True Detective S2 — Season 2

I give a 10 of 10 both first and second season, but my favorite is second. I love all main characters, depressive ambiance and of course soundtrack.

Absolutely loved this season, the journey you go on as a viewer from thinking everyone except Ani is just a horrible person, to rooting for these characters to escape the corruption and manipulation.

It's more complex and more nuanced than the first, but just as well written.

The second season started slowly and episode after episode it kept growing in intensity.
Really awesome !
Loved it, even more than the amazing first season !

A really, really good hard boiled detective story, with fantastic performances by great actors, solid writing, the usual iper complex crime tale and - fortunately - a much less pretentious tone and writing style than season one. Sure, it's also less visually stunning and less consistent than season one, with a few really cheesy moments, but I found it overall more interesting and less empty. I guess it's a matter of taste. Oh, by the way, the shootout at the end of episode 4 is amazing and sooo much better than the great, but ultimately masturbatory, tracking shot in season one.

SEASON 2

The thankfully less important details of the plot were often rather confusing for me.

On a rather unrelated note, though, the verbiage used in this script is overtly fancy and often times the lines that the actors are given don't seem appropriate for the characters they play.

All in all, it was a good show that fell short of being great. It had several small-to-moderate flaws, and a larger cast to manage, but it can still at least be said that it was a good show.

The acting in True Detective Season 2 was definitely impressive. Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, and Vince Vaughn all gave strong performances. Farrell’s portrayal of Ray Velcoro was gritty, while McAdams played Ani Bezzerides with a lot of intensity. Their acting really brought the characters to life.

However, the plot was much more complicated. It had a lot of different themes, like corruption, personal revenge, and deep philosophy, which made the story feel confusing at times. The complexity was ambitious, but it often made the plot hard to follow.

Because of this, it was difficult to stay fully engaged with the story. The great acting almost made you wish the plot had been clearer and more focused. With a more straightforward narrative, the season could have been much more impactful.

not a great show but good enough if you're into some gangster stories. this definitely is way way different than season 1, where we see a detective obsessed over the psychology of the criminal & so continuously doing his job. season 2,has a different way of bringing the detectives to do the detecting but they do get there eventually, but then it ends up an action movie with very unbalanced power structure & therefore an unsatisfying ending, kinda rushed into it.
a little lacking script but the actors give it all, so that's something.

Not as good as the first season, but I was pleasantly surprised here. I had heard so many negative things about this season, so I was quite surprised to find that I enjoyed it. Maybe it's just that my expectations were so low that it would have been hard for me not to like it. Anyway, the performances are still great, although not quite as amazing as the first season. I'd give the season probably a 7.5/10.

Falls into the good, but not great category for me. Bit of a let-down and definitely not on par with the perfection of the first season, but still very watchable.

The second season of "True Detective" is a disappointment, and not just because it doesn't live up to the first season. With the exception of Farrell who did a great job as a Detective who's life was spinning out of control, all other actors are just delivering a mediocre performance. The Story is extremely over-complicated. While watching I did not feel any sort of emotional connection to the characters or the crime. The atmosphere was great but atmosphere alone isn't enough to save a show. The ending felt rushed and got overshadowed by illogical actions. Also missing is the amazing camera work from Cary Fukunaga, the first season's director.