re: True Detective S4 Season Long Thread

I think that’s as close to the sunrise as they would get.

Couldn't watch last night so just caught up this afternoon.

I know this season wasn't goingto be anyone's favorite in the series (if you even want to count this as actul TD in the first place..) but man it seems to be goinbg in the wrong direction. Episode 1 was kinda lame but hey, it's episode 1. Episode 2 introduced us to some more stuff which kinda seemed to get it back on the right course somewaht, but this last episode was just so lousy. We're now halfway through the season and it feels like nothing has really happened. Every character seems to be a caricature of the role they're supposed to be playing.

-Dark, mysterious Alpha Bitch female that will kick your arse, but also has a sweet tender side with a soft heart
-Aging police vet that doesn't have time for anyone's shite, but better believe she's still DTF bc she's just cool like that
-Clueless blithering bumbling man in charge of the investigation
-Young promising go getter being pulled in both directions by his boss and young wife. How will he juggle his career and family?

And many more. Barely anyone that we've seen so far actually feels like a REAL person. And holy shite...that scene towards the end when Coma dude sits up and is possessed by a ghost and talking to navarro abotu her dead mom? Cringe to the max. That felt like something you'd see in octobier in a small town haunted house being put on by tghe local High School's drama club. It was insultingly bad.

I can't add too much more that hasn't arlrady been addressed. Mainly it feels like there's just too many storylins going on and not near enough time to flesh them all out appropriately.

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I think it’s all misdirection and it will turn out they are all hallucinating from whatever is causing the stillborn births. Navarro is in concussion protocol after busting her head after she slipped chasing after Foster’s dead son. Rose just got so stoned she forgot about the bodies or she is the one that killed them. She is my prime suspect.

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And all of that would be fine.

But you're walking back probably 5 supernatural, unexplained events on top of a man surviving almost 3 days naked, frozen in ice, in all nighttime sub-freezing conditions.

Let's make a list of these events that have not been even discussed/mentioned by the character that "experienced" them:

1) Danvers wakened by the hand of a child and finding a stuffed polar bear with a missing eye next to bed that later shows up in a box of old toys

2) An actual polar bear with one eye blocks Navarro in the road

3) Navarro throws an orange into the dark, icy unknown, which then rolls back at her feet. She gets a phone call and goes on with it like nothing happened

4) The freak of modern science, survivor from the lab tells Navarro that her mother is waiting for her

I'm sure there's more that eludes me at the moment with so many frickin tangents that have very little if any coherence

The series is now halfway done, and you have time to address all of this with the Season 1 correlations too?

Nah

In reality, if this is Season 1, I’m probably digging it. I just can’t stop comparing this to Season 1. It probably isn’t as horrible as we perceive it. It has legitimate storytelling issues though.

I think Danvers feels guilty about whatever happened to her son and husband. They were probably out looking for her as she was banging half the town and died in a crash or something. I think every thing she is seeing is just manifestations of her guilt. Until two or more characters witness some of this weird shite I just assume they are seeing things. Like Rust and the spiral birds and everything he saw in Carcosa. Same with Navarro and the weird shite she has been seeing.

Now I can’t explain how the scientist survived being frozen for two days. I honestly don’t think they are going to try to explain it either.

I wonder if , like in season 1.. when Rust and Marty make up part of the events on the assault at Reggie Ledeuxs’ compound with how that all went down…

Did anyone else think the 2 female cops this season made up a similar story and actually killed the abusive husband and framed it to look like a suicide and make up the story that he killed himself before they got there ?
One of them snapped and shot him and the other went along with it and are now linked to this event

If he was in fact whistling twist and shout at them once they arrived.

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Am I the only person in this thread that actually likes this season? I think it is definitely different than the others but have enjoyed the mystery and characters thus far. The supernatural aspect was a little unexpected but i dont hate it so far. Definitely interested to see what the next episodes have in store before i make a total judgement of it.

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I was liking this season until epsiode 3

Geez episode 3 was terrible. Felt like a really bad attempt at a female Lethal Weapon.

I enjoyed the first two episodes.

Episode 3 sucked big time. If episode 4 bombs, I’m out

I feel like I’m watching a shitty adaptation of X Files