New Season of True Detective on HBO

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Anonymous wrote:It's a good starter episode and we will keep watching. It doesn't have the immediate creepiness and eerie vibe that the first season of the show had that was so intense.

We found it immediately creepy and eerie! The very first three scenes are creepy with strong supernatural overtones. It goes on to have creepy/eerie events.

Alas, due to the graphic sex scene, we won’t be watching with our 17 year olds.

It’s the supernatural overtones that caught me off guard. It’s not that they are bad, but I wasn’t expecting that from True Detective. What I liked about the show was that it didn’t go supernatural or surrealistic. It was very much grounded in reality, even when the detective had dementia. I loved Nic Pizzolato and his vision. seeing his shoe felt like talking to a soulmate.

I didn’t know beforehand that he wasn’t working on this season. I noticed immediately that it didn’t feel like him and was very disappointed, but not surprised to see there was a different show runner. She’s also good, very but it wasn’t what I wanted from True Detective. I wish they’d just given the show a different name, kinda like Mare of Eastown. I’ll still be watching, but I was sad to get hyped up for Nic and end up with something completely different.

If it helps any, the show didn’t start as a True Detective series. The writer was asked to join her story to the True Detective universe. She was also asked to write more than 6 episodes and declined.

The podcast explains that supernatural is more overt than before —especially in contrast to S1 where nearly all claims of the supernatural come from an unreliable narrator.

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That scene wasn’t graphic, there was no nudity. I wouldn’t want to watch that with my teen either, I would just fast forward it. But calling it graphic no. The scene where the state trooper is describing what she saw when she served in the military and the other woman had half her head blown off, that was graphic.

The sex scene was gratuitous. It added nothing to the story and wasn’t sexy in the slightest. I wish they’d stop adding these to shows just because they can. It cheapens everything.

Agreed. I didn’t understand the point of why that scene was included.

Are people talking about the scene when the wife (baby mama?) reaches into the young cop's pants? If so, I definitely saw a point there -- they're interrupted by a call from "the chief" (Jodie Foster's character) and he immediately takes it. He's enjoying an intimate moment but is willing to kill it without even really thinking about it because she called.

No, the scene where Navarro, naked except for a sports bra, is riding her booty call and it turns somewhat dub-con (he asks her to slow down and she pins his arms, then speeds up to force him to finish before he was ready).

DH and I are kinky, but we don’t knowingly expose our teens to mature content.

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There was so little sex. I’m baffled that this was even brought up. It was a tiny portion of the episode and was more character development than anything else.



I’m annoyed it’s not Sunday yet. Ready for another episode.

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Anonymous wrote:It's a good starter episode and we will keep watching. It doesn't have the immediate creepiness and eerie vibe that the first season of the show had that was so intense.

We found it immediately creepy and eerie! The very first three scenes are creepy with strong supernatural overtones. It goes on to have creepy/eerie events.

Alas, due to the graphic sex scene, we won’t be watching with our 17 year olds.

I'm so sick of gratuitous sex in movies (violence too). If you delete that scene, it would have made no difference to the plot. Love and relationships between two people can be shown in an affectionate and meaningful way without sex scenes (Korean dramas are really good at this). Who wants to see people humping each other on the big screen with everybody in the room? It's just gross.

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Anonymous wrote:There was so little sex. I’m baffled that this was even brought up. It was a tiny portion of the episode and was more character development than anything else.



I’m annoyed it’s not Sunday yet. Ready for another episode.

Oh please, that scene did not develop character in the slightest. How someone acts in bed only tells me how he or she acts in bed. It does not show me anything about the person’s character. A person can be dominant in bed and submissive in daily interactions and vice versa. This scene was completely gratuitous and the opposite of erotic. Those are two people I’d rather not see having sex (or rather simulating sex). I’m not alone in my opinion. HBO shows can sometimes really go over the top with sex scenes just for the heck of it. Stick to telling the story and leave something to the imagination especially with unattractive actors. How is this baffling?

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I found it intriguing but often quite confusing and for no apparent reason. Maybe I'll find out later what the reason was but I have a feeling it's an attempt to keep viewers curious about what the hell is going on and I would say it probably often doesn't work that way. If a show is too confusing it gets annoying.

I liked Jodie Foster. I didn't mind the sex scene but also felt that it added nothing of value. I'll probably keep watching.

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I kind of liked the brief sex scene with the detective and her friend/bf/booty call. Not gross to me.
It did show me more about her character - her desire to get laid and have a connection with someone she trusts. Her sense of humor- she found his toothbrush cute. It was a nice break from her being depicted only as a tough b$itch who has been through some $hit.
I liked that both he and she looked real - no gratuitous nudity.

I too can’t wait for Sunday though previews are kind of terrifying.

Oh and Im really interested in Jodi’s backstory

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Anonymous wrote:I kind of liked the brief sex scene with the detective and her friend/bf/booty call. Not gross to me.
It did show me more about her character - her desire to get laid and have a connection with someone she trusts. Her sense of humor- she found his toothbrush cute. It was a nice break from her being depicted only as a tough b$itch who has been through some $hit.
I liked that both he and she looked real - no gratuitous nudity.

I too can’t wait for Sunday though previews are kind of terrifying.

Oh and Im really interested in Jodi’s backstory

Agreed. I'm tired of characters being naked just because cable networks can do that.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I kind of liked the brief sex scene with the detective and her friend/bf/booty call. Not gross to me.
It did show me more about her character - her desire to get laid and have a connection with someone she trusts. Her sense of humor- she found his toothbrush cute. It was a nice break from her being depicted only as a tough b$itch who has been through some $hit.
I liked that both he and she looked real - no gratuitous nudity.

I too can’t wait for Sunday though previews are kind of terrifying.

Oh and Im really interested in Jodi’s backstory

Agreed. I'm tired of characters being naked just because cable networks can do that.

Ok, Tipper.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was so little sex. I’m baffled that this was even brought up. It was a tiny portion of the episode and was more character development than anything else.



I’m annoyed it’s not Sunday yet. Ready for another episode.

Oh please, that scene did not develop character in the slightest. How someone acts in bed only tells me how he or she acts in bed. It does not show me anything about the person’s character. A person can be dominant in bed and submissive in daily interactions and vice versa. This scene was completely gratuitous and the opposite of erotic. Those are two people I’d rather not see having sex (or rather simulating sex). I’m not alone in my opinion. HBO shows can sometimes really go over the top with sex scenes just for the heck of it. Stick to telling the story and leave something to the imagination especially with unattractive actors. How is this baffling?

What did you think of the rest of the episode?

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NP. I’m just on the first episode and so far I like it. But I have to say: as much as I like Jodie Foster, there is no way she’s believable as a straight woman. None.

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Pp, my assumption was that her character was not straight. We’ll see

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Anonymous wrote:I kind of liked the brief sex scene with the detective and her friend/bf/booty call. Not gross to me.
It did show me more about her character - her desire to get laid and have a connection with someone she trusts. Her sense of humor- she found his toothbrush cute. It was a nice break from her being depicted only as a tough b$itch who has been through some $hit.
I liked that both he and she looked real - no gratuitous nudity.

I too can’t wait for Sunday though previews are kind of terrifying.

Oh and Im really interested in Jodi’s backstory

I didn't find it gratuitous either - it told me a lot about her character

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I kind of liked the brief sex scene with the detective and her friend/bf/booty call. Not gross to me.
It did show me more about her character - her desire to get laid and have a connection with someone she trusts. Her sense of humor- she found his toothbrush cute. It was a nice break from her being depicted only as a tough b$itch who has been through some $hit.
I liked that both he and she looked real - no gratuitous nudity.

I too can’t wait for Sunday though previews are kind of terrifying.

Oh and Im really interested in Jodi’s backstory

Agreed. I'm tired of characters being naked just because cable networks can do that.

Only a sports bra on.

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Anonymous wrote:Pp, my assumption was that her character was not straight. We’ll see

The guy who plays her ex-husband is one of the most unattractive men I've ever seen on TV.