TMC
08-13-2015, 04:06 AM
http://whatculture.com/tv/true-detective-season-2-5-awesome-moments-and-5-that-sucked.php
The darkness won. True Detective’s second season finale surely ranks as one of the bleakest episodes of television ever made, with what started out as a critical darling now a truly divisive show. Its second season enusured that the greatness of season one is but a distant memory, replaced by a season of inconsistency, with only a handful of great moments scattered among the many, many missteps.
I myself liked it a lot more than most, but still found it a deeply flawed exercise; a sophomoric sophomore effort from creator Nic Pizzolatto and co. For every great set-piece there was an incomprehensible monologue; for every Frank there was a Jordan; for every redeeming moment there were three to counteract it.
With that said, the second season of True Detective has the air of one that may well be reconsidered in time. It’s far too ambitious to be dismissed entirely, and there’s enough good within it to just shrug it off as an anomaly. It’s just that the spectre of season one still looms large right now, and until we really begin to assess season two on it’s own merits, it always will.
For now then, let’s take a look at some of season two’s pros and cons—its light and dark, if you will—and see just how the uneasy duality of True Detective’s second season came to be.
The darkness won. True Detective’s second season finale surely ranks as one of the bleakest episodes of television ever made, with what started out as a critical darling now a truly divisive show. Its second season enusured that the greatness of season one is but a distant memory, replaced by a season of inconsistency, with only a handful of great moments scattered among the many, many missteps.
I myself liked it a lot more than most, but still found it a deeply flawed exercise; a sophomoric sophomore effort from creator Nic Pizzolatto and co. For every great set-piece there was an incomprehensible monologue; for every Frank there was a Jordan; for every redeeming moment there were three to counteract it.
With that said, the second season of True Detective has the air of one that may well be reconsidered in time. It’s far too ambitious to be dismissed entirely, and there’s enough good within it to just shrug it off as an anomaly. It’s just that the spectre of season one still looms large right now, and until we really begin to assess season two on it’s own merits, it always will.
For now then, let’s take a look at some of season two’s pros and cons—its light and dark, if you will—and see just how the uneasy duality of True Detective’s second season came to be.