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Season 2 – True Detective

2015 Crime Drama TRAILER for List
47% Tomatometer 127 Reviews 28% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law.
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True Detective — Season 2

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Critics Consensus

Despite some memorably grizzled performances, True Detective's second season is florid to a fault and so unrelentingly grim that it becomes about as much fun as being stuck in L.A. traffic.

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Molly Eichel Philadelphia Inquirer It's that the second season of True Detective feels ordinary while the first felt extraordinary... The ordinariness is a quality that weighs heavily on True Detective because its cop-show genre is all over TV. Jun 13, 2018 Full Review Chuck Barney San Jose Mercury News All of the lead actors dig deeply into their roles, with Farrell playing the wary, weary burnout to perfection, and Vaughn shifting into full-throttle intensity. Rated: 3/4 Jun 13, 2018 Full Review Melinda Houston Sydney Morning Herald While this is distinctly and unmistakably True Detective, it's also something of a reinvention: with the same sense of menace but less claustrophobic, less of a two-hander and with a broader, richer brief. Rated: 3.5/5 Jun 13, 2017 Full Review Stephen Marche Esquire Magazine A strange combination of slick overproduction and basic incompetence. Oct 19, 2018 Full Review Adam Sweeting The Arts Desk There's no problem with the acting talent or the pungently evocative cinematography, but what we need to know is whether this new series can carve itself a niche distinct from its rather-too-familiar antecedent. Rated: 3/5 Jul 24, 2018 Full Review Natalia Marcos El Pais (Spain) There are virtues in the second season of 'True Detective' that are forming an intimate and strong coherence between the two deliveries. [Full Review in Spanish] Jul 16, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Apesar do fantástico elenco a segunda temporada de "True Detective" não chega aos calcanhares da primeira. Tem personagens a mais, é confusa, tem fracos diálogos e um grupo de personagens na qual a sua grande maioria é irrelevante. Além disso, por muito que custe dizer, o Vince Vaughn entrega uma péssima atuação durante a maioria da série. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/25/24 Full Review Glen B Massively underrated at the time by the paid hacks and audience alike, cant understand it at all. The series was powerful, compelling and very dark - loved the whole LA noir vibe. All the character performances were outstanding particularly Farrell’s. Wish I hadn’t listened to the negative reviews and watched this years ago. After season 1 this is stand out the best series in the anthology. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/20/24 Full Review Ronny P Love the ambience, much got lost in the sauce. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 07/10/24 Full Review Audience Member This season its Worst TV Show EVER!!! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/19/24 Full Review Audience Member really terrible, a combination of actors without charisma with unbelievable directional incompetence, just looking at this season makes me feel disgusted, the characters are terrible, the messes are very far from reality, something really difficult to believe as a spectator,In short, they made a boring series, with uninteresting characters, bad direction and a disgusting story, without a doubt blasphemy if compared to the first season! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/31/24 Full Review lord b Had moments but overall plot and esp ending so so bad. Colin and the other guy were great the girl is how is she fameous? so ugly and horrible. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/04/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jun 21, 2015 The Western Book of the Dead The disappearance of a city manager disrupts a lucrative land scheme and ignites a police investigation. Details Episode 2 Aired Jun 28, 2015 Night Finds You Ray and Ani investigate a victim's depraved background; Frank does his own investigation; Paul probes the Vinci police department. Details Episode 3 Aired Jul 5, 2015 Maybe Tomorrow Paul works the prostitute angle; Frank receives the first casualty in a secret war and steps back into a world he left behind. Details Episode 4 Aired Jul 12, 2015 Down Will Come The detail works a pawn shop lead to close in on a suspect in the Caspere case; Frank revisits his past. Details Episode 5 Aired Jul 19, 2015 Other Lives Ray and Frank consider some new life choices; Ani and Paul travel up the coast together to follow a lead. Details Episode 6 Aired Jul 26, 2015 Church in Ruins Frank is desperate to locate a missing woman with information about Caspere; Frank meets with Mexican drug dealers; Ani infiltrates an exclusive inner circle. Details Episode 7 Aired Aug 2, 2015 Black Maps and Motel Rooms Ray, Ani and Paul take precautionary measures to elude detection and untangle a dark mystery; Frank deals with the fallout of his betrayal. Details Episode 8 Aired Aug 9, 2015 Omega Station Frank, Ray and Ani weigh their options as Caspere's killer and the scope of corruption are both revealed. Details

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Season Info

Director
Justin Lin
Creator
Nic Pizzolatto
Screenwriter
Nic Pizzolatto
Network
HBO
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jun 21, 2015