The Young Folks team has come together to list the very best in entertainment and pop culture for the year 2014! From Andy Dwyer, to that girl who used to be on a Nickelodeon show, to a should-be Oscar winner,…
TV Review: HBO’s True Detective 1×8, “Form and Void”
It’s funny that in my review of last week’s penultimate episode I compared the theorizing surrounding True Detective to what occurred with Lost because they ultimately share one vital thing in common: the show is about the characters, not the mystery. Don’t get me…
TV Review: HBO’s True Detective 1×7, “After You’ve Gone”
One of the great joys of watching Lost week to week when it was on the air from 2004-2010 was the theorizing that occurred in between episodes. Contrary to the increasingly popular method of “binge watching” shows, the week long (or more)…
TV Review: HBO’s True Detective 1×6, “Haunted Houses”
What happened in 2002? This question is asked a few times throughout Haunted Houses, as we find Maggie in the investigation seat for the very first time. The women in True Detective have been entirely overshadowed by the men, a…
TV Review: HBO’s True Detective 1×5, “The Secret Fate of All Life”
It all comes down to string theory. But, as Detective Papania says, “that’s over my head.” Rustin Cohle attempts to explain membrane theory to Papania and Gilbough, and if you pay attention I suspect that his explanation possesses all of…
TV Review: HBO’s True Detective 1×1 and 1×2, “The Long Bright Dark” and “Seeing Things”
True Detective, the new drama series that premiered on HBO last Sunday, January 12th, marks a new step forward in the network’s storied history of highly ambitious works of television. From The Sopranos to The Wire to In Treatment, perhaps…