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⌈ Secret Post #2624 ⌋

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[Outlander]

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[The Walking Dead]

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[How I Met Your Mother]

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[Twitch Plays Pokemon]

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[Batman, Kill La Kill, Borderlands]

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[Overlord]

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[Red Dwarf]

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[Paranatural]

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[Pitch Perfect]

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[Insidious: Chapter 2]

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I adored the ending, and I was so gratified that they both made it out alive. Their difficult relationship finally becoming an actual friendship made it even better.

Some of my friends were disappointed, mostly because they expected more information about the cult and all the participants being taken down. I think I had an advantage because I'd been reading Pizzolatto's interviews from the very start. He outright said that he wasn't out to fool the viewers, and when I saw the skill and level of writing that went into this series, and how perfectly put together it was, I decided to trust him implicitly. After about the 3rd or 4th episode he did an interview where he commented on the fan theories he'd seen. He was grateful that people were so engaged with the show, but wondered how so many theories could be so out in left field, as it were, and blamed it on the fact that American audiences have been tricked and lied to -- he might even have said "abused" -- for the past 20 years.

I've now watched the finale three times, and I keep seeing things I missed the first time around. The ending always makes me tear up, though. I love the sustained theme of storytelling, and I love how the writer brought everything full circle -- including the fact that the show ended with Marty asking Rust to talk to him about what he was going through whereas in Ep 1, he was begging Rust to shut up.

It's both good literature and great television, and I'm not sure there's ever been another show this perfect before. I sure hope it starts a trend, though.

I think I had an advantage because I'd been reading Pizzolatto's interviews from the very start.

I think the way I watched it was probably to my advantage as well. If I'd watched the episodes every week as they came out I'm sure I would've been reading commentary and discussing it with people, and I think that definitely would've changed the way I saw things. But in waiting until almost the end I pretty much avoided anything related to the show online because I didn't want to get spoiled, so there wasn't anything to influence my interpretation. And honestly, when I first started reading all the stuff about all the crazy theories out there I was really surprised because just watching it on my own I never got the impression that it was that kind of show. So it was kind of nice to have Pizzollatto confirm that there wasn't going to be some out there twist. And of course, showrunners/creators have been known to lie before, but I decided to just go with it, and I'm glad I did.

I'm not sure there's ever been another show this perfect before

I think I'm starting to agree. I can't remember the last time (if ever) I've seen a series that was so brilliant all the way through the end. Granted, I guess that's easier to do when it's this short, but still. The more I think about it the more amazing it seems.

A short series can still be imperfect or a mess, but I suspect the 8 episode format made the writer especially aware of how he had to make every scene count. I can't think of one scene in True Detective that was unnecessary. Everything we saw either developed the characters, established the setting, or moved/revealed the plot. I can't think of anything in the show I'd call gratuitous; even the nude/sex scenes (which HBO often goes overboard with) were used well. I've watched some good television over the years, but given the way the writing, direction, acting, cinematography, and design all come together, I'm not sure there's ever been anything on American TV to compare with this. Breaking Bad, maybe.

(at work and don't have my password to log in)

Oh, yeah, I agree that something short can definitely be a mess, I just think that it was an advantage that it was shorter. If it'd been longer there would've been more opportunity to wander off course and lose focus...like you said, they had to make every scene count.

Breaking Bad's been on my list of things to watch for years. Maybe I'll watch it next.

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