The mystery has me hooked, that's for sure. The dialogue leaves a lot to be desired. The scene with Jodie Foster and the younger cop going over the evidence where she kept saying "wrong question" and he would say "okay" and try again felt particularly rough to me. They can also pump the brakes on the sex scenes, they're not going to get another viral Daddario style clip out of this cast. Though I do support Jodie Foster getting it from everyone in Ennis that she wants it from.
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The giant frozen ball of corpses is a pretty cool, fucked up set piece. And I love how they just park it in the ice rink with the entire fuckin' town stopping by to peep at it at different times.
I don't know. Maybe I'm being extra harsh on it in my head for cosplaying as True Detective. If this had been truncated, called Cold Town Murder and aired on Lifetime as a movie I'd probably think it was fine, even leaning towards surprising me. But it wasn't, it flew a banner that still kinda meant something.
A few things really made me laugh.
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That damn slowed down, dramatic version of Twist and Shout literally made me lol. The reveal that the scientists basically said "hello yes is this the mine? we are requiring more pollution, faster." And then of course the whole scene with the cleaning ladies sweeping Tsalal like a fucking strike team.
I really liked the Rose character, maybe only because she was used so sparingly.
From the jump I was just hoping for something other than Wind River wearing a spooky hat, but that's basically what I got.
I would hate to be the reason someone didn't finish something they wound up enjoying but I don't have a lot of good to say about it. Plus episode 4 was by far the worst episode in the entire run so I don't think you would watch it and then be like "hell yeah." Episodes 1, 5 and 6 were all that mattered.
Enjoy some tunes from the finale.
Edit: Since posting this I've discovered that this is now a cultural battleground and I may just not like this season because I'm an incel.
