True Detective

[karamazov80]

Yeah, the singer getting so much of a focus was weird. She must be sleeping with one of the producers. Pretty heavy final episode. More of a downer than I expected. I thought maybe Ray or Frank would go, but not both. Even with all the foreshadowing. Oh, well. As usual for this season, the tension here was cranked up to 11. While season 1 was something really special, I don't remember another show keeping me this much on the edge of my seat. And the ending did feel appropriate on some levels. Both Frank and Ray did some terrible things, and arguably deserved this. The vision of the family man Frank killed at the end highlighting this. I actually considered that Ani might have become pregnant, Sarah Connor style when they slept together, but didn't think they would actually go for that But it helps to buffer the otherwise very tough ending this show would have had. Woodrugh and Ray have children as a legacy, and Frank's wife can finally be a surrogate mother apparently.

I figured they would leave the ending of Tony and Burris less ambiguous.

What do you mean!?

He was unknowingly having sex with his daughter, wasn't he? Isn't that what set the brother off?

 

[rushmore223]

I guess the take away lesson is, Always kill the Mexican drug dealers!




I have to admit, I thought David Morse was going to figure in more prominently than he did, seems like intentional misdirection since he was the only actor outside the main 4 that had his silhouette in the credits.

 

[Devil_666]

I have to admit, I thought David Morse was going to figure in more prominently than he did, seems like intentional misdirection since he was the only actor outside the main 4 that had his silhouette in the credits.

They did that in season 1 as well. The mentally challenged religious dude was in the opening sequence and only had a few scenes/wasn't important to the overall story.

He was unknowingly having sex with his daughter, wasn't he? Isn't that what set the brother off?

I can't remember.

 

[batfan08]

What do you mean!?

Have you ever seen Oldboy, Devil?

 

[batfan08]

Yeah, the singer getting so much of a focus was weird. She must be sleeping with one of the producers. Pretty heavy final episode. More of a downer than I expected. I thought maybe Ray or Frank would go, but not both. Even with all the foreshadowing. Oh, well. As usual for this season, the tension here was cranked up to 11. While season 1 was something really special, I don't remember another show keeping me this much on the edge of my seat. And the ending did feel appropriate on some levels. Both Frank and Ray did some terrible things, and arguably deserved this. The vision of the family man Frank killed at the end highlighting this. I actually considered that Ani might have become pregnant, Sarah Connor style when they slept together, but didn't think they would actually go for that But it helps to buffer the otherwise very tough ending this show would have had. Woodrugh and Ray have children as a legacy, and Frank's wife can finally be a surrogate mother apparently.

I figured they would leave the ending of Tony and Burris less ambiguous.


He was unknowingly having sex with his daughter, wasn't he? Isn't that what set the brother off?

Yup, Kara got it.

 

[Deckard]

Son of a **** sucker. The mexicans... they were in on it all.

 

[karamazov80]

Surely that's doctored, right? Would be hilarious if he gets sworn in as Mayor with the gangsters just standing by for the photo op.

 

[Deckard]

It's legit. Those bastards were always working for Tony.

 

[batfan08]

Mother****er...I didn't even notice. Man, this is one season where I kind of hate the ambiguous ending. I want to see Chesani, Burt, and the rest of them led out in handcuffs with the front page story exposing corruption in Vinci. I guess I just want it spelled out for me, because, seeing the dark places this season has gone, I can't say that, if left to my imagination, that ever happens. The man gave his life, I want Velcoro cleared, dammit!

 

[Devil_666]

Wow, didn't notice that either. I thought it was a memorial thing like Woodrugh.

 

[Deckard]

Tony is indeed a master mind.

Set up his father and his old organisations to get them out of the way, had Frank take out Osip to clear the way for his cartel posse, took the money Frank and Ray got from them for himself. They never even got close to him.

 

[azurepred]

Interesting ending, I didn't see most of that coming at all. The Mexican with the black hat annoys me as much as it did Frank for some reason. A very bittersweet ending indeed, mostly bitter though. Kind of crazy that Ray ended up being the real father after all.

 

[SwedishHeat]

I'm so depressed.

HBO is the go-to network when you want to kill off your main characters.

 

[azurepred]

Watching John Wick after this show makes things alright.......except for the beginning.

 

[fistfulmetal]

Watching John Wick after this show makes things alright.......except for the beginning.

Seriously. I think I'll go watch a bunch of revenge/action movies, where the bad guys lose.

 

[fistfulmetal]

Son of a **** sucker. The mexicans... they were in on it all.

Dammit man. Should have known better about the drug cartel being involved.

 

[Gully Foyle]

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DAY-UM! Now THAT was satisfying!

Those last shots of Frank on the hardpan with the vultures behind him . . . effin' A.

LIKE A BOSS!

They could have redeemed it all if it had ended Departed style with Burress walking into his apartment, and Ray's dad stepping out and popping him.

Nah, that scene was too pat and obvious (especially with the rat on the handrail in front of the capitol dome) in Marty's flick.

It would have been doubly contrived here.

Did you guys notice that reporter at the end is the same one Ray beat the **** out of

You really didn't see that one coming?

Kind of crazy that Ray ended up being the real father after all.

Aw, c'mon! You didn't see that coming either?


Probably a downer of an ending for the youth, but they gotta realize that The Bad Sleep Well.

How else are they gonna learn?
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[Johnny Utah]

Man what a downer. Down down down.

 

[olbertfrog]

Downer indeeed but pretty satisfying.

 

[Gully Foyle]

the stuff with Casper went full blown Oldboy.

Older than that. It was full-blown Oedipus. You know: the guy who unknowingly kills his father and sleeps with his mother?

And when Frank stands over Osip who says "You're like my son."

Ray's dad's words from his dream in episode 3 were pure prophecy . . . the trees, the men, getting shot to pieces.

And the bar musician everyone rags on was the Greek chorus.


"Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown."
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