True Detective creator isn't a fan of season 4 – calls certain decisions "so stupid"

True Detective: Night Country
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It looks like the original True Detective creator isn't th♋e biggest fan of N🃏ight Country, due to the writing and the inclusion of season 1 Easter eggs. 

Despite the internet being well and truly hooked on True Detective’s latest installment, series creator Nic Pizzolatto feels otherwise and wants to ma♑ke it clear he hasn't had anything to do with season 4. Via comments on Instagram, which have since been deleted but are now posted on , he stated "I certainly did not have any input on this story or anything else," adding, "Can’t blame me." Then when one Instagram user asked Pizzolatto about Night Country's extension of season 1's lore, the writer replied, "Haha. So stupid."

Starring Jodie Foster and Kali Reis, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:True Detective season 4, otherwise titled Night Country, follows two female detectives hellbent on uncovering the mystery surrounding a group of scientists who suspiciously freeze to death in a remote Alaskan town. As the pair get closer to the truth, seemingly supernatural elements occur and connections to season one’s cases and cult themes emerge such as the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:ominous spiral and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:mention of The Yellow King. It seems as t🐻hough it is those very Easter egg▨s that Pizzolatto does not approve of. 

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Pizzolatto served as showrunner, producer, 𒈔sometime director, and almost entirely sole writer for the first three seasons of True 🃏Detective, meaning that Night Country is the only installment he has almost no involvement with. The baton was passed on to writer and director Issa López, and although Pizzolatto still retains an executive-producer credit, the change in position may explain his salty comments. 

, López responded to the remarks saying, "I believe that every storyteller has a very specific, peculiar, and unique relation to the stories they create, and whatever his reactions are, he’s entitled to them." López later added that she wrote Night Country "with profound love fo💜r the work he made.” We don't know about you, but that sounds like a sweet tribute to us.  

Other than the extension of season 1’s lore, Night Country also takes inspiration from 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:David Fincher’s Se7en, includes some sneaky 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Silence🐎 of The Lambs Easter eggs, and is even 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:loosely based on a true story. 

True Detective: Night Country airs on HBO and HBO Max every Sunday in the US, and on Sky Atlantic and NOW every Monday in the UK. For more check out our list of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:upcoming TV shows heading your way in 2024 and beyond.  

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