Red Mosquito

psychobain wrote:Rust is already one of my tv characters, ever.

Spoiler: show

"I'm the only sane one in this entire fucking state."

That was awesome

psychobain wrote: i cant see him losing the emmy/golden globe next year

broken iris wrote:

psychobain wrote: i cant see him losing the emmy/golden globe next year

Although the last episode was a dip in overall quality, it felt more like a very good episode of CSI vs. the previous TDs, I agree. I know everyone loves Spacey on House of Cards but MM has been nothing short of a revelation as this character and I see this show as HBO saying "fuck you, we've still got it" to AMC, Netflix, and Showtime.

tommymctom wrote:

broken iris wrote:

psychobain wrote: i cant see him losing the emmy/golden globe next year

Although the last episode was a dip in overall quality, it felt more like a very good episode of CSI vs. the previous TDs, I agree. I know everyone loves Spacey on House of Cards but MM has been nothing short of a revelation as this character and I see this show as HBO saying "fuck you, we've still got it" to AMC, Netflix, and Showtime.

Please don't ever compare TD to CSI again. The worst episode of TD would still be miles ahead of the best episode of CSI.

makeshift wrote:The young ex pros is a setup being paid for by the sinister minister.

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Simple Torture wrote:

turned2black wrote:Not a huge fan of last night's episode. I feel like the show is devolving into typical cop show drama. At one point, my wife looked at me and said, "This is such a guys show now". The moodiness and great cinematography were also absent. Still probably the best show on TV, but no longer the "masterpiece" I thought it could be.

It did seem "pulpy" at times (stole that word from another review I read today, but I felt that way while watching it), with the way it emphasized lust and sex again (although, of course, it's always been in the background since they found Lange's body), but Marty's inevitable fall back into booze and bimbos was a nice acting out of "time is a flat circle." Also, it certainly felt like a "guy's show" in the way that Rust (who's always been a stand-in for us, despite [or maybe because of] his cynicism) finally got to participate in the hump-fest on-screen. But I think there's something deeper going on there, too, which I haven't been able to articulate clearly yet, but it goes something like this: Maggie said pretty bluntly that she thinks Rust has "integrity," and we've been led to believe that all along, for sure, but boning her in the kitchen sure seems like a pretty big crack in his character to me, and one of the biggest we've seen so far (bigger than being an addict or being willing to use violence when he needs to know something); since we've identified with Rust up to this point (at least I have), this was one of the few moments where I threw my hands up (mentally) and said, "Woah, woah, not cool, man!" I'm wondering if this is the first in a line of times we'll back away from Rust in the last couple of episodes, signifying that we've been wrong about him all along. We'll see!

Has anyone read any of Pizzolatto's fiction? i downloaded both his novel and his collection of short stories to see if they're any good, but I probably won't be able to dig into them anytime soon.

I think the sex scene between Maggie and Rust goes down because Maggie pushes it and Rust is boozing it pretty hard. Not to absolve Rust fully. He does show up at the cop station reddy to take his licks and lets Marty pound him for a bit.

Rust wasn't proud of that at all. "People incapable of guilt usually do have a good time."

The him taking it out on Maggie like he did is where I said, "What's up with that?"

Harry Lime wrote:Don't rule out Woody. They'll both be nominated in the same category and Woody seems to be giving the most range with his emotions. But something tells me those Emmy voters swoon over Spacey.