We May Have Seen The Last of HBO's TRUE DETECTIVE

After an iconic and breathtakingly great first season, HBO's True Detective completely crapped the bed in its second season, producing what might be the most drastic drop in quality from one TV season to the next that we've seen in the past decade (or maybe even longer). Creator and showrunner Nic Pizzolatto was admittedly under some fairly tight time constraints to get that second season completed on schedule, but rumors of him being a control freak and feuding with Cary Fukunaga (who directed every episode of the first season and zero in the second) didn't exactly help his case. After largely shouldering the blame a few months ago, HBO's President of Programming Michael Lombardo has stepped down (presumably for more reasons than just that season's critical failure) and been replaced by Casey Bloys, the former head of comedy at the network who had overseen shows like Silicon Valley and Veep.

So what does that have to do with True Detective? Well, Bloys will be in charge of all movies, miniseries, documentaries, sports, and Cinemax programming, and that includes True Detective. As THR puts it:

While juggernaut Game of Thrones and the final season of Damon Lindelof’s Peabody-winning drama The Leftovers shouldn’t require too much of Bloys’ time, other decisions, including the fate of True Detective, now fall to him. (HBO sources suggest a new project from creator Nic Pizzolatto is more likely.)

So while that isn't a full-on announcement that True Detective is over and done with, I wouldn't be surprised if Bloys didn't want one of his first big moves in his new position to be to attempt to resurrect a once-great show that's run by a reportedly difficult showrunner. Sure, it'd make him look smart if he pulled it off, but the smarter move would probably be just to let it die at this point and let Pizzolatto move on to something else.

What do you think? Do you want to see more True Detective?