The “sophomore slump” or the “difficult second album” has generally been an expression that’s applied to music. After a band or a solo artist launches their career with a hit record, it can be challenging to recapture that same energy and excitement. After all, it's one thing to work on your best idea in solitude for years. It's another to suddenly feel immense pressure to follow-up that first hit with something even better. The same can hold true for TV. Many of the greatest television shows fail to deliver on their second outing — like Heroes and True Detective, to name just a couple.