'True Detective' Season 2: HBO Series Gets A Clean Slate, But Has It Learned From Its Mistakes?

'True Detective' Season 2: HBO Series Gets A Clean Slate, But Has It Learned From Its Mistakes? We're a little over a week away from the June 21 season two premiere of HBO's True Detective, which will introduce us to brand new characters and storylines. That the first season of the anthology series left a bad taste in many viewers' mouths has not curbed anticipation for the new season, and this is likely because the show is getting a fresh start. True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto has again written all the episodes, but Cary Fukunaga won't be returning as director – that duty will be split among a rotating crew that includes Justin Lin and Janus Metz Pedersen. Vince Vaughn and Colin Farrell will replace Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson as co-leads, and Rachel McAdams will play a detective – not a hooker or a put-upon wife/girlfriend, like most of the female characters in season one.