I feel like this season of True Detective, so far, is channeling 'Mulholland Drive'. If anything, definitely a Pop-Lynch feel to it. I'd bet that quick shot of the car passing the intersection to Mulholland Drive is a deliberate call back.

Maybe nobody on your cultural radar says that. Someday you might realize that country music has as deep and varied a history that's as relevant to as many people as the pillars of Rock/Pop are as well, which Garth Brooks is a huge part of.