I strongly disagree with that. Most shows these days have strong female leads. (Game of Thrones: Arya, Brienne, Ygritte, Daenerys, etc; Walking Dead: Michonne, Carol, etc.) Most also have ensemble casts, not intense character studies. In this darker, grittier "buddy cop" biopic, there was no need for any other…

Honestly, the allegations that True Detective short changes females is patently idiotic. It's a biopic style tale following the two leads, who are male, and the rest of the characters - male or female - are flat-souled, 2 dimensional caricatures of human beings. It's not like the other male characters (outside the…