True Detective (HBO) TV Show • Page 40

I watch with subtitles on and early in the episode in a scene with the old woman (the one that found the bodies from the premier) she mentioned the last name "Cohle" so I think there have been a few tie ins to S1.

 

I am enjoying it

 

i really dislike that aspect lol

 

the Cohle BS? cause yeah that’s dumb

 

Yeah the ghost dude (Travis) is Rust’s dad like it was predicted last week

so I’m guessing the woman who sees Travis is his mom

 

I'm enjoying it. Dude suddenly screaming at the beginning was creepy af

 

Tutle fam + crooked spirals again? I’m so in.

'True Detective' Season 4, Episode 2 Recap: The Tuttle Family From Season 1 Returns

 

It looks like I’m gonna have to watch season one now, huh

 

The dialogue in the beginning of the episode was reallllly bad. However the rest of the episode was great. I’m about it

 

And yeah I definitely don’t need a tie in to s1 but maybe she wrote something cool. We shall see

 

The setting and the weird dude being tied to Annie is interesting to me

 

Still no idea who Annie is so that element of the plot lacks the proper stakes for me- I just don’t care until they tell me.

 

Im liking it so far. I don’t really have any complaints other than I’m feeling a little impatient for the slow burn

 

I don't mind the slow burn - should really help the later half of the season really shine.

What kinda sucks is seeing Jodie Foster's character so angry all the time, at nearly everybody. No wonder she has no friends. She did wear a Vikings sweatshirt in episode 1 though, so that might explain it

Also, I've never seen seasons 1-3, haha

 

I mean they explain it several times who she was and why people wanted her dead. I don’t think you’re going to get much more than that.

 

I went back and watched Season 1 for the first time in anticipation of this, and it is definitely worth it.

 

My only complaint so far is Kali Reis' cheek piercings.

 

yeah. also that the business funding the tsalal station has the same name as the prominent family in season one that ran the sex ring

 

it’s more bothersome knowing that this was written first and incorporated into true detective after. just feels shoehorned in.

 

Joyce is on the money this time

 

At what point do we as a society start to look in the mirror and ask “am I too critical”? Christ. We’re only two eps in.

 

The problem is that the hype for this season was EXTREMELY high, and people mythicize the first season like it's the best thing they've ever seen. It wasn't a perfect season of television, but just so fresh at the time. It captured the zeitgeist and everything since has been held to comparison.

I agree in general, though, that people (especially online) overly tend to criticize based on expectation rather than engaging with the actual product. But ALSO I do feel two hours (out of six) should be enough to get a sense of the vibe/overall direction. It's obviously not going to feel like a complete (or even coherent) story just two episodes in, but also there are some legitimate concerns.

I'm enjoying it as it goes, giggling at the silly moments. It seems like it's not going to blow my mind or anything, but will be a cozy Sunday night horror/mystery. Which I'm absolutely cool with. I enjoy Mare of Easttown, The Killing, Sharp Objects, Broadchurch, etc. I wouldn't say any of those expanded my consciousness or anything, and I expect this to be similar.

 

A show not living up to your own crazy expectations seems like a you issue, not the shows issue.

 

yes. as quoted from the great recent movie Anatomy of a Fall

"People expect too much."