True Detective Season 3 poked fun at its craziest fans

The Washington Post

In the third season of his HBO anthology series, creator Nic Pizzolatto took "a not-so-subtle dig at the whole true-crime phenomenon that has proliferated in the years since True Detective’s debut — as well as some of the show’s most dedicated fans," says Sonny Bunch, adding: "The truth of the mystery at the heart of True Detective’s latest season is fascinating but self-contained — perhaps disappointingly mundane, if you’re expecting something larger than the story that’s truly being told. This is, amusingly, a direct shot at the show’s most ardent fans, many of whom were nonplussed that the show failed to resolve the conspiracy hinted at but never solved during that first season. Turns out that Rust and Marty were themselves merely red herrings, a bit of Reddit bait that consumed someone with too much time on their hands and not enough sense to just enjoy the story being told as it unfolds." ALSO: Season 3 left out too many crucial details.