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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFarewell True Detective. Your last episode nearly ruined you for me
That final episode was a failure of such magnitude that it made me wonder if the first 7 had actually been crap and I was under some weird spell.
It was hackneyed and hurried. It was a plot failure. There was this sped up redemption thing going on. The dialogue seemed largely clunky and melodramatic.
Can't remember when I liked a finale less- oh, that's because I never have.
Grade for the finale: F
Grade for the entire series: B-
PCIntern
(25,619 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)PCIntern
(25,619 posts)I have two to go...I'm not optimistic from what I've read/heard.
MindMover
(5,016 posts)Paladin
(28,280 posts)Paladin
(28,280 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)I was interested.
Now I'm not, hon.
Paladin
(28,280 posts)lostincalifornia
(3,639 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)and the deadwood ending wasn't as bad as this.
lostincalifornia
(3,639 posts)Mini series
Don't get me wrong, I think true crime was definitely overrated
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)lostincalifornia
(3,639 posts)dionysus
(26,467 posts)lostincalifornia
(3,639 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,752 posts)I loved the ending! But I'm a sentimental fool, and maybe that made the difference. There was closure, and on all fronts. I thought it took care of the plot very neatly.
I didn't know what to expect.
Oh well.
Laffy Kat
(16,391 posts)It was OK, IMO.
cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)penultimate
(1,110 posts)got too gimmicky with it like a lot of shows do. It had a sense of realness about kinda solving the case, but not getting a complete victory. Which seems to be the way the world works. One thing I don't get is the way they seemed to have been dropping lots of clues of possible plot points, but never followed through with them.
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(some of these are silly, but others not so much)
JJChambers
(1,115 posts)I was thoroughly entertained throughout the series.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)It was like music with a slightly different beat from the mass produced, popular stuff.
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)In the meantime you can stream the radio predecessor.
https://archive.org/details/TrueDetectiveMysteries
Hope HBO learns from this and that next year is better in its arc and conclusion.
As I understand it, this will return with a different story and different main detectives each year. I like that concept in that it will attract high end talent for a limited engagement, allowing them to pursue other projects as well.
Logical
(22,457 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)but then I just left it.
Oilwellian
(12,647 posts)Mathew has just become too weird to stomach.
egduj
(807 posts)I hate being disappointed in a series finale (or a series final season like Dexter).
Breaking Bad was, in my opinion, the best series finale ever.
watch it.
WhiteTara
(29,729 posts)redemption was real. They were clunky in life and were more human in the end. But it was a fairly shattering piece of drama...the entire series. I was hoping they would be back next season, but that's an interesting concept to have new detectives for each case. I couldn't watch the violence so dvr is wonderful for jumping over scenes.
Squinch
(51,072 posts)completely predictable, and a little silly.
Good series, disappointing ending.
PeteSelman
(1,508 posts)People were actually comparing it to Breaking Bad in terms of quality which is utterly ridiculous.
The show was good but barely even in the top 10 HBO shows of all time let alone all time, all time.
Episode 4 and maybe 5 were top notch quality. The rest was just regular good.
MineralMan
(146,341 posts)Am I supposed to know about it, somehow? I don't get it, cali.
cali
(114,904 posts)MineralMan
(146,341 posts)I was just wondering. Normally you post on substantial topics in GD. Now that that I know this post doesn't really matter about anything, I will skip it from now on. Don't we have an entertainment group on DU?
Sheldon Cooper
(3,724 posts)MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)Looking forward to the next season.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)OregonBlue
(7,755 posts)Behind the Aegis
(54,032 posts)It was such a gripping series and then...THAT was the ending?!
BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)The show had a lot of potential and a great build. Too bad the ending was so rushed and contrived.