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'True Detective': Frustrating . . .

Posted by Billy Wonka (A) on July 17, 2015 at 09:25:40

Finally got around to knocking out season one. Very clever, at first. I chuckled along viewing the first three episodes. It was like the Left and Right of Outside trying to work together in real life. Woody the grounded Right and Matt the off-center Left. "STFU" was most appropriate during their car rides and asides as Matt just went off the planet. Funny stuff.

We spent glorious amounts of time developing characters. Everyone was really fleshed out including Woody's wife, Michelle Monaghan. Lots of interpersonal drama befitting real life. Although the cast was excellent I feel Matt was severely self-indulgent with his character. A saving grace was the full-frontal of Alexandra Daddario which was breathtaking to the point producing a dead faint. The script was delicious, gritty, and well-churned.

Great script but what about the story? Well, I had not looked ahead and was expecting twelve or thirteen episodes yet around episode six things accelerated like dropping off a cliff. The story drew to a rapid conclusion faster than an executive producer shouting "cut" due to lack of funds. (Yeah, I know who the execs were.) Though the creepiness of the last two episodes help ease the pain of the concluding drama I still felt there was more to the story.

I was disappointed by the artificial brevity of the end but glad it was as good as it was.

PS. Season Two is going to be a real struggle as reported here earlier. I will attempt Epi-2 to see if I can hold on.

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