True Detective Season 2
In defence of True Detective Season 2
August 11, 2015 | Martyn ConterioWith True Detective Season 2 now over – you can read our reviews here – one writer steps up to defend Nic Pizzolatto’s show from its critics.
True Detective is the most exciting thing to happen to television crime fiction … Read More
UK TV review: True Detective Season 2, Episode 8
August 10, 2015 | David Farnor“Everything’s ending. Time to wake up.”
For a show so full of unsubtle dialogue, it’s only fitting that the finale of True Detective Season 2 should be full of lines that feel so appropriate. “You can’t act for shit,” … Read More
UK TV review: True Detective Season 2, Episode 7
August 4, 2015 | David FarnorAlready seen Episode 7? Read on for spoilers.
“Maybe you were put on Earth for more than fucking,” says Ani (Rachel McAdams), after emerging, bleary-eyed, from a drug-fuelled orgy with Vinci’s richest men. She’s talking to Vera, the missing girl … Read More
UK TV review: True Detective Season 2, Episode 6 (Church in Ruins)
July 28, 2015 | David FarnorNot seen Episodes 1 to 5 of True Detective Season 2? This contains spoilers.
“You might be my only friend,” Frank says to Ray, after he’s entered his house. “Wouldn’t that be something?” replies Ray, with a glib smile. It’s … Read More
UK TV review: True Detective Season 2, Episode 5 (Other Lives)
July 21, 2015 | David FarnorHow do you follow a shootout like that? In real life, probably with a lot of paperwork. True Detective, then, does the smart thing and skip forwards two months – another promising sign that what’s now being dubbed a “massacre” … Read More
UK TV review: True Detective Season 2, Episode 4 (Down Will Come)
July 13, 2015 | David FarnorAlready seen Episode 4? Read on for some additional, spoiler-filled comments.
“Is this worth sticking out?” Jordan (Kelly Reilly) asks Frank (Vince Vaughn) in Episode 4 of True Detective Season 2. It seems like it’s no coincidence that such a … Read More
UK TV review: True Detective Season 2, Episode 3
July 6, 2015 | David FarnorAlready seen Episode 3? Read on for some additional, spoiler-filled comments.
True Detective Season 2 blew our expectations out of the water last week – with a shotgun. Read More
UK TV review: True Detective Season 2, Episode 2
June 29, 2015 | David FarnorAlready seen Episode 2? Read on for some additional, spoiler-filled comments.
“How did that water stain get there?” If the debut chapter of True Detective Season 2 had you worried, Episode 2 confirms all of those concerns with an opening … Read More
UK TV review: True Detective Season 2, Episode 1
June 21, 2015 | David FarnorAlready seen Episode 1? Read on for some additional, spoiler-filled comments.
“This is my least favourite life,” croons singer Lera Lynn in True Detective Season 2. It’s a slow, melancholic number, accompanied by shots of Colin Farrell downing whisky in … Read More