You're right they aren't detectives. If you just ignore the title, though, it's a great show. Just because you didn't understand where the symbolism went it doesn't mean it was irrelevant. The bardo stuff is fully resolved by the ending, and so are the emotional narratives of every character (ofc that's tied in to the bardo angle)
True Detective
Asher Ward
Tyler Long
Yeah, they put so much thought and effort into the symbolism of season 2.
Wait, what? They don't even know the difference between Athena and Aphrodite? Oh, jeez...
James Allen
I liked gaycops storyline
Chase Cook
The ending scene of S2 with the two women giving the evidence over to an at that point unseen character got me so fucking hyped it was going to be Rust and Harrelson and that S3 would deep dive into the eyes wide shut shit they kept teasing at. I truly believe that was the plan and then execs fucked it all up.
Isaac Roberts
And you don't know the difference between the Greek pantheon and Tibetan Buddhism. Weird.