I feel like I'm living the beginning of an Ari Aster film
Not yet mentioned:
The Deuce
The Chair Company
The Penguin
The Rehearsal
Surely you mean True Detective season 3?
I got about as far as you... Might go at it again because the FOMO on the hype is big. The writing felt like reading a thesaurus...
I did not have them as a child, but taught them in ESL classes as an adult :) cute stories