True Detective

I have it recorded.  I'll report back after checking it out.

I watched the first episode last night and recorded the second.  I'll give it a few episodes before I decide if it's worth watching.

I watched episode 2 last night. I think Matthew McConaughey  Woody Harrelson are doing excellent work and the story is has been focused on character development (and doing it well) so far. Definitely building toward something big and intense, if it can deliver it should be something special to watch.

Anyone still watching?  It is starting to get interesting.

Yeah I was about to give up on it until last Sunday. It finally got interesting to me and now I want to see where it goes!

Still watching. Episode 4 ended with a bang (as well as a complex ~6 minute long uncut tracking shot, which is pretty amazing if the director's claims are true). I'm sure the action was a welcome change for those struggling with the slow pace of the first 3 episodes.

Acting, writing, directing, cinematography are all top notch. I'd rank it up there with The Sopranos and The Wire with the potential to outshine both of those if the final 4 episodes are a good/better than the first 4.

I'm interested to who will star in next year's storyline.

Awesome.  We're just finishing "The Wire"   What a great show.  Will have to see if I can get my hands on this one, or if it is showing here in China/Asia.   Sometimes we get the shows over here, sometimes not. 

This show has gotten really interesting to me, it started off really slow for the first 3 episodes IMO.

SO who is the Yellow King???

If you haven't checked out darknessbecomesyou.com yet, it's worth it.  It has recaps of episodes in which I learned subtle things missed during the regular showing.  I went back to episode 1 and watched the recaps through episode 5.

We are still watching--can't stop. Stirs up deep dark human issues, difficult for me to sleep afterward.

Hard to see how they'll top the performances of Matthew & Woody in subsequent series.

What did people think of episode 6 last night? I thought it made a lot of progress in plot progression, but seemed too "normal" in that it lacked the darkness and surrealism that has been so prevalent so far. Still very solid, but more along the lines of a more familiar procedural crime series. 

Two more episodes to see if they pull off a strong ending or leave us with a let down like Lost. 

I agree that the episode was not all that suspenseful, but it is definitely building up the tension from all sides.  I suspect the final two episodes will be thrilling. 

One more episode to go. Last night's installment I would grade as solid, but not exceptional. Seems like many viewers are restless, worried the final episode is going to disappoint. It would take a really horrid ending for me to be disappointed overall and I'm holding out hope for greatness as they wrap things up.

I thought this week's episode was well done.  Starting to put a bunch of pieces together.  I really liked to interaction between Marty and Rust - starting with Marty flirting with the idea of killing Rust and ending with Marty and Rust working together as they hadn't before.  That video had to be horrendous for Marty to make such a 180.

Looking forward to the final episode.

Really, just murder him? Never entered my mind. I thought the gun was for self defense.

Yeah I agree with the self defense thing more than I do with Marty killing him.

There seems to be a lot to tie up in only one episode! Especially if it is only an hour!

I hated the finale. I wish they would have explained more, or did they and I missed it?

Typical finale for HBO IMO