A True Detective season two parable for the 24 fan.
This article contains zero spoilers for 24: Legacy.
It contains big spoilers for True Detective season two, but you should be thanking me for that.
24: Legacy Episode 3
The trauma ofa botched train station missionstill pains me.
When I hear so much as a choo-choo I relapse into that overcast California afternoon all those years ago.
Ill never forget what the finale ofTrue Detectiveseason two did to me.
What it did to Colin.
What it made all of us FEEL.
We put up with all this brooding nonsense, took it seriously, only to be gut-punched.
Never again, I said.
The train scene in tonights episode of24: Legacyawakened something in me.
Do you know how I know that?
Farrells Ray Velcoro is the wonderful fuckup whose time runs out before he could make it right.
That, my friends, is a feat.
I follow the plot threads easy enough.I dont needSlateto explain it to me.
We are of course more forgiving of a Fox show than the big budget, 8-episode HBO anthology.
Even in this seasons general meh-ness, they still master a tone somewhere in-between highbrow and camp.
I stuck aroundTDS2hoping all the loose threads tied into some mind-blowing tapestry.
Rating:
0.5 out of 5
