The article offers information on the final episode of the television program "True Detective," starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, created by Nic Pizzolatto. Topics include information on the character development in the program and why Pizzolatto chose to introduce the killer to the audience in the last episode.

As the dust settles on the “True Detective” finale, and the adventures of Rust Cohle and Marty Hart fade into the television firmament like the distant stars they found so meaningful, at least one thing is clear: it didn’t quite end the way we wanted it to.

True Detective won 28 awards and was nominated for 57 awards. This IMDb article provides a comprehensive list of the awards True Detective was nominated for and awarded.

HBO‘s True Detective finale bagged a series high of 3.5 million viewers Sunday at 9 PM — a 50% spike from the crime anthology’s premiere of 2.3 million. With an average gross audience of 11 million viewers season to date, True Detective becomes HBO’s most-watched freshman series since Six Feet Under’s 11.4 million viewers in 2001. Across the night’s three telecasts, the series also hit a high — 4.9 million viewers. Last night, demand for tonight’s season finale of True Detective was so great online, the network’s streaming service HBO GO temporarily crashed, which may have helped drive viewers to the TV viewing.

When did True Detective become the most talked about television show of the year to date? The HBO drama series, about two Louisiana homicide detectives investigating a possible serial killer, debuted on Foxtel's Showcase with some fanfare - based on the pairing of Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in the lead roles - but after three episodes strong reviews were matched by a deluge of online attention.

At first blush, “True Detective” looks like another brooding cable cop drama, distinguished primarily by the undeniable casting coup of pairing a suddenly red-hot Matthew McConaughey (and who saw that one coming?) and Woody Harrelson. It doesn’t take long, though, for this hypnotic series to begin assuming a life of its own, wrapped in a multipronged mystery and featuring one of more unconventional protagonists to walk the beat in a while. Rich and absorbing, this eight-part drama quickly vaults into elite company, offering a singular voice that’s unlike almost anything else on TV.

True Detective” comes alive in the wide-open spaces, in its spare depictions of bayous and abandoned churches, tent revivals and littered parking lots. Yet this mystery may be most transfixing when its characters are trapped in small spaces. The scenes that had the biggest impact on me took place during interrogations and conversations, when the actors were displaying the kind of psychological intensity and nuance you find only in the very best dramas.