"Simpy"
That's a fun word that's new to me. Thanks!

If the Vanity Fair interview is any indication, then Pizzolatto always thinks he's cute.

The Spanish Prisoner comes to mind, now that you mention it.

"Jordan's insides were a rocky place where my seed could find no purchase….."

Not to be snarky, but all it tells me is that Nic P. trawled Google a bit for some quasi-literary references.

I'm having a tough time engaging with the narrative…though I'm only one episode in. The editing is fantastically choppy and rushed, and the camera's constantly jumping around, with almost no close-ups. The whole thing's cut together like one of those 'last-episode' summaries (i.e. "Previously on Lost.")

Hey! "There's no bandwidth for that right now…."

Exposition in moderation I can handle, but this episode was relentless, and treated me like an idiot.

They heard the first season was good….

Early on, Anderson's performance reminded me of Brent Spiner as Dr. Noonien Soong. Once it hit me, it was a tough image to shake. (Though it does explain Data's thoughts about oral hygiene.)

I think that's a fair assessment. On its own, this season is an above average…probably way above average…police procedural, neo-noir, hardboiled detective character study. Slow to build but increasingly compelling. And we're only four episodes in….

More David Morse.

It's not that Paul's not allowed to be uncomfortable, but rather the way True Detective, a genre show full of cliches and well-worn tropes, attempts to leverage Paul's discomfort for dramatic weight. Within the context of this specific type of narrative, it struck me as hokey, lazy writing, and almost trivializes an…

If you're on the fence about watching this, pull up the compilations of his commercials floating around Youtube. Took me about 30 seconds to realize I'd found a new favorite.

Tom Selleck is pilfering water from Burns Pacific?

You're thinking of 'The X-Files.'

Fred Ward is a great actor, and all.

That single line bought my interest in the fourth episode.

So maybe that headline, "CHP Solicits Sex for Letting Lacey Lindel Off", is a nod to screenwriter Damon Lindelof, of Lost fame (another show with Daddy issues.)

Like Ray said, "we all get the porn we deserve."