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Grizzly crime plus screwed up cops is a formula for fun and crazy TV. The Brits have been masters of this recipe for years (see Luther, Marcella, Broadchurch, et al.). Take one or more horrifying murders with strewn body parts, ritualistic symbolism, and a freaked out public. Add in one or more detectives (who are almost as wacko as the killer!) trying to solve an impossible case before said killer kills again (because they will) while f**cked up cop also is forced (or not) to reconcile their own sordid past of mean parents, dead parents, their own bad parenting with their own kids (it’s always about mom and dad!), or unsolved cases from their past that haunt and repress and overwhelm to the point of barely being able to hold down this last chance of a job before being kicked off the force for good. Mix them together and you have a murder mystery and psychological case study cocktail that might result in two to three seasons on a streamer, a few Emmy nods, and maybe a TV movie!
Well, we have all that for you in this episode of What We Watch When We Drink as we check out the first episode of all four seasons of the anthology series True Detective which airs on HBO or Max or HBO Max or something along those lines. Four not-so-buddy cop crime dramas with all-star casts each season which follow the above script.
And we individually pair each episode with some kind of adult beverage. Grotesque crimes require alcohol, and not just to burn/dispose of the bodies. We’re just doing our job and God’s work here, Ma’am.
Grab a dram and sink into Episode 44 of the What We Watch When We Drink podcast on the BoozeDancing Entertainment Network. And be sure to keep the lights on.
