The episode felt cobbled together from Season 1 tropes - how many sweeping overhead shots of a California freeway can a person stand? - with characters who talked like Shakespearean outtakes but offered little in the way of intriguing plot. But if I weren't paid to write about pop culture, I would have little impetus to keep watching. I was expecting at least a tinge of that in Season 2. I loved it so much that I was very forgiving of the contentious finale. I wanted more, and I wanted it right then and there. When I finished the first episode, I was stunned. The only thing I knew before watching "True Detective" last year was that Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson were at the center. Matthew Jacobs: Oh, how I long to disagree with you.
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