‘True Detective’ Season 4 Star Claps Back At Criticism
Jodie Foster and Kali Reis pose during the blue carpet for the series 'True Detective: Night Country' at Cineteca Nacional on January 11, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico.
Following the season four finale of True Detective, the HBO original series creator Nic Pizzolatto made headlines for bashing Night Country. Though he created the show’s first three seasons, including the horrible second season, Pizzolatto was an executive producer for this most recent season. Issa López directed and co-wrote all six episodes of the show starring Jodie Foster and newcomer Kali Reis. Apparently, Pizzolatto distanced himself from season four during its run. However, he reposted all negative criticisms of the show’s recent finale to his Instagram Story.
Without providing any personal commentary on the finale, Pizzolatto shared reactions from people who called the new season “cheap,” “forced,” and a “hot mess.” He reposted several angered fans’ Stories to his own. Some even claimed that Lopez had “butchered” his original writing to the first season of True Detective. In the finale, a character uses a famous season one line in which Matthew McConaughey’s character, Detective Rustin “Rust” Cohle, describes time as a flat circle. As a fan of the series, the praise he shared from fans commending the show’s second season (starring Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams and Vince Vaughn) over this fourth season seemed entirely biased. It feels like sour grapes: like he is bashing the season’s success he couldn’t take credit for.
Even one of the show’s stars, Kali Reis, got wind of Pizzolato’s Stories. She wrote on X (formerly Twitter), “That’s a damn shame… but hey I guess ‘if you don’t have anything good to share, s— on others’ is the new wave lol.” One person commented on her status, “‘Well I would have done this and I would have done that…’ but he didn’t. So…you all have fun at the Emmy’s.” As another person asked about him being an executive producer, Reis replied with, “Mm hmm,” and a drinking tea gif.
Lopez was asked by Vulture about Pizzolatto’s earlier criticisms of her season, to which she said: “I believe that every storyteller has a very specific, peculiar, and unique relation to the stories they create, and whatever his reactions are, he’s entitled to them. That’s his prerogative.” She stated that her reinvention is different from his previous seasons. Night Country centers on a murder mystery involving an Indigenous Alaskan woman who was protesting against the small town’s mine. Five years after season three, this new season explored more supernatural elements having an effect on most characters in each episode.
Notable Films And Shows That Hit Streaming In February 2024
With the Oscars fast approaching, streamers are steadily adding nominated films to their platforms, and we are here for it. Nominated for 13 Oscars, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer will be available to stream on February 16 on Peacock. Oppenheimer follows the story of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (played by Cillian Murphy), who was appointed to work on the top-secret Manhattan Project during World War II. Oppenheimer and a team of scientists spent years developing and designing the atomic bomb, to find their work has come to fruition on July 16, 1945 (Trinity), as they witness the world’s first nuclear explosion, forever changing the course of history. Nolan’s other features will be made available on the streamer earlier on the first of the month, including his debut film, Memento, and the award-winning Dunkirk.
Other than that, highly-anticipated series are also coming out in February. The latest adaptation of Mr. and Mrs. Smith will hit Prime Video, starring Donald Glover and Maya Erskine in the first season of the romantic action drama. The entirety of the first season drops at once on February 2. February is Black History Month, and the new Genius: MLK/X anthology series starring Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Aaron Pierre as Malcolm X will stream on February 2 on Hulu and Disney+. It’s a dramatization of the formative years and parallel struggles of the two iconic civil rights activists. For fans of the beloved original Nickelodeon animated series, the live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender will come to Netflix on February 22.
Already Streaming
As we previously reported, Sofia Vergara’s dramatic debut as real-life Colombian cartel boss Griselda Blanco is already streaming on Netflix. The Modern Family alum looks completely unrecognizable in the Griselda miniseries, which is six one-hour episodes long. Griselda tells the fictionalized account of the rise and fall of the “Godmother of Cocaine” during the violent drug wars in Miami in the ’70s and ’80s.
Keep scrolling to see the hottest films and shows coming to Netflix, Hulu, Max, Prime Video, Peacock, Paramount+ and other streaming services in February.
Laila Abuelhawa is the Top 40 and Hip-Hop pop culture writer for Beasley Media Group. Being with the company for over three years, Laila's fierce and fabulous red-carpet rankings have earned her a feature on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert!' Her favorite stories are those surrounding the latest in celebrity fashion, television and film rankings, and how the world reacts to major celebrity news. With a background in journalism, Laila's stories ensure accuracy and offer background information on stars that you wouldn't have otherwise known. She prides herself in covering stories that inform the public about what is currently happening and what is to come in the ever-changing, ever-evolving media landscape.
