New HBO series True Detective

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  1. Hooker

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    If you have access to HBO, you guys need to be watching this. It has been absolutely fantastic so far.
     
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    I watched the first episode and really liked it. I have the DVR recording it and will catch last night's episode later in the week.
     
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    Give me the basics. I need a new show to get into. Can I watch this on-line somewhere?
     
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    I'm sure you can find it on some torrents...

    And the basics are a character driven detective series with Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson as the leads. They hunt a serial killer over a span of 17 years, with a non linear story line. It's good.

    And this happens.

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    Dang it...I decided to ditch HBO a year ago to save on my tv bill
     
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  7. Hooker

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    I'm ditching it all in April. Thankfully I'll be able to finish this 1st season.
     
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    Why in April?
     
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    That is when my contract ends.
     
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    Sweet. Are you planning on doing the Xbox live thing for ESPN? I think I may buy an Xbox 360 next summer just for ESPN and college football.
     
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    I'm going to look more into it
     
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    If you do it let me know how it works.
     
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    I thought the espn thing for xbox was only on Xbox 1. not 360
     
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    if you like "character driven series" with that ^^, then you really (and I mean REALLY) need to check out Black Sails on Starz.
    I think the official series/season premier is this week but it was available for advance viewing OnDemand all weekend.

    I expected it to be more like Vikings, which was hard PG-13/soft R. I had no idea it was going to go the hard R (think Strike Back/Banshee) route like it did. All I knew was Black Sails was about pirates, and looked cool. I expected to see some guys get hacked to death by swords and a lot of serving wench cleavage. Didn't know I was in for soft-core!
     
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    Game of Thrones starts up April 6.

    I just had a coworker tell me about this True Detective show this morning. I have to check it out now.
     
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    I watched the first episode and really liked it.
     
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    I know...

    hopefully I can find it on torrents in HD
     
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    I want to try both True Detective and Black Sails, but I don't get the channels. Gonna have to buy or borrow the DVDs
     
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    It's going to be very twisted for sure. First one was little slow for me but really good!
     
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    This show rocks very well written.
     
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    My wife and I watched last night. We're hooked. Well written and great characters.
     
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