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Is True Detective back? (Plus, Gimlet's new true crime project and Sheela's big screen potential!)

Published: Feb. 4, 2019, 11:06 a.m.

Lara is hopped up on chocolate-covered espresso beans\u2026so hold on to your hats, people. The panel talks about Hollywood\u2019s plans for a dramatized retelling of the \u201cWild Wild Country\u201d story. Rebecca poses the question of whether \u201cConviction\u201d and Gimlet\u2019s other testosterone-fueled true crime offers are \u201ca little too bro.\u201d Then the crime writers discuss whether the sensibility and narrative certitude of true crime publishing has a place in the broken system/unsolved case popularity of modern podcasts.\n\nThe group tackles the new season of HBO\u2019s True Detective. It replicates season 1\u2019s neo-gothic settings, stylized cinematography, shifting timelines, unreliable narrators, and its all-star cast. But does the latest installment return True Detective to its once-revered reputation?\n\nWE\u2019LL BE DISCUSSING PLOT POINTS TO TRUE DETECTIVE, SO TO STAY SPOILER-FREE FAST-FORWARD TO OUR REVIEWS AT 1:01:06\n\nThen in crime of the week: kill \u2018em with Kindness.\n\nSPONSORS THIS EPISODE\nMace - visit mace.com and enter promo code CRIME for 20% off combo kits\nDaily Harvest - use promo code CRIME for 3 free cups at daily-harvest.com\nLegacybox - go to Legacybox.com/crime to get 40% off your first order\nHandy - use promo code CRIME at handy.com/crime to get your first 3-hour cleaning for $39\nPostmates - use code CWO for $100 of free delivery credit for your first 7 days\n\n\n\n\nClick here to get the Crime Writers On After Show, plus more exclusive content, on Patreon.: https://patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia