After what has been a rough patch for HBO, enter "The Night Of," an eight-part limited series that comes as close to recapturing the hypnotic magic of the first "True Detective" as anything has since.
The project has a history, frankly, nearly as interesting as the show. Liberally adapted from a 2008 BBC miniseries, the pilot originally featured James Gandolfini, whose sudden death put the whole enterprise on hold.