CRASHING INTO HOPE

By John Bucher (@johnkbucher)   Pete Holmes is the most important icon of faith and transcendence you’ve never heard of. He’s had brushes with success in smaller niche communities. He’s one of the… Continue reading →

21 Mysteries That Must Be Solved on THE LEFTOVERS

by John Bucher (@johnkbucher) The premiere episode of the second season of The Leftovers was one of the most intriguing hours of television I’ve seen in a long time. I feel like the “reboot” of… Continue reading →

FATHERS, SONS, AND DEALS WITH THE DEVIL in TRUE DETECTIVE

By John Bucher (@johnkbucher) The Lera Lynn song A Church In Ruins, which gives this episode of True Detective its name, begins with these words, “You were alone and you were alive…” Throughout… Continue reading →

The Beard, The Shield, and The Mask: The use of Ritual on True Detective

By John Bucher (@johnkbucher) Every known society has left evidence of their rituals. There is something innately human in performing activities involving particular words, sequences of actions and objects at deliberate times and… Continue reading →

Conway Twitty, Blue Diamonds, and Gold Teeth: True Detective’s “Maybe Tomorrow”

By John Bucher (@johnkbucher) “Maybe Tomorrow” begins with a vision in Ray Velcoro’s head. It would be easy to mistake the performer in the opening sequence as a bad Elvis impersonator. It’s actually… Continue reading →

THE HIDDEN EYES IN TRUE DETECTIVE

In Season One of True Detective, a character named Dewall says to Rust Cohle “I can see your soul at the edges of your eyes. It’s corrosive, like acid. You got a demon,… Continue reading →

THE TRUTH INSIDE DEAD BOOKS: Looking at TRUE DETECTIVE

“Behold what was once a man,” Frank Semyon (Vince Vaughn) utters in the second season premiere of HBO’s True Detective. The quote is taken from Rev. Walter Mitchell’s obscure 1868 work titled Bryan… Continue reading →

EXCLUSIVE: Damon Lindelof talks about THE LEFTOVERS

Wednesday night (October 28, 2014) at the Television Academy in Los Angeles, Damon Lindelof discussed his role as a show runner on LOST and THE LEFTOVERS. Lindelof revealed that he and his staff had… Continue reading →

Looking Ahead to Season 2 on The Leftovers

It’s going to be a long wait for Leftovers fans for season 2. Fortunately, HBO has green lit a second season and the mysteries in Mapleton will be further explored. Here are a… Continue reading →

WESTWORLD IS COMING

While I plan to plum the depths of other pop culture masterpieces such as True Detective (season 2) and American Horror Story: Freakshow, my obsession will become HBO’s new show, WESTWORLD, when is… Continue reading →