It was that good. I don’t rewatch many tv shows but I can say I’ve certainly rewatched season 1!

@@JassyPooh01 It’s been said that it’s like an 8 hour movie. And for me, it’s one of my favorite movies of all time.

I just rewatched again a couple of weeks ago. It really holds up.

That’s how I see it, also my favourite film alongside se7en@@TheAlphaLegionnaire

It's every spring for me.

That's why I worry for season 5 of Stranger Things, the last season's build up was almost too good.

@@BeastyBoyXDeven then no season has come close to living up to the first season

All of them. Season 1 is just in another level.

Season 2 has terrible editing and spotty story telling. It's bad in a lot of ways lol. I enjoy it overall but it's not that good even on its own.

I think I am the only person who actually loves season 2 I have watched it every year since it came out . I can totally understand why some people don't like it but I think its just as good as the first season and it even does its female characters right. She has flaws, problems issues and is shown as weaker to the dangerous men, she's not a strong, empowered , stunning , brave and superior women like modern Hollywood keeps trying to insist is an average woman

Great observation. The first season is quite a bit of esoteric elements that weave throughout the story. That’s the magic of the first season. The connection that the show writers were able to convey between the natural and supernatural was masterfully done.

Season 4 brings that element back for sure. Whether it will reach the level of season 1 remains to be seen but Jodie Foster and Kali Reis are both nailing their roles. A fantastic watch thus far.

My wife and I have watched the first four episodes of season 4. It's not bad, but it is definitely leaning more into the science fiction/ supernatural angle. I am more into that stuff than my wife, but I am sure we will finish it just to see how it ends. It is definitely more in your face than season 1 in that regard.

Apparently, the ghosts, and the voices that guided the two detectives to the truth, were just Cleaning Ladies Team 6 (while Prior was the only character that actually did any detective work, behind screen).

Nah it didn’t. On its own it’s not bad at all. But the finale is meh

Barely surprising or entertaining tidbit actually

​@@KillRhythmDisagree.

​@@KillRhythmdisagree

​@@KillRhythmTelevison had largely transitioned to digital at that point, so having True Detective shot on 35mm film does make it a bit of an outlier.

100% shot all on film. Except for the oner. That was on on Alexa. Only because 400’ of film is 6 minutes long and the oner was longer. Source. I was there

pov: you’ve only watched cable

@@yungvinnii I can only think of a handful of series that were as unique and interesting as TD1. I don't really take issue with someone helming it as their all time top.

I just rewatched season 1 three days ago for like the fifth time in as many years. I totally agree, it's not so much that it went downhill as it is that the first season was this bizarre masterpiece that the other seasons don't even try to top. The other seasons are still really good, and I'm honestly pretty excited for the upcoming season my instincts are telling me it's gonna be good based on what I've heard so far, and for Jodi Foster to come out for it - I trust she wouldn't without good reason.

Breaking bad has simply just more great content than true detective. but true detective season 1 is the best single season ever just not the best show

Quantity vs Quality. I personally felt that TD season 1 topped breaking bad. It was the only TV show that I even consider comparably good. Only watched TD season 2 now, as I wanna watch season 4 as its coming out - and it's not bad. But the thing is, True Detective is an Anthology - and the first season is a story in and off it self, that's unbeatable in my eyes.@@harrywatson2694

silent reflection

@@CH-sl5eq It's been a while :)

" stop saying odd shit" lmao that one got me as well

It's about the most creative way anyone has ever come up with to say "STFU", isn't it? PS I - You didn't have the wording exactly right, but no worries. I've been off on quotes & lines of dialog much, much worse than that, believe me! PS II - My wife isn't too fond of it either. Fortunately for me, she has a short reach & I have good reflexes . . . 🙃

I've often wanted to say the same thing whilst in the communal sauna at our local swimming pool. Bloody natter boxes in there while I'm trying to focus on not being in pain. I've got an inoperable tumor in my spine like. The home sauna is well underway and nearly up n running. At least I won't have to lay in other people's bum sweat or listen to their loud waffle. Big love from Grimsby all.

True. I also feel like they did the same with season 4. I feel like night Country wasn't supposed to be a True detective story but a completely separate TV show , and HBO wanted the assurance that people would watch it. And TBH I like the new season IF i ignore is a TD season.

Yes, Season 2 had a very intricate conspiracy, requiring viewers to pay close attention to every line and scene to avoid confusion by the end.

@@ghost25763 Which wasn't ideal cos so many scenes were boring and incomprehensible.

“What do you think the average IQ of everyone here is?” Had me rolling

@@b0zz1380y "Wash up, you got some pussy on you." "I'm so done talking to you like a man." "L'chaim, fatass." People forget that Rust was hilarious.

I didn't have the patience to watch the second season when it came out but i finally did it last year. I loved it. Like someone else pointed you do need some focus here, not everyone is ready for that all the time.

Amen, but with most successful artists out there, you'll always find they actually made more than one "album", before they got to release their first. It goes for musicians, writers or any other creator. Artists like Radiohead have all these unreleased records, and Quentin jumping from script to script, even though he would be focusing on a singular one to release next. And with that intensive work is how artists build a style, a signature. As rare as it is, some just keep on creating, non-stop, even if they are in the middle of a specific craft, so much so when they release one, they'd already be on their way to release the next one. With Nic, however, it's like everyone keeps saying, it was lightning in a bottle, maybe a once in a lifetime thing for him. He put his all into just that one thing, and then nothing came after, even after all these years. I can't tell what his thing is, he doesn't have a style or signature. The first season is just a pile of inspirations (a pretty ingenious one at that), with the help of another creative mind that brought it to screen. But other than that, Nic just didn't make enough works, or have enough time, to mold his style.

If that was the goal of "Breaking Bad" then I guess it didn't work on me because I honestly didn't want Walter White to fail. Instead, I rode all the way down into the pit along side of him until he went out in a very satisfying blaze of glory.

EXACTLY!

@@eddiemalvinI still think breaking bad is the best tv writing ever, TF S1 is close second. Walther white is a great character, I wanted him to put smart gus and the cartel etc, on the other hand he was really mean to Jesse and took advantage of him. The conflicting nature was what made the show great!

@@eddiemalvinlol that’s the total joy of TV Walter raped his wife, murdered Jesse’s girl, and didn’t he try to murder that kid? Totally great that you were rooting for him, but I think he was written to be hated 😂😂

What the hell are you yappin about, if u wanted Walter white to "get what he deserves" and rooted for him to fail theres something wrong with you

And just like 1 these things should never explicitly appear on screen. There has to be enough to doubt

At least the new season seems to lean more into that now.

I was initially intrigued by the premise of S4, but it really just feels like they (the writers) have tried to re-tread the same ground. Slightly paranormal murder. A past unsolved murder. A contentious relationship between the two investigators. They have all “content” but the dialogue and characterization feel like cheap copies of Rust and Marty. And the supporting cast, especially the previous sheriff, is comically inept and nasty. It’s just silly.

Yeah ... but at the end of the day, there really weren't "unnatural malevolent forces" in S1 -- just f*cked up bad guys and "Lovecraftian" overtones. I remember some people being unhappy that there was no cosmic entity revealed in the end. They expected Cthulhu or a similar supernatural monster to show up. They got Errol Childress instead. I guess they forgot that the inspiration for those overtones in True Detective wasn't Lovecraft.

@@dashx1103 Those overtones *Are* Lovecraftian. In Lovecraft we *rarely* see or understand the monsters. The only people who experience them are insane or affected in some other way. *Exactly like Rust* So really I think you have no idea what you are talking about. True Detective S1 is the best Lovecraftian TV show ever made.

Yeah, season 4 was ass and felt like a totally different show. Season 2 is decent, and season 3 is good, but of course nothing compares to season 1.

Had hopes for season 4, but it tried too hard to be "female season 1" and ended up sucking ass, just a woke clusterfuck.

Season 4 was a woke sexist anti white POS

Why is it even marketed as part of the series? It has no detectives and is like a second rate Stephen King story rather that a detective show.

No. season 4 was Bad, but season 3 was a very bad and boring Joke. Most boring season of something EVER... plus season 2 is good, but not like the great season 1. Season 3 is the worst ever

Yeah I fully believe if season 2 has come first, people would've loved it, but season 1 was just way too good, and was near impossible to live up to. It was also so different without the same actors, but also because it really changed the format. Season 3 is considered a return to form because it at least went back to a buddy cop situation with a horrific case that spanned decades of story telling, while season 2, which I loved, as it's own thing, is off because it's more about a mob guy and a crooked cop, and is a very linear story. Pizalato said season 1 was a murder mystery because he couldn't pitch a story about 2 guys riding around talking about life, and yet for some reason when he had a chance to do a second season, sort of took that whole element of two interesting characters talking life right out of it. It would've been much easier to say the formula is 2 actors playing 2 cops with a case spanning decades and having to discuss the case in interrogation like season 1, but he erased all formula, which kind of just made it a completely disconnected show under the same name. Heck it probably would've been better received if he had changed the title from true detective.

Season 2 is great till the last two episodes, and then the "HBO Ending" kicks in, where things have to end up as miserable as possible, and everyone has to die.

Agreed I enjoyed all of the seasons

@@BigSmiley0TV If season 2 came before S1 and S1 never existed, then it might have been treated better, but no one would talk about True Detective after the season would have concluded. It would merely be a crime series like the 100 other crime series that gets produced every year. It's not a good season, but it is not as bad as many claims it to be.

Nah season 2 is shit but season 3... man, it's definitely in the class of s1. I just re-watched the finale and it's severely underrated. S1 is top-notch legendary entertainment. But it doesn't hit as deep as s3.

Even with a good story, it still would have sucked. With casting Vince Vaughn.

@@mg-ThisHandleIsSoStupidYou just gotta give him to play himself, that is what he is good at, a goofy tall sarcastic guy, I mean he was great in "Brawl in Cell Block 99" movie, but I agree, he is not a serious actor in my opinion.

@@alexcoyg3281 Actually He was great in Cell Block 99. First movie He did where I thought maybe He could act?

Too many cooks spoil the broth

I laughed hysterically during the scene when Vaughn is stumbling through the desert. I don't dislike Vaughn, but he was awful in TD 2.

Same the more I rewatch it the more I like it I never hated it,but it was meh to me the first time I viewed it in 2015 and first two episodes where confusing with all the names,locations and plot,but the more you rewatch it and notice all the details and well written characters and intelligent plot and great storytelling the more it grows on me. Ray in particular is one of the best characters out of all seasons so complex,well written and three dimensional and performance from Collin Farell was phenomenal. Season 2 was just different and people didn't expect it,while season 1 is psychological detective story with serial killer and cult elements,2 is more like dark and brutal crime thriller with some detective elements. I personally really like 2 now.

Finish season 2. It's a lot better than season 3, can be confusing, but hits hard like season 1. Writing was rushed, but amazing characters and acting, tenseness, and noir.

@@bboyagua Agreed, S1 top tier, one of the best shows of all time, S2 is decent neo-noir crime/mafia/police tv show (tbh, if they'd just focused on Rachel McAdams character, I think it would have worked better; letting in a gangster to the audiences' POV felt off), but S3 I couldn't keep my eyes open for. I have chronic fatigue (and severe, chronic pain) and fell asleep multiple times through S3. The writing is cringe too, how the black fella cop meets his 'to-be' wife, it's awful, "Oh, you like books?" "Yeah, I like books", "Oh, that's unique (no, no it isn't), I should read more", "Why don't you?" "Oh, I don't know..." (omg I'm falling asleep). So contrived. S1 I waited on every word.

And now we’ve reached Season 4, woke, feminist drivel, courtesy of Issa Lopez, who made a few shows in Mexico. Jodie, WTF were you thinking, signing on to this shite?

@@michaelsegriff3362 If you don't like women being in positions of power, bad luck. Get over it. Seriously.

I’m with you. I just watched all three for the first time and I gotta say, S3 was my favorite, I think. I just liked the characters more, the story was understandable but not dumbed down like NCIS or other primetime garbage, and the acting was phenomenal.

It's right up there for me. But S4 of The Wire is absolutely my favorite season of TV ever.

I'm reverse of that order, but I agree with the sentiment.

Without outright articulating it, they did.

Yeah that symbol does keep coming back I guess@@moragslothe6449

I think it would’ve worked better if it had been in a more dilapidated area,like Detroit.

That one haunting song the lady in the bar would always sing slapped and no one can tell me any different

I still thought it was great

I already said it but if you think of "Nite of" as season 2 and scratch their official Season 2 out. Its still does well. 3rd was ok. The 4th looks pretty good. 1st season is in my top 5 of anything ive ever watched though, movies or shows.

@@StruggleBusStudios Absolutely, the soundtrack was insanely good!

@@Bryan-fb8dh I have actually yet to see S3, because i've seen alot of people say that it just doesn't feel like True Detective...I'll watch it someday, but i'm glad 4 got a great feedback! I'm right there with you, the first one is just "One in a million" moments in TV and very hard to top :)

Utter nonsense. Yes it can. Easily. Just like how the best shows ever made get better every season. This was just an example of incompetence from the suited higher ups, surprise surprise. They've ruined it and good riddance. They had gold, but they've got nothing now. I'll only ever watch S1 and the rest can go suck a 🍆

Watching S3 right now it is SO good.

Why not at least watch s2?

@@kylem03000 I don’t even remember why exactly and I’ll probably go back and watch it. Good thing it’s an anthology and I can watch it any way I want 😏

I also really liked season 3.

How do you just skip a season?

Bro it’s been 2 minutes and the video’s 8 minutes long so you defo didn’t watch the whole thing to be able to say this 💀

lmao yeah ya got me i'm just showin love@@justanotherguy.

I worry that 'Night Country' will be a flop. To be honest I'm more excited for Tokyo Vice Season 2, The Penguin, Masters of the Air and The Sympathizer.

​@enterthebruce9116 well it hasn't been a flop two episodes in

@@vidmasterK1 yeah it's a complete train wreck with no survivors.

@@guidoferrari5415 says who? That vocal minority who's always on the internet?

@@guidoferrari5415 hello?

Disagree. I'm considering pulling the plug after 2 episodes. It is better than S2, I suppose, but that ain't saying much. 4 words: Rust Cohle's father's ghost. UGH!

It's a good season so far, but not at the level of S3 or S1. I think some of the acting and writing choices are... interesting. And the "horror/supernatural" elements feel a bit tacked on and cheesy. The atmosphere is beautifully shot though and does a lot of the heavy lifting this season. If it didn't take place in Alaska during an endless night sky, I'd be more critical, but it really does pull you in.

No. Season 3 is

BASED and cultured season 2 enjoyer,season 2 was awesome,well written and had interesting characters.

The new season of it isn't very good like the first season was

@@byrongrimsley500 Just finished the new season. It's the best season yet.

What? You respect certain reviewers?

It rivals my ass, season 4 is another major disappointment.

I started binging it a few weeks ago, and now being caught up as of this week's episode, I can confidently say Fargo is a show that only gets better with each season. Season 5 has been an absolute masterpiece in storytelling, presentation, writing and pacing, which tended to become very slow at times in earlier seasons

This newest season is incredible. I've enjoyed all the seasons of Fargo. But the season currently on and the season with Jesse Plemons and Kiersten Dunst are brilliant.

I put season 1 of Fargo and season 1 of True Detective on the same level, both masterpieces and the following seasons have failed to reach the heights, I agree that Fargo has been more consistent.

Series 4 was terrible

I guess if you love teal and orange and endless overhead tracking shots of I-5…

It was garbage. I like Vince but my 10 year old nice could write a better script.

@@Bryan-fb8dh You should get her to write your comments.

Fuckin A. Show me the last time he was that good. Rachel McAdams is great too. I honestly think everyone is doing a good job in Season 2.

You should watch Brawl in Cell Block 99 and Dragged Across Concrete. He's really great in them too

Vince Vaughn is surprising. Usually he’s known for comedy films, but when he’s in serious roles, he does amazing.

Vaughn's acting itself wasn't bad, he just felt really miscast. And season 3 was decent, though for pacing should've been trimmed down by a couple episodes' worth of material (especially the final episode that goes on and on and on and on for an unnecessary half hour that doesn't know where to end already).

My favorite of his appearances. He's the man in Season 2

That last scene where he's dead, and all the ghosts of the people he killed or tormented are standing either side of him to chastise him. You think that's a great scene ? Wow. I was laughing at how bad it was. It's lazy and old trope from horror movies but it's actually done so terribly that it's worse. It was laughable. It was silly. It lacked any sense of seriousness. It was like something Carl Reiner would write.

@@Ptrm594 I can have honest discussions about filmmaking, but you need to check your smugness at the door first.

@@Olderaccount17 Well I apologise if I seemed smug but I honestly do think the writing was ridiculous. Think about it. "Blue balls for the heart". Pizzolato wrote that line. The plot is so convoluted you need a damned chart to track it. Why not just make it a story set in the era of the LA riots ? That would have been a very cool setting. Tell the story of the corrupt detectives and the gangs of the city at that time. There are millions of stories that could be told within that era alone. But to spin it into this bizarre, byzantine story about infrastructure and mob bosses (and what mob is Vince Vaughns character supposed to be in anyway ? The Russian mob ? They only exist in NYC, and specifically Brighton Beach. Which is another place he could have set the story.) There's a fairly good video, although lengthy, about the failings of S2 and it covers most of the ground in detail, I can't remember the name but if you search using the over 20 mins filter and something like "why true detective season 2 failed" you'll find it. One of the comments there is from an HBO executive who helped approvr the season. He actually said they were concerned about the story being so bad, but wanted to get it out to cash in on the momentum of season 1. He also said Pizzolati refused help from other writers with the exception of one guy who helped him write his book Galveston, and even then those two ended up clashing. He said Pizzolatos success had gone to his head and he became difficult to work with, raging and excoriating everyone from the actors to the interns. He said the show was a nightmare to work on, and he left HBO in large part because of that season. If I find the video again I'll link it. It's not just all criticism, the uploader highlights the parts of the season he thought were good too. I reccomend it, even if you liked Season 2, because it's an enlightening video and well made, and I haven't found another video that dives anywhere near as deep, in respect of season 2.

For real

Season 3 is severely underrated. I really didn't get what it was about on the first watch.

The 3rd season sucked dick, and I LOVE Mahershala Ali Season 3 was trying way too hard to be more than it was. It was nothing special.

@@mr.doctorcaptain1124 It did not, but cool.

In my opinion, season 3 was red herring after red herring with a horrible payoff.

@@alexcoyg3281 it absolutely did and the vast majority of fans agree with me on that sentiment.

@@mr.doctorcaptain1124 Nah, man, you are just don't get it maaaaaaaan

Season 3 was amazing it has great acting worldclass performance from main actors and intelligent script. I never understood why season 3 reviews are mixed it just seems like a bunch of tik tok brained zoomers with zero attention span hating since it doesn't have mindless action scenes every two minutes. I slightly prefer season 1,but 1 and 3 are both extremely well written and has great writing.

@@secularhumanistforever Yea think many people just didn't like the slower pace of the season. It is the slowest of all 4 seasons for sure (halfway through S4 rn but clearly this one moves quicker.) Honestly, I think S3 has some of the best writing in the show and it's even more about the characters than the case, even compared to S1. Fantastic television. I wish more people liked slow burns and just listening to two people have a deep personal conversation, instead of expecting action every couple of scenes.

How dare you give season 4 that much credit

S3 is vastly superior

@@893Zeke vastly superior to S2?

Season 4 seemded kinda corny after 2 episodes. It's probably gonna be one of the forgettable seasons also.

@@nornor-hg9rm Agree.

The loser adult who’s peak was 14/18? How the fuck is that a good thing?

Season 3 is phenomenal and has great writing,acting and characters. People with zero attention span that hate that season 3 doesn't have mindless action scenes every two minutes and whose brain attention span was destroyed by social media and tik tok dislike it and anybody with taste who knows what good cinema and writing is like you and me love that season.

as a person who never saw a single movie with Vince Vaughn before, i though he did well in S2

It's far too easy for TV shows to get a high RT rating

@@Ray03595 Not really you have a couple of TV series that had a crappy review that truly wasn't too good. These critics rating TV shows like how they're movies nowadays.