"True detective" was hardly a TV series. It's more of a full-fledged feature film, just divided into eight episodes.

What happened at Pizzolatto in the second season? I must say right away that I didn't like the sequel very much. It's very boring, long-winded, pretentious, and uninteresting. It seems that Nick Pizzolatto realized all his best ideas in the first season. I couldn't offer anything interesting in return.

Fans of the series were also disappointed. Their discontent even reached the program director of the HBO channel, Michael Lombardo, who stood up for the second season and in particular for Nick Pizzolatto, calling the latter one of the best screenwriters working on television nowadays. But let's talk about everything in order.

Acting work.

I liked Colin Farrell, in general. But here the role also corresponds to Farrell's type - uncontrollable emotions, a confused and suffering look, ghosts of the past, endless problems, constant internal conflicts - he knows how to play all this very well. But in my opinion, Pharrell doesn't even come close to McConaughey or Harrelson's characters.

Rachel McAdams has shown great progress in her acting talent. Before us is the complete transformation of an actress: the always smiling heroine from romantic comedies has transformed into a woman shrouded in the ghosts of the past, who smokes cigarettes, drinks alcohol, and inflicts numerous stab wounds. Personally, McAdams pleasantly surprised me. This role is without a doubt one of the most powerful jobs of her career.

Perhaps the same can be said about Vince Vaughn, whom we are used to seeing mostly in comedic roles. Vaughn played a strong and determined character. Even to the extent of charismatic. It was hard to believe that his Frank was a very tough bandit. But the romantic storyline with his wife Jordan, played pretty well by Kelly Reilly, seemed a little far-fetched to me.

Taylor Kitsch as Paul Woodrow looked like a typical Taylor Kitsch with furrowed eyebrows. In my opinion, he's the same everywhere. Although many people find some depth in his game.&"and "new facets" of talent, but I didn't see them there even close.

Now, as for the script. It was the plot that made the first season unique, because it gave him a lot of strengths (characters, great dialogues, depth, lots of allusions, a special atmosphere), and in the second coming, the script turned out to be the weakest side of the whole series.

I have one question - who is interested in all this? But this is deadly boredom! It was the infinitely boring plot that drowned the entire second season. Only the characters themselves aroused glimmers of interest, or rather, where their personal stories would lead, while the main plot continued to stand still, discussing events that no one cared about, throwing out new details that were of no interest to anyone.

By the way, the finale also turned out to be absolutely stupid and completely sucked out of the finger, as well as all this murky detective component, which I no longer had the strength or desire to look at. Seriously, why did Pharrell's character run off into the woods at the end?

In the end, it was a complete failure. For me personally, the second season is the biggest disappointment. Compared to the first season, it's heaven and earth. In my opinion, "True Detective 2" is completely inferior to its predecessor. And in all its components: the production, the script, the acting. It's too pretentious, too long-winded, and just plain boring. Although, to be fair, I must say that there is a category of people who liked the second season, and they consider it a great movie. A generous registration offer can provide a better start for users interested in sports betting and casino entertainment. Reviewing the available promotion before joining is always recommended, as the 1xbet free promo code gives eligible newcomers the opportunity to receive a casino welcome package up to €1950 together with 150 free spins, subject to the applicable promotional terms and conditions.