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Our Baby Diaper of God said:
I've been hearing good things about the new season of True Detective.

I only ever watched the first season - and loved it. But I remember hearing the second season wasn't great and didn't have HBO at the time any way; then, never got around to watching S03 either.

So, as an anthology series, I don't need any of the other seasons to enjoy S04, correct?

As well, would anyone make an argument that season 2/3 are a good watch?
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There’s a smalll Easter egg call back from season 3 to season 1 but other than some of the pervasive imagery between the seasons they are all completely independent of each other. Season 2 took place in California and is better than it got credit for but it wasn’t as good as the first season. Season 3 was great though it ends in a bit of an anti climactic sort of way.

The new season is even less connected than the previous 3 in that it was conceived and written by Issa Lopez which means the mastermind behind the first three seasons Nic Pizzolatto isn’t involved on the creative side of things.
 
It's funny seeing the internet speculation machine spin up with the new season of True Detective. If there's anything I've taken away from 1 and 3 (I'm going to hazard a rewatch of 1, and might tack 2 on as some people vouch for its messiness), it's that the supernatural stuff is always a red herring, and the wide-flung conspiracy stuff will be moot as the Powers That Be will always evade consequence. You can figure out the truth of what happened, but it's always synecdoche for the larger rot of evil; justice isn't guaranteed, and the best you can do is make peace with the past and figure out how to live with the present.

But maybe I'm wrong and Samuel L. Jackson will unite all four True Detectives under a single initiative.
 
Bull Shannon said:
It's funny seeing the internet speculation machine spin up with the new season of True Detective. If there's anything I've taken away from 1 and 3 (I'm going to hazard a rewatch of 1, and might tack 2 on as some people vouch for its messiness), it's that the supernatural stuff is always a red herring, and the wide-flung conspiracy stuff will be moot as the Powers That Be will always evade consequence. You can figure out the truth of what happened, but it's always synecdoche for the larger rot of evil; justice isn't guaranteed, and the best you can do is make peace with the past and figure out how to live with the present.

But maybe I'm wrong and Samuel L. Jackson will unite all four True Detectives under a single initiative.
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The laugh was for the quip at the end not the whole take. While I agree with your statement completely, I will say if they wanted to pivot and open things up further into the supernatural/unexplained this season would be a good place to do it. I don’t think it would go full X-Files but they could expand the grey area a bit more with this season.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
The laugh was for the quip at the end not the whole take. While I agree with your statement completely, I will say if they wanted to pivot and open things up further into the supernatural/unexplained this season would be a good place to do it. I don’t think it would go full X-Files but they could expand the grey area a bit more with this season.
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It's like a gritty version of Twin Peaks where each season is its own separate Blue Rose case.
 
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