True Detective Season 3

[sigp220.45]

I loved the first season, and wasn't a big fan of the second.

The writers definitely got the message and returned to the original format - maybe a little too much.

Mahershala Ali, who already has one Academy Award on his shelf and may have another coming thanks to Green Book, is teamed up with Stephen Dorff, who hasn't been in anything good since 1998's Blade, assuming you consider Blade a good movie.

Gun stuff first -

Ali plays Wayne "Purple" Hays, an Arkansas State Police Detective Sergeant who carries a 4" Python. I love the salty looking paddle holster.

Dorff is his partner, Roland West, and he packs a 2 1/2" Combat Magnum, probably a Model 66. The fellas are having a beer and shooting rats at the dump.

It hits all the beats of Season One - two cops in a car, a rural setting, three timelines (1980, 1990, and 2015), kids in peril, weird occult-looking clues, and creepy suspects.

I'm looking forward to the rest of the season.

 

[ericrlarson]

Same here. Love season one, two was kind of blah! I’m definitely looking forward to season 3.


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[Bullseye 2620]

Just watched the first two episodes of season 3. Pretty good stuff so far, so I'll keep watching. A little like season 1, but I have a feeling it won't end the same.

Season 2 was a bomb.

 

[Benchrest1]

So far I really like it and look forward to the rest.

 

[Bozz10mm]

Loved the first season, but I couldn't finish season 2. I'll give season 3 a try when it's available on Netflix. It's available on Amazon now, but not free with Prime. You gotta sign up for HBO

 

[blues7]

So far, so good. Looking forward to seeing how the story and characters are fleshed out.

Season 2 was plain awful. We quit a couple episodes in because it couldn't be taken seriously.

Season one was pretty great (for me) right up to the quasi-mystical end. Still, it was a good ride.

 

[Targets Guy]

Season one was okay but a little labored. Didn't even try to watch season 2. We dropped netflix so will have to wait for the freebie on Amazon.

 

[Watchdog]

I loved the first season, and wasn't a big fan of the second.

Unlike most viewers, I liked the second season. At least the plot ran in a mostly linear fashion. And it did manage to keep several different story lines coherent, and resolve them in the end in a realistic fashion.

The writers definitely got the message and returned to the original format - maybe a little too much.

Got that right. The three-time-frame format seems gimmicky and confusing. The writers seem to be trying too hard. Note that two of the producers are Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. It's like they said, well it worked okay with two time frames in the first season, let's do three this time.

I've watched all three episodes so far, more than once. Each time I watch, it gets worse and worse. The third episode is the worst so far, except for the very realistic shootout. The Hays character is simply a jerk, and really does nothing to make the show interesting. There doesn't seem to be any socially redeeming feature about him. As a viewer, I simply get bored watching him make a jerk out of himself in front of people. And Stephen Dorff just looks like he's going through the motions, waiting to pick up his paycheck from HBO. Matter of fact, both of 'em come across as a couple of duds to me.

Oh, and drinking beer and shooting rats with their duty guns while on duty (first episode)? Not exactly two role models there.

I'm looking forward to the rest of the season.

I, too, was looking forward to this season. Not so much now. So far, the show is filled with stereotypical characters doing stereotypical things. You can almost see the next line coming. For me, this season's falling flat on its face.

 

[rockquarry]

I've seen only the first season; very good. I heard the second season had Vince Vaughn and Will Ferrell in it. Is that true?

 

[pharmer]

The 5th episode ties a lot together. New questions but explains some "personality flaws" in the two cops. I like that I have no idea how it ends. Joe

 

[J. W.]

I didn't care for season 2 at all. So far I'm enjoying season 3, even if it is a little similar to season 1.




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[Watchdog]

I've seen only the first season; very good. I heard the second season had Vince Vaughn and Will Ferrell in it. Is that true?

Vince Vaughn, yes. And he's very good in it.

Will Ferrell...a definite no. He'd have been way out of his depth in it. It's Colin Farrell who's one of the lead actors in it.

Here they are together in a scene...

 

[rockquarry]

I've never seen Vince Vaughn or Will Ferrell in anything worth watching. That explains a poor Season 2.

 

[Valmet]

Season One was one of the greatest things I’ve ever watched (and I’m not a TV guy), Season two was awful and while I haven’t watched any of Season Three yet, friends who have have mentioned it is slow and kinda overdone.

 

[sigp220.45]

I’m loving Season 3. Lots of clues dropped in episode 5, I have my own theories about what the fellas did that they are so worried about.

All three seasons had the big shootout in episode 5, and this was a pretty good one. Good to see the Python get some screentime.

I’m glad they went back to the 3 timeline format. Somehow when season 2 abandoned it the story became a muddled mess. I still have no idea what they were investigating.

The last segment of this episode was pure gold. I could listen to Stephen Dorff read the phonebook, and seeing him as an old man finally agreeing to get the band back together was great.

I’m bummed there are only three episodes left.

PS - nice little nod to Matthew and Woody from Season One on the doculady’s laptop.

 

[ericrlarson]

I truly enjoyed episode 5. What happened with the two guys has my curiosity piqued! I can’t wait until next Sunday. This season is definitely on par with season 1. Or better?


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[blues7]

Three episodes left. Can't wait to see where they take us.

Excellent cast, acting and directing this season.

 

[S-W4EVER]

In Season Two, it seemed like the brass put a task force of “problem children” together that they wanted to get rid of... and they were successful.

 

[Joed49]

I tried watching season 1 as so many people liked this. Made it through 10 min of the 1 episode. You should warn people that the characters are limeys.

I hate watching series/movies where characters are foreigners, live in old warehouses and most of the scenes are in old factories.

 

[sigp220.45]

I tried watching season 1 as so many people liked this. Made it through 10 min of the 1 episode. You should warn people that the characters are limeys.

I hate watching series/movies where characters are foreigners, live in old warehouses and most of the scenes are in old factories.

Huh? Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson are both Americans, and the series is set in rural Louisiana. No limeys, warehouses, or old factories anywhere to be seen.