Who Killed Laura Palmer/Dora Lange?

For awhile now I've been trying to come up with a way to describe how I feel about the HBO show, True Detective. I've come to the conclusion that it's a show that I love to hate. But hate really isn't the word I'd use. I don't hate it, I just don't love it.

It's like the eeriness minus the campiness of Twin Peaks plus the forced story lines of The Killing. I love dark shows that reveal slowly, if not painstakingly, the answers to mysteries. You have to be committed and you have to be patient. I'm cool with that. But, True Detective, I just don't know about.

I mean, I'm in it, I'm hooked. But damn if it doesn't infuriate me. McConaughey rules, obviously. Woody Harrelson talks like he's got a mouth full of marbles, but still, he's pretty great. The setting is creepy, (much like I hoped would benefit the story of True Blood, but no, it was just a pretty if not wasted backdrop). But here we are in steamy, dark Louisiana, in and out of the police station as they lazily interview various main characters revealing more about their relationships than the actual case. While I want them to talk about their relationships, do the two current detectives really have to be there for the exposition?

I read an article today on Slate about how True Detective mistreats the idea of women but that how that's the point of the show. It answered my nagging question about why I even choose to watch a show like that, because yeah, it totally does that. I get that there's a much bigger story arch that's about to be unfolded. Perhaps, (hopefully) we'll get to meet the Yellow King. They'll tie the conspiracy between the church, (loved the neon cross!) and the tragic lady victims with the missing children. Perhaps Russ will reveal he's actually part of this too, (not in the way that that sounds), but in the way that he's been hinting at all season. That we have no control over our lives and we shouldn't have evolved into the consciousness of self, instead we should remain cogs in the universe. (Or something like that.)

The show is doing a great job of ringing all of the stereotypical bells and whistles. Let's just hope it actually brings it home in the last two episodes.