True Detective: are viewers just waiting for the orgy scene?

Episode five of pulp saga gets 'darker, weirder and deeper' – and that's no bad thing, say critics

Colin Farrell in True Detective
(Image credit: Lacey Terrell/HBO)

Spoiler alert: this story contains spoilers for the second season of True Detective

Episode five of True Detective, Other Lives, has aired to mixed reviews from critics, with some saying the series has finally found its feet, others still unimpressed, and some just waiting for the orgy scene.

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