Night Country: Part 5

Been a really big fan of true Detective all 3 seasons and having watched season one, three times. So far I had agreed with most of the lower ratings on this season, finding it very disjointed and acting quite stiff, nothing really flowed like the previous season I was not getting that feeling or vibe inside of excitement that I had with the other seasons. I struggled to get through episode four going back to it five times I believe before I finished it and then I saw that episode five was on early in the week. There was no doubt I had to finish it and see what happened and I was pleasantly spread with this episode as suddenly everything started to come together and I had this feeling inside of me that wow I'm really enjoying this episode. Where is the other ones I was constantly nitpicking with what was going on and I was just getting tiring of watching it waiting for it to spring back and live up to it expectations . I'm not gonna go into detail on what I was missing and what I suddenly saw Come back in episode five but I just relieved that I can finally look forward to the next episode even though it is two weeks out. I can never understand though after watching it I'm pretty savvy I what I'm watching it. I don't understand all the nine and 10 stars because it definitely was overrated compared to the other seasons. I got to give this episode five at least seven stars out of ten. I hope they come out with a season five and and it lives up to the name true Detective.

We finally get some answers, albeit from sloppy detective work. The pacing of this season has been horrendous. Nothing interesting to show and now all of the sudden, in an attempt to wrap things up, the writers just hash everything out. It's kind of like the opposite of Season 2, where everything was happening at the same time and it got too messy in the end. But at least S02 had somewhat more interesting characters, more action going on, freedom of locations etc.

I'm not sure how all this will conclude, and to be honest, part of me doesn't even care. At this point, it's too late to give up on this show completely, so I will probably watch the finale also.

Round of applause to Jodie Foster and Finn Bennett, as their acting has been nothing short of stellar.

What made the first season perfect, amongst many things, were:

1- the cult element of the crimes 2- the atmosphere of the location 3- the philosophy inderpining the detective's relationship

Season 4 has absolutely none of this.

1- The murder case was initially interesting, but it became generic once it was tied with the mining company. The detectives themselves have no reason to care it, or for the case pf the lady with the missing tongue. We get little exposure to the frozen scientists beyong the initial episode. Its worth noting that the "supernatural" aspects of S1 are not hinted, but rather linked to the cult's beliefs. Us, as the audience, are never lead to believe they are the devil, but rather very evil people. S4 is showing us ghosts and frozen men talking, it just takes you out of the mystery and into another genre entirely.

2- there is no atmosphere whatsoever. A small city in the Alaskan winter should feel frozen and lonely, and we do not feel either. Matter of fact, I feel rather warm seeing how much company they all have. They should have taken inspiration from "Certain Women" on how to make the audience feel alone in a small town. We should feel cold just watching it, like "Society of the Snow".

3- the relationship between the detectives in nonexistant. Its hard to believe Jodie and the Boxer were ever partners - there's no depth to it. Jodie and the young detective would have been a much better pairing, with her having struggles with her daughter, and him with his dad, wife and kid. The phylosophycal underpining of the season should have been loneliness, isolation, and ultimately camaradery through obsession with a case. Most of the scenes between the detectives should have evolved around the defrosting bodies in the rink, and we should sense the unhinging of the detective's sanity through the investigation, aided by the endless night. What a waste of the only chemistry seen on screen, between Jodie and the Kid.

Unfortunately, the only way I am enjoying this season is watching it with "what would I have done instead?" in mind. Lets be honest, we all want another Season 1 and there would have been no shame in producing a somewhat copied, but at least high quality, Season 4.

This was their best episode so far this season. The story moved along and we got some answers. Characters that they are revealing to be involved have not been developed well enough for the reveals to be satisfying. Also it it becomes Harder and harder to root for Liz and company because they are proving to be just as dirty and dupicities as the villains they are passionately trying to capture. Also the daughter's character is annoying and a waste of viewer time. Sames goes for Pete's wife. She is kicking him out because he works hard and cares about his job. It's unrealistic that in a town where professional jobs are hard to come back, you give your husband grief for applying himself to his job.

Yea this episode is leaps and bounds better than the past 3. It's still not perfect but the last 30 minutes are very good.

Our story has Liz and Navarro finally making ground on the case when forensic results push them into a hard place. Certain players have been tipped off but by who and why, a rising conflict of interest, Liz getting impatient and Navarro getting annoyed. Tensions rise this episode as information is uncovered and others want it buried.

A much better episode, stakes are felt, story is progressing much better and the whole cast is used together that feels more interlinked and meaningful.

Still a lot of filler in the episode but more strong points than weak, 7.5/10.