A new cast, a new story, a new location?

We take a look at what might be on offer when True Detective returns…

Warning: this article contains speculation.

Securing a recurring role in a top-rated TV show is a dream of many actors.

Like a lot of crime writers, he bases his work on real life crimes and trends.

An expansiveinterview he gave with Buzzfeeds Kate Authuris more revealing still.

Hed been reading about the last forty years of Southern California government.

A possible break with the format of the first season may come in the central relationship.

That binary POV was suitable to the first story but Pizzolatto is not limited to that formula.

What it wont be is a direct response to the criticism of the first season.

I never want to create from a place of critical placation, he told BuzzFeed.

I dont want, for instance, a gender-bias-critique to influence what I do.

All in all, that sounds a rather appealing prospect.

Best just to leave it in Pizzolattos capable hands.

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