I finally got around to checking out the movie キュア (Kyua) or in English Cure. Obviously since is from Japan and not set in America some elements that made me compare it to TD Season 1.
There’s mystery in the cases they’re investigating, some hints of a cult, and we explore some very derelict and unsettling locations. There’s bit of “buddy cop” aspect as well. I know
True Detective (at least what we know of) wasn’t inspired off this film but but I just wanted to point out how it felt like True Detective in a way but set in 🇯🇵 and is a movie not a tv/mini-series. Would love to see more foreign films or tv shows that have more* True Detectiv*e feel and am an American that doesn’t mind reading subtitles as dubbing for me feel too distracting.

i dropped the show after s1 because it felt like i was moving on too fast. i watched like 3 other detective tv shows and finally got onto s2 this week.

i wouldn't compare it to s1 or claim that it should be just as good. i appreciate things for what they're made to be, not what they were expected to be, hence many may disagree and call s1 the only masterpiece in cinema, but in my perspective that's not true.

s2 is also well made. i wasn't aware rachel would play in it, so that was an amazing surprise, she did really great and as a girl it was nice to finally see a woman admit her disadvantage in her specific field of work. people just create reckless female detectives and make them look unbeatable, but bezzerides owned her shit. i also loved frank's relationship with his wife. jordan is very mature, patient and smart, unlike typical hysterical wives on TV.

i think paul woodrugh is a complex character and probably my favourite. he tried his best to do what's right for himself in his environment, he had no space for expression, which shows that freedom of expression is a privilege. the season itself is extremely miserable and depressing, especially the paternity test and the fact that chad never truly showed any valuable affection towards his dad. i felt so bad for velcoro, he loved him so dearly and chad was just...there. this season was like proof of what marty said to rust in the last scene:

rust: "we didn't get them all."

marty: "and we ain't gonna get 'em all, that ain't what kind of world it is. but we got ours."

it simply proves how fucked up our world will be for eternity.