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“True Detective: Night Country” is the first season of the HBO anthology series not created by Nic Pizzolatto, who up until now had a writing credit on every episode across the show’s first three seasons. The show’s fourth season, “Night Country,” hails from Issa López, whose 2017 horror movie “Tigers Are Not Afraid” served as an industry breakthrough for the writer-director. López directed and co-wrote all six episodes of the new season.

While Pizzolatto is still an executive producer on the show, he has made it quite clear on social media amid “Night Country’s” run that he is not involved in any capacity with the fourth season of the show. He allegedly commented in since-deleted social media posts that some Season 4 plot points that connect to the show’s first season are “so stupid” and told one fan, “I certainly did not have any input on this story or anything else. Can’t blame me.”

López was recently asked by Vulture about Pizzolatto’s alleged criticisms of her edition of “True Detective,” to which she answered: “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.”

“I wrote this with profound love for the work he made and love for the people that loved it,” López added. “And it is a reinvention, and it is different, and it’s done with the idea of sitting down around the fire, and [let’s] have some fun and have some feelings and have some thoughts. And anybody that wants to join is welcome.”

Variety has reached out to Pizzolatto’s team for additional comment.

“True Detective: Night Country” is headlined by two-time Oscar winner Jodie Foster and boxer-turned-actor Kali Reis and centers on a murder mystery involving an Indigenous Alaskan woman. The new season wowed TV critics, with Variety‘s Alison Herman calling it a “rewarding reboot” and “a haunting murder mystery,” adding: “The six-episode season also takes a notably different approach to the supernatural, a background motif of past installments that here becomes a central theme.”

López made headlines after the series premiered when she took to X (formerly Twitter) to fight back against toxic trolls on Rotten Tomatoes. While the fourth season of the HBO crime series has earned glowing reviews (it boasts a 92% Rotten Tomatoes score from 73 reviews), there’s apparently a section of the fandom unhappy with the new direction of the show (the Rotten Tomatoes audience score is at 69%).

“So, if you liked last night’s [episode] of [‘True Detective: Night Country‘], and have a Rotten Tomatoes account, maybe head over there and leave an audience review?” Lopez wrote to her followers. “The bros and hardcore fanboys of [Season 1] have made it a mission to drag the rating down, and it’s kind of sad, considering all the 5 star ones.”

“True Detective: Night Country” airs new episodes on Sunday nights at 9pm ET on HBO and Max.

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“True Detective: Night Country” is the first season of the HBO anthology series not created by Nic Pizzolatto, who up until now had a writing credit on every episode across the show’s first three seasons. The show’s fourth season, “Night Country,” hails from Issa López, whose 2017 horror movie “Tigers Are Not Afraid” served as an industry breakthrough for the writer-director. López directed and co-wrote all six episodes of the new season.

《真探：夜之国度》是HBO选集剧的首季，而非由尼克·皮佐拉托创作。尼克·皮佐拉托迄今为止拥有该剧前三季每集的编剧署名。该剧的第四季《夜之国度》由伊萨·洛佩兹打造，其2017年的恐怖电影《猛虎不惧》为这位编剧兼导演带来了行业突破。洛佩兹执导并与人共同创作了新季的全部六集。

While Pizzolatto is still an executive producer on the show, he has made it quite clear on social media amid “Night Country’s” run that he is not involved in any capacity with the fourth season of the show. He allegedly commented in since-deleted social media posts that some Season 4 plot points that connect to the show’s first season are “so stupid” and told one fan, “I certainly did not have any input on this story or anything else. Can’t blame me.”

尽管皮佐拉托仍是该剧的执行制片人，但他在《夜之国度》播出期间已在社交媒体上明确表明，自己没有以任何身份参与该剧的第四季。据称，他在已删除的社交媒体帖子中评论说，第四季中一些与第一季相连的情节“太愚蠢了”，并告诉一位粉丝，“我当然没有对这个故事或任何其他事情发表任何意见。不能怪我。”

López was recently asked by Vulture about Pizzolatto’s alleged criticisms of her edition of “True Detective,” to which she answered: “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.”

最近，Vulture就皮佐拉托对她执导的《真探》版本的所谓批评询问了洛佩兹，她回答说：“我相信每个讲故事的人与他们创作的故事之间都有着非常特殊、独特和独特的关系，无论他的反应如何，他都有权做出反应。这是他的特权。”

“I wrote this with profound love for the work he made and love for the people that loved it,” López added. “And it is a reinvention, and it is different, and it’s done with the idea of sitting down around the fire, and [let’s] have some fun and have some feelings and have some thoughts. And anybody that wants to join is welcome.”

“我创作这部作品时怀着对他所做工作的深深热爱以及对喜欢它的人的热爱，”洛佩兹补充道，“它是一种重塑，与众不同，它的创作理念是围坐在火堆旁，[让我们]享受一些乐趣，产生一些感受和想法。欢迎任何想加入的人。”

Variety has reached out to Pizzolatto’s team for additional comment.

Variety已联系皮佐拉托的团队以获取更多置评。

“True Detective: Night Country” is headlined by two-time Oscar winner Jodie Foster and boxer-turned-actor Kali Reis and centers on a murder mystery involving an Indigenous Alaskan woman. The new season wowed TV critics, with Variety‘s Alison Herman calling it a “rewarding reboot” and “a haunting murder mystery,” adding: “The six-episode season also takes a notably different approach to the supernatural, a background motif of past installments that here becomes a central theme.”

《真探：夜之国度》由两届奥斯卡奖得主朱迪·福斯特和拳击手出身的演员卡利·雷斯主演，讲述了一桩涉及一名阿拉斯加土著妇女的谋杀案。新季令电视评论家们惊叹不已，Variety的艾莉森·赫尔曼称其为“值得一看的重启之作”和“令人难忘的谋杀案”，并补充道：“这六集季节也采用了明显不同的方式来呈现超自然现象，这是过去几季的一个背景主题，而在这里它成为了核心主题。”

López made headlines after the series premiered when she took to X (formerly Twitter) to fight back against toxic trolls on Rotten Tomatoes. While the fourth season of the HBO crime series has earned glowing reviews (it boasts a 92% Rotten Tomatoes score from 73 reviews), there’s apparently a section of the fandom unhappy with the new direction of the show (the Rotten Tomatoes audience score is at 69%).

该剧首播后，洛佩兹因在X（前Twitter）上回击Rotten Tomatoes上的恶意喷子而成为头条新闻。虽然这部HBO犯罪剧集的第四季获得了热烈评价（在73篇评论中拥有92%的Rotten Tomatoes新鲜度），但显然有一部分粉丝对该剧的新方向感到不满（Rotten Tomatoes的观众评分为69%）。

“So, if you liked last night’s [episode] of [‘True Detective: Night Country‘], and have a Rotten Tomatoes account, maybe head over there and leave an audience review?” Lopez wrote to her followers. “The bros and hardcore fanboys of [Season 1] have made it a mission to drag the rating down, and it’s kind of sad, considering all the 5 star ones.”

洛佩兹写信给她的粉丝：“如果你喜欢昨晚的《真探：夜之国度》剧集，并且有Rotten Tomatoes账号，也许可以前往那里留下观众评论？第一季的剧迷和铁杆粉丝们把拉低评分当成了使命，这有点可悲，考虑到那么多五星好评。”

“True Detective: Night Country” airs new episodes on Sunday nights at 9pm ET on HBO and Max.

《真探：夜之国度》的新剧集于周日晚9点在HBO和Max播出。