Maybe Tomorrow 

Paul works the prostitute angle; Frank receives the first casualty in a secret war.

Director:

Janus Metz

Writers:

Nic Pizzolatto (created by), Nic Pizzolatto

Stars:

Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Colin Farrell	...	Detective Ray Velcoro
Rachel McAdams	...	Detective Ani Bezzerides
Taylor Kitsch	...	Officer Paul Woodrugh
Kelly Reilly	...	Jordan Semyon
Vince Vaughn	...	Frank Semyon
Ritchie Coster	...	Mayor Austin Chessani
Vinicius Machado	...	Tony Chessani
Fred Ward	...	Eddie Velcoro
Christopher James Baker	...	Blake Churchman
W. Earl Brown	...	Detective Teague Dixon
Alex Fernandez	...	James O'Neal
James Frain	...	Lieutenant Kevin Burris
Michael Hyatt	...	Katherine Davis
Michael Irby	...	Detective Elvis Ilinca
Afemo Omilami	...	Police Chief Holloway

Storyline

Ray survives the shotgun attack in Ben Caspere's apartment but has to take a few days off to recover. A review of the evidence reveals that Caspere was traveling up and down the State making land deals. Ani and Paul visit Vinci Mayor Austin Chessani's and get a bit of an eyeful. They also get a lead on a car that was in the area on the night of Caspere's murder. Paul continues to search for the prostitutes Caspere may have frequented. A flashback recalls an encounter with old friend and provides clues to his own confused sexuality. After the death of one of his men, Frank reasserts his position among other mobsters and begins to rebuild the fortune that seems to have disappeared with Caspere's death.

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Plot Keywords:

costume | beer | coffee | water | envelope of money | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 July 2015 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Parliament of Owls, Passenger, Anonymous Content

Technical Specs

Runtime:

58 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The song playing in the background as Woodrugh looks for his missing motorbike, and while he is in the taxicab, is by Black Mountain and is titled, "Set Us Free." For reasons unknown, it never made it into the Season 2 official soundtrack album, "Nevermind." Black Mountain is also the name of the Defense contracting company that Woodrugh worked for in Iraq.

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Quotes

Katherine Davis: Velcoro's dirty. I want him. I thought I was clear on that. We got a crooked Vinci cop we can leverage. All the better. He's a man, for Christ's sake.
Detective Ani Bezzerides: Yeah, so what?
Katherine Davis: I'm not saying fuck him, but maybe let him think you might fuck him.

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Connections

References Columbo (1971)

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Soundtracks

Set Us Free
Performed by Black Mountain

User Reviews

Somebody Murdered Him

Writing True Detective Reviews have proved to be a lot shorter of a job than any other TV shows. Honestly, it's because I have been pretty indifferent to this season. I have liked a few of the characters and most of the performances but I just haven't been overly thrilled with the story. I also haven't been keen on the characters dynamics while they're together. Colin Farrell continues to be the best part about the show, and I'm glad to see he didn't actually die, although I don't know how much that makes sense story wise.

I chose the quote from Frank "somebody murdered him" as the title because I thought it spoke a lot about Farrell's character. He didn't die in the last episode, but in some ways, he did. His entire life as he knows it is being stripped away from him piece by piece. He will likely lose his child to custody issues. And he found out that state police is after him for one reason or another. McAdams character, Bezzerides, continues to puzzle me. We have had weird clues of her past but nothing has yet to come of it. Speaking of past, it looks like Woodrugh had some homosexual relations with his friend and it continues to haunt him. I think that's what this season has been about for each character. They have had event that significantly impacted them in the past and it continues to haunt what they're doing. For the most part, the show has been okay, but nothing too special. But last season had one of the most interesting dynamics between any characters on screen with McConaughey and Harrelson. But this season has failed to really recapture an ongoing intriguing dynamic.

But this episode felt more like True Detective of last season than last week did tone wise. So I'm hoping next week takes another step forward. I think this season has held a lot back in terms of all the characters back stories, but now we are getting a little bit more clearance. We also saw Vaughn's character show true cruelty and McAdams tell off yet another man. I will say, I dig this stare that her character gives. I have bought into her character, I would just like some pay off.

+McAdams stare

+Farrell's acting

+Tone

-Dynamics aren't as interesting

-Story has yet to grip me

7.3/10