Skipped Season 2/3 because of bad reviews. Watched Season 4 because I like "small communities in the far north" settings. S04 was solid, although I felt the core hook was never defined. Is this a more mystical movie? Cultural commentary? It was great to see Jody Foster (the first movie with her that I watched was The Silence of the Lambs as a kid when I didn't really understand the movie), but something didn't connect.

Decided to watch Season 2. While in many ways it was very flawed, I found it far more rewarding than Season 1 or Season 4.

It had a gritty and realistic vibe. Flawed characters trying to do their best. A realistic ending. Social commentary without being overbearing.

In my opinion, Season 2 of True Detective is by far the best season. And I say this as someone who has a massive list of things that I felt were annoying and unrealistic about Season 2 (list is bigger than for Season 1 or Season 4). But Season 2 felt real and the overall narrative arc felt like something any of us could experience (versus Season 1/4 that were more of a fairy tale for adults).

[–] pgetsos@fedia.io 7 points 3 days ago

While the 1st is probably my favorite, I found the 2nd one extremely good as well! It was just very different from the first

Check out Mare of Easttown as well

[–] K4mpfie@feddit.org 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Did you watch Bosch too? I felt like S1 was really great and gave me some True Detective Vibes

[–] jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago

Never heard of Bosch. Might need to check it out. Cheers!

[–] kauraaaa@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 days ago

also the OST by Lera Lynn is very good, still comes to me some days fun fact, in the series it was actually her playing at the bar :)