The HBO show's creator Nic Pizzolatto is said to have called Night Country's connections to the first series "stupid", but there's a reason they work so well.
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At the edge of civilization where True Detective: Night Country is set there is no promise of salvation, only carnal vengeance and some comfort in the darkness.