03.01.2019 — Gute Nachrichten für Fans von Nic Pizzolattos Krimiserie True Detective kommen derzeit aus den USA. Die mit Spannung erwartete dritte Staffel ist dort überwiegend sehr positiv aufgenommen worden. Dies berichtet unter anderem Slash Film und sammelt die Pressestimmen, die sich nach den katastrophalen Kritiken für die missratene zweite Staffel geradezu erleichtert zeigen.

So schreibt etwa Todd VanDerWerff bei Vox: 

In many ways, season three feels like season one with the latter’s more idiosyncratic edges sanded off. There are hints of some terrible horror lurking in the heart of Southern rural America (in this case via the form of strange dolls that keep turning up at the scenes of children’s murders and disappearances). There’s a fascination with how systemic corruption approaches the level of Lovecraftian horror (which I’ll discuss further below). There are long, philosophical ramblings in cop cars.

Ben Travers bei Indiewire ist ebenfalls voll des Lobes:

Let’s get this out of the way: “True Detective” Season 3 is good. Whether or not you believe the first season to be an untouchable classic or an overrated but well-acted cop show, Nic Pizzolatto’s new episodes are a big step up from a second season as muddled and meaningless as that water stain above Vince Vaughn’s bed. With strong performances all-around — and a flat-out remarkable turn from Mahershala Ali — HBO’s third season benefits from reliable genre elements, a compelling central story, and aesthetics as lush as they are eerie.

Lindsey Romain stimmt dem in ihrer Kritik bei Polygon zu und erinnert an den Kultstatus, den Season 1 erringen konnte:

The result is a season that, at least in the first two episodes — which played to a handful of lucky Alamo Drafthouse audiences in preview screenings in late December — returns largely to the successful formula of the first, in which clever flashbacks and small-town secrets stoke the fires of conspiracy and mysticism.

Alle weiteren Reaktionen, unter anderem von renommierten Medien wie Variety, Hollywood Reporter und Collider finden sich auf der Seite von Slash Film.