True Detective is the latest HBO hit to have mass critical acclaim. It started on Sky Atlantic about a month ago, and we're now five episodes in, out of eight.
To a great degree it deserves the praise. It's unusual in its scope, following two detectives over many years as they investigate a serial killer in Louisiana. The two main performances from Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson are excellent, and the ageing has been done really well.
This is what we would have written if I'd reviewed it at the third episode, but then the fourth, the 'Hells Angel' one suddenly seemed to go completely off piste, as McConaughey infiltrates a biker gang to try to chase up a lead. It's as if they suddenly wanted an action episode - and the final ten minutes were brilliant - but in doing so they threw out some of the style of the earlier episodes to get it. However we're in the minority on this one, because IMDB reviewers gave that episode an amazing 9.8 rating, the highest of the whole series...
We wait to see how it progresses. One very promising point through: It's been pitched as an anthology format, so the second series will have a different cast of characters and story, and not tie themselves in knots of TWNHs like Homeland has done.
To a great degree it deserves the praise. It's unusual in its scope, following two detectives over many years as they investigate a serial killer in Louisiana. The two main performances from Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson are excellent, and the ageing has been done really well.
This is what we would have written if I'd reviewed it at the third episode, but then the fourth, the 'Hells Angel' one suddenly seemed to go completely off piste, as McConaughey infiltrates a biker gang to try to chase up a lead. It's as if they suddenly wanted an action episode - and the final ten minutes were brilliant - but in doing so they threw out some of the style of the earlier episodes to get it. However we're in the minority on this one, because IMDB reviewers gave that episode an amazing 9.8 rating, the highest of the whole series...
We wait to see how it progresses. One very promising point through: It's been pitched as an anthology format, so the second series will have a different cast of characters and story, and not tie themselves in knots of TWNHs like Homeland has done.
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