The cop drama that turned regular TV viewers into obsessed fans during Season 1 hit low bottom on its second season, prompting fans and even HBO execs to ask whether or not a third season is worth the investment. Recent news has it that "True Detective" Season 3 may or may not be out in the murky waters yet. Will fans see a Season 3?

How Season 2 Threatened Season 3

"True Detective" was a critically acclaimed HBO drama starred by A-listers such as Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Colin Farrell, and Vince Vaughn. Surely with a star studded cast like that one would expect massive hits every time it hits the TV screen, right? Wrong.

Michael Lombardo, the former head of HBO's programming, reveals the fault that caused the lackluster second season of "True Detective". In an interview Lombardo admits that they pushed Nic Pizzolatto to work on a deadline without giving him ample time to work on a good storyline that can match the engrossing twist and turns of "True Detective's" Season 1, Polygon reported.

Sure the usual cocktail of irony-free melodrama and obtuse dialogue, with a dash of trashy violence was present, but fans and critics were dismayed because it didn't live up to the bad-ass reputation that Season 1 established.

What HBO Execs Say and What Fans can Expect

The creator of the show, Nic Pizzolatto, signed an exclusive development deal with the network but it doesn't mean that Season 3 is on the works. According to Casey Bloys, the new head of programming at HBO, the show is very much alive but he doesn't have anything on paper yet, Slash Film reported. This means, no contract has been signed for a third season.

But fans need not despair about the fate of the best cop drama on TV nowadays. That's because the exec only said he doesn't want to make the same mistake that the previous exec did, which is rushing the show creator to meet a deadline. He says he's going to take time to develop Season 3.

One of the best things HBO can do to make Season 3 deliver the impact it's supposed to deliver is to hire an army of writers to help Pizzolatto. He had years to build up "True Detective" Season 1 but only had a year or less to deliver Season 2. What's more is he did all the writing.

If HBO is serious about keeping "True Detective's" cult following happy and active, they must do what the creators of "Westworld" and "Game of Thrones" do, which is bide their time to create and deliver masterpieces that fans will never ever forget.

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