There is a bit more creepy for the sake of creepy to this season than i would prefer. it's hard to describe how they did it so perfectly in season one but they just did and they've been chasing it ever since.
i am still in and i am interested in where it is going but it would be nice if there was just an occasional sense of normal life and not everyone being a stoic, unredeemable asshole with a totally fucked up life and horrible interpersonal relationships incapable of making a decent decision.
the older detective prior allowing himself to be catfished feels unrealistic, the amount of shit the younger prior takes off jodie seems unrealistic, the stereotypical everyone talks to ghosts because there are indigenous people around, the jodie just being a bulldozing bitch to literally everyone.
the interpersonal stuff between jodie and the trooper is fucking tired. knock that shit out in ep 1 and let them start working together. again, they nailed that with matthew and woody...that they annoyed each other (even fucked the other's wife)...but there was at least some helpful dialogue and professional working relationship and respect between them. it wasn't just this constantly miserable "fuck you, fuck you" trope.
so far, the teacher that jodie went to consult, her daughter's underaged girlfriend, and the bartender that trooper keeps bootycalling are the only people i don't hate.
It's trying to be a darker twin peaks but without any of the enjoyable parts. hopefully now that our two main characters are going to start collaborating, it will become a bit more enjoyable.