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The cult ofTrue Detectivewas crystallized in atracking shotin season ones fourth episode, Who Goes There.
Robotseason two, and three years before Jean-Marc Vallee oversaw the first season ofBig Little Lies.
And all of the series appeal was narrowed down into those six uninterrupted minutes of bloodshed and vigilantism.
The diminishing returns were noticeable.
Deaths send them down increasingly arcane paths again, as Rust and Marty did.
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