Skipped Season 2/3 because of bad reviews. Watched Season 4 because I like "small communities in the far north" settings. S04 was solid, although I felt the core hook was never defined. Is this a more mystical movie? Cultural commentary? It was great to see Jody Foster (the first movie with her that I watched was The Silence of the Lambs as a kid when I didn't really understand the movie), but something didn't connect.

Decided to watch Season 2. While in many ways it was very flawed, I found it far more rewarding than Season 1 or Season 4.

It had a gritty and realistic vibe. Flawed characters trying to do their best. A realistic ending. Social commentary without being overbearing.

In my opinion, Season 2 of True Detective is by far the best season. And I say this as someone who has a massive list of things that I felt were annoying and unrealistic about Season 2 (list is bigger than for Season 1 or Season 4). But Season 2 felt real and the overall narrative arc felt like something any of us could experience (versus Season 1/4 that were more of a fairy tale for adults).

[–] pgetsos@fedia.io 7 points 11 months ago

While the 1st is probably my favorite, I found the 2nd one extremely good as well! It was just very different from the first

Check out Mare of Easttown as well

[–] K4mpfie@feddit.org 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Did you watch Bosch too? I felt like S1 was really great and gave me some True Detective Vibes

[–] jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 months ago

Never heard of Bosch. Might need to check it out. Cheers!

[–] kauraaaa@sopuli.xyz 4 points 11 months ago

also the OST by Lera Lynn is very good, still comes to me some days fun fact, in the series it was actually her playing at the bar :)