‘True Detective’ Creator Nic Pizzolatto Posts Bizarre Statement on Season 4 Trolling, Says TV Criticism Is Treated Like ‘Hitlerian Evil That Must Be Stamped Out’

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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Nic Pizzolatto, the original creator of HBO’s “True Detective” franchise, published a bizarre Instagram post amid controversy generated in the aftermath of the show’s fourth season finale. “True Detective: Night Country,” starring Jodie Foster and Kali Reis, ended it six-episode run on Feb.

18. Pizzolatto found himself in hot water after reposting comments to his Instagram story that slammed the show as “disrespectful and insulting” and a “hot mess.” “Night Country” was created by Issa López and marked the first run of “True Detective” episodes not written by Pizzolatto, although he was still credited as an executive producer.

In a new Instagram post, Pizzolatto addressed the fans hating on “True Detective: Night Country” by creating a post for them to channel their anger in the comments section.

Pizzolatto wants fans to stop spamming his other, non-“True Detective” related posts with outrage, so he created one post that could be used as the sole space for their criticisms. “TRUE DETECTIVE AGGREGATE POST – this here is the place for all your trolling/support/infighting around ‘True Detective’ and the absolute moral degeneracy and misogyny of anyone who did not think it was good,” Pizzolatto wrote. “Let’s move these screeds off my posts about my wife, true love, and my father’s death, kay?” “I’d say ‘stay civil’ but of course civility has no place when criticism of a television show indicates some form of Hitlerian evil that must be stamped out,” Pizzolatto added. “So roll on, tide.