Comments on: Recap: Explosive ‘True Detective’ Season 1, Episode 4 ‘Who Goes There’

By: Bill Van Dyk

Bill Van Dyk — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:09:33 +0000

Agree with Alexandria: episode 4 made no sense, had zero plausibility, and, to top it all off, was lame dramatically.

By: mark w

mark w — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:09:33 +0000

Finished this episode just now.

It's seriously official: TV way way way way WAY better than movies.

By: peter

peter — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:09:33 +0000

Why does Harrelson's character go to the biker gang club? I couldn't tell if he had forgotten something…
Thanks

By: Stan

Stan — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:09:33 +0000

I dunno…it seems to me as if Ep4 was directed by someone else although I know it was not.
The narrative set in ep1-3 gave way to a "die hard" moment if an effort to please someone somewhere and it was the wrong direction in my opinion. I hope ep4 was an aberration.

By: Blake

Blake — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:09:33 +0000

Thanks, love this really in-depth review! Episode 4 hit the half way point on a high… can't wait to see where it goes from here!

By: Job

Job — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:09:33 +0000

How did we go from the police cavalcade to the trailer of crazy meth guy (ledoux) in ep 3 to the jail cell in ep 4? Did the cops drive around in circles like keystone cops for an hour? Show is great but I expected more explanation.

By: H25

H25 — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:09:33 +0000

At the conclusion I was left thinking "What the F just happened? That was great"

By: Jenny Holcomb

Jenny Holcomb — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:09:33 +0000

Best part was Matthew McConaughey doing arm curls. Have mercy!

By: Nivington

Nivington — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:09:33 +0000

I have a feeling Fukunaga's next movie Beasts of No Nation is going to be mindblowing.

By: The Grammar Socialist

The Grammar Socialist — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:09:33 +0000

Minor gripes with this otherwise well-written review:
1. Martin wasn't part of the raid, he didn't "charge in" and hadn't warned the gang against guns going off either. That was Rust Cohle.
2. It's a hot show, but the last sequence was "climactic" rather than "climatic".

By: FP

FP — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:09:33 +0000

Kevin, you would do well to link your readers to Alfonso Cuaron's Children Of Men, which features an even more impressive unbroken sequence towards the end of the film in a refugee camp. Just one reason why Cuaron and his cinematographer are pretty much locks for Oscars this year. Other great sequences worthy of mention are Joe Wright's beach sequence in Atonement and Brian De Palma's opening 15 minutes of Snake Eyes.

But yes, Fukunaga and Arkapaw and McConaughey are going to be talked about all year, for good reason. Maybe even another guaranteed award for McConaughey to go alongside his Oscar by Emmy time, or at least a Golden Globe in 2015.

By: Alexandria Constantinova

Alexandria Constantinova — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:09:33 +0000

BF & I thought show made no sense at all last night. Hart behaved completely unprofessionally at job, endangering undercover Cohle, parallel story lines virtually disappeared, became nothing more than a convoluted shoot-em-up, ending in Cohle's kidnapping a character he could have kidnapped 30 minutes earlier. And how were all the police already there when Cohle un officially undercover & out of jurisdiction? It was like a friend of mine jokes: when in doubt about plot, send in a guy with a gun. Or, in this case, 50.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:09:33 +0000

It was the most incredible single take scene that I have ever scene and will probably go down as one of the best ever!. The choreography for that final scene is pure genius…there's no other way to put it. The planning, the coordination, the timing and the execution of this single, 6 minute, unedited scene will go down as one of the greatest achievements in filmmaking history.

By: Noah

Noah — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:09:33 +0000

On point. Maybe it's the residual adrenaline from that final 15 minute sequence speaking, but this just entered into my top 5 episodes of television ever.

By: bobl

bobl — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:09:33 +0000

Kudos to all involved. Intelligent tv for intelligent tv viewers. I am really impressed with the quality here… Acting directing cinematography and writing. Keep them coming!!! Matt and woody are really showing their fine skills.