That was actually a relief for me… forget the pent up angst he's feeling… at some point, (a drunken stupor in this case) there must be a sense of true-ness to this detective… this puts his conflict front and center… not in the past… hence all the rage bubbling under the surface… I thought it was a good twist that made…

That was actually a relief for me… forget the pent up angst he's feeling… at some point, (a drunken stupor in this case) there must be a sense of true-ness to this detective… this puts his conflict front and center… not in the past… hence all the rage bubbling under the surface… I thought it was a good twist that made…

The cavity line really put me off… What is intimidating about that? Upon reflection… I'm thinking cavities sneak up on you, teeth rot from the inside out if you are not attentive… I think in this instance cavity is to tooth what "the mystery person" is to Franks organization… now he has to root out the cavity and make…

The cavity line really put me off… What is intimidating about that? Upon reflection… I'm thinking cavities sneak up on you, teeth rot from the inside out if you are not attentive… I think in this instance cavity is to tooth what "the mystery person" is to Franks organization… now he has to root out the cavity and make…

Ya, it's the same speech each time really… you bought my "insert business name here" but you need me to manage things so imma take a percentage anyway. I think it's more about him getting a feel for who is and isn't still intimidated… But they could have done it all in a montage or something… Keeping in mind these…

The baby stuff is crucial… See the wife represents the "legit" life… bit THAT relationship can not produce anything… making it the ultimate irony. Add to that the idea that he "never knew what to do with the money" and you have a man who got where he is seemingly without any sort of direction beyond… survive, (He's…

I agree about the Vaughn thing I think there's two reasons…
1. Frank Semyon is a very intriguing character so I want to see him
2. What I'm seeing (early on) as awkwardness… is easier to watch when you view the character as "uncomfortable" and "unsure" of everything. as he unravels he is much better which makes the…

1. It seems they end episodes well
2. The shootout was exciting, but I'm not a fan of the everyone is dead now outcome
3. Paul was actually involved in an interesting story twist finally… this was Taylor best perfpormance so far
4. I loved the eyes on the table cloth as well as Franks reaction
5. I think the Mayor set the…

I agree the outrage is disproportional… and if indeed people believed "black lives matter" less black people would be shooting each other. However, this does not change the fact that authorities shoot black people so frequently… they are "authorities" acting the same as the thugs… and your response is simply well, why…

"He's just not cut out for a believable scary ass mob boss or whatever" I think the saving grace in that is that Frank is NOT at this time a scary Mob boss… he used to be, and now he's a man with an identity crisis. Not sure how… or if… he can really BE anything anymore…

I miss her.

probably so he'll stop circling the wading pool for their loose change…

I think you are kinda right… there is a dynamic at play between the detectives (Rust and and Marty) in season one that transcended the story and captivated us. Here we are presented with equally damaged characters but the dynamics are completely different and the format (presentation style of the narrative) is changed…

No… the scene in the titty bar when he bumps into the angry cop (Paul) on his way in to the meeting with the gangstas…

A good woman mitigates our base-est tendencies - Frank Semyon

Ray is Colin Ferrell… Frank is Vince Vaughn

The scene where Paul and Frank bump is the first time Vaughn comes across as (at all) imposing… he's big… he dwarfs the angry aggressive soldier cop character… barely nudges and responds with a dead pan stare… very well done… then as he waddles off remember it's Vince Vaughn and he's back to square one.

"stridency" was also out of place in the convo…

Just show me that some of the successful young black men on the show are not complete idiots… Sexism is fine… it exists as does racism and so characters will display these traits… some more than others and I'll like or dislike them accordingly… The offensive thing is if they fail to portray any of the successful black…

You're probably right, though I think he's getting more comfortable as the series goes on… The scene you mention though is one requiriing a comedic timing and delivery dripping with Sarcasm… this is about as "in his wheel house" True Detective will get. I do think by the end of it, I won't be so critical of him… I…