True Detective: Season 2
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Good call Kaizer on the early call of VV setting up CF. I actually thought that wouldn't be the case because its just too easy. I want to like this show but damn if it ain't hard to sit through. Only 3 episodes left maybe it will be akin to our run a few years ago. McAdams doing the whore role next week might be interesting..
Too much stuff is going on right now but the story seems to have finally got to the point of "oh shit" level.
Dark episode but still interested.
Also if they removed the biker cop (Taylor Kitsch) all together this story wouldn't miss a beat. He was a pointless character so far and just a big name.
Dark episode but still interested.
Also if they removed the biker cop (Taylor Kitsch) all together this story wouldn't miss a beat. He was a pointless character so far and just a big name.
Pretty much IMO. Stuff is finally starting to happen but I just do no feel compelled to care.
The last couple of episodes gave me a little hope but last night was a trainwreck. I don't even really understand what happened as far as advancing any plot, especially with only two episodes left. Every single "subplot" (rapist got a cop's wife preggers! VV can't have a kid! Rachel McAdams has issues! Bike cop is gay! And maybe a war criminal!) And while there wasn't any blue balls of the heart last night, there was a pretty long scene and a lot of presumed exposition dealing with Stan's family. Only problem with that is WHO THE EFF is Stan? Some guy who got killed but why does VV or the audience care? I actually thought VV was going to drop a "stay gold, Pony Boy" to Stan's son.
The visuals are great. Nice looking shots. But the only thing worse than the writing this season is that guitar chick's singing.
Still better than Ballers, though. Or Treme. Or The Strain.
The visuals are great. Nice looking shots. But the only thing worse than the writing this season is that guitar chick's singing.
Still better than Ballers, though. Or Treme. Or The Strain.
I reluctantly have to agree with you. I thought the final scene was a contrived mess: "Okay, we are 80 percent behind out quota of T&A required by HBO, so we'll have an orgy scene (least sexy one in history, by the way.) And the plot is too damn complicated so we'll have the female detective have an acid trip (I note not one other woman was effected by the spray) and the two dudes can pull a caper out of The Rockford Files or Rocky and Bullwinkle and steal the 'secret plans' that reveal all."
As to Stan, I'd half-convinced myself that was the first name, or nickname of Casper. It didn't make sense they'd all be morose over his demise but then so little makes sense. I thought they'd gone to some delayed memorial service for Casper to try to find some clues.
I'm also off-put by the psychic agony that Colin Farrell's character has allowed to destroy his life because his wife was raped. Yes, that would be a hideous tragedy. But at some point sooner rather than later you'd have to be a man, focus on helping her through it (which she appears to have accomplished) and then not let it shatter your family. To me, the way he has behaved just makes him an asshole. If he doesn't care whether he is the 'biological father' but he just wants his son to think of his as father, he should have made that clear to the woman when the kid was around one month old, and it would never have occurred to her to contest paternity, unless she's a psycho, which is not the way her character is written.
Finally, the wry, fey style of talking the writers impose upon the characters has gone from being mildly interesting to embarrassing. Pulp Fiction, it ain't, daddyo.
^ No, Stan was a different guy from Casper. He's the dead body in a warehouse that you probably missed if you blinked. Casper was the dead body at the rest stop that the closeted cop cruised into.
I suppose the only thing last night really gave us is the idea that possibly the two children orphaned by the blue diamond heist may now as adults have something to do with Caspar's killing? Am I reaching here?
What a BS effort from HBO.
What a BS effort from HBO.
I dunno. Seems like as good a guess as any. Oh, and apparently we should all be suspicious of that one guy VV works with that was putting the girls on the bus at the nightclub. What's name? NotStan?
Only, and I mean ONLY way this season gets saved is if it turns out that red-headed kid was the guy in the bird mask.
Only, and I mean ONLY way this season gets saved is if it turns out that red-headed kid was the guy in the bird mask.
Those two kids from the jewelry heist have to be Mayor Chessani's two kids. It will be interesting to see how and why he would adopt them
I think you're probably right. They have definitely put a few clues out there that point to him.My complete guess as to who Bird Mask Guy is and who gave the diamonds to dead Hispanic girl:
Not going to waste my time blasting this shit show anymore. This entire "cycle" has been a tremendous fail for HBO. Ratings have been trending down for everything on Sunday night but more importantly, these shows are getting universally (loudly) renounced by the internet.
Ballers is beyond corny.....no chemistry, no acting, scarce comedy, no story. Haven't touched The Brink yet...doubt I ever will.
HBO has obviously built up a great deal of good faith over the years with the home runs they've had and they've set their own bar very high. Just sucks when they churn out turds like these....but it happens.
Ballers is beyond corny.....no chemistry, no acting, scarce comedy, no story. Haven't touched The Brink yet...doubt I ever will.
HBO has obviously built up a great deal of good faith over the years with the home runs they've had and they've set their own bar very high. Just sucks when they churn out turds like these....but it happens.
maybe the meth head that Velcoro whacked was involved in the jewelry heist and the mayor wanted him killed? he was tight with VV, so he feeds him the info knowing that Velcoro is a hot-head and won't ask a lot of questions. VV was a bit evasive about where the info came from.
I watch Ballers right before True Detective out of just being a fan of The Rock but I hate everyone else on the show...everyone. There's very little progress to the plot but I still watch. I guess cause I don't have anything else to watch anymore.
The Rock is basically playing himself in this show and that's a tough thing to do without coming across as fake. Yes, I know that sounds ridiculous but it's true.
His interactions with Corddry are cringe inducing. Completely agree on the rest of the cast. Pitiful.
This was HBO tripling down on the Sex and the City / Entourage success model. They went one too far, IMO.
There's only so much you can watch of egotistical douchebags wasting money and sleeping with whores before it gets real old. Entourage's charm wore off for me after four seasons.
The concept of the show is interesting in itself but there's just no reason to care about anyone. It also doesn't help that Cordry is the bagged cereal version of Ari Gold.
I really just want all of the athletes to go broke and have the worst happen to them. The characters in the show are such d-bags that it makes me take a more in-depth look at pro sports and makes me realize how accurate this show is and how much I probably dislike real pros too.
If they're not gonna show McAdams having sex then I don't know if I can be friends with HBO. At the very least show gay dudes hot fiancé with her shirt off. Last season we got huge tits, girls talking anal, revenge sex, handcuffs....wtf True detective, wtf?
I stopped watching after the 2nd or 3rd episode. Keep reading the thread to see if it gets interesting enough to make me want to finish it. Doesnt appear that way.
Barring a phenomenal finale, I dont see how this season can be seen as anything other than a total failure. Its been total crap. Its an interesting concept to basically reboot the show every season; but they shouldve just stuck with MM and WH.
Show has potential. The Rock is awesome. But Cordry should just be written off and the episodes be extended to 60 minutes. 30 minutes just isnt enough for any character development.
Show has potential. The Rock is awesome. But Cordry should just be written off and the episodes be extended to 60 minutes. 30 minutes just isnt enough for any character development.
Sir, HBO used up all of the nudity budget in last week's episode with the sex party.
Last night's episode was solid. The trend of hating on True Detective because it's the cool thing to do now is tiresome.
There's nothing currently on TV that's better.
There's nothing currently on TV that's better.
Rack Chitown. True Detective Season 1 is vastly overrated, and Season 2 really isn't as bad as it's popular to say.
As far as nothing on TV being better, Humans on AMC is actually pretty good. Being an AMC show, you have to DVR it to get past the overwhelming amount of commercials, so it's a fairly quick watch after True Detective.
As far as nothing on TV being better, Humans on AMC is actually pretty good. Being an AMC show, you have to DVR it to get past the overwhelming amount of commercials, so it's a fairly quick watch after True Detective.
Did anyone feel like they had to take notes last night to try and process all of this new info that came out in this episode?
I had to read this last night to make it really sink in because of how many different names were mentioned.
"During the 92 LA riots Burris, Dixon, and Holloway got away with stealing the blue diamonds. Executed the parents and the kids saw the whole thing. Casper was the treasury or accountant at the time. They took the diamonds and gave them to Chessani and they all invested in the City of Vinci and bought into the corridor."
Now the orphaned girl became Casper's secretary and I believe her brother is going to be some shocking character.
I had to read this last night to make it really sink in because of how many different names were mentioned.
"During the 92 LA riots Burris, Dixon, and Holloway got away with stealing the blue diamonds. Executed the parents and the kids saw the whole thing. Casper was the treasury or accountant at the time. They took the diamonds and gave them to Chessani and they all invested in the City of Vinci and bought into the corridor."
Now the orphaned girl became Casper's secretary and I believe her brother is going to be some shocking character.
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