True Detective Season 1

[Seasick Sailor 3,747]

17 hours ago, Quagmire said:

I like big tits

Joe Walsh?

[huge 3,793]

The one shot scene of McConnaghey dragging whoever it was (I forget) out of that shitty trailer park was one of the most impressive technical things ever filmed

[Seasick Sailor 3,747]

16 minutes ago, huge said:

The one shot scene of McConnaghey dragging whoever it was (I forget) out of that shitty trailer park was one of the most impressive technical things ever filmed

If you are talking about the scene where they rob the housing projects, I completely agree. It is the main reason I think that episode is some of the best television ever made. 

[huge 3,793]

2 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said:

If you are talking about the scene where they rob the housing projects, I completely agree. It is the main reason I think that episode is some of the best television ever made. 

Yes.  Thrilling

[mchookem 16,336]

it was a nonstop shot too, right, like the Goodfellas nightclub shot...incredible!

[Elvis 3,371]

Ginger. It was Ginger. Those punches and pistol whips must have fucking hurt, because Ginger was completely at Rust’s mercy to go wherever he led. I realize he also needed Rust to get him out of there alive. 
 

Also Rust took a baseball bat hit. All those drugs gave him the Blitzkrieg. 

[BehoId, The Underminer! 11,669]

11 minutes ago, Elvis said:

Ginger. It was Ginger. Those punches and pistol whips must have fucking hurt, because Ginger was completely at Rust’s mercy to go wherever he led. I realize he also needed Rust to get him out of there alive. 
 

Also Rust took a baseball bat hit. All those drugs gave him the Blitzkrieg. 

[Seasick Sailor 3,747]

15 minutes ago, Elvis said:

Ginger. It was Ginger. Those punches and pistol whips must have fucking hurt, because Ginger was completely at Rust’s mercy to go wherever he led. I realize he also needed Rust to get him out of there alive. 
 

Also Rust took a baseball bat hit. All those drugs gave him the Blitzkrieg. 

[Elvis 3,371]

At least I’m not racin to a red light. 

[Scary Stranger 1,715]

If you are talking about the scene where they rob the housing projects, I completely agree. It is the main reason I think that episode is some of the best television ever made. 

What episode was that? Might go back and just watch that scene.

[Seasick Sailor 3,747]

7 minutes ago, Scary Stranger said:

What episode was that? Might go back and just watch that scene.

Episode 4:

 

Edited May 18, 2022 by Seasick Sailor

[Incredulity 11,675]

The Shaggy thread was peak Shag.  

Wild speculation, arguments, theories, profanity....PriceisRightHorn.gif

[BHMCruiser 1,814]

22 hours ago, Seasick Sailor said:

If you are talking about the scene where they rob the housing projects, I completely agree. It is the main reason I think that episode is some of the best television ever made. 

Spoiler

The scene in the housing projects and the scene in the bayou where they are explaining what happened while showing what actually happened on two different timelines are absolutely some of the best television ever. 

 

[BHMCruiser 1,814]

I'd also like to point out something I just realized the other day (like 7 years later or whatever):

Woody Harrelson tells Matthew McConaughey you don't mow another man's lawn:

Well.....

 

[Red Five 40,859]

[Bateshorn 9,928]

Spoiler that shit.  The OP is watching the series. 
 

 

[BHMCruiser 1,814]

My bad. I thought I had and now I cannot edit it.

[Patricio Swayze 17,058]

Count me in as a huge fan of the first season.  Perhaps neck and neck for the entire series of Breaking Bad for me.  I recall after watching the ending the first time that I thought Rust should have died.  But after a couple of viewings I was ok with the ending (even the very little glimpse of the Yellow King).  Said it before on this site, but I am hoping that Rust and Marty reprise their roles in a story that happens in Texas.  Something down along the border.

Speaking of Carcosa, here are a few of my photos from the location I took in 2019:

 

[Buzzrock 14,921]

Lili Simmons…..also a stellar body in season 1. Woody struck gold in that regard. Terrific tv overall, nobody is ever happy with the way things end.

Counterpoint: Justified. And I hear the final season of Peaky Blinders delivers.

[futureman 22,468]

11 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

Counterpoint: Justified. And I hear the final season of Peaky Blinders delivers.

and The Leftovers 

[WhatTheBuck 28,783]

On 5/16/2022 at 8:29 PM, ATexanAbroad said:

Old thread is probably on TOS. Just now starting the show. Tell me what I need to know.

The music is great.

The writing of intrigue is better than the writing of action.

The ending sucks.

[Augustus 3,061]

Just finished my third time through the series.

My God, Rust's story in the wheelchair outside the hospital, about the darkness and his daughter and father...  Got a lump in my throat, watery eyes.  That may have been MM's finest moment as an actor, and he's had some incredible moments.

I honestly have no idea what's the basis for anyone's dissatisfaction with the ending.  Rust was sounding like a nutjob conspiracy theorist with his suspicion that there was a cabal of murderous pedophiles in high ranking positions in Louisiana, and of course we learned he's 100% correct.  Grandpa Tuttle created who knows how many monsters abusing his own children and (bastard) grandchildren, and somehow managed to meet up with some like-minded psychopathic pedophiles, some of whom we saw in the Marie Fontenot video.  

Rust gets vindicated by a story that goes national, and Errol Childress gets his head blown off.

If the Yellow King/Carcosa stuff is what you're talking about, I can't imagine what you were expecting/hoping for.  That was obviously the mythology of the freaks behind the serial child rapes/murders, and really, what else could it've been.  I can't figure what you were hoping to learn or see.

I thought the ending was powerful and wholly satisfactory, which doesn't happen often.

Edited March 2, 2023 by Augustus

[yoladu 4,094]

Everyone talks about Episode 4 being the highlight of the series, but i think Episodes 1, 2, and 3 taken together is about as perfect as it gets. While Episode 4 is technically brilliant and enthralling TV, the tonal change that Episode 4 brought jars a bit. Maybe that was needed to sort of release some energy, i don't know.

I am not intentionally trying to be a contrarian on this, just my 2 cents.

oh, and my favorite quote of the series? 

 

Jake Herbert : So you're telling me the world isn't getting worse? I've seen kids today all in black wearing makeup, shit on their faces, everything is sex, Clinton.

Detective Marty Hart : You know, throughout history, I bet every old man probably said the same thing. And old men die, and the world keeps spinnin'.

 

 

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Edited March 2, 2023 by yoladu

[Chewbacca 7,780]

18 minutes ago, yoladu said:

Everyone talks about Episode 4 being the highlight of the series, but i think Episodes 1, 2, and 3 taken together is about as perfect as it gets. -

Which episode had naked Daddario in it?  That was the highlight of the series.  

But that aside, this series was just amazing.  I need to rewatch it, along with the Wire and maybe the Sopranos.

[Scary Stranger 1,715]

The single take gun fight was pretty rad. Not sure which ep that was.

[Texzilla58 4,739]

They had a back story extra about that scene with the gunfight. Single cam from arrival to entry thru to the end. One of the best pieces of cinematography ever.

[futureman 22,468]

4 hours ago, yoladu said:

Everyone talks about Episode 4 being the highlight of the series, but i think Episodes 1, 2, and 3 taken together is about as perfect as it gets. While Episode 4 is technically brilliant and enthralling TV, the tonal change that Episode 4 brought jars a bit.

100%

[mchookem 16,336]

3 hours ago, Scary Stranger said:

The single take gun fight was pretty rad. Not sure which ep that was.

4... that's the one yoladu is talking about. 

[Texzilla58 4,739]

This show is best binged. Not having that week long interruption makes for a far better experience. S1 had some magnificence to it.

[TexasHooch 5,122]

On 3/2/2023 at 2:17 AM, Augustus said:

Just finished my third time through the series.

My God, Rust's story in the wheelchair outside the hospital, about the darkness and his daughter and father...  Got a lump in my throat, watery eyes.  That may have been MM's finest moment as an actor, and he's had some incredible moments.

I honestly have no idea what's the basis for anyone's dissatisfaction with the ending.  Rust was sounding like a nutjob conspiracy theorist with his suspicion that there was a cabal of murderous pedophiles in high ranking positions in Louisiana, and of course we learned he's 100% correct.  Grandpa Tuttle created who knows how many monsters abusing his own children and (bastard) grandchildren, and somehow managed to meet up with some like-minded psychopathic pedophiles, some of whom we saw in the Marie Fontenot video.  

Rust gets vindicated by a story that goes national, and Errol Childress gets his head blown off.

If the Yellow King/Carcosa stuff is what you're talking about, I can't imagine what you were expecting/hoping for.  That was obviously the mythology of the freaks behind the serial child rapes/murders, and really, what else could it've been.  I can't figure what you were hoping to learn or see.

I thought the ending was powerful and wholly satisfactory, which doesn't happen often.

WTF man.  Spoiler that shit! Now I've got no reason to watch.

Spoiler

again

 

[futureman 22,468]

when rust pulls over marty after they hadn’t seen each other in years and then they go to the bar to talk and then to the storage unit… that whole progression was tense, great television.  

[Augustus 3,061]

3 hours ago, TexasHooch said:

WTF man.  Spoiler that shit! Now I've got no reason to watch.

  Hide contents

again

 

 

Damn, I felt awful there for a moment.

I suppose I should've spoilered it anyway, as there are surely folks who haven't seen it yet, for one reason or another.

 

[Augustus 3,061]

They did a good job giving Marty some dumbass moments without the character being a dumbass.  He was a good detective--he's the one who made the connection with green paint on the house--but not very well rounded, culturally.

"I just want you to stop saying odd shit, like you can smell a psycho's fear..."

In another scene, Rust refers to us as sentient meat.  Later on, Marty asks in a by-the-way remark, "What's scented meat?"

If for any reason you haven't re-watched this series, then do so.  It's fantastic the first time, but in subsequent viewings you'll pick up shit you couldn't have known to pay attention to the first time, and it's even better.

2 hours ago, futureman said:

when rust pulls over marty after they hadn’t seen each other in years and then they go to the bar to talk and then to the storage unit… that whole progression was tense, great television.  

 

On second thought, you buy me a beer.

[Fletch 5,800]

7 hours ago, Texzilla58 said:

This show is best binged. Not having that week long interruption makes for a far better experience. S1 had some magnificence to it.

Not true. Watching it as it aired and coming back to TOS to discuss shit about the show was a blast. That thread slammed and went as hard as the season did. 

[Texzilla58 4,739]

Not true. Watching it as it aired and coming back to TOS to discuss shit about the show was a blast. That thread slammed and went as hard as the season did. 

So if one is new to the show , are you recommending watching it one ep a week ?

[Fletch 5,800]

13 minutes ago, Texzilla58 said:

So if one is new to the show , are you recommending watching it one ep a week ?

Eh….can’t really replicate the energy around the show so go ahead and binge it. Unless you can find the thread from TOS, do an episode a week and follow along that thread. That might give you a small taste 

[Augustus 3,061]

1 hour ago, Texzilla58 said:

So if one is new to the show , are you recommending watching it one ep a week ?

I think I'd watch 2 episodes, then re-watch them.

You should also be able to find some threads discussing the show during its original run.  It'd be worth following the discussion, as you're sure to pick up stuff that other people noticed but you did not.

[smwhorn 482]

Bumping this thread.

Mrs. Smwhorn and I binged it over the past few days.  It was our first time through.  Really fucking good but there's just some shit I didn't understand or am not smart enough to have caught the first time through.  Unfortunately, it took me 10 years to watch it the first time.  I am going to look for one thing though without binging a second time.  Trying not to "spoil" anything and being as bland and generic as possible, I want to know why they didn't notice the "bad guy" the first time they came across him.

Edited February 28 by smwhorn

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1 minute ago, smwhorn said:

Bumping this thread.

Mrs. Smwhorn and I binged it over the past few days.  It was our first time through.  Really fucking good but there's just some shit I didn't understand or am not smart enough to have caught the first time through.  Unfortunately, it took me 10 years to watch it the first time.  I am going to look for one thing though without binging.  Trying not to "spoil" anything and being as bland and generic as possible, I want to know why they didn't notice the "bad guy" the first time they came across him.

Detective's curse.  Focusing on the wrong thing.  There are environmental things that obscure and distract, and before they can spend much time with him, they're called away with news on a lead they had been "hoping" would pan out.

[Buzzrock 14,921]

Didn’t they comment later that he was sitting down (on the mower) so they didn’t notice that he was tall?

[WhatTheBuck 28,783]

On 3/2/2023 at 9:21 PM, mchookem said:

4... that's the one yoladu is talking about. 

The one where everyone in the black part of town is a gangster. 

[MissingInAction 25,089]

On 2/28/2024 at 10:08 AM, smwhorn said:

Bumping this thread.

Mrs. Smwhorn and I binged it over the past few days.  It was our first time through.  Really fucking good but there's just some shit I didn't understand or am not smart enough to have caught the first time through.  Unfortunately, it took me 10 years to watch it the first time.  I am going to look for one thing though without binging a second time.  Trying not to "spoil" anything and being as bland and generic as possible, I want to know why they didn't notice the "bad guy" the first time they came across him.

That may be the most honest depiction of police work in television history. 

Cops don't know shit unless you tell them shit.

[mchookem 16,336]

started my first rewatch tonight... they are both just so damn good.

Rust Cohle is like...pitch perfect peak McConaughey lol.

watching the first three episodes just makes me angry at S4. what a shitty association.

[futureman 22,468]

15 minutes ago, mchookem said:

watching the first three episodes just makes me angry at S4. what a shitty association.

how does s4 compare to s2?

I enjoyed s3. 

[Texzilla588 769]

S1 was unique in TV in that the writer and director were the same person for every episode. Most shows use several of each. It gave Nic a unique position to make a seamless progression. Combined with the great acting makes for a perfect show.

As much as Daddario’s scene is perfection in one perspective, the sex scene between Rust and Michele Monaghan is special as well, though she’s not nekkid.

[Red Five 40,859]

how does s4 compare to s2?
I enjoyed s3. 

Season 2 is better than season 4.

Also, everything is better than season 4.

[billfromlaketravis 11,487]

Critics were very careful to not criticize Season 4. The Ringer’s The Watch was the only major outlet I came across to subtlety pan the season and pick apart the finale. 

People will forget about the finale in a couple years, read the critics’ reviews, and there will be a second life of WTF did I just watch? 

[Texzilla588 769]

Season 2 is better than season 4.

Also, everything is better than season 4.

Me and the Chimp was better than S4.

[Buzzrock 14,921]

I didn’t realize that HBO has greenlit a season 5 with the same director as season 4. Good lord.

[Jiggy-Z 3,432]

10 hours ago, Red Five said:

Season 2 is better than season 4.

Also, everything is better than season 4.

Also, season 2 got hammered pretty bad, but I think it was pretty good and on par with or better than season 3...just not season 1 good by a long way.