The only thing better than the performance of Matthew McConaughey on True Detective may be the performance of the Internet over the past few weeks in relation to this HBO hit.

First, users gave us this totally awesome ideas for True Detective Season 2 pairings.

And now a genius World Wide Web aficionado has recreated the show's opening credits, Law & Order style!

Does the upbeat score of this NBC classic fit in with the (VERY) dark theme of True Detective? Not one bit. That's what makes it so great.

Check out the recreated version now and compare them to other parodied TV show credits: 

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