Night Country – True Detective

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DCI B True Detective has been one of my favorite shows - until Night Country. Great premise and atmosphere but that's where it ends. The show starts with two capable actors who are completely unlikable - and that means you don't care about them or anything they do. Checkbox #1 - all female leads that are better at their jobs than all the males around them and belittle the men at every oportunity. Kali Reis is good but you can't take your eyes off those distracting studs in her cheeks - in every scene. Jodie Foster doesn't have the acting range to play this character and comes off as mean, stern and unlikable. Then comes the car conversation where her 'daughter' gets in trouble at school. Checkbox #2 for a crime drama and it's OLD. The daughter is native indian and doesn't resemble Foster in the slightest so you're left wondering what relation this girl is to Foster. Adopted maybe? I guess we're just supposed to accept this odd pairing without thinking about it. Either way, Foster doesn't have the range to come off like a parent in any way, so it's just not believable for a second. And of course (checkbox #3) the daugher is lesbian. Just couldn't be bothered with the rest of the show after the initial tired old setup. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/25 Full Review João F Great idea, themes, and setting, but poorly executed. Good to have female leads, but the characters are unfortunately shallow and unlikeable. The story has too many plot holes and for the most part is boring and predictable. Can't belive critics rated this higher than season 1. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/08/25 Full Review Brad M Who writes this crap? The story was absolutely ridiculous. I can't even remember how many times I rolled my eyes and put my palm to my forehead. Only 6 episodes but felt like twelve. Terrible. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/04/25 Full Review Casey M I can't get past the idea that scientists overseeing an inordinately expensive facility/operation succeed in excavating alien DNA from ancient ice that could cure all diseases, and that's not the story. Imagine "Avengers" where they ignore Thanos and instead use their powers to solve a wordle. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/02/25 Full Review Stefano A Aimless and very lazy writing makes for a very thin plot. The original creators set out to make a procedural detective where every story line, clue, and element lead up to something (see season one). Night Country is filled to the brim with elements that ultimately don't contribute to the final resolution with the finale just being an exposition that could have happenned at any point and it wouldn't change the outcome of any of the plot devices that were set up. In other words, the lack of an internal consistency or logic fails to make up for the great acting on behalf of the protagonists. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/25 Full Review Rick D The various seasons of True Detective have all had their exciting and compelling moments, along with moments when they seem to be trying to hard. S1 burst onto the scene with a tremendous first episode, and while the season continued very well, the climax wasn't quite as big as one had hoped. S2 was a big disappointment for many fans. I found it good compared to most police series, but it had the ill luck to be compared to S1. S3 recovered ground lost by S2, but it did lose its momentum toward the end. S4, like the previous seasons, is loaded with star talent. Foster is fabulous back in the genre that propelled her to the top 30+ years ago. We are presented with a baffling murder in E1 and a mess of suspects, police, and side stories. This series spends a good deal of its time treating with indigenous culture, zealotry in science, spirituality, communing with the deceased, and general psychological dysfunction by pretty much every character. Feels like the season tried to take on a few too many things, and lost its traction a bit. The revelations of the final episode are, to be blunt, very difficult to believe. Two great secrets are revealed, and neither really makes much sense. A great murder mystery (see Gosford Park) simply reveals things that were there to be seen all along. Night Country does something very different: pulling solutions far afield from anything the previous five episodes had been considering. That's...not very good writing. So, the finale was disappointing, but it's still a series worth watching, if only for the dynamics of the two leads. And Fiona Shaw and John Hawke. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/30/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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