True Detective. Kelly Reilly. That is all..

[Nibble]

Loved it.

 

[studio150]

First series was brilliant dialogue based drama.

 

[Mungo_Jerry]

Kelly Reilly. Oh yes. A few years back she was in some show with Rupert Penry Jones where she unleashed the puppies.

I gave up after 2 episodes of the first series of TD as found it very slow. However will give the second series a go. On a similar note I also gave up after 2 episodes of S3 of Hannibal. The first 2 series were good but it now seems to have descended into pretentious arty ****.

 

[anygivensunday]

Loved the first season, despite Pizzollato's influences from crime fiction and southern gothic being a bit too blatant. Passages of Blood Meridian, No country for old men and literally full lines from The Wire being ripped off. But there were some interesting ideas concerning existential nihilism and solopsism that it was refreshing to see in mainstream television. I actually enjoy the slowness of it, it is more akin to a novel in that regard.

This season seems to be a homage to the more hard-boiled classics but some of the dialogue in that first episode was clunky and cringeworthy, almost as if the writer is too aware of what the audience expects, it bordered on self parody at times.'Never do anything out of hunger, not even eating'. Jesus. Not to mention every cop cliche in the book. The whole episode made me think of Cohle's line about self awareness being a tragic misstep in natural evolution, as that episode was painfully self aware and suffered because of it. Based on the pedigree of the first season I remain optimistic for the rest of the run, however.

 

[crookie]

Loved the first season, despite Pizzollato's influences from crime fiction and southern gothic being a bit too blatant. Passages of Blood Meridian, No country for old men and literally full lines from The Wire being ripped off. But there were some interesting ideas concerning existential nihilism and solopsism that it was refreshing to see in mainstream television. I actually enjoy the slowness of it, it is more akin to a novel in that regard.

This season seems to be a homage to the more hard-boiled classics but some of the dialogue in that first episode was clunky and cringeworthy, almost as if the writer is too aware of what the audience expects, it bordered on self parody at times.'Never do anything out of hunger, not even eating'. Jesus. Not to mention every cop cliche in the book. The whole episode made me think of Cohle's line about self awareness being a tragic misstep in natural evolution, as that episode was painfully self aware and suffered because of it. Based on the pedigree of the first season I remain optimistic for the rest of the run, however.

With you there, loved the first series, but found this episode a little confusing, a rush to introduce all the characters at once, some of the acting was a bit hammy as well, but will definitely watch next week

 

[AlbionPics&SouthCoastTwit]

If they really did a telly show about "true detectives" it would be slow and boring.

 

[Nitram]

Loved the first series and I think they did a good job of introducing all the characters and their weaknesses in the first episode of the second. It's obviously going to be very different as the first series was focussed on the two main leads whereas this has doubled the number. Very promising. It had a feel of LA Confidential to it.

 

[desprateseagull]

Kelly Reilly. Oh yes. A few years back she was in some show with Rupert Penry Jones where she unleashed the puppies.

I gave up after 2 episodes of the first series of TD as found it very slow. However will give the second series a go. On a similar note I also gave up after 2 episodes of S3 of Hannibal. The first 2 series were good but it now seems to have descended into pretentious arty ****.

That was "Joe's Palace". She also gets jiggy, in Puffball, though the plot for that is just plain weird.

 

[desprateseagull]

There is a bit of breasticle pokage, in various scenes, throughout her Black Box tv series though..

 

[Triggaaar]

Meh

 

[penny's harmonica]

Jesus, this is bad. Not a patch on the first series.
Tonight's episode finished in a standard USA gunfight filler when a script isn't up to much.
Had a lot to live up to and so far tragic fail

 

[shaolinpunk]

It's certainly not holding my attention anywhere near as much as the first series did

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

So far not up to the first series, but definitely sticking with it as it's unusual for HBO to come up with a dud

 

[BrianWade4]

nothing stirring here i am afraid

 

[Monsieur Le Plonk]

Am trying to watch series 2 as a stand alone separate entity. It's impossible. So far it just doesn't compare although I AM still enjoying it. I just hope Pizzollato can pull something out of the bag over the next few episodes.
The series should never have been called True Detective.

 

[The Stout Yeoman]

Kelly Reilly. Oh yes. A few years back she was in some show with Rupert Penry Jones where she unleashed the puppies.

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Joe's Palace 2007 ?

 

[Stat Brother]

Am I being fick or are they talking in riddles?

People are talking but nobody seems to be actually saying anything.

 

[StonehamPark]

Am I being fick or are they talking in riddles?

People are talking but nobody seems to be actually saying anything.

No, you're almost correct. They're whispering in riddles.

Sticking with it though so we'll see...

 

[swd40]

 

[Hampster Gull]

Was she the one in Above Suspicion, chased the bad guy through fields and scrap yards in a tight skirt and tight blouse with high heels?

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That takes real talent