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Is True Detective Season 2 worth a watch?

Posted on 1/30/19 at 5:32 pm
Posted by 225bred
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Posted on 1/30/19 at 5:32 pm
I hear nothing but bad things.

I started True Detective on the season 3 premiere and between that & the following Sunday I binged season 1 and it was some of the best tv I’ve ever seen.

I am loving season 3 so far. Apparently season 2 is far from either, but is it a complete waste of time?

Thoughts?
Posted by BearCrocs
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Posted on 1/30/19 at 5:35 pm to
You can skip season 2
Posted by Cregg
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Posted on 1/30/19 at 5:42 pm to
The bully scene in the first episode is worth the watch on youtube. You can skip the rest.
Posted by Walt OReilly
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Posted on 1/30/19 at 5:47 pm to
There are worst shows on TV

Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Posted on 1/30/19 at 5:48 pm to
Season 2 isn't all that bad. Has a nice noir feel to it.

But it's confusing and over-written. Too much to keep track of.

And the bad reaction was because of direct comparison to Season 1.

Season 2 is just - well, different. People wanted Season 1 Part II...and they got a completely different setting and a story more akin to Chinatown than Satanic murders.
Posted by LSUfan0420
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Posted on 1/30/19 at 5:50 pm to
Posted by massiveattack
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Posted on 1/30/19 at 5:57 pm to
quote:

Is True Detective Season 2 worth a watch?


no
Posted by DustyDinkleman
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Posted on 1/30/19 at 5:57 pm to
Nic Pizzolato is what this series needs to keep.
Posted by DelU249
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Posted on 1/30/19 at 6:04 pm to
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Posted by AMS
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Posted on 1/30/19 at 6:31 pm to
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Yes. People don’t like it because it’s not as good as season 1, which might be the greatest single season of television in existence



Pretty much this. Yeah there were tons of little things that could have been better, but overall it was an entertaining season for sure.

I for sure haven't enjoyed anything in S3 as much as the latino gang shootout in S2.
Posted by McCaigBro69
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Posted on 1/30/19 at 6:37 pm to
I hated it during the original run.

I rewatched it in December and was entertained. It isn’t spectacular by any means, but it is an okay show if you want something in the genre.
Posted by DanglingFury
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Posted on 1/30/19 at 6:48 pm to
TD season 1 is one of my favorite seasons of tv ever. TD season 2 has a couple of good moments (the bully scene, a great shootout), but mostly just falls flat. It’s forever doomed to be compared to its predecessor, and the ending made me fist shakingly angry.
Posted by DelU249
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Posted on 1/30/19 at 7:27 pm to
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Posted by Peazey
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Posted on 1/30/19 at 7:39 pm to
Meh. It's a pretty big mess. Cool atmosphere, but it never goes anywhere.
Posted by DelU249
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Posted by TIGERSTORM
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Posted on 1/30/19 at 9:18 pm to
Colin Farrell is really good. The rest isn't but there are worse things.
Posted by 632627
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Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 1/30/19 at 9:40 pm to
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But again, season 1 is IMO the best single season of tv ever made.


no way. the acting and production were A+ but the story fell off a cliff the last few episodes.
Posted by 225bred
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Member since Jun 2011
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Posted on 1/30/19 at 9:41 pm to
I appreciate everyone’s responses.

Gonna hold off on it for now.

Sons of Anarchy it is then.
Posted by spacewrangler
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Posted on 1/30/19 at 10:01 pm to
Watch it and decode for yourself... don't get a predetermined opinion of the season. I liked it; it wasn't S1 but there really isn't else like S1nwhich most consider the GOAT.


I think I'm going to watch it again soon
Posted by 632627
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Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 1/30/19 at 10:21 pm to
It’s arguably better than sons of anarchy and is only 8 episodes....
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