'Under the Banner of Heaven's finale reminded us of exactly what we loved about 'True Detective.'
Editor's note: The following contains spoilers for Under the Banner of Heaven. The riveting show that is Under the Banner of Heaven recently came to a close in a finale that made clear just how brutal & bleak a world we live in. Of course, this was a feeling that was felt throughout as Andrew Garfield’s Jeb Pyre and Gil Birmingham’s Bill Taba dug deeper into a pit of unfathomable darkness.
RELATED: 'Under the Banner of Heaven': Wyatt Russell & Sam Worthington on the Challenges of Playing Their Characters Even as some people didn’t like large aspects of True Detective, namely the divisive second season, there is still a prevailing sense of stark honesty through all of it. It shows how life is immensely painful, unexplainably cruel, and unrelentingly dour. Both shows take part in this more reflective conversation with morality and meaning, reflecting back on the worst aspects of ourselves that threaten to consume us if we let them.