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True Detective: Night Country is finally here on HBO! Relive your favorite moments from True Detective season 2 now with our full season recap.
True Detective season 2 takes place in California and follows the interweaving stories of officers from three cooperating police departments; when California Highway Patrol officer and war veteran Paul Woodrugh discovers the body of corrupt city manager Ben Caspere on the side of a highway, Vinci Police Department detective Raymond "Ray" Velcoro and Ventura County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation Division Sergeant Antigone "Ani" Bezzerides are called to assist in the following investigation. Career criminal Francis "Frank" Semyon attempts to legitimize his business with his wife Jordan by investing in a rail project overseen by Caspere, but loses his money when Caspere is killed, prompting him to start his own investigation.
True Detective season 2 stars Colin Farrell as Detective Ray Velcoro, Rachel McAdams as Detective Sergeant Antigone "Ani" Bezzerides, Taylor Kitsch as Officer Paul Woodrugh, Kelly Reilly as Jordan Semyon, Vince Vaughn as Frank Semyon, Ritchie Coster as Austin Chessani, Afemo Omilami as William Holloway, James Frain as Kevin Burris, Adria Arjona as Emily, Michael Hyatt as Katherine Davis, Vinicius Machado as Tony Chessani, Timothy V. Murphy as Osip Agranov, C. S. Lee as Richard Geldof, W. Earl Brown as Detective Teague Dixon
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This is a recap of some of the biggest and best moments from True Detective season two, including who killed Ben Caspere, True Detective season two killer reveal explained, Paul Woodrugh's death, Ray Velcoro's death, Frank Semyon's death, the Vinci Massacre shootout, the season finale ending, and more!
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[@RecapAndChill]

Happy True Detective Week! Season 1 Recap: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJzbo4iAhZ1-rqM Season 3 Recap: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXWco4mKdtarbJI

[@Nerv0u5]

This is honestly one of the best roles Colin Farrell has ever done. Dude is so versatile it’s insane. Vince Vaughan was incredible too! The entire cast in this season was phenomenal.

[@theokirkley]

I fell asleep when Vince talked

[@kairosmvr1900]

@@theokirkley Maybe try a marvel movie instead? Sounds like more your speed.

[@mlobato1]

​@@theokirkley EVERY SINGLE DAMN TIME 😴😴

[@MOTM1234]

all i hear is season 2 is shite

[@ItAintEazyBeingCheezy11]

Vince isn’t a good serious actor lol

[@eamonkelley3811]

Season 2 deserves a higher rating then what it got when it first came out imo. I just rewatched it from like 8 or 9 years ago and it was entertaining. A ton of character names to follow but the acting was solid.

[@matthewcovert5055]

Had a shit ending tho

[@t500010000]

Ray was a fantastic character to watch

[@music1dude13]

I really loved this season. Underrated af to me. Cast was incredible.

[@ABTHEYAPPER]

Facts! I’ve never even heard of this show but the recap has me wanting to binge 😅😂

[@carloaB14]

Honestly, it’s not my favorite season because I think there’s just too much going on. It was hard to keep up with. Season one still the best season three pretty good. I haven’t watched anything from night country yet season two definitely least coherent story.

[@yairwayyikkana8542]

If you do watch it. You might want to watch this season before season 1 or you might not like this season so much.

[@og3dkooz381]

​@@yairwayyikkana8542😅

[@ahmedklai9443]

5:15 Paul meets with his black mailer... lol

[@junkielora]

Incredible cast and acting. For my impression, the story was too much complicated, getting lost with so many names and chatacters, i watched this resume because i got absolutely messed up with the storyline. Thank you.

[@hugohernandez610]

Season one, uncovering a conspiracy. season two, trying to uncover conspiracy but doesn’t work out in their favor.

[@ProletarianTakeover]

They didn’t really uncover it in season one

[@Sjrick]

Well the ending doesnt say but it makes the assumption that it will. Season 1 was more serial killer then conspiracy. It wrapped up nicely. S2 was all over the place. Too many characters and building up relationships with characters only to have them wiped out. It kinda reminded me of Fargo a bit.

[@n543576]

The thing i really liked about this is season is it's one of the few times in modern media that the bad guys win and the "good guy's" utterly fail. I didn't get the hate behind it at the time but maybe people aren't ready for those kinds of story i guess.

[@whatjake7898]

I’m fine with the “good guys” losing. However, it was just lazily written. I feel like they were just trying to copy the Departed with a lot of the deaths and twists but just completely failed to do so.

[@reasonabledoubt6908]

Agreed

[@JassyPooh01]

Thank you for this breakdown. After 2 episodes I wasn’t pulled in. Couldn’t sit through the whole season 😢😂

[@yairwayyikkana8542]

The amount of melodrama in this season was wild. lol

[@1015Elvis]

Just watched the series and I still needed this to help me out

[@TheSeeWhatiSee]

Not gonna lie. I now understand why people felt the need that Season 2 will always compare to season 01. They were expecting more stuff like season 1. I love season 2 because it's letting us know that there are times you can't always win against the system. No matter how many times you will win, there's a good chance you'll lose too. It's about stepping out of the formula to create something new. Yes there are some noir la investigation vibes but there's no heroes, everyone loses with some little gains.

[@tonyc7301]

It was a very good season except for the ending. Hard to believe that Ray and Frank, two streets smart guys, would make such stupid mistakes which led to their downfall. Ray should never have visited his son’s school, as it increased his chances of being caught exponentially. And someone as street smart as Frank should never have punched the guy who asked for his suit when there were five armed men right there. I know the diamonds were in the suit but I feel like he could’ve calmed them when giving the suit to the guy. Just bad decisions that seemed out of character.

[@journeysands2622]

Subscribed. I couldn't watch the series, this was an excellent recap🎉

[@Bassmanhill84]

Before I watch the Great Recap and Chill, I am going thru True Detective till season 4, and you know what? I loved Season 2. I'm not even trying to compare it to the previous season cause you can't. Season 2 was fantastic ! Loved it!

[@joshs4441]

Yeah, I agree. I think every season of True Detective is good. I treat them as their own thing individually and try not to compare each season, even though Season 1 is the best one.

[@og3dkooz381]

...they are they're own things. 😅

[@misterslaughter1734]

Season 2 is dense. I like the constant shit-storm that it is. It's constant pressure. Just when you think the characters are ahead you realize they are so far behind that playing catch up is out of the question. The season would have been better had Pizzolatto's ego not got in the way. Six directors, heavily worded scenes, and a one-year timeline ultimately made this feel a little undercooked. If you can keep up with what's happening and understand the little nuances in the dialogue you'll find that it's a really good story.

[@starbelly2000]

It's a shame so many people compared this to season 1. They're completely different and both incredible pieces of work in their own right. Two of the best TV seasons I've ever seen, hands down.

[@rudigrudi4898]

Yeah, this season is WAY BETTER then season 1.

[@brendondowdy5651]

​@@rudigrudi4898nooooooooo lol

[@mannycuellar7426]

Just binged all 3 seasons last week & still watching this in case I missed something

[@Kole777]

Whats your ranking?

[@CashMoolah00]

Should of skipped season, it was terrible. Season 1 & 3, plus the recent season 4 are superior

[@Kole777]

I really enjoyed 2@@CashMoolah00

[@mannycuellar7426]

S1, S3, S2, S4.

[@Kole777]

How close were they to you?@@mannycuellar7426

[@jennaramos1229]

I did have to really concentrate and reread the story to see all the characters and the connections and I thought it was really interesting maybe confusing though lol I loved loved Ani and Ray I wish they had more intimate scenes they were so perfect together

[@SuperCakeKing]

nah ray frank and franks wife were the best bezzeridies can kick rocks and that relationship between them was ridiculous

[@bhansen9468]

Amazing gun battle episode 4

[@reasonabledoubt6908]

Love this season . Magbe my favourite no diss to s1.

[@ohhhyeah9435]

UNDERRATED

[@tiffybnTN]

I ‘thought’ I watched 😳😳😳 blue diamonds… vengeful grownup kids 😮😮😮 #rewatch 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@fvhitman4hire]

Real life depiction of the City of Vernon

[@kairosmvr1900]

yup. only has about 100 residents in the entire place!

[@SurfingCA4life]

Hardest working city in greater LA

[@tmarie69]

I remember starting this, but I could not finish it. Maybe I’ll give it another try?

[@MOTM1234]

dont

[@emre-ie7ox]

too underrated

[@jasonmurdoc9533]

Good god the first season was like we can’t get everyone but we got ours! This season is we don’t get anyone

[@robsnow2099]

Even the recap was boring ( no fault of your own) lol I see why people didn’t like season 2.

[@Misterrecaps29]

Cool 👍

[@dmvweezy5235]

Oh they got Taylor on the “DL” in this one

[@krishthakkar2327]

Can you please do a fox x- men universe movies recap before Deadpool 3 comes out.

[@RecapAndChill]

For sure!

[@krishthakkar2327]

​@@RecapAndChill And there is one more thing that I wanted to ask that can you also do a recap video of the X-men:The animated series recap as it's been said that X-men '97 would be a continuation of that original series. It would be really helpful if you can do this. Thanks

[@patmccrotch5373]

I've never watched the 2nd season, I've always heard that it wasn't good, but I think that it suffered from following season one. I always heard people say had it not followed season one, it probably would've been more highly rated.

[@bobstacks8405]

I always had a soft spot for this season. Its a mess but theres something about it i like. Going for a LA Noire/James Ellroy vibe was the perfect idea for season 2. It just got rushed.

[@user-yf6jz6pm3y]

😅Υπέροχο ❤❤❤

[@fluff1353]

Acting? Top notch. Everyhting else? C-. And that's with the Bell Curve.

[@uses0ap]

Change playback speed to 1.25x, or even 1.5x if your feeling frisky

[@lilball2281]

Colin farrll

[@lukep2156]

Wish they didn't kill off Vince and Colin

[@vaughnordakowski8774]

I was also very upset at the end but then you start to realize the theme between their three deaths. They all had one major weakness. Rays was his family, specifically his son. Woodrugh was his shame of his sexuality, and franks was his pride (not to mention the 3 million dollars in diamonds he had in his jacket they were trying to take.) Their deaths served a point, and once that hit me it was a lot easier to understand why they were written to die. More appreciable atleast

[@smooothskiiin4923]

Honest opinion, Vince Vaughn was not a great choice for Frank. Paul could've been completely axed altogether. Decent season, not great, not horrible. Collin Farrell was excellent and Rachael Madams was fantastic as well. Loved the modern L.A. Noir vibe of the season but hated every moment we spent with Frank or Paul. Both Paul and Frank weren't great characters for different reasons.. Frank just was not at all convincing as a kingpin/crime lord and Paul's arch had no closure and seemingly no discernable purpose at all save for being the one to find Casper. S2 doesn't deserve the hate it gets but it certainly is no masterpiece either. 6/10 T.V. Not bad

[@reasonabledoubt6908]

But! Who put the transponders on the 2 cars?? Was it the turk bros..?? Or what?

[@Amp1771]

Season 2 was like playing the last of us 2

[@alisterfolson]

True Detective: The Empire Strikes Back. Another movie where the bad guys won and the good guys escape with their lives.

[@jkhang00]

True Detective came out too early. If all 3 seasons came out now with season 4, I'm sure the ratings would've been higher. True Crime is a big thing now and people are now getting into it.

[@kevingordonhou7900]

Still didn’t understand anything lol

[@caseymckenzie8065]

How do you know it’s Rays baby? That’s makes no sense seeing as she’s confirmed she couldn’t have a child

[@tonyschaefer991]

It was Frank's wife that couldn't have a babe.

[@ray.shoesmith]

After season one nothing was going to meet expectations. S2, 3 and 4 are nothing on S1

[@Sjrick]

I just finished it and man i just could not keep track of all these people. It was so hard. The story got too crazy and its a shame. Season 1 was better because it was less crowded. So basically the guy who killed the motorcycle cop gets away with it and with killing Ray as well ? wtf ?

[@steverambo4692]

A plot like this is already hard to pull off and having to do it in under a year combined with the loss of talent from behind the scenes of season 1 it’s no wonder this season sucked

[@steverambo4692]

Also there was 0 reason for Taylor kitsch to be there

[@susanroutt6690]

Don’t want recap. Where is season two? I paid for it, but it is inaccessible

[@dannyknightblade4592]

Season One was better but Season Two was better than people give it credit for. Not that good, though.

[@mannycuellar7426]

👍👏

[@danielrose8305]

Everyone hated this season when it launched without even giving it a chance. It was well written, acted and very entertaining. It wasn't the exact same as S1 but if it was people would have hated that it was.

[@matthewcovert5055]

The reason people hated it had nothing to do with anything other than the fact that it had a shit ending

[@sirloin869]

Season 2: the plateau of leng...

[@Endoe.McKronic]

I can't remember watching this season. I guess I didn't because it's dumb.

[@UkisoulE]

Tiring and boring, nothing like true detective, no supernatural suspense at all

[@cjames22dox]

I think that was the point. Perhaps this series got Halloween syndrome. If they reversed the order of seasons one and two, i think season 2 could have been better received. The acting was far superior in season, with Rachel McAdams delivering a unique character with believable motivations and other seasoned actor like Colin Ferrell and Vince Vaughn bringing their "A" game All in all, it was a productive season that followed a logic order of events. My negative criticism would have to be the writers not sticking the landing. The ending felt like cope out.

[@Willpolita]

I remembered it was shit, but seeing years later only confirmed that it is still a worse crap

[@corpusfusion1574]

The problem with True Detective: Season 2 is the people of TD:1. They wanted the same old artificially-plot driven series like in TD:1. So they lashed out like unemployed housewives when they didn't get that in TD:2 and their little minds couldn't handle. TD:2 is above mainstream Hollywood.

[@maximearsenault5194]

Totally agree. S1 is a Seven/Mindhunters microwave reheated shit sack. S2 is about bravery, love and being human.

[@dogsbreakfast4952]

What a terrible end to a terrible season. Such a waste of great actors

[@user-tz6uf6dp2w]

Even the season recap had me zzzzzzzzz

[@supermegaguy666]

Vinci, pronounced Vin-chi, not Vin-see. They literally say it like 15 times an episode.

[@aleksandr3062]

What a boring season, only Paul's story is interesting.

[@Axiios117]

Season 2 sucked

[@whatjake7898]

God, this season was utter trash! The last episode was just lazily written and the whole vibe of the season just made you not care about any of the characters. I always tell people new to the series to just skip Season 2.

[@rolandthethompsongunner64]

Compared to season 1 this is abysmal. 🤮

[@jesusmora6397]

by far worst season

[@youkoshi]

This way of speaking with really heavy up and down tones is very obnoxious, please don’t do that in future videos

[@deepak8586]

Season 2 sucks