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Fans ofTrue DetectiveSeason 1 must remember Matthew McConaughey’s character, Rust Cohle, saying“time is a flat circle”in a memorable scene.Series creator Nic Pizzolatto wrote those lines, but he wasn’t involved in writingTrue Detective: Night Country.
Despite being credited as an executive producer, Pizzolatto made it clear on social media that he had no part in season 4’s writing.True DetectiveSeason 4 is the only season which is not created by him—who wrote every episode of the first three seasons.
This season, titledNight Country,is helmed by Issa López. She took on the role of director and co-writer for all six episodes of the new season.Now, the director ofTrue DetectiveSeason 4 disclosed the true motivation behind McConaughey’s memorable dialogue. This revelation came after the original writer (Pizzolatto) criticized her publicly.
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True Detective: Night CountryDirector Denies Paying Homage to Season 1
InTrue Detective: Night Country, was the director, writer, and showrunner Issa López simply trying to pay homage to the lauded first season? Not exactly. As per López, there’s more to it. She toldEW:
“I do know that the hardcore Pizzolatto Forever fans are going to perhaps believe that it was put there just to appease them, but it’s not true. That phrase, it was not something that I planned on putting in the series at all. I think it’s super cheesy to say, ‘I will find a place to put this.'”
This came afterNic Pizzolattoreportedly made remarks on social media, since-deleted, writing, some Season 4 plot points that connect to the show’s first season are“so stupid.”He told one fan (viaVariety),“I certainly did not have any input on this story or anything else. Can’t blame me.”
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Even though Pizzolatto didn’t like it, Season 4 ofTrue Detectivestill references Season 1 with small clues. These include talking about Tuttle Industries, Rust’s dad Travis, andthe recurring eerie spiral symbol.
True DetectiveDirector Reveals Origins of Iconic Line
DirectorIssa Lopezrevealed that it was this symbol that led her to the iconic line“time is a flat circle.”In Season 1, the symbol represented a pedophilic cult and Carcosa – their alternate reality. But, in Season 4,“it’s just the access to the other places, to the ‘other world,'”The 52 year-old explains to EW:
“And as I say in the series, it’s ancient, it’s older than the ice, it’s older than Louisiana. It’s older than Ennis, and it’s always been there and it will always be there.”
Keeping this in mind, López penned the climactic showdown between Clark and the detectives, where he reveals Annie’s fate. The Mexican director said:
“Organically as I was writing the scene, [I thought] if you’re going to go with the version of there’s something mystical out there in the ice, and there’s something in the darkness that is awake and has forever been where this ancient spiral is, and that is also connected to Annie… Then Clark says Annie has always forever been in that cave, and she will always be there, and all of us are doing the same things forever — that’s a line that I wrote — I [then realized], because time is a flat circle! It just came so naturally. And it is a scientist who says it because that concept is based in quantum physics. So it is a scientist who needs to say it.”
She asserted that the connection between the two seasons was unplanned but genuine. The lines spoken by the characters felt natural and fit seamlessly into the story.
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All six episodes ofTrue Detective: Night Countryare available on HBO Max.
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