Sophomore seasons of TV shows dont necessarily come with the same stigma as follow-up LPs. Since the modern era of primetime TV begun with Oz, shows such as 24, The Shield, The Sopranos, The Wire, The West Wing and Six Feet Under have all impressed for multiple seasons, and in most of these cases, the first season isnt even considered as the best. But a new trend in how TV is able to tell a story has the potential to test this creator-audience relationship to the limit: the full reboot. Like FXs American Horror Story before them, 2014 saw two refreshing new shows that came with the announcement that each season would be a stand-alone story. In the case of another FX show, Fargo, this feels like a welcome approach as the first season was already a story-reboot of the film of the same name. By rebooting the story but setting it in the same world, creator Noah Hawley has the opportunity to keep hitting that same, but different button that seems to work so well. So why is then that when it comes to True Detective, the full reboot approach feels like more of a curse than a blessing? What were the elements that made the first season so untouchable, and what revelations regarding the second outing are working against Nic Pizzolatto striking oil twice? Here are ten reasons why the first season of True Detective cant be topped...
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