Hopefully that will show through
I blame pizzolatto last time
And I blame him this time
Solely
It does make me very aware that good noir is very difficult to pull off and most people (mostly dudes) are really really in love with the genre period and as long as they get grit and mood and naked women they are happy

I'm usually low bar
But I hate hate hate bait and switch and pizzolatto is...he's what people hated about Lost ( I watched the first episode and bailed because I knew none of those plot/story promises would be kept) he makes too many plot promises
Some people really do want intricacy and plot ...fully realized plot
People want world building
I do like world building I read GoT of course I do!
So when it's hinted and promised that there more
And when he said it himself last season
There's nothing more to this
I realized he's just not up to par.
He's essentially a soap writer for noir

And the first season was essentially a moody buddy cop show
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When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries.
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You cannot hate people for their own good.