That is really all I have to say about the season finale of HBO's "True Detective".
I am not going to discuss the finale at all here, there are still people that have not seen it here or overseas. But honestly this is one of the best things I have seen on American TV in a long, long time.
Not only were Matthew McConaughey (Det. Rustin "Rust" Cohle) and Woody Harrelson (Det. Martin "Marty" Hart) fantastic, they were the best I can ever remember seeing them.
The story pulled you in and kept you in till the end. Honestly I kinda want to rewatch it just to make sure I caught everything.
It is one of the best "Southern Gothic" stories I have seen in a long time, and I will admit to having a soft spot in my heart for this genre. It was not just Noir-ish cop drama, although it works as that too, there is an undercurrent of pure darkness here that should disturb any rational thinking person.
A lot has been made of the "Lovecraftian" (ok really "Chambersian") uses of "Carcosa" and "The King in Yellow". The fact that it was all steeped in hard reality and not some mythic world made it even more terrifying. It certainly makes any other use of Carcosa seem pale and immature in comparison. Seriously.
This would make such a fantastic Call of Cthlhu adventure it staggers my mind to think about how cool it could be. Horror, even 'Lovecraftian' horror, does not have to be about the monsters from beyond. Especially if the monsters in the bayou or the local church school work well enough.
If you have not had the chance, check out the companion website, http://darknessbecomesyou.com/
If that is not enough then listen to the title song ("theme song" seems wrong). Haunting.
I am very surprised that something unseated American Horror Story as my favorite show of 2014.
I enjoyed it as well. I'm may ways it's fairly conventional stuff at its core in terms of "cops after a serial killer" but the execution was top notch. I guess I can see why someone wouldn't like the finale, but I found it satisfying.
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