True Detective: 10 Reasons Season 1 Can’t Be Topped
2. Everybody Loves It
As the year comes to a close, the end of year TV lists seem to point at True Detective as one of the best (if not the best) shows of 2014. Its not a surprise really as reviews at the time seemed to herald it as the TV event of the year. Its held a solid 97% Rotten Tomatoes score (almost 10 months since the last episode aired) and an equally solid 87 metacritic score. But since its grand reception, TV mainstays Mad Men, The Walking Dead, Sons Of Anarchy and Scandal (alongside newbie How To Get Away With Murder) have all but erased True Detective from the public consciousness. On top of that, the internet has not been kind to the news that Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughan are filling the shoes of McConaughey and Harrelson. An even bigger issue is that no one seems to even care that Rachel McAdams or Taylor Kitsch have joined up to season 2, let alone comment on it. This all points to the horrible notion the first season should have stayed a contained mini-series and avoided the anthology route. With all of the elements that made the first season so successful removed, the entire fate of the show lives and dies on whether lightening can strike twice. But that seems less and less likely when you consider WHY it was so universally loved...
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