Maybe the third time really is the charm. A pair of cops, plumbing the depths of the evil that men do amid the horror and strange beauty of the backwoods of the South. Dark, twisted evil. A grisly crime, regret that haunts old men, questionable motives — all of that and more, thankfully, seems like …
On Thursday evening, news began to spread that HBO had officially greenlit True Detective for a third season. After the success of the first season, it seemed like an obvious choice to make the anthology series a mainstay on the premium network, but the disaster that was season 2 nearly killed the it altogether. Following months …
You loved the first True Detective season, and you meh-ed the second one. But that doesn’t mean HBO is ready to throw in the towel. A third season is in the works, and we know now who will make the series great again: Mahershala Ali.
The first season of season of HBO’s True Detective was some of the most riveting and compelling television to have aired over the past few years. Featuring an intriguing storyline set in the backwoods of Louisiana, Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson delivered A+ performances as they brought Nic Pizzolatto’s eery and incredibly unique script to life.
If you’re looking for someone to blame for the boring disappointing monstrosity otherwise known as the second season of True Detective, HBO President Michael Lombardo is willing to fall on his sword. In a recent interview with The Frame, Lombardo explained that the success of the show’s first season caused him to put a lot of undue pressure …
Somewhere, deep within season 2 of True Detective, there was a show worth watching. There was a coherent plot, there was a consistent tone, there were characters whom we cared about — but none of those elements made it to the screen. What we got instead was an overwritten script, an unnecessary number of secondary and …
In the first season of True Detective, the hook was instantaneous. You put Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in front of a brutal, ritualistic murder scene and you’ve got yourself an audience — it’s as simple as that. True Detective was so unexpected and so in tune with its viewers that even its frequent stumbles weren’t …
With the True Detective season 2 premiere now less than two weeks away, HBO has impressively been able to keep the show’s plot lines under wraps. Aside from a few cryptic, albeit cool, trailers, most of what we know about the upcoming show starts and ends with the cast and show’s location — Los Angeles.
HBO today rolled out a brand new trailer for the highly anticipated second season of True Detective. The new season will feature an entirely new cast from the first, this time starring Vince Vaughn, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsche, and Colin Farell in the lead roles.
Three of HBO’s biggest shows are returning this Sunday: Game of Thrones, Veep and Silicon Valley. We’re incredibly excited about all three, but none of them have quite the mystique surrounding them as does True Detective, a show which will replace its entire cast for its second season this summer. We still only know bits and …
