See, I can understand making the characters the focus of the show. Without good characters, plots rarely have as much of a payoff, since you really don't give two shits about the world and the people trapped inside it. But the characters are too stereotypical. I thought they'd take a subversive route, try and make them a little more deep than what a veteran audience to these cop dramas would expect, but no, they're pretty much who you think they are.
Which wouldn't be so bad if this was a new writer or on like network TV. But it's True Detective S2. If it wasn't, we'd be more likely to give it a pass. At least the execution hasn't been totally horrendous, though it's come close. Firth-Farell is practically self-aware that he's in a show where everyone is as confused as he is. I wouldn't be surprised if later on it was revealed that the cast was kept in the dark as to where the plot was going as they were being filmed.
