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Hello, I'm David Haglin, and this is a Slate Spoiler special on True Detective, Season 1,

the HBO show starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, which wrapped up last night in, I would say, dramatic fashion.

Some people might disagree with that, maybe even some of the people in this room.

But first, let me introduce them.

To my left is Willa Paskin, Slate's TV critic.

Hi, Willa.

Hi.

And we're also joined by Jessica Winter, the Slate's business and technology editor.

Hello.

Thank you for having me.

Yeah, hi, Jessica.

And also Forrest Wickman, a Slate's staff writer.

Hi, Forrest.

Hey, David. So we're going to, as the title of this podcast, indicates spoil everything that happened in season one of this show.

But before we get into that, I want to just gauge where everyone is right now on this series, specifically with regard to the finale.

So briefly, starting over here with you, Forrest, were you satisfied, disappointed, frustrated, all of the above?

Yeah, I like this show. I thought it was a very good show. I thought it was not nearly as good as a lot of the hype sort of built it up to be or was hoping it to be. And eventually, with many people, I think, expected

it to be. I don't think that it's creator, although he's promised a lot of things that he

didn't deliver on because he seems to have a very high regard for his work and what he's doing,

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