The TV Show Thread *Possible Spoilers*

[JPolen01]

And now i'm completely up to speed. Meh. I'll keep watching, I guess.

Not calling you out, but just an observation on my travels through the True Detective Reddit forum.



/Rant

Thank you! This is exactly what I have been saying to people complaining. The best way to explain it is that True Detective does a show the correct way unlike every other show out there. They use the beginning to build the characters and give you so much information on their backstory/history so that you can see what drives their decision making in the present time. An opposite strategy of this was seen in Lost - so much action right from the start. They constantly had to flashback (so much that it was confusing at times) to give the character backstory. It got so convoluted switching between the current and past (and future) it was difficult to really see character development.

Maybe we just enjoy shows where you have to actually think and put things together on your own. I enjoy learning about the character's history - it lets you peak into their mind and understand why they make decisions they do.