HBO’s President Has Responded To The Fact No One Likes True Detective’s New Broody Manbabies

Spoilers for True Detective’s second season.

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It’s no secret that True Detective‘s second season is a bit of a fizzer. With just two episodes to go, its only intriguing moments so far have been a saggy old man orgy and a shootout with a seemingly random assortment of immigrants. Most viewers aren’t in any way invested in whatever crime this grimacing group of manbabies are actually chasing down.

At least, I’m not. I’m part of the growing group of people watching with the sole purpose of seeing who coked-up Colin Farrell is going to beat the shit of next.

However this isn’t really how the show was intended by neither director Nic Pizzolatto nor HBO President Michael Lombardo and today, the latter was just met with a whole lot of questions at the Television Critics Association press tour. Namely, why is everything a giant snooze? Where the hell did Colin Farrell’s moustache go? And, how has he reacted to such total critical derision?

After coming out of a Game of Thrones session where he was grilled about Jon Snow’s death — he said he’s dead, of course — Lombardo seemed to take this pretty well. Variety report that he joked about not hearing the negative response until he came back from holiday and how he was pretty shocked. “I think he takes a big swing,” he said, speaking about Pizzolatoo. “I’m enormously proud of it … I think he’s a spectacular writer [and] I would happily be in business with him for a long time.”

When asked specifically for his thoughts on why no one likes this “spectacular” writing, he suggested that everyone “needs to watch the entirety of it”. “I think the season’s ending is as satisfying as any series we’ve done,” he said.

That’s a pretty big call for a number of reasons. One being that if you’ve sat through six hours of something in pained laughter, chances are you’ve probably passed the point of no return. The other being that that statement is coming from the guy responsible for Game of Thrones — that little show whose finales include the murder, zombies, revenge, escape, sorcery, and dragons. Those are some fucked up expectations to set for one that has previously just been 60 minutes of intense whiskey swilling.

Whether it pays off or not, Lombardo also indicated he’s keen for more. “If [Pizzalatto] wants to do another season, the door is open,” he said. “We’d like to do another season of it.”

Much like Tim Riggins receiving a blowjob off a lady, I do not know how to feel.