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    True Detective: Night Country Asks an Interesting Question: What if The Thing Was a Murder Mystery? 

    I’m a True Detective newbie but I was all-in on the fourth season, True Detective: Night Country. Why? Jodie Foster. And the setting. I know Foster moved behind the camera for a long time and she did some great work. She worked on an episode of the science fiction show “Tales from the Loop” a few years ago and I really enjoyed that series. Last year she co-starred with Annette Bening in “Nyad,” a movie I’ve not seen (but will now). Thus, Night Country is the first acting performance I’ve seen in a long time.  She’s fantastic! She’s hard, stern, dogged, determined, and occasionally unlikeable. In a recent podcast episode,…