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13 July 2015 5:21 AM, PDT | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »

It’s time to call it, even though many already have, starting with the first episode. As the second season of “True Detective” heads into its second half with episode four, “Down Will Come, ” we have to admit that having given it a fair shot, this thing is bad. At least it’s entertaining, interesting bad at times, though the Lynchian ripoff weirdness of last week’s episode three is sorely lacking in episode four. There’s been a pattern of using cliffhangers to keep us coming back week to week—a rather “meh” episode capped off with an insane event, and “Down Will Come” definitely delivers that. Directed by TV journeyman Jeremy Podeswa (“Game Of Thrones, ” "Boardwalk Empire, " "The Tudors, " "Six Feet Under, " "Queer As Folk"), there’s a slowly measured pace to the first half of this episode that is livened up in the last part only by »