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SPOILER for the following episodes...

He survives. There are set photos of him in scenes that are obviously not flashbacks. There is even a picture of him in bandages.
 
Hard to imagine the lead actor dies at the end of episode 2, but it was still a pretty surprising twist. Chris Robinson with a shotgun is definitely a creepy looking dude..
 
Mrs. Garrison said:
If the guy was wearing body armor underneath his clothes its possible he survives with some broken bones and had the wind knocked out of him.
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I get that, but we're talking about a killer (apparently) who burned out his previous victim's eyes and then castrated him via shotgun (blew a gaping hole in his groin is probably a better way of putting it). And we're saying that out of 2 shots, the second of which was ostensibly the kill shot, he aimed both for the center body mass? Where, conveniently, his intended victim was amply protected by a vest? I mean. I know this is fiction and all but this isn't some banger with a sawed off. It's a calculating killer wearing a bird mask. Big difference imo.

I get - and agree - that the main character can't be dying on us already. But hell man they could at least make the thing a bit more plausible.
 
gvox said:
I get that, but we're talking about a killer (apparently) who burned out his previous victim's eyes and then castrated him via shotgun (blew a gaping hole in his groin is probably a better way of putting it). And we're saying that out of 2 shots, the second of which was ostensibly the kill shot, he aimed both for the center body mass? Where, conveniently, his intended victim was amply protected by a vest? I mean. I know this is fiction and all but this isn't some banger with a sawed off. It's a calculating killer wearing a bird mask. Big difference imo.

I get - and agree - that the main character can't be dying on us already. But hell man they could at least make the thing a bit more plausible.
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They could be trying to send someone a message by not killing him, messing him up pretty bad instead. He did ask his superior if they really wanted him to solve the case afterall. It wouldn't make much sense for him to go into the guys house without a bullet proof vest honestly. I don't know just grasping for straws here i guess.
 
There is some super clunky dialogue in these episodes that really takes me out of the show. In the second episode, the whole e-cigarette conversation in the car, and in this last episode, the whole "apoplectic" scene in the bar. This dialogue just feels so written and not of the characters speaking it. It made sense in season 1 when McConaughey's character spoke like that because it was perfectly in line with who his character was. (And, conversely, they didn't have Harrelson's character speak like that.)

I feel like they think (with the dialogue) because they did it a certain way in the first season, they think they have to make this second season the same, even if it's forced. Which ultimately, for me, makes it feel fake.

Other than that, I am enjoying the second season so far. Farrell and McAdams are my favorite characters. I don't like Vaughn and I think he's out of his depths on this show.


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Nothing about the first three episodes has interested me beyond how hilariously awful some of the dialogue is.


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I stopped watching this after one episode but keep on reading this thread because the reactions are hilarious. Not really overly concerned about spoilers, honestly.
 
The writing in this show is abysmal. Also was in season 1. This season is also severely lacking in the stronger sense of mystery and episodic structure the first season had. Still, I'm enjoying it to a degree. It's still fun in a trashy way.
 
At least Episode 3 seemed like it was made by human beings and had some life to it. I'll keep watching because this is, weirdly, kind of my genre (crime), and I want to see how this all turns out, in the meta sense.

Also, Vince Vaughn is a terrible actor. As punishment, he should give me that house.
 
also, you guys, it seems like Woodrugh really does have a case of the gay.

the homophobia, the interest in the male prostitutes (who say they can do women with the right motivation and blue pills), chugging beer with his war buddy and their vague conversation that could maybe be about PTSD or maybe about reparative therapy all at an approved male-centric bonding activity meant to facilitate healthy heterosexual male relationships in men who have difficulty with such things, a description of Iraq that sounds kinda like ol' Brokeback.

guys, this is all textbook closet behavior

which is fine with me.
 
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Right. I guess you missed me giving props to Oregoropa on page 21 for calling that. The CHP dude definitely had an intimate moment with his war buddy that he didn't wish to discuss any further. Oregoropa mentioned the CHP dude needing Viagra to get it up for his lady and not wanting to stick around afterward. I initially wasn't sure if that was the case, but episode 3 confirmed it.
 
MrPryck2U said:
Right. I guess you missed me giving props to Oregoropa on page 21 for calling that. The CHP dude definitely had an intimate moment with his war buddy that he didn't wish to discuss any further. Oregoropa mentioned the CHP dude needing Viagra to get it up for his lady and not wanting to stick around afterward. I initially wasn't sure if that was the case, but episode 3 confirmed it.
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I guess I did, sorry. I didn't want to read this thread before I saw the episode because spoilers and just threw a few thoughts in here at the end.
 
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