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Tom Yossarian Joad

(19,263 posts)
Mon Jan 15, 2024, 02:34 PM Jan 2024

The newest True Detective on HBO Plus (max)

With Jodie Foster blew me away with its first episode. If you like spooky mysteries this is a good one for you. I can't remember when a first episode in a series grabbed me like this one did. Note that you don't have to have seen any of the preious True Detective series to enjoy or follow this, it's a stand-alone series in itself.

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The newest True Detective on HBO Plus (max) (Original Post) Tom Yossarian Joad Jan 2024 OP
Just watched it this morning onetexan Jan 2024 #1
Every Sunday for a total of 6 episodes Tom Yossarian Joad Jan 2024 #2
Thanks! Looking fwd to the next one. onetexan Jan 2024 #6
I have to go on work trip next month that requires a couple of longer flights. Bristlecone Jan 2024 #3
Perhaps I'm just getting old J_William_Ryan Jan 2024 #4
Many people online were with you as to the "ghost" storyline. Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2024 #8
We were quite impressed! JustAnotherGen Jan 2024 #5
Same. Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2024 #9
Nothing will ever compare to Season 1 montanacowboy Jan 2024 #7
It's really good nuxvomica Jan 2024 #10
I gave up on it Sector 001 Jan 2024 #11
Episode three tonight. nocoincidences Jan 2024 #12
just set the DVR for it! Tom Yossarian Joad Jan 2024 #13
3 episodes in and I must admit I'm a little lost. I'm having trouble following the plot and keeping the characters beaglelover Jan 2024 #14
Has anyone else noticed that there is a christmas tree in almost every scene? beaglelover Jan 2024 #15
Watched 2 episodes so far Mz Pip Feb 2024 #16
I'm loving it! catchnrelease Feb 2024 #17
Loved The Terror! Did you know it's a miniseries with two seasons out and a third to drop next year? Tom Yossarian Joad Feb 2024 #18
Really?! catchnrelease Feb 2024 #19
2nd Season has George Takai and involves the Asian concentration camps ran by U.S. during WWII. Tom Yossarian Joad Feb 2024 #20
Oh wow! catchnrelease Feb 2024 #23
I don't think it will be supernatural. Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2024 #21
I suspect you will be right catchnrelease Feb 2024 #22
OK. Who else was kind of disappointed in the ending? I was good, right up until the sinkingfeeling Feb 2024 #24
I was okay with it overall. They seemed to tie off all the loose ends with the final one Tom Yossarian Joad Feb 2024 #25
SPOILER ALERT: Never explained the tongue. sinkingfeeling Feb 2024 #26
This is my take on the tongue and it's been less than 8 hours since I watched it. Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2024 #27
Still think the ending was lame. The series started very promising, but I felt the sinkingfeeling Feb 2024 #28
I felt it followed a lot of the same trajectory as season 1. Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2024 #29
I gave up after 3 episodes. I'm glad I did not invest any more time into this series after reading reactions to the beaglelover Feb 2024 #30
I don't get the hate. Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2024 #31
I felt like this was made up on the fly. Poor script and poor acting imho. jalan48 Feb 2024 #32

onetexan

(13,896 posts)
1. Just watched it this morning
Mon Jan 15, 2024, 02:38 PM
Jan 2024

Love it! Both female lead roles are well acted, & story line is compelling. Hubby is a fan of the series & have seen the previous seasons. I w need to watch those. When is the next episode of season 4 coming on Max?

Bristlecone

(10,486 posts)
3. I have to go on work trip next month that requires a couple of longer flights.
Mon Jan 15, 2024, 02:44 PM
Jan 2024

Looking forward to downloading several and watching back to back.

J_William_Ryan

(2,124 posts)
4. Perhaps I'm just getting old
Mon Jan 15, 2024, 02:59 PM
Jan 2024

but I find the drop the audience in the deep end of the narrative pool to let them either sink or swim a bit tedious – currently I’m not overly impressed.

No idea what the murder of a native woman years earlier has to do with the current case – guess that’s supposed to be part of the mystery.

And the ghost of woman’s son finding the frozen victims comes off as contrived.

Cuthbert Allgood

(5,170 posts)
8. Many people online were with you as to the "ghost" storyline.
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 09:10 AM
Jan 2024

Felt it was too X-Files. I trust the creators, so I'm along for the ride, but fully realize that's a personal taste thing.

Though also a lot of personal taste, I like the "drop us into the narrative" style. I love James Joyce and he was doing that at the turn of the century. As a mystery fan, I think it heightens the intensity and makes you pay attention to EVERYTHING which makes red herrings easier to pull off.

JustAnotherGen

(33,539 posts)
5. We were quite impressed!
Mon Jan 15, 2024, 02:59 PM
Jan 2024

This is on par with Season 1. Since this is the finale week for Fargo - I'm happy I can get a slow 'weaning' off of prestige tv with TD!

montanacowboy

(6,300 posts)
7. Nothing will ever compare to Season 1
Mon Jan 15, 2024, 03:06 PM
Jan 2024

Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson stand alone in that series. Nos 2 & 3 were terrible. I will hold off on this one, it was so much, you figure it out.

nuxvomica

(12,877 posts)
10. It's really good
Wed Jan 24, 2024, 04:29 PM
Jan 2024

It reminds me of Hilary Swank's terrific ABC series Alaska Daily, which was cancelled, of course.

beaglelover

(4,051 posts)
14. 3 episodes in and I must admit I'm a little lost. I'm having trouble following the plot and keeping the characters
Mon Jan 29, 2024, 01:51 PM
Jan 2024

of the 2 cases they are investigating straight. Maybe I'm just stupid. I'll continue to watch though and hope I am able to figure it out.

beaglelover

(4,051 posts)
15. Has anyone else noticed that there is a christmas tree in almost every scene?
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 06:03 PM
Jan 2024

Very much like Eyes Wide Shut in that regards. I wonder if it is deliberate in the case of this show's director.

Mz Pip

(27,890 posts)
16. Watched 2 episodes so far
Tue Feb 6, 2024, 12:39 PM
Feb 2024

Interesting in a weird way. Engaging enough that I’m curious where it will go. I like the strange sci-fi vibe.

catchnrelease

(2,011 posts)
17. I'm loving it!
Sat Feb 17, 2024, 05:10 PM
Feb 2024

I like that what's happening is ambiguous. Tonight is the finale, so we'll see it there's something 'supernatural' going on or not. I just hope it doesn't pull a 'Lost' and be a lame ending that just ends with no real wrap-up. I haven't seen the earlier seasons, but plan to go back and check them out now.

I find the arctic environment in films very compelling. Make me feel really claustrophobic. There was a series on PBS called The Terror that was about two exploratory ships trapped in the ice when looking for the Northwest Passage. (The Terror was the name of one of the ships) It was very good, but I couldn't finish the series as it made me feel so closed in. And it had kind of a mysterious creepy story line too. Same with the series Fortitude, but I did finish that one.

catchnrelease

(2,011 posts)
19. Really?!
Sat Feb 17, 2024, 06:08 PM
Feb 2024

I didn't know there were 2 seasons. Like I said above, I couldn't finish the first season in one go. It was good, so I want to go back and maybe watch it in smaller bites so to speak. I tried watching many in a row and felt like I was being smothered, lol. The rampant arrogance and stupidity of the officers was mind-blowing. But very well acted for sure.

Cuthbert Allgood

(5,170 posts)
21. I don't think it will be supernatural.
Sat Feb 17, 2024, 09:15 PM
Feb 2024

I think it will be like the first season. Though maybe they dig into the connections they've developed.

And I know I'm in the minority, but I disagree about the ending of LOST. I thought that ending was beautiful.

catchnrelease

(2,011 posts)
22. I suspect you will be right
Sat Feb 17, 2024, 10:58 PM
Feb 2024

There will be some 'normal' explanation for the things that happened. I've heard that it was similar with the first season too.

Re: Lost--I didn't hate the ending and I can see it being a nice wrap up of the series. But imo it left too many things unanswered. Of course I can't tell you what now as it's been too long. Back then I was working and there was a group that got together for lunch the day after the show would air, and we'd discuss the episode. So, I was really into it. Just disappointed that there were too many loose ends left when it was over.

Tom Yossarian Joad

(19,263 posts)
25. I was okay with it overall. They seemed to tie off all the loose ends with the final one
Mon Feb 19, 2024, 12:12 AM
Feb 2024

being a bit cliched IMHO.

sinkingfeeling

(52,985 posts)
26. SPOILER ALERT: Never explained the tongue.
Mon Feb 19, 2024, 08:06 AM
Feb 2024

Who did that? And Danver's explanations of missing persons and Otis' death were weak to the state(?) Investigators.

Cuthbert Allgood

(5,170 posts)
27. This is my take on the tongue and it's been less than 8 hours since I watched it.
Mon Feb 19, 2024, 08:56 AM
Feb 2024

The native women cut out her tongue and put it there so that the police would hopefully find the connection. The main native woman's "I have no idea what you are talking about" read to me more of the "well, that's just one story" kind of a response.

I thought the put Otis' body in the dad's car, chop a hole in the ice, and put him in so it looks like he died trying to dispose of the body (like they can probably show he did with the missing woman) was pretty solid.

sinkingfeeling

(52,985 posts)
28. Still think the ending was lame. The series started very promising, but I felt the
Mon Feb 19, 2024, 09:28 AM
Feb 2024

ending and conclusions were rushed and shabby.

Cuthbert Allgood

(5,170 posts)
29. I felt it followed a lot of the same trajectory as season 1.
Mon Feb 19, 2024, 10:09 AM
Feb 2024

There were elements of the supernatural that got explore, but, in the end, it was just some guy (or guys, or women--depending on which thing you were wondering). Main difference was this season left open a possible return of the characters.

beaglelover

(4,051 posts)
30. I gave up after 3 episodes. I'm glad I did not invest any more time into this series after reading reactions to the
Mon Feb 19, 2024, 02:56 PM
Feb 2024

final episode today.

Cuthbert Allgood

(5,170 posts)
31. I don't get the hate.
Mon Feb 19, 2024, 03:16 PM
Feb 2024

I was a great noir story with magical realism sprinkled throughout. Incredible take on arctic horror. Solid mystery. Nice parallel to the hyper-masculinity of season 1 (which I also enjoyed and is probably a better season, though not by as much as a lot of people say).

Fully realize people may not like it for a multitude of reasons, but I really don't know why people shit on this season so much.

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