24 March 2014

True Detective S01

Great cast. Nimble, understated direction. Plotting and characterisation that was familiar yet compelling.

This would've been a keeper except for the final ep. Too many questions were raised, topmost among them: does one paint one's ears when painting a house?  And the ending in which we see what happens after the climax — not a noir convention, I believe.


But still: what a show in those first six and three-quarter eps.

Bring on season two.