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Originally Posted by Severian
Aw, what?! What the hell? Are you on Thorazine? I strongly disagree with you on this one. Maybe the second season qualifies as "over-acted" at times, but the first season is pure gold. It makes Silence of the Lambs seem like an actual film about silent lambs. I was still on the anti-Mcconaughey bandwagon until I watched it. I'd hated the guy for 15 years or more, even though he'd dished out increasingly good performances in recent films by that point. But Jesus, one episode in and I was a changed man.
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I loved the 1st half of series one but I thought it lost its way a bit in the 2nd half, with the second investigation. Reggie Ledoux was such a terrifying figure. Even though some of the people in the 2nd half did worse things, Ledoux was genuinely scary. That bit when you 1st see him at the farm, pure depressing evil. Hannibal Lector doesn't even come close, and you're just watching Ledoux walking in the distance.
And that scene with the prostitute where she talks about a lot of people just disappearing. It's like the whole place is just pure hell.
I'd probably like the 2nd half of season 1 more if those 1st few episodes weren't so mindblowing.
