HBO Television Show: True Detective

[broken iris]

The cinematographer (Adam Arkapaw) for this was also the cinematographer for Top of the Lake.

I've been meaning to watch that and Rectify.

[numbers]

It really pisses me off that this wasnt on this week, thanks Obama.

[psychobain]

The cinematographer (Adam Arkapaw) for this was also the cinematographer for Top of the Lake.

I've been meaning to watch that and Rectify.

both are very good

[VinylGuy]

Today is chapter four right?

[psychobain]

Yes sir.

[broken iris]

Yes sir.

With a 15 minute Game o' Thrones special airing right before it.

[psychobain]

oh man, this was the best episode so far

that last scene was fuckin intense

Matthew is going to win a lot of awards with this show.

[spike]

i loved how that last scene in the projects was shot

[DeLima]

that was a rush

[Mecca]

best new show, easily

[broken iris]

i loved how that last scene in the projects was shot

The Children-of-Men-style long tracking shot was awesome. It was like watching a rat try and escape a maze.

[Simple Torture]

I thought this episode was a great bit of bait-and-switch storytelling; after how last week's episode ended, I was sure that they were at least going to get to Ledoux in episode four (makes sense: we're halfway through the season, it's about time they "wrapped up" the 1995 storyline and focused on the present day). While I'm still eagerly awaiting his arrival on the scene, I wasn't disappointed with another episode of them chasing down leads. Now that it's apparent that the present-day detectives are mining for some of the "inconsistencies" in the original case, I can imagine that Hart and Cohle are going to slip up soon, but I'm not sure what kind of repercussions that might have.

Grinderman

[broken iris]

Yup. I am eagerly waiting to see what events transpired to transform the intense and singularly-focused Cohle of the back story into the beaten-down burnout guy in present day.

[Monkey_Driven]

Although it was a tad unbelievable I thought last night's episode was terrific. I didn't even realize that last scene was one long, continuous shot until near the end. Very well done.

[broken iris]

I didn't even realize that last scene was one long, continuous shot until near the end.

I don't think it was, they use motion to make it look like one long shot, but it was awesome so who cares?

[DeLima]

The best sequence of the show is still 2012 Rust's monologue to end ep 3, but that project shootout was real fun.

[VinylGuy]

Goddamn that was badass...that scene?? that fucking scene?? Grinderman?? Woody and McC??

Best series/movie/ whatever you want to call it.

[lowlight79]

"I'm gonna skull fuck you, you bitch!"

[Harry Lime]

Gee, I can't wait to watch it

[Simple Torture]

"I'm gonna skull fuck you, you bitch!"

Whoever's reviewing this over at the AV Club has been making the point that the writer/director of this series has done a pretty great job of keeping Marty out of Walter White/Tony Soprano anti-hero territory, and I think a line like that is a great example of how. Besides the fact that we want him to get the killer off of the street, who's actually rooting for Marty? Not me.