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The cast and plot are completely different** Like _Fargo_ and _American Horror Story_, each season of _True Detective_ will have a different plot, setting and cast of characters. This season trades in the Louisiana bayou and the occult for a fictional California town called Vinci and focuses on corruption in the transportation industry. (It doesn’t sound thrilling, but neither does the municipal corruption related to Los Angeles’ water supply, and yet _Chinatown_ is a classic.) While Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson won’t be returning to the show, the second season boasts an all-star cast of Colin Farrell, Vince Vaughn, Rachel McAdams and Taylor Kitsch. **2\. It has different directors and a different look** Last season was directed entirely by Cary Fukunaga, who won an Emmy for his stunning visual work. (He was honored for the episode with that [spectacular six-minute tracking shot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s%5FHuFuKiq8U).) But scouting locations while filming what was essentially an eight-hour movie is no easy feat, so Fukanaga did not return for the second season. Instead, several directors helmed episodes this season (as happens with most TV shows), beginning with Justin Lin, who has four _Fast & Furious_ movies on his resume. Lin set the tone and aesthetic for the series in the first two hours with other HBO vets like Miguel Sapochnik (_Game of Thrones_) and Dan Attias (_The Wire_), taking on later episodes. The result, [as TIME’s TV critic James Poniewozik puts it](http://time.com/3923053/true-detective-season-two-review/), is “a more intimate but more TV-conventional look.” _Read more:_ [_A Lesser True Detective Arrives Far From Carcosa_](http://time.com/3926036/a-lesser-true-detective-arrives-far-from-carcosa/) **3\. The writer is back** Nic Pizzolatto, who wrote every episode of season 1, is back for more. His foreboding voice carries over, even if the people speaking his words do not. However, don’t expect as many “time is a flat circle” moments. None of the characters speak like Matthew McConaughey’s weary philosopher, who was so adored in season one. (Though you can still catch glimpses of an off-brand version in [Lincoln commercials](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcGhLcVqxf0).) Instead, expect characters to utter lines like, “Never do anything out of hunger. Not even eat.” **4\. The show attempts to solve its woman problem—sort of** After many critics ([notably Emily Nussbaum at _The New Yorker_](http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/03/03/cool-story-bro)) skewered the first season of _True Detective_ for its misogyny and relentless focus on white males, the show is under pressure to repent for its previous sins. Rachel McAdams stars as a detective with some serious anger issues and addresses some of the gender politics associated with being a female cop in a dangerous world. But there are still plenty of prostitutes, sexual assault victims and inexplicably horny or docile girlfriends boxed into stereotypes. **5\. It still won’t be upbeat** Anyone who was hoping that hiring comedy vets like Vaughn and McAdams would mean that _True Detective_ would lighten up this season will be very disappointed. Terrible, nausea-inducing things will happen just as frequently this season as the last and Pizzolatto’s dialogue offers no refuge from the darkness. Luckily, HBO has scheduled two new comedies, _The Brink_ and _Ballers_, as Sunday night palate cleansers. _Read next:_ [_Review: Ballers Throws a Flag on the Playboys_](http://time.com/author/james-poniewozik/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3928767/true-detective-season-2-whats-different/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3928767/true-detective-season-2-whats-different/"},"headline":"Here's What to Expect From True Detective Season 2","datePublished":"2015-06-19T21:03:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:22:30.394Z","description":"A closer look at the new season of HBO's hardboiled crime serial","url":"https://time.com/3928767/true-detective-season-2-whats-different/","keywords":["Television","True Detective"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt075b572554cf7b37/698855762dce014fb39e444d/truedetective15_02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt075b572554cf7b37/698855762dce014fb39e444d/truedetective15_02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"truedetective15_02","caption":"","creditText":"Lacey Terrell—HBO","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3928767/true-detective-season-2-whats-different/","name":"Here's What to Expect From True Detective Season 2"}}]}] ```