TV Episodes You Have Just Watched

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Yesterday I watched the first two episodes of True Detective season 3, and I'm really liking it so far. It seems like they went back to the formula from the first season that worked so well, which is good because season 2 sucked and I was worried for season 3. I really like Mahershala Ali as the new lead, he's captivating and I find his voice to be very soothing and almost hypnotic. I also like Stephen Dorff as his partner, they play well off each other.

Me too , it was good , a real slow burner. Stephen Dorff ! ! I didn't recognize him , it was bugging me.

Yeah he was in some popular movies when I was a teenager/young adult and then seemed to disappear for a while so I almost didn't recognize him either. I'm glad he's back, I'm liking him in this show. I also like Scoot McNairy, he was really good in Halt & Catch Fire.

Had to google Scoot , I only remember seeing him in Monsters. They always suspect the father , is it a red herring or not

I recognize lots of actors because I watch A LOT of tv and movies. Like, I think I might have a problem.

That's not a problem imo , the TV is always on in my house (Tidelands at the mo - don't bother ). I'm usually pretty good with faces , my GF is practically face blind , I wonder if it's contagious

I would be more worried if I didn't have any other interests and watching tv was ALL I did all day, but I also like to read and listen to music so I think I'm OK.

I don't think it's going to be the dad in TD--statistically when someone goes missing or is killed it's more likely to be someone close to the victim than a stranger, which is why cops' attention goes there immediately, but it would be too easy an explanation for a tv show so I doubt they will go there. The first person a show will direct you to suspect is almost always a red herring so they can pull out a twist later. The only exceptions are the double twist, where they introduce suspicion for one person, then surprise you by going in another direction, then there's the double twist at the last minute where it turns out it was the first person after all. Not sure if they will go for the single or the double twist ending, we'll have to wait and see.

One thing I do suspect is that the reason the parents split up is that the mom had an affair with her cousin who was staying with them before and left just before the couple split up. Also he's the one who drilled the hole in the boy's closet wall so he could watch the little sister undress--unless the hole goes to the parents' room in which case he wanted to watch his cousin. Either explanation for the peephole in the closet is pretty gross.

True Detective: Season 3.

Watched the first two episodes. Anyone noticed when the two detectives were going through the house of the missing children, one picked up a book called The Forests Of Leng? For the uninitiated, that's a Lovecraft reference.

Ha! I noticed him looking at the books and meant to go back and pause on that to see what books they were, but by the end of the episode I had forgotten about it. Thank you for filling in that blank for me.

What do you think is the significance of that particular book/author? I'm not really familiar with Lovecraft so I don't know what it's supposed to indicate in the context of the show.

Lovecraft had borrowed the King in Yellow, and Carcosa from Chamberlain, both of which were major themes in the first series, so I imagine there's some sort of connection.

Hmmmm....it will be interesting to see how. I definitely have better hopes so far for season 3 than I did early in season 2.

Thanks for the explanation.

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I don't do much but TV and here. I need to diversify or at least that's what I'm advised , I'm fine with this lifestyle at the moment.

After reading what you just wrote , I realised I can't of been giving it my full attention ( probably posting here ) as I don't remember the peep hole ( I'll have to watch it again ).

I remember laughing out loud when Brett Woodard was interrogated and Roland West asks him if he likes kids , his answer "What the f***s the right answer to that?!"

I think it's OK to watch lots of tv, I don't think it necessarily "rots your brain" like they used to say when I was a kid--I think it really depends on what kind of stuff you watch. There's lots of informative and inspirational (and even instructional) stuff out there. It can even be practically useful if you count things like Youtube videos: for example, I used Youtube videos to teach myself how to adjust the brakes on my bicycle and how to replace an inner tube in the tire. So it really depends on the quality of what you're watching, imo.

In regards to the peephole: Hays found it when he was first searching the boy's room, when he looked in the closet. He noticed what looked like sawdust on the baseboard when he turned the light on, and that led him to the peephole that had been cut in the wall of the closet. He looked into it, but the camera didn't show us where the peephole looks into yet. I don't remember if we were shown previously to that what room is next to the boy's room. I think we're not supposed to know yet who was peeping and what/whom they were peeping at.

Yeah, when in that sort of interrogation, in the context of children being missing, there doesn't seem to be a good answer to that question from an angry cop. It's an entrapping sort of question--West probably thought of it as fishing, but I agree with Woodard that it's not really fair and there's no right way to answer. They do want to push someone emotionally though, when they are questioning them, to see how they react to emotional situations, get an idea for how stable they are. You need to needle them a little to see how they react to pressure, because if he's the perp he might start to crack and let things slip if you can get him riled up. That's probably what the cops were going for.

EDIT: Looking at this comment of mine, I wonder if perhaps I watch too many police procedurals.

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I love youtube for fixing things , I'm a visual learner so it's perfect.

That still doesn't jog my memory , I must have been really engrossed in WP ( no suprise there )

I understand that type of policing. My GF is a huge fan of murder / serial killers / miscarriage of justice documentaries so I know some of the techniques used and how vulnerable people will admit to crimes they haven't done - bizarre.

Is that last bit a reference to Making a Murderer? If she hasn't seen it yet, recommend that one to your gf. If she likes those kinds of documentaries she will probably like that show, it was pretty good.