I Ain't Gonna Work on Maggie's Farm No More: 'True Detective' and the Deep Dark Secret of the American Psyche

I'm taking screenwriter Nic Pizzolatto at his word: that there's nothing coming at the end of his superbly crafted and brilliantly acted True Detective (concluding tonight on HBO) that relies on the supernatural or extraneous evidence not previously presented in the series. If he's a bullshitter -- and I don't think so; the series has been too real, too honest with its audience throughout -- then he's in for some serious fecal blowback in the flat karmic wheel of showbiz. I'm also buying heavily...