Brief Thoughts on Season 2 Episode 1 of True Detective · 4:49am Jun 22nd, 2015
Okay, don't worry for those of you who don't want spoilers. We're one episode in, and I'll try to keep them to a bare minimum.
This is darker and more morose, and due to having more characters, feels more scattershot then episode 1 of season 1, and has what I like to call 'beaten city weary' in contrast to the first season's 'nightmarish fever dream' tone. The pace is slower as well.
I'm willing to see where it goes, and the acting is solid, but if you're expecting something stunningly unique and equally gothic as season 1, you won't find it here.
This is extremely cynical hard boiled noir through and through.