Farewell True Detective. Your last episode nearly ruined you for me

[cali]

That final episode was a failure of such magnitude that it made me wonder if the first 7 had actually been crap and I was under some weird spell.

It was hackneyed and hurried. It was a plot failure. There was this sped up redemption thing going on. The dialogue seemed largely clunky and melodramatic.

Can't remember when I liked a finale less- oh, that's because I never have.

Grade for the finale: F

Grade for the entire series: B-

[PCIntern]

1. Were there not eight episodes? nt

[cali]

3. there were indeed. thanks and fixed.

[PCIntern]

5. You're quite welcome...it would have explained a lot...

I have two to go...I'm not optimistic from what I've read/heard.

[MindMover]

2. Light is winning ....

[Paladin]

4. Wrong. (nt)

[cali]

6. OK, why?

[Paladin]

11. Difference of opinion. No need to get into a pissing contest over it. (nt)

[cali]

27. Asking you why has nothing to do with a pissing contest

I was interested.

Now I'm not, hon.

[Paladin]

33. Glad things worked out for both of us. (nt)

[lostincalifornia]

7. How about lost or deadwood for weak endings

[cali]

9. Well, didn't make it even close to the end of the former

and the deadwood ending wasn't as bad as this.

[lostincalifornia]

12. Lost was on several years, and the whole thing could of been done with a 2 or 3 part

Mini series

Don't get me wrong, I think true crime was definitely overrated

[msanthrope]

10. Deadwood didn't know it was ending. nt

[lostincalifornia]

39. That is the point, and even worse than a bad endinf

[dionysus]

32. deadwood was cancelled, so it never had a proper ending.

[lostincalifornia]

8. Yellow king won't be too happy about that

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. Well, I guess they can't please everybody.

I loved the ending! But I'm a sentimental fool, and maybe that made the difference. There was closure, and on all fronts. I thought it took care of the plot very neatly.

I didn't know what to expect.

Oh well.

[Laffy Kat]

25. I liked it, too!

It was OK, IMO.

[cthulu2016]

14. 1-4 were brilliant. 5-6 were a good cop show. 7-8 were a bad cop show.

[cali]

19. I'd agree with that but 7 and particularly 8, cast a long shadow for me

[penultimate]

15. I kind of felt the same way, but I would have been more disappointed if they

got too gimmicky with it like a lot of shows do. It had a sense of realness about kinda solving the case, but not getting a complete victory. Which seems to be the way the world works. One thing I don't get is the way they seemed to have been dropping lots of clues of possible plot points, but never followed through with them.

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(some of these are silly, but others not so much)

[JJChambers]

16. It was a great TV show

I was thoroughly entertained throughout the series.

[Hoyt]

17. I thought the whole series was very good, especially once I got in the grove.

It was like music with a slightly different beat from the mass produced, popular stuff.

[Downwinder]

18. It will come back again.

In the meantime you can stream the radio predecessor.

https://archive.org/details/TrueDetectiveMysteries

[elfin]

20. Agree

Hope HBO learns from this and that next year is better in its arc and conclusion.

As I understand it, this will return with a different story and different main detectives each year. I like that concept in that it will attract high end talent for a limited engagement, allowing them to pursue other projects as well.

[Logical]

21. LOL, is this a serious post? n-t

[cali]

23. actually, no. I mean to post it in the tv forum

but then I just left it.

[Oilwellian]

22. Never could get into the show

Mathew has just become too weird to stomach.

[egduj]

24. Wow, I was looking forward to getting into the series, but now I'm hesitant.

I hate being disappointed in a series finale (or a series final season like Dexter).

Breaking Bad was, in my opinion, the best series finale ever.

[cali]

28. oops sorry.

watch it.

[WhiteTara]

38. I like the dialogue and I thought the

redemption was real. They were clunky in life and were more human in the end. But it was a fairly shattering piece of drama...the entire series. I was hoping they would be back next season, but that's an interesting concept to have new detectives for each case. I couldn't watch the violence so dvr is wonderful for jumping over scenes.

[Squinch]

26. I agree. The show had a lot in it that was unexpected, but that last episode was so

completely predictable, and a little silly.

Good series, disappointing ending.

[PeteSelman]

29. Episode 4 was the peak, the rest was good but totally overrated.

People were actually comparing it to Breaking Bad in terms of quality which is utterly ridiculous.

The show was good but barely even in the top 10 HBO shows of all time let alone all time, all time.

Episode 4 and maybe 5 were top notch quality. The rest was just regular good.

[MineralMan]

30. Was this some kind of TV show?

Am I supposed to know about it, somehow? I don't get it, cali.

[cali]

34. sorry,yes. it was the critical darling (mostly) of the season

[MineralMan]

35. Oh. I don't watch episodic TV.

I was just wondering. Normally you post on substantial topics in GD. Now that that I know this post doesn't really matter about anything, I will skip it from now on. Don't we have an entertainment group on DU?

[Sheldon Cooper]

40. lol

[MrScorpio]

31. I was pleased by the whole thing

Looking forward to the next season.

[geek tragedy]

36. Eh. I thought it was close to perfect. nt

[OregonBlue]

37. Worst ending ever - Battlestar Galactica? Was it as bad as that?

[Behind the Aegis]

41. It doesn't happen often, but I totally agree with you!

It was such a gripping series and then...THAT was the ending?!

[BillZBubb]

42. Definately a let down in the end.

The show had a lot of potential and a great build. Too bad the ending was so rushed and contrived.