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Anders · **Posted:** Wed February 27, 2019 9:36 am

That's strange. I felt like nothing happened in the ending this season. It just sort of petered out.

Chris_H_2 · **Posted:** Wed February 27, 2019 3:03 pm

Anders wrote:

That's strange. I felt like nothing happened in the ending this season. It just sort of petered out.

i think if you're viewing this season as a crime story, you're right. after all, we pretty much knew the who-done-it (or at least those that were involved) well before hand. but if you're viewing it as a detective profile, then i would definitely disagree.

Bi_3 · **Joined:** Wed April 20, 2016 7:11 pm **Posts:** 14216

Chris_H_2 wrote:

Anders wrote:

That's strange. I felt like nothing happened in the ending this season. It just sort of petered out.

i think if you're viewing this season as a crime story, you're right. after all, we pretty much knew the who-done-it (or at least those that were involved) well before hand. but if you're viewing it as a detective profile, then i would definitely disagree.

This.

Season 1’s plot was better, but Hayes is probably the series’s best character

Anders · **Posted:** Wed February 27, 2019 4:17 pm

Chris_H_2 wrote:

Anders wrote:

That's strange. I felt like nothing happened in the ending this season. It just sort of petered out.

i think if you're viewing this season as a crime story, you're right. after all, we pretty much knew the who-done-it (or at least those that were involved) well before hand. but if you're viewing it as a detective profile, then i would definitely disagree.

A bit depressing. An old detective working on the one case that haunted him, and now most of the people he knew are dead, and he’s senile. In the end he forgets why he ended up at the woman’s place.

epilogue · **Posted:** Wed February 27, 2019 4:42 pm

Bi_3 wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:

Anders wrote:

That's strange. I felt like nothing happened in the ending this season. It just sort of petered out.

i think if you're viewing this season as a crime story, you're right. after all, we pretty much knew the who-done-it (or at least those that were involved) well before hand. but if you're viewing it as a detective profile, then i would definitely disagree.

This.

Season 1’s plot was better, but Hayes is probably the series’s best character

I think S1's plot is the worst thing about the season. It's limp, obvious, and reliant on too much confidence. And that's when it isn't being purposely vague and incoherent.

Season 3 handled plot so much more effectively. Though, it still wasn't flawless, it was leaps and bounds better.

epilogue · **Posted:** Thu February 28, 2019 7:19 pm

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/t ... explained/

Pizzalato weighs in on fan theories.

Dev · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 11:46 pm **Posts:** 5585

Not sure how I felt about the last episode.

Chris_H_2 · **Posted:** Thu February 28, 2019 7:53 pm

Nic Pizzolatto wrote:

I do have a pretty serious crazy idea for another season.

epilogue · **Posted:** Thu February 28, 2019 8:30 pm

digster · **Joined:** Thu January 03, 2013 1:10 am **Posts:** 3839

Has this kind of narrative hook been used before, in terms of framing someone's battle with dementia in the guise of a detective story (i.e. trying to solve the case despite the hindrance of fading memory)? It seems like such an obvious narrative device for writers in the crime genre to employ, so I'm sure there's been great examples of it in the past, but ironically my mind is drawing a blank on it as well.

Bi_3 · **Joined:** Wed April 20, 2016 7:11 pm **Posts:** 14216

digster wrote:

Has this kind of narrative hook been used before, in terms of framing someone's battle with dementia in the guise of a detective story (i.e. trying to solve the case despite the hindrance of fading memory)? It seems like such an obvious narrative device for writers in the crime genre to employ, so I'm sure there's been great examples of it in the past, but ironically my mind is drawing a blank on it as well.

Memento was similar I suppose, but... shit... definitely something else. It’ll take a minute to...

Jammer XCI · **Posted:** Mon March 04, 2019 12:56 am

I think the ending of this season was really lackluster, but the preceeding 7 episodes and 40-ish minutes of the 8th were great. Nice return to form after whatever the fuck the Colin Farrel and Vince Vaughn cringe fest was supposed to be.

Mickey · **Posted:** Mon March 11, 2019 4:14 am

Trash. Pizzalocker is an awful writer and it's only marginally saved by the phenomenal acting he gets.

contamination · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 8:02 pm **Posts:** 966

Mickey wrote:

Trash. Pizzalocker is an awful writer and it's only marginally saved by the phenomenal acting he gets.

Couldn't agree more. I can't believe I actually finished this. It was full of clichés, obvious, and just overall bad writing.

psychobain · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 2:47 pm **Posts:** 4204

https://consequence.net/2022/05/jodie-f ... -season-4/

Rangi Guy · **Posted:** Mon May 30, 2022 9:38 pm

I never watched season 3 - was it worth it?

tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Mon May 30, 2022 9:43 pm

Rangi Guy wrote:

I never watched season 3 - was it worth it?

I thought it was the worst of the bunch, but it got great reviews.

Mickey · **Posted:** Mon May 30, 2022 9:51 pm

It was by far the worst, I would skip it.

Interested in S4 only because it seems like Pizzolato is not very involved.

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36063

fuck yeah season 4

Mickey · **Posted:** Mon May 30, 2022 10:35 pm

Jodie Foster!

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