True Detective

[prisma]

I didn't realize until I read this article that Nick Pizzolatto had a falling out with Cary Fukunaga, who directed Season 1. I wonder if that had something to do with this season sucking so badly. From the article:

With Fukunaga gone, and Pizzolatto’s capital sky-high, he brought in Justin Lin, best known for the “Fast and the Furious” franchise — a major stylistic departure. And it still feels like one guy running away with himself and his own bad habits.

A real creative foil might have kept this from happening. A little sunshine might have broken through the noir. A collaborator could have talked him out of one or two of those extra plot twists. We might not have gotten phrases like Episode 5’s “blue balls in your heart.” (Someone really should have stopped that one.)

Also, Twitter reactions to the finally were funny.

[Ladybug]

Glad I stopped watching after episode three.

[Wol]

Nic Pizzolatto made it very clear he does not collaborate so removing Cary Fukunaga probably had an impact. Also he had to be super careful not to get hit with plagiarism charges again. Guess if he can't steal from other people he's not that good.

[Yossarian]

I didn't hate this season but I did come away feeling like I had missed an episode or two and that's why I couldn't figure out some aspects or who some people were! And even though I liked the Frank and Jordan story line I don't actually think it was needed. Had they spent more time developing the stories of the detectives and the various suspects the show would have made more sense.