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There are only two episodes left but I think the finale is 90 minutes long.
 

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Just caught up with this, last episode was pretty good, best of the bunch. But did I hear Farrell's wife call him 'Frank' during that phone call?

(Edit): Ach, never mind, watched it again
 
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Around half way through the episode I had to go take a dump, so I opened Google Now on my phone to the headline "True Detective. Paul's Dead". Naturally I was enraged at this spoiler, but then I realized I actually had no idea who Paul was and the only way I knew was because it was accompanied by a picture of Taylor Kitsch, so I didn't care too much then.

Terrible True Detective dialogue of the week:
"There's more to life than fecking"
"... everything is fecking!"


Still, it was a good episode overall.
 

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I don't get how the guy, who's apparently a tactical genius and badass, doesn't check his corners and gets shot in the back. They had just shown him use the landscape/building to his advantage and his tactical awareness. So dumb.
 

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I don't get how the guy, who's apparently a tactical genius and badass, doesn't check his corners and gets shot in the back. They had just shown him use the landscape/building to his advantage and his tactical awareness. So dumb.
Unless I missed something, how did that guy whose name I can't even remember(I remember him more from The Tudors than this) know where he would be exiting? From what that other guy whose name I can't remember said there are quite a few tunnels where they were.
 

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Unless I missed something, how did that guy whose name I can't even remember(I remember him more from The Tudors than this) know where he would be exiting? From what that other guy whose name I can't remember said there are quite a few tunnels where they were.
He doesn't need to know where he's going necessarily, just follow what looks like an exit til he comes out. Once he comes out, he can figure out where he is.
 

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It is obvious who the killer is
The kid whose parents got murdered in the 90s, the brother

This made me laugh
In the midst of being gangbanged by forces unseen. I figure I'd drill a new orifice, go on and feck myself for a change.
 

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Weird but eventful episode, but this is getting too random for me. Thank feck the next one is the last as otherwise its only a matter of time before Damon Lindelof gets somehow dragged into this shit.
 

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Why didn't whathisface who got shot not go back and pick up the guy he knocked out? He's clearly useful.

They spent longer on the nonsense in the motel rooms when they had potential for a good shoot out.
 

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Season 2 isn't nearly as bad as this thread makes out.

It's not up to the standard of season 1, but that set the bar so high that this season was always going to be a bit meh in comparison.
 

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Unless I missed something, how did that guy whose name I can't even remember(I remember him more from The Tudors than this) know where he would be exiting? From what that other guy whose name I can't remember said there are quite a few tunnels where they were.
They were covering the exits, as evidenced by the car waiting for him.

Dude should have distanced himself from the shoutout before exiting. You'd think he knew better.
 

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:lol:

Does that mean he wants double of everything or not? Confusing list.

Anyone else think Franks decision to kill Blake before shopping him to Ray might come back to bite him in the arse?
 

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I think that's spot on.

Tbh I actually enjoyed that episode in the most part. McAdams has been the best thing about this season imo. Still finding Farrells burnt out gruff voice hilarious.
The last couple of episodes were fine. It's just that in the grand scheme of things, and the case, it's near impossible to understand everything and everyone. It's mostly the main characters and their own stories who provide a plot you can understand.
 

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Around half way through the episode I had to go take a dump, so I opened Google Now on my phone to the headline "True Detective. Paul's Dead". Naturally I was enraged at this spoiler, but then I realized I actually had no idea who Paul was and the only way I knew was because it was accompanied by a picture of Taylor Kitsch, so I didn't care too much then.

Terrible True Detective dialogue of the week:
"There's more to life than fecking"
"... everything is fecking!"


Still, it was a good episode overall.
It's pretty much just paraphrasing Oscar Wilde: "Everything in the world is about sex..."

Either that, or they're just copying The Office:
 
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Still some awful dialogue (Everything is fecking:lol:), but I'd say that the final 20 minutes or so were probably the best this season. The shootout was well executed, and Paul holding his own against four other guys made him mildly interesting as a character, right before they then killed him off. Fairly average season overall, but if this is anything to go by, the finale will at least be fairly entertaining.
 

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The music has been a non event this season. That's a shame.
On a positive note though, I don't think we were subjected to another season of the woman singing in the empty bar. Which is a good thing.
 

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I thought that was a good episode. I think a lot has been going on this series, but I think it is one of them that is a bit more understandable and will held up better watched back-to-back rather than week-on-week. It's been decent - far better than some will have you believe anyway. There's been some good set pieces throughout (the shoot-out, the party escape, Woodrough in the tunnel) and the story seems to be making a bit of sense now that the reveal is close.

Plus, Rachel McAdams.
 

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Enjoyed that one, the writing seemed rather coherant as opposed to the previous method of dumping some alphabet spaghetti on a plate and trying to make some words from it. Could they make it any more obvious that the gay cop was gonna die in the end though? "I think I'm walking into something". Yup, that's because it's the end of the penultimate episode so someone should probably die already.
 

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It was more a list of amusing/interesting things that happened in the episode.

I understand the plot, I get the motivations for the characters but the flow and mish mash of scenes just ruin any actual potential for an interesting story. Nobody can tell me this is a coherent plot.
It's more coherent than the plot from Season 1, that's for sure.

I'm getting into this. Last two or three episodes have been decent. I'm even warming to Frank's verbal diarrhoea.
 

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It was better, but the motel scenes with McAdams and Farrell were bloody tragic. The dialogue was so shite, as well.

'Do you miss it?'
'Hmm?'
'Anything?'

Like honestly.

I'm sad Kitsch's character is dead. The broody type of scenes he actually does really well. I also don't think enough time has been spent between the 3 leads for them to really 'feel' his death. But thank God there's only one episode left.
 

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It's more coherent than the plot from Season 1, that's for sure.
Disagree, Season 1 had a pretty easy to follow plot which hinted at bigger things (cults, wider conspiracies and cover ups) but ultimately wasn't nearly as deep as expected with an unsatisfactory "bingo" moment with the green ears. At no point was it actually hard to follow (even with the time shifting) which Season 2 has been for more than a decent chunk.

The latest episode finally started to bring things together and some bad dialogue aside it was an upturn in quality and I'm actually looking forward to how it concludes.
 

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Anyone else think Franks decision to kill Blake before shopping him to Ray might come back to bite him in the arse?
Might do but I get the distinct feeling that Franks missus is going to be his downfall. Fancy she might have been at it with Blake or the Russian while she was feeling neglected.
 

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I have a theory, though I haven't considered it thoroughly, which is helping me view this season with some new found respect -- I think it's all very self-referential and metafictional. Although, there's a good chance I'm wrong and it's just very flawed on a number of levels.
 

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Well, this sums it up well (warning, includes predictions ahead of the finale):

http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/08/true-detective-killer-season-2

So many names you're supposed to know pop up and you just think 'who?!'.
"Remembering a minor character for an hour of Law & Order is one thing, but keeping track of names like Holloway, Burris, Dixon, Osip, Blake, McCandless, Quesada, Ilinca, and, most egregiously, Stan for an entire season is another."
So spot on there.
 

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Disagree, Season 1 had a pretty easy to follow plot which hinted at bigger things (cults, wider conspiracies and cover ups) but ultimately wasn't nearly as deep as expected with an unsatisfactory "bingo" moment with the green ears. At no point was it actually hard to follow (even with the time shifting) which Season 2 has been for more than a decent chunk.

The latest episode finally started to bring things together and some bad dialogue aside it was an upturn in quality and I'm actually looking forward to how it concludes.
Well, exactly. It was all those "hints at wider things" which made it hard to follow. There were almost a dozen different threads to the investigation you were trying to keep a grip on, until they were all left hanging, then ignored completely in the conclusion. It was infuriating.

This season (so far anyway, I haven't watched the most recent episode) the different clues and plot strands introduced are at least followed through on. They recur and are linked together. You get rewarded for making an effort to remember details from earlier episodes. Which makes it far more coherent and satisfying as a plot.

Still think season one was much more enjoyable because the dialogue didn't feel so strained and the performances were so much better (although I am warming to the acting in this one) but as a police procedural, the plot in this makes a load more sense than season one.
 

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I dunno, they've ignored quite a lot this season.

There's been no mention of the deadliest shootout in L.A. history since it happened, for example. Felt like a silly plot device thrown in just to get them off the force and skip forward 3 months.