I'm a decade late to getting around to watching Season 1 of True Detective, the show about which I continually read suffered a big decline in quality after the highly praised first season.
As every reader probably knows, season one stars the actor to whom I'm unreasonably allergic - Matthew McConaughey - and Woody Harrelson (who I also have never warmed to.)
Two episodes in and my early verdict - it's pretty pretentious and a case of "trying too hard". Still don't understand the framing device (why the two detectives are being questioned at length about the old case, and why they are spending so much time on their autobiographical details.) I'm finding Woody Harrelson's acting a bit arch and unconvincing. I'm ranking him as worse in the show than McConaughey - although he's still somewhat irritating me.
Sure, the Louisiana setting is interesting if you like watching depictions of the seedy, poor South.
I'll keep watching it for now, but as I said to my son it's got Deep South Twin Peaks vibes but without any of the quirky fun (or a likeable character anywhere to be seen.) So yeah, I really have the feeling it was overrated at the time.
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