True Detective Season 2 (2 Viewers)

[Lili Marlene]

it seems like music for people who like The National. Maybe you should listen to The National @nooly ?

 

[nooleen]

maybe i should

i'll listen to more of herself first though

 

[hermie]

I love Christoper Orr

I'm a little gutted to find out he's been writing about every goddamn episode all along

Sims had the most salient points for me.

But it was the final montage that bothered me most of all. After the gothic delights of season one, and the early tease of the fantastic this year (with Ray’s trip to the afterlife and back), it was infuriating to see Pizzolatto close with some half-assed indictment of corruption going all the way to the top. (Even in the absurd civic structure of Vinci, you’re telling me the Mayor’s orgy-organizing son is gonna succeed his father after his mysterious suicide?) I do think Pizzolatto was aiming to essay some grand tale of the dark heart of Californian bureaucracy, surreptitious land grabs, and misused government money, but it was told entirely in the footnotes. That’s True Detective season two: Some hackneyed personal melodrama, and to find out the rest of the plot, please consult the appendices.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

The personal drama was better than the murder mystery

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

It's interesting how everyone is so put out by this season
Like Yelp reviews of some steakhouse where the mashed potatoes were lumpy

 

[nooleen]

like the mashed potatoes were lumpy and they squinted at you and said "it was all a ruse, see? mehhhhhhhhh" /30s gangster impression

 

[hermie]

The personal drama was better than the murder mystery

Are you actually serious?

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Are you actually serious?

Totes
It was great watching Colin and the son and teh Dad and all that gear

Rachel flipping out on her sister and can't even with her Dad

And poor ol' Woodrugh, stuck in the closet of his own lies and fears

I ate it up. Lumps and all.

 

[Space]

So was Elvis sketch in the end, there's some reference to him in the last episode but nothing else said about Ani's dad and sister.

I think we need another season to sort this shit out. Ani and Jordan arrive back on the scene and tidy it all up.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

The personal drama was better than the murder mystery

I'd go with that. I didn't give a toss about Caspere or the investigation by the end. Was only in it for the three cops (I didn't think Frank was as bad as everyone else but he wasn't as engaging as the others). Yeah the whole thing could have been better (and wasn't nearly as good as the first season) but it still was a lot better than most of the dreck on TV.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

I think we need another season to sort this shit out. Ani and Jordan arrive back on the scene and tidy it all up.

Tidy it all up, John Woo style. Guns and doves, baby.
Shoot every fucker.

 

[nooleen]

So was Elvis sketch in the end, there's some reference to him in the last episode

what was that? i missed that

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Tidy it all up, John Woo style. Guns and doves, baby.
Shoot every fucker.

Bezerides only got to use her knife once

 

[nooleen]

Maybe you should listen to The National @nooly ?

this was poor advice

 

[Lili Marlene]

this was poor advice

haha, i'll adjust the algorithms

 

[Space]

what was that? i missed that

I didn't catch it properly but something was said about her partner. Was hoping someone else had caught it.

 

[nooleen]

who said it? i'll have a look back and see if i can catch it

 

[nooleen]

i wonder if the italians (the bakery lads) sold out frank to the mexicans. they were last to see him and which way he was headed, and had a chance to put a tracker on his car if they wanted.

 

[Space]

i wonder if the italians (the bakery lads) sold out frank to the mexicans. they were last to see him and which way he was headed, and had a chance to put a tracker on his car if they wanted.

They're the Armenians and yeah fairly sure they sold him out. No one else would have known where he was.

Not sure who said the thing above or possibly where I read it.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

The Armenian lads did give each other a meaningful look before heading back inside.