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Episode 5 of “True Detective” season 3, “If You Have Ghosts,” has finally started to settle on which of the many leads are going to stick, with some of the clues from episodes past finally coming back around to semiconclusive ends.
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This episode also delves further into the racial divides permeating the Ozarks, including the offhand racism from a suspect, the dismissiveness of Hays by the higher-ups in the police department and a near-showdown that West escalates while interviewing a Black suspect.
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This episode rather focuses on the relationships between Wayne Hays and his wife, Amelia and between Hays and his partner, Roland West — zooming in on both the things that drew these pairs together and the things that would drive them apart.
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Crime thriller “True Detective” has returned to HBO with two episodes to kick off its third season. The enigmatic, noir-esque anthology series swept fans into the world of theories and Easter eggs with its first season. It seems the series has returned to form with the premiere of its third season.
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The Coen brothers are legendary directors, sure. The Wachowski sisters are visual geniuses, yes. The Russo brothers are the new hotshots of comic book movies, certainly. But the siblings that most people overlook, and the siblings who are the best creators in Hollywood today in my opinion, are the Nolan
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Season two of “True Detective” was doomed from the start. Expectations grew greater and greater as the premiere grew nearer and nearer, and with the bar so high, it was almost inevitable that the show would fail to impress. The degree to which this season fell flat, however, is utterly
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We’re one episode away from the finale, and “True Detective” has started making sense. We begin with a still-high Ani (Rachel McAdams), shockingly sober Ray (Colin Farrell) and stressed-out Paul (Taylor Kitsch) in a shabby, run-down house. They’ve just fled from Caspere’s crew’s party, where they uncovered evidence, saved Ani’s
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In this week’s episode of “True Detective,” we start right where we left off, with Ray Velcoro (Colin Farrell) and Frank Semyon (Vince Vaughn) engaged in a tense debate that sets the tone for the rest of the high-drama episode. In last week’s episode, Ray discovered that the man Frank
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It’s 66 days after the massacre at city manager Ben Caspere’s alleged killers’ warehouse, and we still don’t have a clear plotline or strong character development. Yes, we may be following the investigation of Caspere’s murder, but the vast number of subplots, character background and twists and turns make this
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Let’s all heave a collective sigh of relief as Ray Velcoro (Colin Farrell) is still alive. Alive, yes, but he’s definitely not at peace. A pseudo-dream reminiscent of purgatory introduces us to his tumultuous relationship with his father (Fred Ward), further revealing Ray’ personal troubles. In a later scene, we
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