True Detective Season 2: How did it get so awful?

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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bas...pt-orgy-811301

Doing an orgy scene is proof enough that Nic Pizzolatto has run out of ideas, says Tim Goodman. He adds: "And really, this is the major problem with the second season of True Detective: the writing is awful. Awfully constructed, awfully pretentious, awfully obscure, awfully delivered — though in many instances, the actors are not entirely to blame because they are either (1) poorly matched to the material (particularly Vince Vaughn, who is probably unfairly getting killed over it), or (2) not at fault, since no actor on this planet could make these words work.” PLUS: True Detective shows that a single strong vision doesn’t always work.