TMC
08-10-2015, 02:02 PM
http://www.vox.com/2015/8/10/9125723/true-detective-finale-recap-season-2
The problem, says Todd VanDerWerff, is that "creator Nic Pizzolatto didn't have the faintest clue how to tell this story. Somewhere in the middle of this thicket, there was a compelling noir about a bunch of people caught up in a conspiracy almost too big to comprehend, but it kept getting lost behind frankly baffling storytelling decisions.” PLUS: Season 1 and Season 2 were exactly (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2015/08/10/the-second-season-of-true-detective-was-exactly-the-same-as-the-first/) the same, why sideline the strongest character (http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/08/true-detective-season-2-finale-recap) in the finale?, explaining the Season 2 finale plot (http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/08/10/true_detective_season_2_finale_plot_explained.html), there was no sense of place (http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/true-detective-season-2-episode-8-omega-station/) this season — L.A. was somehow made boring, Season 2 will eventually be hailed as a cult classic (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/10/true-detective-season-2-s-fatal-finale-why-nic-pizzolatto-s-show-will-be-a-cult-classic.html), the best thing you can say about the finale is how beautiful it was (http://www.salon.com/2015/08/10/true_detective_recap_the_beauty_of_the_finale_couldnt_save_this_flaming_disaster_of_a_season/), expect HBO to renew True Detective (http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/review-trying-to-make-sense-of-the-ridiculous-true-detective-finale) even after this mess of a season, 15 life lessons (http://www.tvinsider.com/article/33544/15-life-lessons-from-true-detective-season-2/) from Season 2, Season 2 had more respect (http://observer.com/2015/08/defendingtrue-detective-second-season-finale-better-the-second-time-around/) for its audience than Season 1, and True Detective Season 2 unapologetically ended on its own terms (http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2015/aug/10/true-detective-season-two-episode-eight-recap-omega-station).
The problem, says Todd VanDerWerff, is that "creator Nic Pizzolatto didn't have the faintest clue how to tell this story. Somewhere in the middle of this thicket, there was a compelling noir about a bunch of people caught up in a conspiracy almost too big to comprehend, but it kept getting lost behind frankly baffling storytelling decisions.” PLUS: Season 1 and Season 2 were exactly (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2015/08/10/the-second-season-of-true-detective-was-exactly-the-same-as-the-first/) the same, why sideline the strongest character (http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/08/true-detective-season-2-finale-recap) in the finale?, explaining the Season 2 finale plot (http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/08/10/true_detective_season_2_finale_plot_explained.html), there was no sense of place (http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/true-detective-season-2-episode-8-omega-station/) this season — L.A. was somehow made boring, Season 2 will eventually be hailed as a cult classic (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/10/true-detective-season-2-s-fatal-finale-why-nic-pizzolatto-s-show-will-be-a-cult-classic.html), the best thing you can say about the finale is how beautiful it was (http://www.salon.com/2015/08/10/true_detective_recap_the_beauty_of_the_finale_couldnt_save_this_flaming_disaster_of_a_season/), expect HBO to renew True Detective (http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/review-trying-to-make-sense-of-the-ridiculous-true-detective-finale) even after this mess of a season, 15 life lessons (http://www.tvinsider.com/article/33544/15-life-lessons-from-true-detective-season-2/) from Season 2, Season 2 had more respect (http://observer.com/2015/08/defendingtrue-detective-second-season-finale-better-the-second-time-around/) for its audience than Season 1, and True Detective Season 2 unapologetically ended on its own terms (http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2015/aug/10/true-detective-season-two-episode-eight-recap-omega-station).