True Detective - Série 2

Well, it’s a fact, Nic Pizzolatto is currently the best writer of detective stories. The series is told in an intricate way, with many plot lines that come together perfectly in the end, without ever forgetting the poignant fates of individual characters (Farrell and his relationship with his son!). The atmosphere of an alienated industrial conglomeration, just made for criminal offences, was nauseating. Episode 6 – the visit to a brothel for the wealthy – had an almost horror-like feel. And the actors? Everyone is fantastic, every single one of them, but I'd single out two: Taylor Kitsch, whom I wish had a lot more acting opportunities, and Vince Vaughn, whose multi-faceted expression fits the ambiguous mobster character like a glove. He should stick to serious roles, they suit him. (03/31/2016)

I can't help it, but I just wasn't that into the second season. The characters here are problematic, much like in the first season, but I liked both detectives in that one. I found myself not relating to basically any of the characters here, perhaps most of all Vince, which was what I least expected. And the last episode, which is great, just won't save it. (07/29/2017)

Nic Pizzolatto teamed up with Justin Lin this time, and True Detective has undergone a radical transformation. I mean this in a positive sense. The second season doesn’t rely on mysterious mystique as much; it's more action-oriented than the previous one and focuses on police corruption. While this is a complete 360° turn, the creators managed to pull it off exceptionally well. I liked all the characters, especially Colin Farrell, who initially seemed to be cast as the villain but ultimately proved to be a good cop. The atmosphere is palpable, with some moments being intensely charged. Vince Vaughn delivered an excellent performance as a gangster, and the role suited him perfectly. The moment of Taylor Kitsch's character's death was certainly a surprise; he didn’t speak much, but his character radiated great charisma. I enjoyed the action sequences, particularly the street shootout, which was filmed very realistically. The final episode was simply the best True Detective has offered so far. We need another season. I give it 95%. (10/21/2016)

Yeah, the first season was better, it was more interesting schematically, more consistent in terms of direction and its atmosphere of lost human souls in the American backwaters was more absorbing. The second season treads its own thematic path, and treads it so surely and unpredictably that I think only words of praise are fit to describe it. Bringing together so many interesting and (like in the first season) lost characters with heavy souls, so many potentially negative or ambiguous characters from high politics, the mafia or the police, and one mysterious murder into a voluminous web of intrigue, violence, corruption and relationships present or long past, without a single one of them getting lost and each of the title characters not given enough space to be fully fleshed out, call it what you will, I call it orgasmic television mastery. And as far as the actors are concerned, I would build not a Hollywood star, but a temple to all of them, especially to Farrell, who definitely belongs to the highest acting league, and McAdams, who’s rather untypical in her rough-and-fragile role, but handles it fantastically. (07/18/2016)

The first half of the season was severely lacking in atmosphere, which the creators made up for in the second half. But then several predictable things found their way into the plot, thus ruining my overall impression. Plus, the finale was full of pathos – like in a film in which heroic American marines fight off a space invasion. 4*- (11/09/2017)