TV: True Detective (Part IV)

[silkyjohnson50]

I am one of the few people who HATED TD#1. I thought it was awful and haven't watched since.

Are you pretty religious?

 

[les Habs]

two episodes it looks like.

Just came to comment and noticed this. I'll still comment on the first episode. Definitely looks much closer to Season 1 visually and in the feel of the show. Liked the performances thus far. The perpetrator looks really clear at this stage, but something tells me that won't be the case. One big reveal though, but despite that it still leaves a lot of questions.

 

[Trap Jesus]

Really liked it. Definitely feels like the first season.

 

[Blender]

First two episodes were pretty good. I agree it had a pretty similar feel to the first season. That slow, methodical build up as they work all the details of the case which I'm sure will lead somewhere crazy.

 

[MAHJ71]

A return to the S1 vibe sounds good to me.

Didn't get the chance to watch last night but I'll get caught up in a hurry.

 

[b1e9a8r5s]

Are there any actual tie ins to the first two seasons? I watched season 1, not 2 and my wife hasn't watched either. Will be ok jumping in at season 3?

 

[Blender]

Are there any actual tie ins to the first two seasons? I watched season 1, not 2 and my wife hasn't watched either. Will be ok jumping in at season 3?

There are some subtle references in both season 2 and 3 (so far) to season 1, but nothing that you would need to know. Each season is independent from each other.

 

[Trap Jesus]

Looks like Jeremy Saulnier (Blue Ruin, Green Room, Hold the Dark) directed the first 2 episodes, and then the rest are either Pizzolatto or Daniel Sackheim (not familiar with him but looks like he's almost exclusively done TV). Hopefully we don't get a big dip in quality.

 

[Big Poppa Puck]

Really liked it so far. Feels a lot like the first season. I was wishing I coulda just binged the whole thing right then and there.

I'm sure the whole side story with him meeting his wife will annoy me at times but overall its off to a good start.

 

[tacogeoff]

good thing I saw this thread. I didn't even know it started!

 

[b1e9a8r5s]

I've thought it's been really good so far. Ali is great in the role.

 

[les Habs]

I think episode 3 is another winner. Can't wait to see Hays unleashed at some point with this in the background:

 

[Neutrinos]

I thought episode 3 wasn't quite as good as the first 2, but Stephen Dorff is really doing a great job with that role

Wouldn't surprise me if this rejuvenates his career

 

[Stringer Bell]

So, theory. In the first episode the grandparents of the two children on the father's side mentioned that they believe that the wife runs around on the husband and that the daughter isn't even his. Has it been brought forth as a theory yet that considering the daughter is alive and being taken care of that the kidnapper could be the biological father? Isn't that the type of twist that would go along with a show like this? Where the real answer is something obvious and hinted and where the key clue for the audience is right there in the very first episode?

 

[Jussi]

I have to say the constant jumping between three time periods is getting confusing or distracting.

 

[TomPlex]

I have to say the constant jumping between three time periods is getting confusing or distracting.

The dead giveaway is the hair lol

 

[Jussi]

The dead giveaway is the hair lol

I know but it's the timing of jumps that's getting irritating and there's basically three storylines to follow at the same time with the same character.

 

[Neutrinos]

So, theory. In the first episode the grandparents of the two children on the father's side mentioned that they believe that the wife runs around on the husband and that the daughter isn't even his. Has it been brought forth as a theory yet that considering the daughter is alive and being taken care of that the kidnapper could be the biological father? Isn't that the type of twist that would go along with a show like this? Where the real answer is something obvious and hinted and where the key clue for the audience is right there in the very first episode?

Sure, but why kill the boy?

 

[izlez]

I've got an idea kicking around my head as to what might have happened.

Not actually a spoiler, just a theory:

Spoiler

The killer is actually Hays. This goes along with his memory condition being worse than he, or anyone else realizes. A couple small things in my mind hinting that this might be a possibility: Him saying to the doctor that no one can tell him what's actually wrong with him. People describing a black man driving around. Him being isolated in the war may have messed with his mind.

 

[Neutrinos]

I've got an idea kicking around my head as to what might have happened.

Not actually a spoiler, just a theory:

Spoiler

The killer is actually Hays. This goes along with his memory condition being worse than he, or anyone else realizes. A couple small things in my mind hinting that this might be a possibility: Him saying to the doctor that no one can tell him what's actually wrong with him. People describing a black man driving around. Him being isolated in the war may have messed with his mind.

He was drinking and shooting rats with his partner around the time the kids were abducted

 

[izlez]

He was drinking and shooting rats with his partner around the time the kids were abducted

Haha... I knew it wasn't exactly a well thought out theory, but I wanted to get it out there. That got shot down rather quickly and easily. At least now I can get it out of my head

 

[Neutrinos]

Haha... I knew it wasn't exactly a well thought out theory, but I wanted to get it out there. That got shot down rather quickly and easily. At least now I can get it out of my head

I've wondered if the teacher/wife is the culprit

 

[sheed36]

I've wondered if the teacher/wife is the culprit

I read an article a few days ago where the writer made a very good case thinking the same as you that she might be involved.

 

[Rabid Ranger]

I read an article a few days ago where the writer made a very good case thinking the same as you that she might be involved.

Read the same article. Hindsight definitely makes a compelling argument but that is dangerous as these types of shows goes. She’s an interesting character for sure.

 

[Neutrinos]

I read an article a few days ago where the writer made a very good case thinking the same as you that she might be involved.

Read the same article. Hindsight definitely makes a compelling argument but that is dangerous as these types of shows goes. She’s an interesting character for sure.

I hadn't seen the article before suspecting her, but I've since given it a read

Whether she did it or not, she's definitely guilty of being distractingly attractive