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  • JayBee74
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    • Jul 2002
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    #16
    Re: True Detective - Season 3

    Season One was great (IMO).

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    • pietasterp
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      • Feb 2004
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      #17
      Re: True Detective - Season 3

      Originally posted by JayBee74
      Season One was great (IMO).
      Then you will probably enjoy season 3. So far, it's seeming almost like a 'reboot' of season 1.

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      • JayBee74
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        #18
        Re: True Detective - Season 3

        Originally posted by pietasterp
        Then you will probably enjoy season 3. So far, it's seeming almost like a 'reboot' of season 1.
        Still doesn't have the dynamic duo of Woody and Matthew though.

        I might wait a while to get streaming HBO and then watch it all at once.

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        • areobee401
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          Mahershala Ali and Stephen Dorff have excellent on-screen chemistry.
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          • pietasterp
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            • Feb 2004
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            #20
            Re: True Detective - Season 3

            Originally posted by JayBee74
            Still doesn't have the dynamic duo of Woody and Matthew though.

            I might wait a while to get streaming HBO and then watch it all at once.
            Originally posted by areobee401
            Mahershala Ali and Stephen Dorff have excellent on-screen chemistry.
            Yeah, I would actually say the 2 leads in the current season are as good if not better than Woody and McConnaughey, to be honest. I'm surprised by how well the 2 leads work together (mostly because I didn't really know either of them that well prior to this).

            The acting isn't the problem. I would agree that if you're gonna do it, just wait until the whole season is available to stream all at once. Otherwise, you end up frustrated that things are going nowhere fast (actually, things are going nowhere really slowly....). It's really starting to feel like they're stretching a pretty thin story into an obligatory 8 episodes because that's how many they were contracted to produce, not because the narrative requires 8 episodes to tell. It also suffers from a lot of withholding of backstory just for the sake of rationing it out over the episodes, rather than because the plot demands it.

            All in all, it's a really slow burn. Really slow. If you embark, you're watching it because of the acting, not because of the plot. For some people, it's worth it. For me....I think the jury is still out.

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            • slickdtc
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              • Aug 2004
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              #21
              Re: True Detective - Season 3

              Just watched episodes 4, 5, 6 over the last couple days. Let’s just say it picks up.

              I love this series again and it feels so good. Ali and Dorff kill it as 3 different versions of themselves. We’ll see what happens the last 2 episodes to conclude the season.
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              Originally posted by Money99
              And how does one levy a check that will result in only a slight concussion? Do they set their shoulder-pads to 'stun'?

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              • pietasterp
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                • Feb 2004
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                #22
                Re: True Detective - Season 3

                The last 2 episodes really have to deliver here for this all to be worth it. That's where season 1 fell down in the end; all that build up led to a very weak and formulaic conclusion. I'm hoping they figure out how to make this conclusion worthwhile.

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                • slickdtc
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                  • Aug 2004
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                  #23
                  Re: True Detective - Season 3

                  Can’t wait for the finale. Y’all are sleeping!
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                  Originally posted by Money99
                  And how does one levy a check that will result in only a slight concussion? Do they set their shoulder-pads to 'stun'?

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                  • johnnyg713
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                    #24
                    Re: True Detective - Season 3

                    Might be one of the best season finales I've ever seen.

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                    • slickdtc
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                      • Aug 2004
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                      #25
                      Re: True Detective - Season 3

                      Awesome season, perfect closure finale IMO. Cared about every character a million times more then anything from S2. This season was probably the best overall of the 3. Can’t wait to watch it all again.
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                      Originally posted by Money99
                      And how does one levy a check that will result in only a slight concussion? Do they set their shoulder-pads to 'stun'?

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                      • areobee401
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                        #26
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                        I imagine that will be quite the divisive season final for many viewers. Not only did it leave us with a lot to unpack, but left a number of unanswered questions and much left to our interpretation and imagination.

                        Overall I thoroughly enjoyed the entire season from start to finish. Right up there with the first season. And in some ways surpassed it for me.
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                        • Sheamazin
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                          #27
                          Re: True Detective - Season 3

                          Originally posted by areobee401
                          I imagine that will be quite the divisive season final for many viewers. Not only did it leave us with a lot to unpack, but left a number of unanswered questions and much left to our interpretation and imagination.

                          Overall I thoroughly enjoyed the entire season from start to finish. Right up there with the first season. And in some ways surpassed it for me.
                          Agreed

                          2 major questions left unanswered for me. Was hoping they would have been answered
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                          • johnnyg713
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                            #28
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                            Originally posted by Sheamazin
                            Agreed

                            2 major questions left unanswered for me. Was hoping they would have been answered
                            what were the questions?

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                            • Sheamazin
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                              • Dec 2008
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                              #29
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                              Originally posted by johnnyg713
                              what were the questions?
                              Not sure how to use spoilers. I’ll give it a few days and post them.
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                              • slickdtc
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                                #30
                                True Detective - Season 3

                                Use [ spoiler] and [ /spoiler], without the spaces with the content you want hidden in between. I want to know what your questions are too. I thought they wrapped up all of the multiple loose ends, but may be forgetting something or another.

                                The Ringer summed up my thoughts on this season very well. There will be spoilers so follow at your own risk: https://www.theringer.com/tv/2019/2/...on-1-connected
                                Last edited by slickdtc; 02-26-2019, 01:11 PM.
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                                Originally posted by Money99
                                And how does one levy a check that will result in only a slight concussion? Do they set their shoulder-pads to 'stun'?

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