There are television series that
you can take or leave and then there is True Detective. This is a HBO series
that has captured my attention and loyalty. I watch and study the two main
stars Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey who play Detectives Martin Hart
and Rust Cohle as though hypnotized. The stories are well written and the two
actors have gone way beyond their normal limit of acting strengths and range, to
make the characters that they play so much more alive and believable.
True Detective is crime thriller at
its best. Last night’s episode called After You’ve Gone reunites the two
detectives after a falling out many years ago. Rust Cohle has enough evidence
to convince Hart to join in a secret investigation of a powerful family who
might be responsible for the deaths of many women and children.
The main suspect is Reverend Billy
Lee Tuttle, a powerful man with powerful secrets. Is he behind the molestation
and death of children? Who is the Spaghetti Man? Is he the serial killer or is
there a group of serial killers working under the cover of religion? And, who is the Yellow King?
See what I mean. The story gets
under your skin and you can’t shake it. You find yourself cheering on the two detectives who are
very human, full of faults, and have made this case more
important than life itself. I’m hooked and like a dealer trying to sell the
next high, I keep telling my friends to watch this show. Watch the show and
let me know if, like me, you are held captive by this show.
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