I’m confident they won’t drop the ball.

[VinylGuy]

Spoiler: show

Dudes...that ending reminded me of Carcosa

[Coach]

Hey guys, Coach missed episode 3. He's going to watch it tonight and let you guys know what he thinks.

I liked it. Especially the end.

[Chris_H_2]

It really bothered me when they left the little encampment for eskimos to interview that guy they left and turned their sirens on … in the middle of nowhere … without another car for miles.

[daft twat]

It really bothered me when they left the little encampment for eskimos to interview that guy they left and turned their sirens on … in the middle of nowhere … without another car for miles.

I had the exact same thought at the time.