TRUE DETECTIVE Season 2 Recap | HBO Series Explained

True Detective: Night Country is finally here on HBO! Relive your favorite moments from True Detective season 2 now with our full season recap.

True Detective season 2 takes place in California and follows the interweaving stories of officers from three cooperating police departments; when California Highway Patrol officer and war veteran Paul Woodrugh discovers the body of corrupt city manager Ben Caspere on the side of a highway, Vinci Police Department detective Raymond "Ray" Velcoro and Ventura County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation Division Sergeant Antigone "Ani" Bezzerides are called to assist in the following investigation. Career criminal Francis "Frank" Semyon attempts to legitimize his business with his wife Jordan by investing in a rail project overseen by Caspere, but loses his money when Caspere is killed, prompting him to start his own investigation.

True Detective season 2 stars Colin Farrell as Detective Ray Velcoro, Rachel McAdams as Detective Sergeant Antigone "Ani" Bezzerides, Taylor Kitsch as Officer Paul Woodrugh, Kelly Reilly as Jordan Semyon, Vince Vaughn as Frank Semyon, Ritchie Coster as Austin Chessani, Afemo Omilami as William Holloway, James Frain as Kevin Burris, Adria Arjona as Emily, Michael Hyatt as Katherine Davis, Vinicius Machado as Tony Chessani, Timothy V. Murphy as Osip Agranov, C. S. Lee as Richard Geldof, W. Earl Brown as Detective Teague Dixon

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This is a recap of some of the biggest and best moments from True Detective season two, including who killed Ben Caspere, True Detective season two killer reveal explained, Paul Woodrugh's death, Ray Velcoro's death, Frank Semyon's death, the Vinci Massacre shootout, the season finale ending, and more!

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[Nervu]

This is honestly one of the best roles Colin Farrell has ever done. Dude is so versatile it’s insane. Vince Vaughan was incredible too! The entire cast in this season was phenomenal.

[eamonkelley]

Season 2 deserves a higher rating then what it got when it first came out imo. I just rewatched it from like 8 or 9 years ago and it was entertaining. A ton of character names to follow but the acting was solid.

[phazahp]

I really loved this season. Underrated af to me. Cast was incredible.

[junkielora]

Incredible cast and acting. For my impression, the story was too much complicated, getting lost with so many names and chatacters, i watched this resume because i got absolutely messed up with the storyline. Thank you.

[JassyPooh]

Thank you for this breakdown. After 2 episodes I wasn’t pulled in. Couldn’t sit through the whole season 😢😂

[hugohernandez]

Season one, uncovering a conspiracy. season two, trying to uncover conspiracy but doesn’t work out in their favor.

[ahmedklai]

5:15
Paul meets with his black mailer... lol

[t]

Ray was a fantastic character to watch

[Elvis]

Just watched the series and I still needed this to help me out

[n]

The thing i really liked about this is season is it's one of the few times in modern media that the bad guys win and the "good guy's" utterly fail.
I didn't get the hate behind it at the time but maybe people aren't ready for those kinds of story i guess.

[Bassmanhill]

Before I watch the Great Recap and Chill, I am going thru True Detective till season 4, and you know what? I loved Season 2. I'm not even trying to compare it to the previous season cause you can't. Season 2 was fantastic ! Loved it!

[mannycuellar]

Just binged all 3 seasons last week & still watching this in case I missed something

[starbelly]

It's a shame so many people compared this to season 1. They're completely different and both incredible pieces of work in their own right. Two of the best TV seasons I've ever seen, hands down.

[journeysands]

Subscribed. I couldn't watch the series, this was an excellent recap🎉

[tonyc]

It was a very good season except for the ending. Hard to believe that Ray and Frank, two streets smart guys, would make such stupid mistakes which led to their downfall. Ray should never have visited his son’s school, as it increased his chances of being caught exponentially. And someone as street smart as Frank should never have punched the guy who asked for his suit when there were five armed men right there. I know the diamonds were in the suit but I feel like he could’ve calmed them when giving the suit to the guy. Just bad decisions that seemed out of character.

[TheSeeWhatiSee]

Not gonna lie. I now understand why people felt the need that Season 2 will always compare to season 01. They were expecting more stuff like season 1. I love season 2 because it's letting us know that there are times you can't always win against the system. No matter how many times you will win, there's a good chance you'll lose too.
It's about stepping out of the formula to create something new. Yes there are some noir la investigation vibes but there's no heroes, everyone loses with some little gains.

[misterslaughter]

Season 2 is dense. I like the constant shit-storm that it is. It's constant pressure. Just when you think the characters are ahead you realize they are so far behind that playing catch up is out of the question.

The season would have been better had Pizzolatto's ego not got in the way. Six directors, heavily worded scenes, and a one-year timeline ultimately made this feel a little undercooked. If you can keep up with what's happening and understand the little nuances in the dialogue you'll find that it's a really good story.

[jennaramos]

I did have to really concentrate and reread the story to see all the characters and the connections and I thought it was really interesting maybe confusing though lol I loved loved Ani and Ray I wish they had more intimate scenes they were so perfect together

[reasonabledoubt]

Love this season . Magbe my favourite no diss to s1.

[fvhitmanhire]

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