Who Goes There

Possibly the best episode I've watched in my life. Ending of the episode was something else. Loved the Pizzolatto cameo. Hats off to everyone, this was insanely good.

The final tracking scene of Mcconaughey is intense and immersive. It's impressive filmmaking and you will be on the edge of your seat. Few shows succeed in creating suspense like this, but TD is definitely in great company.

Mcconaughey's portrayal as Rust Cohle is impressive and might be his best acting performance ever. He and Harrelson are great and their chemistry is perfect. Their relationship is entertaining and interesting to follow.

Yeah that six minuttes long tracking shot still remains one of the greatest TV achievements and quite possibly the best scene in the whole show! Its the one everyone is talking about!

The amount of work and effort put into it is truely out of this world! This is something you would expect from q movie.. not a TV show, but we live in an era where the bounderies between movies and TV are becoming more Grey as TV show gets a more cinematic approach!

The rest of the episode is also great in terms of plot qnd character development! Woody Harrelson really shines as his character sees his life fall apart! This is where your choices catches up with you!

This episode is INCREDIBLE and yeah i rewatched that Six minutte one-take about 3 times!

Episode four officially opens up the second act of the three act first season with most likely one of the most astonishing pieces of television ever. Not only is the episode inexplicably well written and acted, shot and composed, but it is gripping and enthralling on the highest level imaginable. I try to keep these reviews absolutely spoiler free and that's for a reason. You will be at the edge of the seat and that should not be spoiled for anyone.

It's nice to see that Harrelson's and Monaghan's character get some real development in this episode. We see some great development between the two detectives, as usual we learn more about Mcconaughey's dark mysterious and brutal past, which catches up to him in this episode. It goes without saying that the acting is without a doubt superb, but even minor characters like Brad Carter's character or Alexandra Daddario's are portrayed beautifully with a lot of passion from the actors. You can see that there is a lot of love and dedication involved in making this show.

It closes with one of the best tracking shots in cinema history, that will without a doubt go down in history. It is absolutely jaw dropping and the complexity of the shot is incredible. Yet it's not confusing or misleading, at every single second of these six minutes everything is clear. The haunting soundtrack that slowly buzzes in the background, the helicopter sounds, distant gun shots and screaming, make this shot just unbelievable, it's just too good to be true. There is a complete immersion that this shot creates, for these six minutes you're not sitting in your chair watching a show, you're right there with Det. Cohle. And that is the definition of cinema, it is supposed to let you forget your life, to dream for a certain amount of time, just enjoy it.

I can not praise this show enough, if the other 4 episodes are only slightly as good as this one, then True Detectives first season will turn into a masterpiece. The six minute tracking shot definitely already is one.

11/10

All I can say is: what an episode! I didn't see it coming. TD for the most part is not your average thriller; here the violence is implied or occurs between the scenes, there are no pyrotechnics, no car-chases, nothing. Yet it still manages to keep you anxious with a style of its own.

In a way, the first three episode set the platform and the fourth one was where everything went boom. TD has been criticized for its sedentary, drawn-out story telling but I think, this is what makes tonight's episode even more rewarding. We have been treated to excellent character development, philosophical monologues and an endless barrage of nihilism from Rust but there was nothing in TD that really got your heart racing, until tonight that is.

To be concise, "Who Goes There" is a pinnacle of storyboarding. A lot of ground is covered in this episode that completely revamps the makeup of this series. We see gunfights, chases, comical jibes and some excellently chosen music.

I will really be looking forward to next week's episode and see how the series follows-up from here.

P.S: The final 6-minute, unbroken tracking shot following Rust through a not-so-comfortable situation is brimming with sustained tension. Not since Breaking Bad's final few episodes have I lingered so close to the edge of my seat.