Pizzolatto clearly wasn’t given a tight timeframe for a potential Season 3, and we’ve already gone nearly two years without any new episodes.
If he is taking his time to deliver his best work again, we could get a Season 3 on par with Season 1.
Season 2 of True Detective was so poorly received that it may come as a surprise to some to learn that a Season 3 may be in the works.
That said, former HBO President Michael Lombardo has gone on the record as saying that the reason why Season 2 failed was that Nic Pizzolatto was rushed to put the season together rather than given time to craft a creative masterpiece in the way he was for Season 1.