True Detective Season 1 Review: Drunk Cops Fight Elder Gods

I talk about one of the best seasons of television ever put out by HBO. Along with the other seasons that are kinda mid, but not terrible.
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[@malukogamer1154]

"Well once there was only darkness.....If you ask me, light is winning" one of my favorite quotes ever

[@isaacrubin9606]

Was actually probably inspired by a moment in the comic series Top 10. It's a police procedural in a city where everyone has some degree of superpowers or gadgetry.

[@ennbee2051]

I just wish I could 'explain' no, no. No 'express' yeah, that's better. Express to you what it means.

[@pdgrayson]

Taken with the theme of alcoholism, too, it becomes even more optimistic. The point of being alcoholic is that one little drink almost inevitably leads to all-out drinking, and by analogy, that one little point of light foretells an inevitable bender of light.

[@opaik6119]

Brian Cox: “hold my black hole”

[@enriqueanaya5266]

I used to like it, but then I thought about how before the big bang everything was beyond light and now the universe is getting darker and darker as everything rushes away from everything else.

[@cloudbloom]

Season one of this show will forever be cemented in my mind as one of the greatest shows I've ever seen. It's almost like an 8 hour movie, I couldn't stop thinking about it for weeks

[@HistoryNerd8765]

Is it Fargo season 1 good?

[@hapticshocker2986]

@@HistoryNerd8765 way beyond that I swear man.

[@MrHorse-kv4iy]

This is still my #1 pick. Hope season 4 is good.

[@mattbright2638]

I don't know if season 1 is my favorite show of all time but I do think it has my favorite writing of all time

[@dzekadzenan6977]

loved the season 1, but i hate the ending, hospital part, rust surviving. dialogue at the end was a lethal weapon level of shit

[@Jef_Jingles]

I've been shot at three times in my life, and everytime it was in Louisiana, so I'd say this show portrays the setting perfectly

[@SethHMG]

Twice for me in NOLA

[@ennbee2051]

What?! But it's perceived as such a party city?!

[@Flint-Dibble-the-Don]

Maybe it's you.

[@Jef_Jingles]

@@Flint-Dibble-the-Don 🤓

[@camerakungfu]

Give Iowa a chance, though you may have better luck in Missouri.

[@phatnana2379]

"Drunk cops fight Elder Gods" is absolutely perfect

[@GigaChadh976]

Marty and rust are kinda realistic friends. The “i cannot believe I have to work with this asshole.” Dynamic. Makes that scene of them talking of what they’ve been doing since the fight hit hard

[@arianewinter4266]

Would Not call them.friends . . .

[@CHEESEpuff69]

Except thats exactly what they are​@@arianewinter4266

[@looneyluke797]

I live in the SE Louisiana area. I’d like to point out that there are cold case of prostitutes murdered in the 70s 80s and 90s. Then a certain sheriff died and the murders stopped. May have inspired the writer.

[@kaj7135]

Certainly no mommy issues there.

[@Quantum1244]

You remember said Sheriff’s name or anyone who knew him?

[@looneyluke797]

@@Quantum1244 I know it was either in the Vernon, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, or (but unlikely) Jefferson-Davis Perishes.

[@baileymoore7779]

Kind of like the Golden State Killer...he was a former cop.

[@matthiasthulman4058]

I commented this earlier, but this is also quite similar to the Boys Town incident, with the governor and several churches/foster programs being involved. I believe this was in Oklahoma

[@defenstrator4660]

I always felt that Cole was “sensitive”. That the drugs simply emphasized his feeling that the world wasn’t quite right. Like when he talked about the town being a memory of a place. It made sense that he saw the genuinely otherworldly vision at the end, as this was a world he was brushing up against.

[@FlymanMS]

And he said himself that he has synesthesia.

[@GigaChadh976]

I always felt cole fucked men. No I will not elaborate

[@DeadManSinging1]

He was psychic or something along those lines. The Yellow King was real.

[@MrKYT-gb8gs]

​@@DeadManSinging1 to what end? Who is the yellow king? What does he do? What's the point

[@flintsky7706]

The Yellow King is an entity that lives in another dimension, another world, in an ancient city called Carcosa. He is an unimaginable horror that the human mind cannot comprehend. The Tuttle Cult worships him and tortures/sacrifices children in his name. They do this because they think one day they will be able to go to Carcosa and be servants of the Yellow King. That’s why the old black lady they interview says “death is not the end”. At the end of season 1, Rust Cohle catches a glimpse into that dimension when he’s in Childress’s lair.

[@Automatic13]

The monologues that Cole exudes when he is in the room with the beer can people is some of the most beautiful dialogue I've ever heard in anything.

[@k33k32]

I totally agree - 'nothin' snooty' is still my go-to line for ordering a beer.

[@DarranKern]

And its all completely plagiarized. Thats part of WHY the later seasons failed. Rust’s character is cribbed almost entirely from some anti-natalist philosophy book Pizzolatto read in college. Doesnt make the show less awesome, but it does make Pizzolatto more of a hack than you’d think

[@The_Gallowglass]

Part of me hates that they didn't continue their story into the next season, but another part of me is glad. The longer a good story goes on the tendency is for it to fall flat or tank.

[@theoutrageparticle6469]

I hope they never continue it. It's perfect because it ended. If they even mention anything that happens after the ending, I personally think it will only take away from the show. The ending dealt with the hope that their cycle would break, so if they continued their story somehow... well, like it's said in the show, then things really do happen again. And again. And again.

[@stanwray7223]

Old showbiz saying : " Always leave 'em wanting more " .......

[@erikjimenez8671]

Two drunk detectives fighting elder gods, it reminds of me of my delta green campaign with friends sometime ago.

[@fiel81]

Reminds me of disco elysium

[@Death_Korps_Officer]

Sounds straightout of Lovecraftian Mythos

[@OD91MJ]

Easily one of the best crime shows ever put on TV. My favorite quote: "The world needs bad men. We keep other bad men from the door."

[@eldenlean5221]

"Once there was only dark. If you ask me, light is winning". 10/10.

[@NelsonStJames]

It's a great quote because you don't have to look that deep into history to know that it's true.

[@ck891]

Best standalone crime drama for sure! The Wire is the best of all time

[@joshschaeffer3300]

Its something that is overlooked or denied in our day of false morality and shallow virtue. We have strong laws but the weakest executives and people who take there safety so for granted the idea of defunding the police and abolishing prisons is treated as if it's a viable and sober proposal and not that of an idiot or a liar and a power hungry politician seeking to eliminate the greatest obstacle to implementing a socialist agenda by force. Nearly a century makes it plain anywhere they can't simply overthrow the police by force the calls for defunding begin. Socialism 101 nothing original. The police are a rather sad group on the whole anyway they don't make much and are vilified by much of our culture, standards have been cut for decades for numerous reasons and it shows. Many departments are forced to hire people who they never would have considered simply to get bodies on the street, they have no way to compete for the best and the brightest young people and from the already meager pool the least able are promoted to leadership positions for many reasons least of which is merit and this is largely to thank for the rise of activist cops and DA undermining they're departments from within whether intentionally or simply the demoralization that sets in anywhere incompetents and ideologues are in leadership. The crime problem in America is largely one of refusal to accept reality because its mean or the facts are uncomfortable and thus must be spun and skewed by those in power and academia and most especially the media who insist reality is what they say it is even though they have to engage in deliberate lying, suppression, manipulating statistics etc. Its a false humanity that refuses to do what is necessary in order to cling to comforting delusions and theories about rehabilitation and human nature. Or rather to cling to what serves they're political and corporate agendas. A fraction of the manpower and technology could largely eliminate crime especially serious offenses and it would involve a fraction of the human suffering but because of the squeamishness and self righteousness of many people who know nothing about how to protect society or the criminal mind we continue to flail about at the leaves of evil rather than striking at the root.

[@lazurust]

Inside your wolves are two sheepdogs, because you’re all the same joker we live in a society.

[@MarkMightBeBetter]

I watched it already on bitchute and loved it, you did this series justice. True detective has everything I love. A southern gothic setting, lovecraftian inspired elements, interesting crime mystery, and flawed characters. I absolutely love this show and will forever consider it (atleast the first season) to be my favorite of all time. Thank you so much for talking about this series, I'm gonna watch it for the 5th time now, thanks loli.

[@TheAlmightyLoli]

Time is a flat circle.

[@GigaChadh976]

@@TheAlmightyLoli Time is a flat suscle

[@Hates-handle]

Didn't care for season too as much I'm guessing?

[@andrew-rn9ui]

I can't get into crime thrillers like this cause I get so invested that I have to find out what happens and spoil it by googling what happens to all the characters or making guesses on who the murderer is (usually is a person or company mentioned in ep 1 of these types) and I just can't watch em lmao Even fargo I found myself fast forwarding through scenes of all the characters I didn't care about 🤣 What makes this show different from say fargo or reacher or similar shows? How does it have love craftian horror ? Fargo was kind of like that in a newer season with a UFO but no answers came about it other then the fargo area gets lots of ufo sightings 😂

[@zeeboss7553]

@@andrew-rn9ui watch it and find out. Season 1 is widely considered to be one of the greatest pieces put to a screen. Theres only a few characters and its relatively short-- only being 8 hours long. But man not a second is wasted.

[@dsilva369]

You forgot to mention one moment where it's also left ambiguous if there's actual supernatural stuff happening. When Cohle reaches the Carcosa church, that's the exact moment his hallucinations kick in and he sees a spiraling black hole on the skies above. Some people theorize that drugs alter your perception in a way it makes you aware of different dimensions. I don't necessarily believe that but I think the showrunners were going for that vibe when they made that scene, the idea that Cohle may or may not have tapped into dark forces associated with Carcosa and its evil cult.

[@crocodilepoet]

I’m gonna be totally honest. I way prefer it to be actually supernatural instead of it just being the drugs. It elevates the story to a whole new level.

[@zeeboss7553]

Well, it's definitely made clear that Rust and Marty are in over their heads... fighting an evil they can't fully grasp. I always thought that the "Yellow King" was some malevolent being manipulating events from afar (Marty shooting ledoux, Marty cheating again, Cops trying to arrest Rust) to keep that evil functional and secret. It eventually fails which ties back into the final quote "You ask me, the light is winning".

[@nodeloliver6201]

Cohle kept me engaged throughout the entire show.

[@DarranKern]

Its sometimes called “permatripping” being in a constant semi-hallucinatory state due to excessive hallucinogen abuse. Synesthesia is a potential symptom. I disagree that the supernatural is explicitly real in this series. It could be, but there is no legitimate evidence to support the conclusion

[@kvltovpersonality6290]

I adore how, the Resident Evil 7 save room theme which is great in it's own right, all of this video's soundtrack is SH2. God tier OST to fit to this GOD tier show

[@rajyavardhansingh4491]

It was indeed a great fit

[@MrMrgodzilla567]

Both set in Louisiana too

[@rajyavardhansingh4491]

@@MrMrgodzilla567 great catch

[@kaj7135]

No doubt the RE7 developers were inspired by this extraordinary series. The Childress estate looks a lot like the Bakers estate.

[@Hevvvyyy]

That save room theme is so .. idk something about it just can't explain it. Like re4 they both have a feeling of peace combined with vulnerability I think

[@wobblertv8083]

The single tracking shot at the hells angel club house is fantastic.

[@lupusebrius]

Louisiana being the setting also probably had to do with the call of cthulhu. Cops stopped a pagan ritual in the bayou and the protagonist dug up the records found by his uncle in New Orleans. Also it does make for great spooky settings with the cemeteries and the famous house that the family had flayed their slaves and buried them alive in the walls. You know, just normal wholesome stuff.

[@lupusebrius]

Also we use a literal morgue for Santa's workshop

[@makerstudios5456]

There was also a real school/church that was caught doing a weird occult murder ring In Louisiana. Can’t remember the name off the top of my head. A similar thing was the Franklin coverup.

[@mainsource8030]

@@makerstudios5456 yup and that boys club

[@Hevvvyyy]

Oh fuck

[@Thor-Orion]

@@mainsource8030Franklin Boys Town.

[@TheSoda21]

I've consistently said season 1 is one of the best pieces of television ever made

[@Percopius]

Agree completely.

[@baileymoore7779]

They set the bar too high with that first season. There was no way they could follow it up.

[@ConsciousExpression]

Yeah. But season 2 makes it retroactively worse

[@lunchbag_larry]

nah you said it wasn’t on two separate occasions, pretty inconsistent if you ask me 👎

[@ocd9033]

​@@ConsciousExpression Lol what? How does that work? If season 2 story was a continuation of season 1 story, I'd agree with you. Same way that Game of Thrones as a whole was completely tarnished by the final season.. but True Detective season 1 and 2 have absolutely nothing to do with each other. So season 2 should not impact season 1 at all.

[@pushmongovi5179]

Nice to see Louisiana gettin some love with this review, RE7 saferoom song also a nice touch. Thanks for the content loli

[@yidingliu8663]

Season 2 really tried for something different and season 3 tried to recapture the feelings, but season 1 will always hold a unique place in my heart above all the other drunk cop shows.

[@parkerhuff9995]

I think season two tried to do “L.A confidential” but just had too many moving parts to keep track of.

[@yidingliu8663]

@@parkerhuff9995 Indeed. If anything the title 'true detective' almost becomed an impediment to the story in season two and three. Lots of supernatural elements or forced interview scenes were not necessary for season two. And season three, well, they did not need to lock in to just two detectives and did not need to make the case unreasonably surreal.

[@DarranKern]

Season 3 is an outright catastrophe

[@Michael-ep7fp]

Thanks to this video I just binged the entire first season on my off night. I stopped before I got to the spoiler section. Also fun fact, in Call of Cthulhu there's a specific reference to a police raid on a voodoo cult in Louisiana. Further inspiration most likely

[@thrice2565]

I’ve read that the originally ending had Rust and the killer disappear showing that the cult was actually right…

[@melancholyman369]

Season 1 of True Detective is like the first 4 seasons of Game of Thrones, perfect TV that will be forever remembered.

[@tomservo5347]

I love the Rust interrogation scenes. He was brutal when he acted warm towards Charmaine (who killed her own baby) then completely pulls the plug by telling her she should kill herself at the first opportunity, then walks out of the room. As a person that leans toward pessimism (so I'm not disappointed yet again) I loved Rust's outlook.

[@Saltpork305]

As an enjoyer of cosmic horror and someone who read and was familiar with King in Yellow long before the show ever existed, True Detective season 1 holds a special place in my heart. It's one of the most grounded examples of how horror can intersect with the idea of drama and a couple of scenes just really drove that home in such a beautifully dark way. It's the mundaneness of life that Cole regularly argues about contrasted with the events of the final episode and how it changes him as a person.

[@averagejoe225]

I vividly remember getting chills during the ending shot of Ledoux in the gas mask holding a machete, the frame just lingers on him before cutting to credits. 17 year old me was shook, I had watched a lot of horror movies as a teenager but that affected more than anything else up to that point. Total mental paradigm shift

[@elizaday284]

holy shit i remember half paying attention to the first two episodes while my parents were rewatching it, but then when those episode 3 credits i freaked out, watched the entire show that night, then rewatched it three times in that week lol, creepiest shit ever

[@averagejoe225]

@@elizaday284 "To realize that all your life, all your love all your hate all your fears, all your memories, all of it was the same thing; it was all the same dream. It was all dream inside a locked box, a dream you had about being a person. And, like a lot of dreams... there's a monster at the end of it."

[@iCookCrystalMeth]

Crazy how 17 year old me just saw that scene the other night and was also chilled

[@jorgedawsonwetto25]

it freezes for a second 2! i only got that he wears the mask cause of cooking meth like on the 7th time i watched it recently!

[@doseferatu]

I think its so creepy because he looks at the camera. It gives you the sense that he becomes aware of you and looks right at you

[@SuperWHIIITE]

Wierd timing. Literally just finished the show last week and have been obsessed. Fucking legendary series. We don't talk about season 2 though... I do want to build on the point of the cult just being crazy. As I dont think that's ENTIRELY true. Beyond the meta perspective of the audience, Rust and Marty, because of their involvement in the case, are stuck in a loop. From the 3 different time periods, that being 1995, 2002, and 2012, many plot points and parallels are repeated in each era. I can't list all of them since they're scattered all over the show, but easiest example is Marty cheating. He cheats in 95, is forgiven, then goes back to cheating in 2002. Rust is isolated and going insane in 95, and in 2002 he seems to be doing better and has more a grasp of a social life, then is dragged back down to isolation and insanity from the case. Both of thier lives after they abandoned the case have become meaningless cycles of themselves. I could go on and on. Also Rust hallucinations tend to have actual connections. The flock of birds outside the church form a spiral foreshadowing the symbol of the cult and the endless cycle of suffering in life. Throughout the whole show rust makes it clear that he know what's a hallucination and whats not. But that final one he has when chasing Childress, makes him look very confused and uncertain. As the sacrifices were done so Childress can reach ascension and not be reborn into the cycle of life, is it possible that he was tapping into an old unknowable evil? Or maybe rust was just fucking crazy. Thats what I love about the supernatural elements of the show. You can view it however you want.

[@Huyle18]

I really think the cult was so close. We do see the vortex that the cult had been trying to "make" with all the cult stuff they did.

[@rgaud8]

@@Huyle18Kind of funny to think that maybe their ancestors could actually do this stuff, but now everyone is just dumb and can’t quite get it right.

[@Huyle18]

@@rgaud8 we do know one generation of Tully/childress did the ritual correctly and that nights cult members all disapeared.

[@henrysmith8163]

We do talk about season 2. It’s great

[@DarranKern]

You are reading WAYYYYYYYYYYYYY too much into it

[@johnward6722]

Season one of true detective is a masterpiece and is brilliant in every way

[@mdadtka]

This was one of the best detective shows I've ever seen. Woody and Mathew were the best actors for their roles. The writing was excellent, and they built a great atmosphere.

[@jentaro]

Your retrospectives/analysis videos are solid. Down to the calm narration, without being artificially slowed down for time, no excess fat on the scripts, having a point that leads somewhere, a conclusion derived here and there with the video having almost always a culmination and not just a wiki plot read with a video edit. We appreciate you.

[@waywardson911]

"If the only thing keeping a person decent is the expectation of divine reward then, brother, that person is a piece of s***. And I’d like to get as many of them out in the open as possible. You gotta get together and tell yourself stories that violate every law of the universe just to get through the goddamn day? What’s that say about your reality?" -Rust Cohle

[@Torgo1969]

"Can you see Texas from up on your high horse?"

[@nak3dxsnake]

Season 1 is one of the greatest edge of your seat existential thrill rides ever. Wish these 2 would do a follow up season with these characters again.

[@nak3dxsnake]

Also thank you. I needed something good to watch. Posted a ridiculously long video in honor of you on my page recently if you wanna check it out. A Berserk AMV.

[@MrHorse-kv4iy]

As much as I'd like that too, I dont see them doing it. Choles days of being undercover would be a good mini series.

[@jac1207]

no, I wouldn't want them to touch Season 1 again. It's pretty much apparent with Season 2 and 3 that the main writers behind the series lost their magic or peaked in season 1.

[@MrHorse-kv4iy]

@@jac1207 I'm really trying to be optimistic for season 4 but idk man.

[@RogueFox7050]

It’s a shame how the other seasons turned out, but the show still did have some good standout moments.

[@johnnyboy2537]

Season 3 was pretty good and the second had it's moments despite it's bad and bloated beginnings. Definitely weren't as good though.

[@rajyavardhansingh4491]

Season 3 is definitely a worth

[@nothingreally6680]

Rewatch season 2 if you seriously think it's bad.

[@19RaxR91]

@@johnnyboy2537 Honestly, what finally made me lose my enjoyment for the second season was the ending, because if the finish was stronger, then maybe the rest of the low points might have been worth it, but nope. Season 3, however, was a major improvement and imo isnt that far away from being as good as the first season.

[@Sammo212]

Season 3 is pretty good. Not as good as season 1 but good none the less.

[@christopherflanagan9626]

19:20 there is a chilling subtext here. If you watch the show 1 time, you are the detective, if you watch it over and over you are the bad guy! We got David Lynch magic here.

[@JJmystic]

As crazy awesome as this show was, it happened to be mostly filmed in a small town in st Charles parish Louisiana. Very small population but I’m from there. My aunt was an extra in the tent revival scene 😂 the little banh mi shop they were eating at outside is actually a snowball (Italian ice) stand. I remember them filming at certain spots around town and actually seeing the story on screen was so profound and beautiful. Such an amazing story.. and you’re right.. s2 and 3 were mediocre.

[@Percopius]

In my opinion, True Detective Season One is a masterpiece. I have watched it many many time with my wife, and we both agree on this point. Everything about it is just beyond anything attempted in the media. The writing, the characters, the actors, the setting, the direction, the tone, etc... everything. It is my favorite live action series, its not even a close race. I think a lot of people feel this way.

[@titusjames4912]

Time is a flat circle... there was a horror movie I watched about this. It was about a cult that two guys left as kids then decided to come back to just to visit later. The story was so good.

[@christianlowman2698]

Wasn't it a Netflix movie?

[@titusjames4912]

@@christianlowman2698 I have no clue. But when I heard those words, I immediately thought of the guy trapped in a sub 10 second time loop where all he does is try to reach the edge of the circle that constrains the loop and explodes right before he escapes his tent.

[@flappyturtlesnatch]

The endless is the title. Its a sequel of sorts to resolution. The first movie by the directors

[@nickambrose9432]

I rewatch this 2-3 times per year. It is without a doubt the best single season of a show ever made. I've never seen a show more perfect than season 1. This is a great review, well done.

[@Senator-Wary]

I gotta watch this show also BUSSY KING BRIDGET FOREVER

[@grandarkfang_1482]

The next chapter of the culture war begins.

[@gunnernwp8392]

The trap wars have begun

[@Senator-Wary]

The troons will suffer

[@kikrinman1450]

@@Senator-Wary execute order 41%

[@seg162]

you guys need to get a grip

[@earlpipe9713]

Woody Harrelson's father was an irl famous career criminal that would've fit right in as a character in the fictional True Detective

[@rajyavardhansingh4491]

Elaborate

[@kenbews458]

@@rajyavardhansingh4491 woody Harrelsons dad was a convicted hitman who was charged for murdering 2 people I think, at different times, and acquitted of one

[@buhdas56]

@@kenbews458 some suspect he was one of the "hobos" in Dallas, November '63

[@kenbews458]

@@buhdas56 you're right, I never picked that piece of info up before

[@deadwar2012]

Yes! I’ve been waiting for this one ever since you mentioned it on stream. Always a good time with you sir. Keep up the good work!

[@H_P_Lovecraft]

In addition to references to The King in Yellow, as well as the first season taking place in Louisiana, in “The Call of Cthulhu”, there was a discovery of a cult dedicated to Cthulu in the Louisianan swamps in 1907. There, the New Orleans police discovered the existence of Dagon-human hybrids as well as a small totem of Cthulu, which butterfly effect-ed its way to the awakening of Cthulu. Just something to think about

[@noravanguard3993]

the ties to the governor of the state reminds me of the two boys on the track case in arkansas

[@carcosa_swamp]

I have rewatched season 1 countless times and I always notice some new little detail each time. Such a fantastic season with incredible atmosphere and world building.

[@aaronsmith9651]

Dude, yes!!! S1 had me so captivated. I was completely immersed and so enveloped in it, I was ready for a cosmic horror beast to appear. Can't praise the first season enough. Great review. P.s. love how you say "save spoilers for later" while showing the big bad. Hah

[@Mister_Clean]

The Silent Hill tracks really fit the highlights of this show

[@fiel81]

Big true

[@whatandwhere2815]

Brilliant video. Well researched and fair. Season One of True Detective truly changed the landscape of contemporary television drama. So many people forget or just neglect the importance of Fukunaga’s directorial touch and blindly praise Pizzolatto - who absolutely deserves the praise, but certainly has his own creative inabilities. Keep up the content!

[@Gannoh]

His creative inability is just not being able to work under a deadline. HBO wanted more seasons, and that got to him and affected the quality of the story. You could tell he worked for years on the first season of the show, and it was very close to him.

[@GigaChadh976]

@@GannohI think having Cary iron out his pretentiousness helped

[@Ralndrath]

I absolutely love True Detective. Rust Cohle is a character I truly identify with. If my life if it went more off kilter I could become like him. So much so, a girl at work said he reminded her of me years back. The story, the mystery all of it is so brilliant. Just amazing from start to finish.

[@arianewinter4266]

Yeah, I vibe hard with him

[@trajandavis2]

I don’t remember when I started watching your chancel but you have become one of my favorite KZbinr of all time keep up the amazing work man also I’m definitely gonna be buying that merch soon ❤

[@60gritphil66]

Wish you talked about the gang escape scene in episode 4 cause holy shit was that fucking great. Good work man

[@bstoybox]

Absolutely my pick for deserted island watching. I could rewatch this over and over and STILL be amazed by the brilliance of the cinematography and the context of it all.

[@burtbiggum499]

When Rust talks about his human programming and how the honorable thing to do would to be go extinct sounds like it was ripped from Thomas Ligotti's The Conspiracy Against The Human Race

[@whitekony1006]

Alot of dialogue from the show is literally ripped from CatHR.

[@Torgo1969]

Ligotti is a treasure and TCATHR is a masterpiece.

[@lagronemikal]

Pizzalatto took major influence from Ligotti

[@ravenwhiteduck6460]

@@whitekony1006 I'm sorry but what is that exactly?

[@whitekony1006]

@@ravenwhiteduck6460 the book in op's comment, conspiracy against the human race.

[@oliverjamesatkinson]

Just binged Season 1 it upon your recommendation. The ending is truly masterful. Don't know why I skipped on this one for so long. Great review.

[@TheSutanian]

One thing I enjoy about your movie/show reviews is that you acknowledge the writers, and other stuff they've worked on. They're very undertalked about in the industry, but everyone acknowledges that they're some of the most important.

[@Boxmediaphile]

alexandra daddario Is a reason to watch

[@sternonisoil]

2 big reasons

[@gramboni0624]

There's one thing that will always bother me as someone born and raised in Louisiana. You see I'm from North-North-Central LA. Further south is where all the iconic landscapes are. But I digress, I was never really bothered by the abandoned homes out in the bayou. What always bothered me were the homes built out in the fields. The homes themselves were near the road but they weren't farm houses, they were just there and behind them were these empty fields. That always bothered me. The emptyness out there. Maybe it's because I grew up surrounded by forest but all that nothing never felt right.

[@arcticm0n5t3r7]

Thank you for putting me onto this it has quickly became one of my favorites.

[@David-rm3rr]

The inverted cop buddy trope? Yeah, smashed right into an existential void. Almost every verbal exchange between Marty and Rust is barbed and cutting. Hostility is always brewing. It's a thing of beauty. LOL When their friendship reaches it's epic crash and burn, Rust finally drops him a compliment. "Nice hook, Marty." The writing is just devastatingly badass.

[@MrWordLife666]

Saw this video months ago, started it, went "you know what i should really watch this show first". Life got in the way for awhile but i literally just finished the 8th episode and now im back to finish this video. I owed a debt.

[@flintsky7706]

EROL CHILDRESS IS NOT THE FUCKING YELLOW KING, HE WORSHIPS THE YELLOW KING. THE YELLOW KING IS NOT HUMAN. HE IS AN ELDER BEING OF PURE HORROR. THE PORTAL RUST SAW IN THE FINAL EPISODE WAS A REAL PORTAL THAT WAS THE ENTRANCE TO CARCOSA, THE HOME OF THE YELLOW KING.

[@gobblegobble831]

Dude the compilation of scenes at the beginning set to the RE7 save theme is incredible. Both fantastic horror stories set in Louisiana. That song has grown over time to be one of my favorites in the series, it's up there with the classic save themes but has it's own unique feeling. Just rewatched TD1 which is why I'm here at all but man I appreciate that opening lol

[@almostliamneeson8029]

Finally a good analysis video on this season. Thank you. Awesome video

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

I don't recall ever hearing about this show before and I really like both actors, thank you for the brief spoiler warning as you said shows like 8 years old but I'm going to go watch it right now just based on the first 12 minutes of this video. 😄👍

[@Snakedude4life]

Hell of a ride. 🎩 🐍 no step on Snek! 🇺🇸🇭🇰

[@OccamsSledgehammer]

I went to the school that this story is based on. They definitely captured the correct vibe.

[@xrphoenix7194]

The connection between the video tape and play is amazing

[@marquisobscurite9104]

Thank you Loli! Remember Time is a Flat Circle.

[@wbbooth]

The show was already perfect, but then it was like "Hey, check out Alexandra Daddario". Just to spoil us.

[@Pippop38]

Season 1 was absolutely amazing, and I still think about it today. And idk if I could ever rewatch it. That barn scene…. It haunts me…

[@MamaFlex259]

Watched the series all the way through, twice. Was very excited to see this thumbnail! Top tier television with a top tier review

[@fighterofthenightman1057]

I’ve actually come around to think Cole’s final “vision” might be real … we’re given a few clues it might be. Either way, if you rewatch with this perspective, it’s REALLY scary in a different way!

[@flintsky7706]

It was real. He saw a glimpse into another world: Carcosa

[@DarranKern]

Strongly disagree. If you watch the show, Cohle is deeply traumatized by resuming drug use and his encounter with Ledoux. The things they said to him made sense in his mind, played on his preconceptions of predestination and fate. He *believed* them. There’s nothing outside of Cohle’s specific and uniquely unreliable perspective that suggests the supernatural is real in this show. I understand the fan theory, but there’s nothing there that proves it. And not only that, the supernatural is irrelevant to the show’s conclusion and value. It doesn’t NEED to be real. It only has to have the suggestive influence on Cohle.

[@Sean-no3zv]

Another cool thing to mention: Alexandra Daddario shows everything in the first season. And I do mean everything.

[@nurgle333]

A man of culture

[@nixon5452]

Thats why I started it. I was delighted that there was a really good show

[@TheJok3rMan]

Tbh I actually preferred the other girl that also shows everything and also has a sex scene with Marty in one of the last episodes. Alexandra is hot, but there’s just something about that other girl that I enjoyed lol

[@MylesKillis]

@@TheJok3rManAlex seems a bit prudish

[@HeyTexasItsMe]

Love love love this series!! Great recap/review!!!

[@Glassandcandy]

“Why Cajuns are not people” Damn cuz, what I ever do to you? 😢

[@sinjin1259]

Time Point 8:00 Cohle isn’t crazy, remember this is the Lovecraftian universe. Cohle has been studying and meditating on so many wonky subjects that he is essentially a self made Shaman. The spiral in the last episode was Errol Childress’ ever opening gateway to his ascension. It was slowly opening and a few more sacrifices it would be fully open. Only an acolyte or a person with an enhanced awareness could see it and feel it. Cohle’s awareness was such that he saw it and even felt the presence of his daughter and father. That’s why Childress said “Take off your mask”- he knew that Cohle was more than a lawman.

[@flintsky7706]

Exactly. Cohle saw a glimpse of the portal into Carcosa.

[@DarranKern]

This comment section is fascinating. I have NEVER met a fan of the show who interpreted Cohle’s hallucinations as literally real. But here you guys are. Hundreds of you. So weird

[@agm5424]

This is my favorite series by far and I watch it one a year. And It got me,a cosmic horror fan, hooked into Lovecraftian Noir Detective stories and the Noir genre in general.

[@thrice2565]

Any other Lovecraftian Noir Detective shows, novels, or books you know?

[@agm5424]

​​@@thrice2565Sorry for the late reply but yt doesn't always notify me: No series but a few books. First is the Midnight Eye Files book one: The Amulet. Top quality noir/Lovecraftian story. I recommend buying the volume one collection because it comes with two other good noir style stories that while they are not as good as the first one they hold up. Vol 2 is just a few small stories. There's also the two stories published by the Bizarchives (Weird Tales spiritual successor) The Molybdus Articulate and the Shanghai Horror. Haven't read them but apparently their very good pulp/detective horror stories, the first one delving into pure Lovecraftian horror.

[@Thor-Orion]

8:00 I disagree that it’s the drugs that cause the hallucinations. I have the type of insomnia that makes specialists worried and excited at the same time. The type they think will get them in a journal or something. And when they tell you your genetic tests have come back negative for a disease with 100% mortality, their disappointment is palpable. I also have extensive drug use history (you would too if you slept as little as I do). It’s the insomnia, not the drugs that cause Rust’s hallucinations. And they’re what first got me into the show. I don’t keep a lot of friends, I have a very few very close friends. Because for me to be close with you I have to trust that I can trust you when I can’t trust my own senses. And that type of trust isn’t easy to come by. Because people who deserve it aren’t easy to come by.

[@Thor-Orion]

Season 1 is THE season. Watch season 2 to appreciate season 3. Don’t go from 1 to 3, please. 3 deserves to be viewed in full context of what it achieved for the show as a whole. And season 2 hits some cool highs, but don’t expect season one from anything else ever again. It’s just something beyond time and space.

[@YossarianAssyrian]

That opening montage set to the RE7 safe room theme was haunting. It's on-par with your opening to the Everything, Everywhere, All At Once review.

[@elidasilva5558]

The Silent Hill of TV series, every season has diferent levels of quality and cant seem to surpass the quality of it's best entre.

[@bagggers9796]

Season 1 of True Detective is the single best season of TV I've ever watched. Season 2 of True Detective is the worst season of TV I've ever finished.

[@johnnyboy2537]

I've seen way worse than season 2 of TD. Just throw a dart at any recent Marvel show.

[@bagggers9796]

@@johnnyboy2537 it's the worst I've ever finished. GoT s8 would be the worst had I finished it, and yea I've hated Marvel since Age of Ultron so I'm sure they're bad. But True Detective S2 was a terrible detective story, and as a sequel to S1 it's an outright crime. Atleast I really hated it. It was the same writer, great cast, and yet I hated every character, every plot-point, every line of dialogue-- as a fan of the genre I found it to be unforgivably boring and occasionally straight up retarded. there's a random sub-plot in one episode where a cop files sexual harassment claims against the lead female cop cuz he's mad at her, so she goes to rapist counseling and when they ask why she's there she answers "You know, I just really like big dicks." That's the whole scene, it serves no purpose and is cringe af. There's a scene where Vince Vaughn's wife is giving him a sloppy toppy and when he can't get it up she says-- verbatum-- "Suck your own dick." This is not played for laughs. Vaughn's character does nothing but furrow his brow for the entire series. Colin Ferril beats the shit out of a child for no reason, zero consequence or development. There's a million characters, none of them have a personal stake in the narrative and all of them are unlikable. You're just meant to take these miserable people seriously. It's pointlessly depressing and has none of the heart of S1 and no identity of it's own. It is without merit. 0/10

[@madelyn3841]

One of my favorite things about this show is how well the writers did their research on the rural south. A lot of hollywood projects can make southern characters feel like caricatures, but true detective does the opposite of this. A lot of the characters felt like real people i’ve met before, or i’ve walked past on the street, which is rare and hard to do. It made the horror so much more effective for me because of how it hit close to home.

[@DeepEye1994]

I hold Season 3 dearly in my heart as it was my first exposure to this series. And mostly because I remember tuning in to watch each episode with mom and dad when it was all new. Then dad passed away on December 2019 right before the entire world went insane. Memories of watching Season 3, "Escape at Dannemora" and the "Catch 22" miniseries with dad are some of the dearest memories of those final couple of years of calm before the storm in my life. I absolutely believe you and many others about Season 1 being the best, I haven't seen it yet, but I'm just saying that even after doing it Season 3 will very likely still have a sweet spot for me. I also agree on Cary Fukunaga being a damn good creator with a very few duds. I remember enjoying "Maniac" (another nice memory of those "calm before the storm" years) and I actually got to read his treatment for the first part of the "It" movie adaptation and while there's obviously differences, I was surprised at how much of his script was kept in the finished product. I remember reading how some threw Cary under the bus with the argument "He wanted to keep the controversial sewer orgy from the book!" which I have severe doubts. On the other hand in his treatment I noticed that the big difference is that MIKE and his family gets a LOT more flashing out than how he ended up being in the finished film where he's instead one of the least flashed out Losers. Primarily, in the original script Mike's father gets beaten to death by Bowers' evil cop father and at the hospital before dying he confesses to Mike how he encountered Pennywise himself when the KKK set ablaze the Black Spot bar and he saw Pennywise snatching up the panicking black people in the river. And in the flashback just like in the book his fellow survivor of the Black Spot fire is Dick Hallorann from "The Shining". I think the studio wanted to trim down Mike's importance and Fukunaga was having none of that and that's the reason reason he left for creative differences. I also wouldn't be surprised if he left because they wanted to direct the movie with conventional jumpscares. Another thing I loved in his script was how insane and surreal Pennywise's lair was described, it definitely tackled more into the cosmic aspect of the character. Man, I wish he didn't leave the project and got to do "Chapter 2" his way and changing anything he wants if it means the adult section/ending won't suck. Overall, I do agree that "Chapter 1" is good because they sticked with 75% of his vision.

[@Nr4747]

The allegations against the director seem to be a complete nothing burger. "Grooming" between adults isn't a thing, adults are - in fact - allowed to persue relationships (sexual and/or romantic and/or otherwise) with eath other, age gap or not.

[@arianewinter4266]

. . . .the Thing about grooming IS Not really someone being underaged, you can manipulate and condition someone in a weaker Position No Matter their age. And Just because adult relationships are mostly legal does Not Always mean they should BE presued

[@kevinlucko2902]

"Marty!...this is the place." Favorite. Show. Ever.

[@354Entertainment]

Superb video. One of my all time fav. shows combined with my fav. game soundtrack! 🥰

[@radiozelaza]

Inspired by a story by Karl Wagner in an HPL-tribute collection. The story was titled "Sticks".

[@Truffle_Pup]

I think the only part you have wrong is that Carcosa was not "a tomb built by settlers centuries before hand", it is instead an old Civil War Battery/Fort, which happens to be on the Childress property. All in all great video, and one of my favourite shows ever. I've lost count how many times I've seen it. Maybe 3 times a year at least since release.

[@brickmatt6776]

Also that Childress isn't the Yellow King - Childress worships the Yellow King

[@DarranKern]

I am surprised at how many things TAL got wrong in this review. They were small mistakes but they were oddly inexcusable mistakes. Just pulling stuff out of his butt a couple times

[@zacrussell609]

Season 1 of True Detetive remains my all time top non comedy tv show.

[@manfredwilson4475]

Thank you this is something I've been waiting to watch for a long time

[@SSD_Penumbra]

Another cool little not to Call of Cthulhu is the fact that there is also a cult in the Louisiana Bayou in the story that is broken up by a detective named LeGrass, who found them through a series of ritualistic murders.

[@Davis_237]

Id say my biggest hangup with season 2 is that the three cop characters were all torn from the same adlib page, and only had one blank space different from each other. Collin Farrell was crooked, Rachel McAdams was sexualy traumatized, and Taylor Kitsch was closeted gay and in denial about it. Other than those three differences, they were all the same carbon copy character, an emotionally broken police detective burnt out on the job and life, but not played by Mathew McConaughey. Vince Vaughn carried that season.

[@oliverebbing6637]

I just finished watching and damn season 1 is amazing! Somehow you have the right nose for Shows and Movies that i enjoy. I watched purely because you made a Video about it. I watched the video until idk 5 minutes or so and than i stoped and watched the show. You got some great taste.

[@WackaMei]

On the subject of the "believability of the detectives' actions in accordance with SOP": Do keep in mind what time and age in which the show's past is set in. Crooked cops, as well as good chiefs willing to cover up their agents bending the law to do good work, was probably more common than we'll ever be made privy to. That's part of the charm of the future interview sections; two rookies, every now and then, can hardly believe what they're hearing about the way our leads conducted their investigations. It's good stuff. On the topic of whether or not the cosmic horror is real: Cole witnessing the universe in Carcosa... Could be drugs, but could also be real. The meta analysis is primarily the most resonable one though.

[@FlymanMS]

Very good review, thoroughly enjoyed it. One of the reasons Season 1 is so good is because it's very focused and clear. No surprise since Pizzaman been writing the scrip for a long time, it turned out his magnum opus. Season 2 is all over the place, too many characters, too many interactions, antagonists are bleak and forgettable, despite its early play with Lynchean themes like in Mullholland Drive it eventually turns into a plot about some robbery from ages ago. It has many good things and overall a good show but it could've been so much better. I think they should've taken more time to polish the script. Season 3, as you said, focuses very hard on one detective instead of two, it provides some twists and turns out to be not what people expected, it's different and good in its own way. I am excited that they are making Season 4, Alaskan setting and female lead might turn out very interesting.

[@DarranKern]

Season 3 is quite arguably worse than 2. And 2 was quite bad.

[@guinetik]

I love this show. Ppl don't talk enough about it. I love the noir in season 2 as well and I think it was ahead of it's time and it should gain a cult following . good video dude, well presented I love your points on meta, definitely subbing

[@amberscott8008]

The only thing I know about season 2 is the bully scene which is what got me to watch the first season 😂 I was so surprised when I found out about the paranormal stuff

[@tovbyte]

Love how you used the RE7 music. They really do share a vibe

[@chemergency]

First thing you should do a video on once spooky season's over: Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. Follow that up with the Chainsaw Man anime.

[@joebeast15]

Season 1 was the best but I enjoyed all of them honestly. I didn’t think season 2 was as bad as everyone said. Maybe it’s cause I watched it years after it came out and all the hype and bad press had died down so I saw it from a more objective position.

[@TheJenSolo]

TL:DR Watch in this order for a build to a great finish: 2, 3, 1. If you're only going to watch one, it's S1 all the way. Good work here.

[@kevinbachman6578]

Great work! Subscribed.

[@samuelcondon330]

I can’t think of any other show that explored grounded cosmic horror like the first season did. The characters were so realistic. All of the stuff these guys go through fucks them up in more ways than one. You rarely see that happen to the extent this show does. The cosmic horror aspect is there but never the focus, the characters are always front and center, and when The Yellow King or Carcosa does pop up, it makes it all the more effective.