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Thrills and chills! Twists and turns! Mind-warping philosophical rants, past occult conspiracies, and the highly stylized dialogue of a million film noirs from another dimension! These are the things that True Detective built its reputation on, the things that made its groundbreaking first season a prestige-TV alternative. And in this …
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