7 Problems With True Detective Season 2 That Nobody Wants To Admit

6. Forgivable Flaws Could Become Repeated Mistakes

As great as the first season was, it was far from perfect - yet these flaws were often overlooked or forgiven due to the show's more obvious strengths. However, if repeated, such missteps could become far more detrimental. The main flaw with season one was the feeling that not every loose end was properly tied up. Fans of any series as fanatically followed as True Detective are going to demand total closure, an incredibly difficult thing to achieve in just a few hour-long episodes. In the end, many key plot points weren't as fully expanded on as they perhaps should have been (the bizarre family history of the antagonistic cult, for one), and the finale boiled down to a chase-and-fight sequence which felt disappointingly generic for such a unique series. Season two now has to avoid such convention at all costs, or risk feeling the wrath of unfulfilled fans of its older brother. Season one could get away with such mistakes - season two will have no such excuse.