One of those series that you hear everyone around talking about and still doubt to watch it to not to be very disappointed, but as you finally do it, it's apparently worth all of the attention and love. I think that there are very few people who haven't heard about this project or couldn't recognise "Far from any Road" from the first notes. Almost everyone agrees on the fact that "True Detective" shaped the genre and became a trademark of good-quality detective series for many years forward.

Usually I am not the most grateful audience when it comes to slow-burn projects that take more than two series to immerse you in the plot, but with "True Detective" it was absolutely worth it. A dark and disturbing premise becomes even more mysterious with introduction of second timeline, and slow but methodical discrepancies between the story we are told and story that main characters tell build up the tension in an incredibly intelligent way. It's hard to say if there any positive characters in this series - but it is impossible to say that they are depicted static and unchangeable. Moreover, character development, probably, is the main highlight of the whole project, even before the investigation plotline. "True Detective" manages to mix neo-western with cosmic horror and philosophy without provoking abundance or unnecessity. I am sure, that the biggest part of it comes from genial acting of both leads who created and portrayed most believable and realistic characters.

Talking about the plot itself, I recieved great enjoyment from solving the mystery along with Rust and Marty. The writers definitely found a golden middle between guiding the viewer to the hints and creating various obstacles such as ellipsises in narration, multiple versions of the same events and false directions. Having watched an insane amount of detective series of different grade of seriousness, I can confidently state that no one has made it better and more natural than "True Detective".

The last but not least thing that especially impressed me was the ending. In fact, I am quite sure that the brilliant ending of the first season was the reason why the biggest fans of "True Detective" never accepted the following seasons, because it felt too finished, too perfectly brought to a beautiful end. In one of the interviews Nic Pizzolatto, the creator of the series, admitted that the final dialogue between Rust and Marty was the first thing written, and the rest of the plot was adjusted to it. The ending episode was one of the strongest and most emotional things I have ever witnessed in all the series, and it was part of my decision to not to watch the rest of the seasons, so "True Detective" could remain in my memory as huntingly perfect and profound as the first season was.