So we’ve closed out the first season of True Detective.  Turns out none of my predictions from last week came to fruition.  The True Detectives made it out alive, there was no super-trippy mindfuck, and the conspiracy has (apparently) been brought to its knees.  Are you not entertained? Well, I can’t really say that I…

True Detective, an enigmatic creative roller coaster, from both a quality standpoint and a content standpoint. Having had a day to digest episode 7 (I spent my Sunday night watching the Oscars and still haven’t seen the last 10 minutes of Dynamo Daryl Dixon’s Dirty Dance of Death) and had a glance around the Internet,…

So when it comes to true crime TV drama, I’m obviously tough to please.  At this point, I’ve seen all of The Wire, and I’ve seen all of The Shield.  So if something new is coming at me in the same vein, I’m instinctively looking at them by comparing them to the best of what…

After digesting the fifth installment of True Detective, I finally felt the satisfied sense of contentment that I get after I’ve watched compelling TV.  I still feel that the first three episodes, with clunky ridiculous dialogue and tired late 30s white male detective with issues tropes, were a long, long way away from being even…

I was all set to rip the shit out of True Detective this week.  I’d given it a reprieve two weeks ago, probably against my better judgement.  There was no episode on Super Bowl Sunday, allowing all of my problems with the show to fester and ferment into a cross-pollinated fireball of alcohol-fueled bacterial malaise…

So this week I continued to get bombarded on multiple fronts with comments like “what do you mean you don’t really like True Detective?”, and “are you kidding me, this True Detective shit is awesome!”.  So obviously there is a large disconnect between me and the viewership at large when it comes to this show.…

So, obviously I’m in the minority, as the series premiere of True Detective didn’t exactly knock my socks off.  I’m still a little bit baffled, as I’m not entirely sure what was so captivating about the hour that we saw last week.  Yes, there is dark imagery, yes there is a ritualistic murder, and yes…

The television medium is not well known for its propensity for experimentation and risk taking.  The original formats for the sitcom and TV drama that were developed in the 50s can still be seen largely unchanged on all three major networks today.  That said, the rise of premium cable original programming from HBO, Showtime, Netflix,…