You assume the story has been written. We shall see if true detectives, as cast, is a one season wonder. Or will the artists recognize the magic and carry it on? Or just change for the sake of change?
What makes you so sure? Looks to me like it's getting more complex with the yellow king angle. This may go to places far beyond the original season. And why not?
Look I am not going to get into a debate over story teller vs writer. My point was you do not think creative minds cannot evolve a plot/story over time? What if Tolkien was held to a single TV season? Would we ever have seen the 3 part lord of the rings? Or would the ring been thrown in Mt doom hurry up?
I know he's a "pop" novelist but I like some of his work and Steven King has mentioned that often he has no idea how some of his novels are going to end till he writes them. Hence the 10-15 years writing the dark tower. A creative mind can look at the story he has started and put in plots and turns he never conceived of in the "in the beginning" part of the novel.
Don't care if you're worried about a bonanza/gun smoke run. Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson click together and there is room for at lest 5-6 seasons on that core and cast additions/subtractions to keep it fresh. Would you have been happy if after the first season the Sopranos turned into a show about the bloods? It's gangsters after all.
Just got though E1. Got to love the Matt Mc character. In the interrogation room-
Matt pulls out a smoke. Cops " no no you can't do that here."
Matt "do you want the story or not?" and fires up.
Matt "go get me a 6 pack."
Cops "what? are you kidding?"
Matt " It's after noon on my day off. After noon on my day off I drink." Cops go get beer
So he's sitting in a police interrogation room chain smoking and drinking beer. Beer runs out so he pulls out a hip flask. Great character I love this show.