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True Detective (season 2)
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Starring
Colin Farrell
Rachel McAdams
Taylor Kitsch
Kelly Reilly
Vince Vaughn
Country of origin
United States
No. of episodes
8
Release
Original network
HBO
Original release
June 21 (2015-06-21) – August 9, 2015 (2015-08-09)
Season chronology
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Season 1
List of True Detective episodes
The second season of True Detective, an American anthology crime drama television series created by Nic Pizzolatto, began airing on June 21, 2015, on the premium cable network HBO. With a principal cast of Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch, Kelly Reilly, and Vince Vaughn, the season comprises eight episodes and concluded its initial airing on August 9, 2015.
The season's story 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 (Kitsch) discovers the body of corrupt city manager Ben Caspere on the side of a highway, Vinci Police Department detective Raymond "Ray" Velcoro (Farrell) and Ventura County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation Division Sergeant Antigone "Ani" Bezzerides (McAdams) are called to assist in the following investigation. Career criminal Francis "Frank" Semyon (Vaughn) attempts to legitimize his business with his wife Jordan (Reilly) by investing in a rail project overseen by Caspere, but loses his money when Caspere is killed, prompting him to start his own investigation.
Contents
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1 Episodes
2 Cast
2.1 Main cast
2.2 Recurring cast
3 Production
3.1 Casting
3.2 Filming
3.3 Music
4 Themes and influences
5 Reception
5.1 Reviews
5.2 Accolades
6 Home media release
7 References
8 External links
Episodes[edit]
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1 "The Western Book of the Dead" Justin Lin Nic Pizzolatto June 21, 2015 (2015-06-21) 3.17[1]
In the fictional industrial town of Vinci, California, city manager Ben Caspere disappears shortly before he is to present plans for real estate development near a new high-speed rail line. His corrupt business partner, Frank Semyon (Vince Vaughn), is forced to make the presentation on his own, in the presence of his mob connections. Vinci Police detective Ray Velcoro (Colin Farrell) is seeking custody of his son, who may be a product of his ex-wife's (Abigail Spencer) rape, years before. Through flashback, Velcoro is shown meeting Semyon at a bar, where Semyon gives him the name of his wife's rapist. Velcoro is now burned out and unhinged, and also works as an enforcer for Semyon. Ventura County detective Antigone "Ani" Bezzerides (Rachel McAdams) conducts a raid on a suspected illegal brothel, which turns out to be a legal porn studio, where she finds her sister Athena working as a cam girl. Later, the search for Vera Machiado, a missing woman, leads Bezzerides to the woman's last known place of employment, a spiritual retreat run by Bezzerides' estranged father, Eliot, leading to a tense confrontation. A third cop, Highway Patrol officer Paul Woodrugh (Taylor Kitsch), is put on paid leave after an actress, Lacey Lindel, tries to seduce him and later falsely accuses him of sexual misconduct when he refuses to look the other way to her speeding and violating her parole. While visiting his girlfriend, Emily, Woodrugh secretly takes Viagra and does not answer her questions about the scars on his body. Late at night, racing his motorcycle without headlights and with near suicidal ferocity, Woodrugh discovers the corpse of Caspere propped up on a bench, with his eyes burned out. Velcoro and Bezzerides converge with Woodrugh at the crime scene.
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2 "Night Finds You" Justin Lin Nic Pizzolatto June 28, 2015 (2015-06-28) 3.05[2]
Led by State Attorney Richard Geldof and Katherine Davis, Velcoro and Bezzerides form a special investigation into Caspere's murder. Lamenting on the news of Caspere's death, Semyon wonders how he'll get out of his financial issues, as he discovers that the money he gave Caspere for the high-speed rail deal was embezzled and he has lost over $5 million – most of his fortune. Enraged, he begins to investigate Caspere's death in his own way. State investigators still want to push into the rumors of backdoor deals and corruption in Vinci, and recruit Woodrugh as a Special Investigator to gather evidence in exchange for quashing the Lindel solicitation scandal. Bezzerides is warned by her superiors that Velcoro is corrupt and to find a way to make him an informant, while Velcoro is asked by Austin Chessani, the mayor of Vinci, and his own superiors, Police Chief Holloway and Lieutenant Kevin Burris, that the investigation move where they want it. A fourth detective, Teague Dixon, is placed alongside them by the Vinci PD. An autopsy of Caspere's body shows that he was tortured for information and his genitals shot off with a shotgun before being placed at the rest stop. Drunk, Velcoro seeks time with his son and instead gets a cruel backlash from his ex-wife who now seeks full custody of their son and threatens a paternity test to force him away. After an enigmatic visit to his mother, Cynthia, Woodrugh gets into an argument with Emily, who thinks he is cheating, and he leaves her on bad terms. While driving with Velcoro and discussing the case, Bezzerides questions just how compromised he is, a question he leaves unanswered. At the bar, Semyon informs Velcoro about Caspere's secret second house, information which he obtained from a prostitute. As Velcoro enters the home searching for clues, a person in a raven mask appears and shoots him twice with a shotgun, once at point blank range.
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3 "Maybe Tomorrow" Janus Metz Nic Pizzolatto July 5, 2015 (2015-07-05) 2.62[3]
Velcoro has a dream of a man, later revealed to be his father, in a bar. His father tells Velcoro of a vision of him running out of the woods and being shot to death as Velcoro sees wounds form on his own body. He awakens revealing the shot was non-lethal, and discovers that a hard drive containing footage of Caspere's sexual encounters has been stolen. As he recovers, Velcoro meets his father who is also an alcoholic and delivers him cannabis indica to help his father sleep. Semyon begins suffering from erectile dysfunction for the first time as pressure builds against him while his wife, Jordan, gives him oral sex for in vitro fertilization which he considers unnatural. Bezzerides and Woodrugh investigate Mayor Chessani's possible connection to Caspere's death by going to his home. They discover his intoxicated young trophy wife, moody daughter and problematic son much to Chessani's dismay who threatens to have Bezzerides and Woodrugh fired. Semyon meets an old business partner in the construction business who already paid his debts, but demands more capital in exchange for new favors. Semyon meets with Osip who hints he is bailing on the deal. Semyon's criminal associate, Blake, enters and reveals his other criminal associate, Stan, was just killed as well. Woodrugh meets an old friend from private security firm Black Mountain, Miguel Gilb, who reminds him of their homosexual encounter during the war. Woodrugh responds by pushing him to the ground. Later Woodrugh uses a gay escort to get into Danny Santos' club for further investigation where he briefly bumps into Semyon. Semyon tells Santos and other gangsters to find who is murdering his associates. Santos who loses respect for Semyon states he no longer works for him and tells Semyon to get out. Semyon responds by fighting and beating Santos, then taking out Santos' golden front teeth with pliers. While Bezzerides and Velcoro share a drink at his house, Velcoro's ex-wife Gena Brune shows up at his door to inform him he is under investigation by the state for corruption and the prior assault on her rapist; Bezzerides hears the conversation behind the door. Brune attempts to give Velcoro $10,000 to drop the custody battle, which he refuses. A tip from Caspere's assistant Laura leads Bezzerides and Velcoro investigate a movie set learning that a car had been stolen in the weeks prior, presumably the same car which carried Caspere. As they interrogate a boy with a history of auto theft, around the corner a masked man sets fire to the car which transported Caspere's body. Bezzerides is nearly hit by a truck during the pursuit as she and Velcoro chase the masked man before Velcoro pulls her out of the way. She thanks Velcoro, who tells her she can thank him by telling him what the state has against him. She says she does not know.
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4 "Down Will Come" Jeremy Podeswa Nic Pizzolatto & Scott Lasser July 12, 2015 (2015-07-12) 2.36[4]
Semyon starts to rebuild his empire, working his way back into the ownership of clubs and properties that he once owned, and negotiating deals with the city's drug suppliers in a bid to reclaim his lost money. Bezzerides and Velcoro follow Caspere's movements, tracking him to vast tracts of land contaminated by the heavy metals dumped in the tailings from decades of mining. A visit to the commune run by Bezzerides's father reveals that Chessani, Caspere and Caspere's psychiatrist Dr. Pitlor have been in business for decades, prompting Velcoro to admit that the State investigation into Vinci is little more than a shakedown. He warns Bezzerides that Chessani did not get to his position without having faced similar pressure in the past, and that he could not survive without powerful friends or amassing power of his own. Political forces—implied to be Chessani's influence—see Bezzerides suspended from her job after a co-worker files a sexual harassment complaint against her, though she is allowed to remain on the special task force. Woodrugh awakens from his investigation into the prostitutes to find that he has slept with Miguel. Refusing to address the issue, Woodrugh leaves to find his motorcycle gone and is later accosted by reporters asking questions about his time with a private military contractor in Iraq. Later meeting with his estranged girlfriend in a diner, where she informs him she is pregnant, Woodrugh desperately proposes marriage to her. Throwing himself back into the investigation, he and Dixon follow up on a lead at a pawn shop where he uncovers a prostitute named Irina selling a watch owned by Caspere. Velcoro approaches Semyon with this, which Semyon dismisses as unlikely as Stan was killed under similar circumstances and there is no connection to his death. Under pressure from Vinci PD to close the case, Velcoro, Bezzerides and Woodrugh lead a raid against Irina's pimp, Ledo Amarilla, but are ambushed when the building is found to be a methamphetamine lab which promptly explodes when the police open fire. As Amarilla tries to escape, he crashes his SUV into a city bus during a demonstration against the rail project. He and his accomplices open fire on the crowd as the police move in, with Dixon among the dead, and while the gunmen are killed, Velcoro, Bezzerides and Woodrugh are left horrified at the mass civilian and police casualties.
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5 "Other Lives" John Crowley Nic Pizzolatto July 19, 2015 (2015-07-19) 2.42[5]
Two months after the shoot-out, the special investigation into Caspere's death has been shut down, with the State Attorney, Geldof, satisfied that Amarilla was responsible. Velcoro has since quit the Vinci PD and works private security for Semyon while fighting his ex-wife and her husband for custody of his son; Bezzerides has been demoted to the sheriff's office evidence lock-up, attending sexual harassment seminars, and has returned to investigating Vera's disappearance in her own time; and Woodrugh has been promoted to detective and investigating insurance fraud while fighting extortion attempts by Lindel. Semyon approaches McCandless, owner of Catalyst—the company holding the lands to be bought for the rail project—with information that the person he sold his waste disposal company to has died under suspicious circumstances. This, combined with McCandless' complicitness in having Semyon use said company prior to its sale to contaminate the lands around the rail project to lower its value before the federal government bought it back are used as blackmail by Semyon to get back into the rail project. McCandless instead gives him the chance to buy back into the project if he can recover the hard drive stolen from Caspere's apartment the night Velcoro was shot. Semyon also has Velcoro tail Blake, whom he no longer trusts. Velcoro spots him and Tony Chessani picking up three girls at Pitlor's clinic then bringing them to Semyon's rival, Osip. Meanwhile, Bezzerides makes a connection between Vera and the cache of blue diamonds found in Caspere's safe deposit box. This prompts Davis to re-open the investigation into Caspere's death under the pretext of finding Irina, bringing Velcoro, Bezzerides, and Woodrugh back together. Davis suspects Geldof colluded with Chessani, using the original investigation to establish an account to fund his campaign for governor and pin the corruption on Caspere. Velcoro is pensive but agrees when Davis offers to help him keep custody of his son. Davis also reveals to Velcoro that Gena's rapist had been arrested six weeks previously. After confirming this with Gena, Velcoro realizes that the tip Semyon gave him years ago was a set-up to corrupt him. Woodrugh follows up on the diamonds and discovers Dixon had been looking for them prior to their discovery but had kept that information to himself during the original investigation. This leads Woodrugh and Bezzerides to conclude that Vinci PD had been using Dixon to manipulate the investigation. Velcoro returns to Pitlor's clinic and beats Pitlor for information, confirming that Caspere and Chessani were in business together linking influential men with prostitutes at secret parties. They subsequently used pictures taken at the parties to blackmail men like McCandless who attend them. Bezzerides approaches Athena to try to get an invite to an upcoming party before she and Woodrugh, following a previous lead from her old partner, match Vera's last movements to an abandoned house in Guerneville. Deep in the woods behind the house they discover a blood stained shed with a torture chair inside. As Semyon and Jordan reconcile after being at odds over Semyon's return to his old business practices, Jordan's infertility, and their future, Velcoro arrives at their new home and tells Semyon they need to talk.
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6 "Church in Ruins" Miguel Sapochnik Nic Pizzolatto & Scott Lasser July 26, 2015 (2015-07-26) 2.34[6]
Velcoro and Semyon discuss the tip that led Velcoro to his wife's alleged rapist, with both men grasping their guns under the coffee table. Semyon swears to Velcoro that he thought the information was genuine at the time. Satisfied that Semyon did not intentionally mislead him, Velcoro confronts the man arrested for the rape in prison, promising to kill him. After an awkward supervised visit with his son, Velcoro goes on a cocaine- and alcohol-fueled bender before calling his ex-wife and agreeing to drop the custody case on the condition that she never reveal her son's true parentage. Semyon later meets with Stan's widow and young son to comfort them and question them on possible suspects in his death, with Stan's widow citing Blake. Meanwhile, Woodrugh follows up on the missing diamonds to find that they were part of a cache stolen during a double homicide and robbery in the 1992 riots that orphaned two children, making the diamonds untraceable. Semyon starts searching for Irina, making an agreement with a Mexican cartel that will allow him to meet Irina provided the cartel are allowed to move drugs through his clubs. Irina calls Semyon and reveals that she had been given the items from Caspere's home by a police officer. Semyon arranges to meet her so that she can identify the man from a photo, but arriving at the meeting point finds her dead, having been killed by the Mexicans for dealing with police. Outnumbered and empty-handed, Semyon is forced to accept the deal with the Mexicans. Bezzerides goes undercover, posing as Athena to infiltrate one of the secret elite parties in Monterey. With no phone, transmitter or weapon, she is forced to rely on Woodrugh and Velcoro for support. At the party, she is drugged and taken to the guests with a busload of other girls. Her attempts to search the party are hampered by the male guests (Geldof, Holloway and Tony Chessani among them) and hallucinations of a strange man from her childhood, implying that she was sexually abused. As Woodrugh and Velcoro sneak in, they observe a meeting between McCandless and Osip where McCandless admits that Osip's investment in the rail project was far more lucrative than Semyon's. The two steal a set of contracts from McCandless' office. Bezzerides locates Vera at the party and attempts to get her out, but is forced to kill a guard in the process. She and Vera are found by Woodrugh who escorts them to Velcoro in a waiting car. As the four escape, Woodrugh goes over the stolen contracts and starts to realize the scale of what they are involved in.
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7 "Black Maps and Motel Rooms" Daniel Attias Nic Pizzolatto August 2, 2015 (2015-08-02) 2.18[7]
The task force regroups after the party to allow Vera and Bezzerides to recover from the drugs they were given while Velcoro and Woodrugh go over the documents that link Catalyst and McCandless to Osip. When morning comes, Woodrugh and Bezzerides move their families to safety while Velcoro reports to Semyon. Velcoro approaches Davis with their evidence but finds her shot dead in her car. Woodrugh discovers that Bezzerides is wanted for questioning over the death of the security guard she killed at the party while Velcoro has been named as a suspect in Davis' murder. Woodrugh is contacted by a third party blackmailing him with photos from his night with Gilb. Using information from Semyon, Vera and the police database, the three are able to formulate a theory on Caspere's death: that a group of corrupt police—Holloway, Burris, Dixon and Caspere—used the 1992 riots to steal the diamonds which they used to buy into the Vinci power structure; however, Laura, a child orphaned during the robbery, tracked them down and after posing as Caspere's assistant, killed him after confirming his involvement. Everything from their discovery of the diamonds through to the shoot-out with Ledo Amarilla has been manipulated from behind the scenes by Vinci PD to cover up their involvement in the original crime. Meanwhile, Semyon confronts Blake over his role in Osip's operation; Blake admits that Osip is trying to force Semyon out of business with the help of Chessani's son Tony, who Osip will install as mayor of Vinci to act as his puppet. When pushed further, Blake confesses to having killed Stan and staging the murder to imitate Caspere's death. Semyon kills him and arranges for Jordan to leave town. When approached by Osip, Semyon bows out gracefully and accepts a role as manager of Osip's clubs. However, having learned of a money drop (from Blake, prior to killing him) in which Osip will transfer $12 million to Tony Chessani, Semyon takes his cash reserves and burns the properties to hurt Osip's business. Faced with the realization of just how powerful their enemies are, Velcoro and Bezzerides sleep together. Meanwhile, Woodrugh is lured to a meeting with his blackmailer, Holloway, who demands the documents taken from the party. Woodrugh overpowers him and is drawn into a shootout with the Black Mountain private security accompanying Holloway on behalf of McCandless, but as he makes his escape, he is shot twice and killed by Lieutenant Burris.
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8 "Omega Station" John Crowley Nic Pizzolatto August 9, 2015 (2015-08-09) 2.73[8]
After a night of sex, Velcoro and Bezzerides recount their respective traumas—Bezzerides' childhood molestation and Velcoro's murder of his wife's supposed rapist. Semyon convinces Jordan to leave the country for Venezuela with his lieutenant Nails, where he will rendezvous with her two weeks later. He then goes to Chessani's mansion, where he finds the mayor dead, and the mayor's wife Veronica, while high, implicates his son Tony as his murderer. Meanwhile Velcoro and Bezzerides learn of Woodrugh's death and resolve to close the case. They identify Laura, Caspere's secretary, and Lenny, a photographer from the movie set of the stolen prop car, as the Osterman siblings. Visiting Lenny's home they find Laura handcuffed to the fireplace, and the bird's head mask from the earlier episodes that belongs to Lenny identifying him as the murderer of Caspere, and the man who shot Velcoro. Laura confirms that Lenny murdered Caspere, and plans to kill Holloway under the pretense of a public meeting at a train station in Anaheim to trade Caspere's hard drive for money as the hard drive had been erased. Bezzerides puts Laura on a bus to Seattle while Velcoro intercepts Lenny at the train station and convinces him to entrap Holloway. Velcoro takes Lenny's place, leading Holloway into a discussion of the blue diamond conspiracy with him, while Lenny sits behind them. Holloway reveals that Caspere fathered Laura illegitimately and that their mother was pregnant with Caspere's second child at the time of her murder. This revelation sends Lenny into a rage and he attacks Holloway, thereby starting a shootout between Velcoro, Bezzerides, Burris, and Lenny. Holloway shoots Lenny before both are shot by transit police as the rest make their escape amidst the confusion. Velcoro and Bezzerides meet Semyon at a secret bunker in the Black Rose bar where Velcoro convinces Bezzerides to head to Venezuela while he and Semyon plot a revenge attack on Osip. They then carry out the two-man assault on the money drop at a secret cabin, killing McCandless and Osip. On their way back, both men are ambushed—Semyon is apprehended and driven out to the desert by the cartel members who invested in the clubs he burned, while Velcoro visits his son at school in Laurel Canyon and is spotted by Vinci PD searching for him and they place a transponder on his vehicle that Velcoro spots but is unable to remove, and drives off anyway knowing his fate is sealed. Semyon cooperates with the cartel members and pays them off, but refuses to give one of the men his suit when the man demands it, as he has the last of his money liquidated into diamonds in his pocket. Semyon is stabbed and attempts to walk back to civilization, but succumbs to his wounds in the middle of the desert after a series of four hallucinations and dies. Velcoro is still being tailed by Vinci police, and bids Bezzerides goodbye on the phone before making a last stand in the woods. Velcoro accepts his fate, confronting Burris and a tactical team who shoot him to death, mirroring the conversation he had with his father in the dream sequence from episode three. In an epilogue sequence, Tony Chessani becomes mayor of Vinci, Geldof is elected governor, the rail project goes ahead as scheduled, Velcoro is remembered as a cop killer, Gena learns from Chad's paternity test that Velcoro is 99.99% most likely his father, a newly constructed highway is named in Paul Woodrugh's memory and Woodrugh's girlfriend has given birth to his child. In Venezuela, Bezzerides is revealed to have given birth to Velcoro's second son and is living with Jordan Semyon. She meets with the journalist Velcoro assaulted in episode one, and passes all the incriminating evidence, including the Caspere case files, on to him to start a crusade against the corruption in Vinci before she, Jordan and Nails disappear in a crowd.
Cast[edit]
Main cast[edit]
Taylor Kitsch (top) and Vince Vaughn (bottom) star in season two as Paul Woodrugh and Frank Semyon, respectively.
Colin Farrell as Detective Raymond "Ray" Velcoro, a mob-affiliated detective from the Vinci Police Department, struggling with his allegiance to his corrupt superiors and the mobster who owns him.
Rachel McAdams as Detective Sergeant Antigone "Ani" Bezzerides, a Ventura County Sheriff's Office CID agent who struggles with personal issues within her family and habits such as gambling and drinking.
Taylor Kitsch as Officer Paul Woodrugh, a California Highway Patrol officer and war veteran, who worked for a private military contractor implied to have involvement with war crimes.
Kelly Reilly as Jordan Semyon, the wife of Frank Semyon, who must not only struggle with Frank's choices, but her own as well.
Vince Vaughn as Francis "Frank" Semyon, a career criminal and entrepreneur, who is in jeopardy of losing his life's work after his partner's corpse is discovered on the side of a highway.
Recurring cast[edit]
Ritchie Coster as Mayor Austin Chessani
Christopher James Baker as Blake Churchman
Afemo Omilami as Police Chief Holloway[9]
Michael Irby as Detective Elvis Ilinca[10]
Leven Rambin as Athena Bezzerides[11]
Abigail Spencer as Gena Brune
Lolita Davidovich as Cynthia Woodrugh[12]
James Frain as Lieutenant Kevin Burris[13]
Riley Smith as Steve Mercer[14]
Adria Arjona as Emily[15]
Michael Hyatt as Katherine Davis[16]
Yara Martinez as Felicia[17]
Christian Campbell as Richard Brune[18]
Jon Lindstrom as Jacob McCandless[19]
Emily Rios as Betty Chessani[20]
Vinicius Machado as Tony Chessani
Ronnie Gene Blevins as Stan[20]
Timothy V. Murphy as Osip Agranov[20]
C. S. Lee as Richard Geldof, the California Attorney General[21]
Chris Kerson as Nails[9]
Rick Springfield as Dr. Irving Pitlor[22]
Ashley Hinshaw as Lacey Lindel[23]
W. Earl Brown as Detective Teague Dixon[24]
David Morse as Eliot Bezzerides, Ani's estranged father[24]
Gabriel Luna as Miguel Gilb[25]
Fred Ward as Eddie Velcoro
Production[edit]
Colin Farrell (left) and Rachel McAdams (right) star in season two as, respectively, Ray Velcoro and Ani Bezzerides.
In January 2014, Pizzolatto signed a two-year contract extension with HBO, effectively renewing the series for two additional seasons.[26] Much like its predecessor, season two of True Detective consists of eight episodes, all written by Pizzolatto.[27] However, the responsibility of directing was assigned to several people; Justin Lin directed the first two episodes,[28] and, in July 2014, William Friedkin was being considered as a director of later episodes.[29] Fukunaga, who directed all of season one, did not return as director; he remains, however, an executive producer,[30] as do McConaughey and Harrelson. Pizzolatto hired fellow novelist Scott Lasser to help break stories for the second half of the season.[30]
Casting[edit]
The success of True Detective, and its subsequent renewal, fueled casting rumors in the press. At one point, early media reports named Cate Blanchett, Josh Brolin, Joaquin Phoenix, Garrett Hedlund, Michael Fassbender, Jessica Chastain, Christian Bale, Elisabeth Moss, and Brad Pitt to be among a raft of potential candidates for the leads.[31][32] The season's first significant casting was Colin Farrell as Ray Velcoro, which he revealed in his September 2014 interview with the Sunday World.[33] Vince Vaughn, playing the role of Frank Semyon, became HBO's next important signing toward the end of the month.[28] By November, True Detective's principal cast expanded to include Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch, and Kelly Reilly.[34][35]
Filming[edit]
California was selected as the setting for the second season. Producers were urged to avoid filming in Los Angeles and, instead, focus on the more obscure regions of the state to "capture a certain psycho-sphere ambiance".[27] Production began in November 2014.[36]
Music[edit]
T Bone Burnett returned as composer for the second season, and the score for the season is more electronic-influenced than the previous season. Burnett noted that the change in landscape, to California, also changed how he wrote the music.[37] Leonard Cohen's "Nevermind" is the season two opening theme, which is a song off Cohen's 2014 album, Popular Problems.[38] The theme song's lyrics change with every episode, incorporating different verses from Cohen's song.[39][40] Lera Lynn's music is featured throughout the season, and the song "The Only Thing Worth Fighting For", which she composed with Burnett and Rosanne Cash, is used in the season two trailer.[37] Lynn collaborated with Burnett on writing several original songs for the series, with cues from creator Nic Pizzolatto regarding lyrics and content. Lynn also portrays a bar singer in the season, where several of her songs are used, including "My Least Favorite Life", which was written by Cash.[41]
Themes and influences[edit]
The trope of masculinity continued in season two. Vox's Todd VanDerWerff stated, "...above all else, True Detective wants to explore the role of men in society." "Yet if season one was already interested in the topic, then season two has nearly jumped off the cliff with its obsessions, to the degree that Rachel McAdams's Ani is defined largely by her rejection of the more open and traditionally "feminine" New Age philosophy of her father and her embrace of the hardened, traditionally "masculine" life of the emotionally closed-off police officer," he continued.[42] VanDerWerff also noted that season two's three male leads are all dealing with their own issues of masculinity; "Ray seems tortured by having to exist as a man in this world that doesn't share his ideals," "Frank is trying to walk a very noble, masculine path by taking his dark, dirty enterprise legitimate," and "[Paul] is mostly playing out a very typical story of a deeply repressed gay man who's trying to fight back his own impulses."[42]
Reception[edit]
Reviews[edit]
The second season received generally positive reviews, praising the performances of Farrell, McAdams and Kitsch,[43] its cinematography,[44] and action sequences.[45] On Rotten Tomatoes, the season has a rating of 65%, based on 72 reviews, with an average rating of 6.4/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "True Detective's second season stands on its own as a solid police drama, with memorable moments and resonant relationships outweighing predictable plot twists."[46] On Metacritic, the season has a score of 61 out of 100, based on 41 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[47]
David Hinckley of the New York Daily News gave it a very positive review, and wrote "It's still the kind of show that makes TV viewers reach for phrases like 'golden age of television drama'" and that "the second installment of True Detective goes out of the way not to echo the first."[48] Hank Stuever of The Washington Post gave it a generally positive review, praising the performances, and wrote, "There is something still lugubrious and overwrought about True Detective, but there's also a mesmerizing style to it — it's imperfect, but well made."[49]
A more mixed review came from Brian Lowry of Variety, who wrote "Although generally watchable, the inspiration that turned the first [season] into an obsession for many seems to have drained out of writer Nic Pizzolatto's prose."[50]
The season was named one of the worst television programs of 2015, from many major new outlets such as Variety,[51] The New York Post,[52] Newsday,[53] and TV Guide.[54]
Accolades[edit]
For the 6th Critics' Choice Television Awards, Rachel McAdams received a nomination for Best Actress in a Movie Made for Television or Limited Series.[55]
Home media release[edit]
The second season of True Detective was released on Blu-ray and DVD on January 5, 2016. In addition to the eight episodes, both formats contain bonus content including a making-of featurette of "The Vinci Massacre", interviews with cast and crew, audio commentary for "Down Will Come" by Nic Pizzolatto, Colin Farrell, Vince Vaughn, Taylor Kitsch and Rachel McAdams, and an audio commentary for "Omega Station" by Nic Pizzolatto, Scott Stephens, Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn.[56]
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^ Jump up to: a b Hibberd, James (September 23, 2014). "HBO confirms 'True Detective' season 2 cast: Vince Vaughn, Colin Farrell to star". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 23, 2014.
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List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1954–1959)
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Padma Bhushan
Awarded by

Government of India
Country
India
Type
National Civilian
Ribbon
Obverse
A centrally located lotus flower is embossed and the text "Padma" written in Devanagari script is placed above and the text "Bhushan" is placed below the lotus.
Reverse
A platinum State Emblem of India placed in the centre with the national motto of India, "Satyameva Jayate" (Truth alone triumphs) in Devanagari Script
Statistics
Established
1954
Previous name(s)
Padma Vibhushan "Dusra Warg" (Class II)
First awarded
1954
Total awarded
94
Precedence
Next (higher)
Padma Vibhushan
Next (lower)
Padma Shri
The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award of the Republic of India.[1] Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service of a high order", without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex.[2] The recipients receive a Sanad, a certificate signed by the President of India and a circular-shaped medallion with no monetary association. The recipients are announced every year on Republic Day (26 January) and registered in The Gazette of India—a publication used for official government notices and released weekly by the Department of Publication, under the Ministry of Urban Development.[3] The conferral of the award is not considered official without its publication in the Gazette. The name of recipient, whose award have been revoked or restored, both of which require the authority of the President, is archived and they are required to surrender their medal when their name is struck from the register;[4] none of the conferments of Padma Bhushan during 1954–1959 have been revoked or restored. The recommendations are received from all the state and the union territory governments, as well as from Ministries of the Government of India, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan awardees, the Institutes of Excellence, the Ministers, the Chief Ministers and the Governors of State, and the Members of Parliament including private individuals.[3]
When instituted in 1954, the Padma Bhushan was classified as "Dusra Warg" (Class II) under the three-tier Padma Vibhushan awards, which were preceded by the Bharat Ratna in hierarchy. The original specification of the award was a circle made of standard silver 1 3⁄8 inches (35 mm) in diameter, with rims on both the sides. A centrally located lotus flower was embossed on the obverse side of the medal and the text "Padma Vibhushan" written in Devanagari script was inscribed above the lotus along the upper edge of the medal. A floral wreath was embossed along the lower edge and a lotus wreath at the top along the upper edge. The State Emblem of India was placed in the centre of the reverse side with the text "Desh Seva" in Devanagari Script on the lower edge. The medal was suspended by a pink riband 1 1⁄4 inches (32 mm) in width divided into three equal segments by two white vertical lines.[2]
On 15 January 1955, the Padma Vibhushan was reclassified into three different awards; the Padma Vibhushan, the highest of the three, followed by the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Shri. The criteria includes "distinguished service of a high order in any field including service rendered by Government servants" but excluding those working with the Public sector undertakings with the exception of doctors and scientists. The 1954 statutes did not allow posthumous awards but this was subsequently modified in the January 1955 statute. The design was also modified to the form that is currently in use. The current design is a circular-shaped toned bronze medallion 1 3⁄4 inches (44 mm) in diameter and 1⁄8 inch (3.2 mm) thick. The centrally placed pattern made of outer lines of a square of 1 3⁄16 inches (30 mm) side is embossed with a knob embossed within each of the outer angles of the pattern. A raised circular space of diameter 1 1⁄16 inches (27 mm) is placed at the centre of the decoration. A centrally located lotus flower is embossed on the obverse side of the medal and the text "Padma" written in Devanagari script is placed above and the text "Bhushan" is placed below the lotus. The Emblem of India is placed in the centre of the reverse side with the national motto of India, "Satyameva Jayate" (Truth alone triumphs) in Devanagari Script, inscribed on the lower edge. The rim, the edges and all embossing on either side is of standard gold with the text "Padma Bhushan" of gold gilt. The medal is suspended by a pink riband 1 1⁄4 inches (32 mm) in width with a broad white stripe in the middle.[3][4] It is ranked fifth in the order of precedence of wearing of medals and decorations of the Indian civilian and military awards.[a]
A total of twenty-three awards were conferred in 1954 followed by twelve in 1955; thirteen in 1956; sixteen in 1957; sixteen again in 1958, and fourteen in 1959, giving a total of 94 recipients in the first six years—including one foreign recipient awarded in 1955. Till 1959, individuals from nine different fields were awarded which includes twenty-six from literature and education, seventeen from civil service, twelve artists, ten from science and engineering, ten from social work, eight from public affairs, six from medicine, four sportspersons, and one from trade and industry.
Contents
1 Recipients
2 Explanatory notes
3 References
4 External links
Recipients[edit]
Homi J. Bhabha (awarded in 1954), the "father of the Indian bomb",[6] was a nuclear physicist and the founding director of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and the Trombay Atomic Energy Establishment (later named after him).[7][8]
Dhyan Chand (awarded in 1956) was a field hockey player and scored more than 1000 goals during his career spanned over 20 years from 1926–1948.[9]
Rukmini Devi Arundale (awarded in 1956) was a theosophist and Bharata Natyam dancer.[10]
"Riyasatkar" historian Govind Sakharam Sardesai (awarded in 1957) wrote eight volumes of "Marathi Riyasat", three volumes of "Musalmani Riyasat", and two volumes of "British Riyasat".[11]
The "Birdman of India" Salim Ali (awarded in 1958) was an ornithologist, naturalist, and was one of the founding members of Bombay Natural History Society.[12]
Rao Raja Hanut Singh (awarded in 1958) was an "Honorary Captain" in the British Indian Army and polo player.[13]
Often described as "the founding father of modern Tamil theatre", Pammal Sambandha Mudaliar (awarded in 1959) was a playwright, director, producer, and actor.[14]
Tenzing Norgay (right, awarded in 1959) was one of the first two individuals known to reach the summit of Mount Everest, which he accomplished with Edmund Hillary (left) on 29 May 1953.[15]
Award recipients by year[16]
Year
Number of recipients
1954
23
1955
12
1956
13
1957
16
1958
16
1959
14
Award recipients by field[16]
Field
Number of recipients
Arts
12
Civil Service
17
Literature & Education
26
Medicine
6
Public Affairs
8
Science & Engineering
10
Social Work
10
Sports
4
Trade & Industry
1
List of Padma Bhushan award recipients, showing the year, field, and state/country[16]
Year
Recipient
Field
State
1954
Homi Jehangir Bhabha
Science & Engineering Maharashtra
1954
Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar
Science & Engineering Uttar Pradesh
1954
Mahadeva Iyer Ganapati
Civil Service Odisha
1954
Jnan Chandra Ghosh
Science & Engineering West Bengal
1954
Radha Krishan Gupta
Civil Service Delhi
1954
Maithili Sharan Gupt
Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh
1954
R. R. Handa
Civil Service Punjab
1954
Amarnath Jha
Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh
1954
Ajudhiya Nath Khosla
Science & Engineering Delhi
1954
Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan
Science & Engineering Tamil Nadu
1954
Moulana Hussain Ahmed Madni
Literature & Education Punjab
1954
Josh Malihabadi
Literature & Education Delhi
1954
V. L. Mehta
Public Affairs Gujarat
1954
Vallathol Narayana Menon
Literature & Education Kerala
1954
A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar
Literature & Education Tamil Nadu
1954
Maharaj Kr. Palden T Namgyal
Public Affairs Punjab
1954
V. Narahari Rao
Civil Service Karnataka
1954
Pandyala Satyanarayana Rau
Civil Service Andhra Pradesh
1954
Jamini Roy
Arts West Bengal
1954
Sukumar Sen
Civil Service West Bengal
1954
Satya Narayana Shastri
Medicine Uttar Pradesh
1954
M. S. Subbulakshmi
Arts Tamil Nadu
1954
Kodandera Subayya Thimayya
Civil Service Karnataka
1955
Fateh Chand Badhwar
Civil Service Punjab
1955
Lalit Mohan Banerjee
Medicine West Bengal
1955
Suniti Kumar Chatterji
Literature & Education West Bengal
1955
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
Social Work West Bengal
1955
Surender Kumar Dey
Civil Service —[b]
1955
Vasant Ramji Khanolkar
Medicine Maharashtra
1955
Sunder Das Khungar
Civil Service Punjab
1955
Rameshwari Nehru
Social Work Uttar Pradesh
1955
Prana Krushna Parija
Literature & Education Odisha
1955
Madapati Rao
Social Work Andhra Pradesh
1955
Maneklal Sankalchand Thacker
Literature & Education Delhi
1955
Attur Rangaswami Venkatachari
Civil Service Tamil Nadu
1956
Rukmini Devi Arundale
Arts Tamil Nadu
1956
Rajshekhar Basu
Literature & Education West Bengal
1956
Dhyan Chand
Sports Punjab
1956
Malur Srinivasa Thirumale Iyengar
Civil Service Tamil Nadu
1956
Nawab Zain Yar Jung
Public Affairs Andhra Pradesh
1956
Pushpavati Janardenrai Mehta
Public Affairs Maharashtra
1956
Cottari Kankaiyah Nayudu
Sports Tamil Nadu
1956
Muthulakshmi Reddi
Medicine Tamil Nadu
1956
Kanwar Sain
Civil Service Rajasthan
1956
Vir Singh
Literature & Education Punjab
1956
Kasturi Srinivasan
Literature & Education Punjab
1956
Mahadevi Varma
Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh
1956
Tiruvadi Sambasiva Venkataraman
Science & Engineering Tamil Nadu
1957
Bhikham Lal Atreya
Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh
1957
T. Balasaraswati
Arts Tamil Nadu
1957
Alagappa Chettiar
Social Work Tamil Nadu
1957
Hazari Prasad Dwivedi
Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh
1957
Abid Hussain
Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh
1957
Mushtaq Hussain Khan
Arts Madhya Pradesh
1957
Lakshmi Menon
Public Affairs Kerala
1957
Radha Kumud Mukherjee
Public Affairs West Bengal
1957
K. Covilagam Kutti Ettan Raja
Civil Service Kerala
1957
Andal Venkatasubba Rao
Social Work Andhra Pradesh
1957
Shrikrishna N. Ratanjankar
Arts Uttar Pradesh
1957
Shyam Nandan Sahay
Literature & Education Bihar
1957
Govind Sakharam Sardesai
Literature & Education Maharashtra
1957
K. A. Nilakanta Sastri
Literature & Education Tamil Nadu
1957
Boshi Sen
Science & Engineering West Bengal
1957
Siddheshwar Varma
Literature & Education Chandigarh
1958
Salim Ali
Science & Engineering Maharashtra
1958
Vijaya Anand
Sports Uttar Pradesh
1958
D. P. Roy Choudhury
Arts West Bengal
1958
Jeahangir Ghandy
Trade & Industry Maharashtra
1958
Narayan Subarao Hardikar
Social Work Karnataka
1958
Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar
Arts Tamil Nadu
1958
Allauddin Khan
Arts Uttar Pradesh
1958
Kumar Padma Siva Shankara Menon
Civil Service Kerala
1958
Arathil C. Narayanan Nambiar
Civil Service Kerala
1958
Kuppali Venkatappagowda Puttappa
Literature & Education Karnataka
1958
Poola Tirupati Raju
Literature & Education Rajasthan
1958
Kamalendumati Shah
Social Work Delhi
1958
Rao Raja Hanut Singh
Public Affairs Rajasthan
1958
Rustom Jal Vakil
Medicine Maharashtra
1958
Surya Narayan Vyas
Literature & Education Madhya Pradesh
1958
Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia
Science & Engineering Maharashtra
1959
Sisir Kumar Bhaduri[c]
Arts West Bengal
1959
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
Literature & Education Bihar
1959
Ali Yavar Jung
Civil Service Maharashtra
1959
Hansa Jivraj Mehta
Social Work Maharashtra
1959
Pammal Sambandha Mudaliar
Arts Tamil Nadu
1959
Tiruppattur R. Venkatachala Murthi
Literature & Education Tamil Nadu
1959
Tenzing Norgay
Sports Nepal
1959
Bhaurao Patil
Social Work Maharashtra
1959
Jal Gawashaw Paymaster
Medicine Maharashtra
1959
Dhanvanthi Rama Rau
Social Work Maharashtra
1959
Nirmal Kumar Sidhanta
Literature & Education West Bengal
1959
Kankanhalli Vasudevachary
Arts Karnataka
1959
Bhargavaram Viththal Varerkar
Public Affairs Maharashtra
1959
Ghulam Yazdani
Science & Engineering Andhra Pradesh
Explanatory notes[edit]
Jump up ^ The order of precedence is: Bharat Ratna, Param Vir Chakra, Ashoka Chakra, Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan.[5]
Jump up ^ Surender Kumar Dey was a USA citizen.
Jump up ^ Sisir Kumar Bhaduri refused the award.[17]
References[edit]
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1954
Homi J. Bhabha
Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar
Mahadeva Iyer Ganapati
Jnan Chandra Ghosh
Maithili Sharan Gupt
Amarnath Jha
Ajudhiya Nath Khosla
Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan
Husain Ahmad Madani
Josh Malihabadi
Vaikunthbhai Mehta
Vallathol Narayana Menon
A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar
Palden Thondup Namgyal
V. Narahari Rao
Jamini Roy
Sukumar Sen
M. S. Subbulakshmi
Kodandera Subayya Thimayya
1955
Fateh Chand Badhwar
Lalit Mohan Banerjee
Suniti Kumar Chatterji
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
V. R. Khanolkar
Sunder Das Khungar
Rameshwari Nehru
Prana Krushna Parija
Madapati Hanumantha Rao
Maneklal Sankalchand Thacker
1956
Rukmini Devi Arundale
Rajshekhar Basu
Dhyan Chand
Nawab Alam Yar Jung Bahadur
C. K. Nayudu
Muthulakshmi Reddi
Kanwar Sen
Vir Singh
K. Srinivasan
Mahadevi Varma
1957
Bhikhan Lal Atreya
Balasaraswati
Alagappa Chettiar
Hazari Prasad Dwivedi
Abid Hussain
Mushtaq Hussain Khan
Lakshmi N. Menon
Radha Kumud Mukherjee
Andal Venkatasubba Rao
Shrikrishna Narayan Ratanjankar
Shyam Nandan Sahay
Govind Sakharam Sardesai
K. A. Nilakanta Sastri
Basiswar Sen
Siddheshwar Varma
1958
Salim Ali
Vijaya Anand
D. P. Roy Choudhury
Jeahangir Ghandy
N. S. Hardikar
Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar
Allauddin Khan
K. P. S. Menon
A. C. N. Nambiar
Kuvempu
Poola Tirupati Raju
Kamalendumati Shah
Rao Raja Hanut Singh
Rustom Jal Vakil
Surya Narayan Vyas
Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia
1959
Sisir Bhaduri
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
Ali Yavar Jung
Hansa Jivraj Mehta
Pammal Sambandha Mudaliar
Tiruppattur R. Venkatachala Murthi
Tenzing Norgay
Bhaurao Patil
Dhanvanthi Rama Rau
Nirmal Kumar Sidhanta
Mysore Vasudevachar
Bhargavaram Viththal Varerkar
Ghulam Yazdani
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