True Detective (TV Series) The Hour and the Day (2019) User Reviews

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[formotog · 8/10 · 11 June 2020]

This was very good. Finally the pace is starting to pick up and a hell of a lot happened this episode. The acting has been absolutely top notch by all involved, and I'm really liking the butterfly effect approach this season has taken, as well as its investigative nature into the psychologies of all the characters. The dialogue in this show is absolutely brilliant. The date scene between Wayne and Amelia has to be possibly the most well written date scene I've ever seen. Some parts of this episode even made me laugh. Genuinely some really really fantastic writing. It was still slow and there were some drags in the episode, but we are definitely making plot progression. One thing I should say is that I'm not overly invested in finding out the truth. Maybe it's because not enough has been done to reveal just how twisted a crime this is, unlike season one. Season one showed us how monstrous the atrocities were, but this season, it just seems to be a fairly standard murder. The fear factor isn't there, I think that might be the main thing holding this season back.

Low 8

Good episode, but nothing memorable

[851222 · 8/10 · 2 February 2019]

Greetings from Lithuania.

"The Hour and the Day", 4 th episode of season 3 was a god and solid episode, but it wasn't amazing or anything like it. I mean the story is kinda moving forward, acting is very good as usual, setting, cinematography, directing are all first rate. But it wasn't very memorable episode, well except of the ending which kinda cheated a bit.

Overall, 5 th episode is now set very intriguing, and for that one i'm looking forward. This one was good, but nothing special.

piece by piece

[stefan-korcok · 8/10 · 28 January 2019]

It slowly becomes exciting as we are reach final episodes ...

One Hell of an Episode

[mpboylanjr-54038 · 10/10 · 28 January 2019]

Just Wow. This season has been great as the series has gotten back to its roots and what made it great in the first place. The two leads are exceptional with Dorff being the true surprise treat. This episode was engaging from the jump , and rolled straight until the cliff hanger end. The way they are weaving through the years is methodical and masterful. It doesn't confuse at all, and keeps the viewer informed every step of the way. My favorite episode so far !!

We're coming in!

[jericw16 · 10/10 · 28 January 2019]

Words can't describe how amazing this season is, and just how well put together this episode in particular was. I'm shivering, covered in goosebumps, that final scene was unbelievable. Episode 5 can't come soon enough!

Great episode that did not need that set up ending

[philipposx-12290 · 28 January 2019]

5 years ago, True Detective Season 1 delivered one of the finest episodes in Television history, Episode 4, "Who Goes There", and so every following TD season episode 4 has to somehow come close to it.

"The Hour and the Day" does not reach that level, of course not, but it is the best episode of the show so far. Mahershala Ali perfectly balances his character in all three lifespans, though the storyline of the oldest of his still comes across as a bit unclear and a bit unfocused, maybe we're gonna see more of that in the future. This episode spend a lot time on the relationship between him ad his wife, so we got to see them team up, arguing and having sex in a comedically relief scene.

Otherwise the episode also touched on racism, and in a way reverse racism as both detectives tried to infiltrate a house in a poor village. I'd say that the episode did not need that extra 7 minutes, and shouldn't have ended with a sort of cliffhanger, as the set up action did not need to be in this episode in particular. That's something True Detective has always avoided for good reason.

Still, that's kinda nit picky. This was the best episode of the show so far, even if a bit slow, but we're getting there!

Tension is growing.

[mitchellribas · 10/10 · 28 January 2019]

You can actually feel now that what they accomplished at the exact same half (5th episode aprox) of the first season is coming in this season. The title says it all. Action is just around the corner and everything is starting to build up and i believe we are going to get an amazing last half of this season full of new clues and more details of the crime. The acting is so on point, people who have rated bad this season for now, the majority of them find the acting bad and the story boring and slow. It's their opinion and i respect that, but after watching the four first episodes you get to feel how the characters actually feel and the differences between each different year. I think we don't even know what's waiting for us spectators as like the first season, all of a sudden it just hits you with more and more surprises. I think this season is going to be an amazing one, i really hope so. Looking forward for more.

This script is insane !

[Vimukthi7 · 10/10 · 28 January 2019]

Now that we're halfway through, it's safer than ever to start looking forward to some real answers in the weeks to come.

Superb craft

[gelasma-1 · 10/10 · 9 August 2022]

I never liked season 2, which I thought was a terrible let down compared to season 1. But I love season 3 : superb acting and fantastic scenario. Having three different time lines without confusion is in itself quite an accomplishment, but each of the time lines (1980, 1990 and "now") has its own suspense, its own investigative momentum and dynamics, its own nuances - with the three being related of course. Quite a feast in scenario writing, really !

tension with confusion b2b

[stefan-korcok · 8/10 · 28 January 2019]

Still i have feeling it tries to imitate "the best" first season ! but it is grows as you wanna know who did that and probably we all will be surprised. it doesnt miss tension but i still have feeling it tries to be something it was already here...

This is the new Lost

[kuarinofu · 6/10 · 29 January 2019]

The structure of every episode after the pilot goes like this:

85% of the episode absolutely nothing happens.

Then in the last 15% they suddenly realize "oh yeah, we have a story to follow up on" and they give you another cliffhanger just so they don't lose your attention and make sure you come back.

So if you really want to enjoy this you can watch the last 15 minutes of each episode and you won't miss anything at all. I'm of course joking.

Seriously now, exploring the characters and their lives through these tragic events is one thing, but the way this is done here it's like watching as the water starts boiling for your pasta. Like come on, so many scenes are stretched out to infinity. After a 7 minutes long restaurant scene I really asked myself "do they even edit their footage at all"?

Why not have both the plot movement and the characters discovery. Why does it have to be one or the other.

Season one had both and wasn't this excruciatingly slow.

I just don't understand why if they already had chosen such storytelling structure can't they at least make it a little more dynamic.

I was waiting for the follow up on the Trash Man wondering if they did forgot about him and surprisingly enough they did wake me up with something actually happening and it was the follow up I waited for. Brilliant. I really hope the ending will redeem this since I can't see myself coming back and re-watching this later.

So far slightly better than season 2 but it's definitely not like Woody and Mathew.

[panos0000 · 6/10 · 29 January 2019]

I believe that they should have given the leading role to steven dorff he's amazing in the show.Alis performance in my opinion is really overrated and overacted.His character and his wife are completely uninteresting and their conversations are really long and boring.Also the childrens murder mystery so far isnt as intriguing as whe have hoped for after waiting 4 years.A return to form for true detective season 3 but keep your expectations low and don't compare it to the excellent first season.

Season 1 > Season 3 > Season 2

[dougmacdonaldburr · 5/10 · 20 February 2019]

Season 1 of True Detective is one of the best TV shows I have ever seen. I loved everything about it. The second season was a mess. It had some good moments but I didn't like it very much. This third season is a mixed bag. I think it probably is better than the second season, but not by much, and it is not even close to being as good as the first season. Here are my issues with it. There is way too much of Wayne and Amelia. Their story is boring and I find her kind of annoying. Wayne is kind of dull, but, I don't mind him too much. He is okay when him and Roland are doing police work. There should be more about that. The case of the missing children is not nearly as interesting as the serial killers in season 1. They also really don't cover the police work that much. There are some moments of forced political correctness too. It is kind of slow. As I write all this out I realise I really don't like it that much. I am happy to watch it, but, it is still not great. Season 2 was like a car crash. Bad but in an interesting way. This season it is like they took some of the best ideas from season 1. Then watered it down into a less interesting politically correct rip off of it.

The Hour and the Day

[bobcobb301 · 6/10 · 7 March 2019]

I think they are purposely giving us a few reveals here and there by design, but it is just not hooking me in the same way the show used to.

Stop chasing the guy too. Shouldn't these people have learned by now?

Some honesty included

[silverton-37959 · 7/10 · 25 October 2022]

In every series HBO has made, there has been at least a little wokery in depicting race relations. In this series, especially in the previous episode, there's some honesty. Purple's attitudes toward race shows that he is prone to putting his guard up when nobody is punching at him. He is preemptively defensive (and even aggressive at times) toward his partner over what he suspects is racial animosity.

The fact that he isn't that way toward those in his chain of command who are openly dismissive of his talents shows that he goes on the offensive with his partner as though he knows that there is nothing there. He wants to accuse everyone of being a KKK member, but he only feels safe doing so with the one man he can trust. Roland endures Purple's attacks on his integrity, though he does at least tell Purple that he's wrong.

This episode establishes the solidity of their relationship, and reveals further the corruption of the DA, Gerald Kindt. Kindt is definitely involved in covering for the killer, and not just dedicated to covering his wrongful prosecution. He's trying to prevent a retrial, but not for the reason that is more apparent.

Very very very slow and boring

[confidential-67897 · 1/10 · 29 January 2019]

So I somehow managed to make it through 4 episodes of this series, but that's it. It's just 2 cops mumbling to each other in a car for 60 mins each episode.

Total garbage.

Slow... think i´d rather watch paint dry !

[alan-fulham · 1/10 · 28 January 2019]

How i´ve made it to episode 4 goes to show how desperate I was for this over hyped rubbish to get better but alas no, it just trundles along at such a dithering, withering pace, chopping and changing from one decade to another with no cohesion and terrible script and storyline that it's completely worn out my patience.

How the hell anyone can sit through 9 or is it 10 episodes is beyond me. It could and should have been done and dusted by now, (ep 4).

Sorry to dissolution anyone but the whole of series 3, same as series 2, absolutely sucks.

Boring

[Emily124 · 3/10 · 28 January 2019]

Absolutely amazing how this series can be even more boring than series 2. Way too much dialogue and like series 2 tries to act too cool.

So slooooooooow

[andrewjohnson-88829 · 3/10 · 23 April 2023]

Jesus wept, if this season got any slower it would grow roots. So much potential but my god, speed things up a bit. I find myself unable to watch a whole episode in one sitting because I think of more interesting things to do like the washing up or taking the rubbish out. A lot of people rubbished the second season but at least it moved along at a pace. This is actually the second time I've watched the series and I'm not surprised I can't remember what happens because it doesn't live long in the memory. I'm clinging to the the hope things start to improve in the next couple of episodes, otherwise I'll be mowing the lawn.

The Low Ratings Always Tell The Truth

[derektjthornton · 3/10 · 28 January 2024]

Sitting typing this because the sheer boredom of this series is unbearable. I'm giving up now at episode 4. It completely lacks the menace, drama, suspense, humour and intrigue of S1. All the hopping back and forth between decades serves nothing.

The dialogue is so basic; the actors have nothing to work with. And even when they do, they inaudibly mumble it, especially Hayes.

The couple arguing is tedious. The basic story of one murder is just a big nothing. Please don't waste yourprecious time with this pretentious garbage. As dark as S1 was, it had dark humour to go with it, but this season doesn't manage this. Avoid.