WOW!
HBO does it again with this detective series - or is it more of a mini-series? - (10 episodes) that spans a few decades as it tells the story of two detectives trying to solve the murder of a woman. The mystery is very compelling as it had me up in the wee hours of the night to watch it - saying just one more episode - just one more episode then I'll go to bed. Moody, beautifully shot and wonderfully acted. Television over the years has slowly become so much better than movies.
Ultimately this show is a character study of Harrelson and McConaughey's characters. What a wonderfully, complex sort of characters these two detectives are and they become wholly fleshed out by the two actors playing them. This is without doubt some of the best work of both of these actors as their acting and output into these detectives balanced out the murder mystery both were trying to solve. As the mystery deepens so does the complexity of the detectives, which says a lot of the writers of this story as they invested as much into the characters as they did into the mystery. They had a good hook of the mystery but didn't let it overshadow the characters in the show - unlike some desperate housewives or lost people. Good characters can make anything compelling but good characters mixed a good story line make everything even that much better. I really got involved in the story line. It was strange and was everything I look forward to in a good murder mystery with little or no loose ends not tied up by the end of the show.
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