'True Detective' Season 2 does not hit the small screens until June 15, but fans are already very eager to know what to expect, given the success of the show's first season. Speaking of things to expect, last week has been a treasure trove of updates, from cast posters to potential plot summaries.
A recent Q&A session that was done by the show's writer and showrunner Nic Pizzolatto (reported by iDigital Times) got rid of a lot of false speculations regarding the future of 'True Detective' and the show's storyline which were circulating in the web for quite some time now.
One of the main rumors that Pizzolatto addressed was how the second season of 'True Detective' would delve into the secret occult history of the U.S. transportation system. He stated:
"There's definitely bad men and hard women, but no secret occult history of the U.S. transportation system. That was a comment from very early in the process, and something I ended up discarding in favor of closer character work and a more grounded crime story. The complexity of the historical conspiracy first conceived detracted from the characters and their reality, I felt, and those characters are ultimately what have to shape the world and story. So I moved away from that."
This would be quite a surprise for some fans, given that the first season had its fair share of occult aspects that they have come to love the show for. 'True Detective' showed a darker, more spiritualistic side of crime investigation than the realistic and human affairs-filled shows today, and its viewers loved it for doing that. Now that the central element of the show is being thrown out the window, can fans expect the same thing as all the other crime-drama shows? Hard to say for now.
'True Detective' Season 2 returns on June 15, 2015 on HBO and will star Collin Farrell, Vince Vaughn, Rachel McAdams and Taylor Kitsch. Check out a preview of the upcoming season here.
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