'True Detective': A theoretical conversation about the show, starring Rust …

After a mere six episodes, HBO's True Detective has become the breakout TV sensation of 2014, with ratings ascending each week to match the snowballing buzz over the show's mystery (whodunit?) and its various teasing references (Yellow King? Carcosa?)  If you've watched one episode of True Detective, HBO's gritty meditation on good vs. evil, you've … Read more

True Detective Watch: Heart of Darkness

Woody Harrelson as Detective Martin Hart in the HBO Original Series "True Detective."Photo Credit: HBO It's Sunday night again, and that means that it's ti. From the sunshine and slow drives down long, winding Louisiana roads, “True Detective” makes a sharp right turn into the dark, chaotic world of hopped-up drug dealers, gun battles and … Read more

True Detective: What Did You Think of Matthew McConaughey and Woody …

If this all sounds drearily familiar, "True Detectives" is anything but routine. I trots out the usual suspects: serial killer, odd-ball partners and snarky dialogue. But, if the season-opener is any indication, those of us who relish great True Detective Series Premiere Recap Two polar opposite detectives took on a disturbing murder case in the … Read more

HBO's 'True Detective' is almost too good to be true

True Detective” proves to be everything the HBO marketing has promised it to be: a gorgeous, stylized and dark exploration into the worst parts of the human psyche. The air is thick with philosophical dread in HBO's curious new murder mystery drama True Detective, a miniseries event that brings the big screen talents of Woody … Read more