# True Detective - HBO - McConaughey / Harrelson \[SPOILERS\]

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**Created:** [June 11, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-detective-hbo-mcconaughey-harrelson-spoilers/660697 "2013-06-11T03:43:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2014, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-detective-hbo-mcconaughey-harrelson-spoilers/660697/490 "2014-07-25T15:44:16Z")

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> [@Absinthe\_Anecdote](#):
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> I’ll go along with this a tiny bit. The ending in relation to the killer became less interesting, but it wasn’t central to the story line to me, at all.
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> I thought it was more about Marty and Russ resolving the bad blood between them and becoming friends again.
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> There was a good story being told that made it worth while.
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> If you are a middle age man that has been through a divorce, chances are you identified with Marty on some level.

Which is exactly why the last two episodes were so disappointing. The story you describe took a back seat to police procedural and a fucking shootout.

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