The first season of True Detective is one of the greatest TV masterpieces of the 21st century. It combined cinematic visuals with novelistic storytelling to create something bigger and more profound than we imagined television could be. It made sense from a business perspective for HBO to turn True Detective into an anthology series and keep the benjamins rolling in, but from a creative standpoint, it was a nightmare. Nic Pizzolatto had been plotting out season 1 for years, initially as a novel, to make it as complex and thought-provoking and substantial as it was.
This 10/10 HBO Miniseries Is True Detective’s Unofficial Fifth Season
