Last month the teaser dropped for season 2 of True Detective and I wasn’t sold. For as exciting as season one was that ending was brutal and the first synopsis of season two revolved around the “Secret Occult History of the U.S. Transportation System.”

Thanks to Google I knew “occult” had to do with “supernatural, mystical, or magical beliefs, practices, or phenomena.” Great so you’re telling me were getting farther away from a story that could really happening and doing this supernatural magic crap again? 

Fortunately, in a Q&A last week with creator Nic Pizzolatto, we learned the occult aspect was dropped meaning we were halfway back to a compelling show.  Between that and todays extender trailer with “more grit” I think we are getting closer to a show I can sink my teeth into and not feel like a weekly chore like the most recent season of Game of Thrones and The Americans.

Of course if all else fails, we still get The Rock’s show Ballers Sunday’s after True Detective…