Here's why True Detective: Night Country brought back iconic 'time is a flat circle' line

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'True Detective: Night Country' showrunner Issa López explains why season 4 brought back Matthew McConaughey's famous season 1 line 'time is a flat circle' — and no, it wasn't done to 'appease' any 'hardcore Pizzolatto Forever fans,' she says.

"I do know that the hardcore Pizzolatto Forever fans are going to perhaps believe that it was put there just to appease them, but it's not true."Lauren Huff is a writer at Entertainment Weekly with over a decade of experience covering all facets of the entertainment industry.

Still, there are several small, purposeful Easter eggs to season 1 scattered throughout season 4, like quick references to Tuttle Industries and Rust's dad, Travis, and the eerie spiral symbol that pops up throughout. In fact, it was through that symbol that Lopez says she first made the connection to "time is a flat circle."

In season 1, she says, the symbol represented the pedophilic cult and the mark of Carcosa, or "the other place" that the cult believes they can create an opening to. But, in season 4, "it's just the access to the other places, to the 'other world,'" Lopez explains. "And as I say in the series, it's ancient, it's older than the ice, it's older than Louisiana. It's older than Ennis, and it's always been there and it will always be there.

"It's absolutely organic and it came from the script," she concludes. "So it was not an intention, but I love that the connection between this season and the first one was so true organically that the lines were coming from the lips of the characters."

 

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