Omg, dude, not another fucking forum ... I got my hands full with this one. And I don't want to hear all the crying and whining about how "bad" the second season was. I, admittedly a member of a very small group, loved the second season as well ( for those who don't know, this is an "anthology" series like Fargo where each season is a completely unique story with new characters - so, no, it doesn't "ruin" the first if you don't like it ). It's what I call ( just made this up now ), the "false chronology error" whereby the order of things impacts your perception of them individually. If the second season came first, I believe it would have been well received. But since it wasn't the epic masterpiece of the first season, then it has to suck, right? The first season was a gem of extreme rare quality - something that SHOULD be hard to duplicate given its high art ( anyone guess the reference? anyone? ). The second season was great, Vince Vaughn was a demon, loved it - but yes, no, it was not as good as the first, which very few tv shows out there are as good as the first season of True Detective - so it's FALSE to compare the two. I ramble, sorry, but you hit a nerve, LOL.