We knew the Season 1 finale of True Detective would be bringing in a lot of viewers, as HBO has been teasing that the episode would reveal the identity of “The Yellow King” ritualistic serial killer. But what HBO apparently didn’t anticipate is that the popularity of this eighth and final episode of the season would cause its streaming service, HBO GO, to crash.

The season finale aired on HBO on Sunday night at 9pm and by 9:50pm, the HBO GO Twitter account had posted a status about their service being affected: “Due to overwhelmingly popular demand for #TrueDetective, we’ve been made aware of an issue affecting some users. Please try again soon.”

This is it, people. Tonight will see the Season 1 finale of HBO’s mind-bending crime drama True Detective. In this 8th and final episode of the season, titled “Form and Void,” former partners Marty Hart (Woody Harrelson) and Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) have reunited in the year 2012 and they’re hellbent on following up on the Dora Lange murder and the trail left behind by The Yellow King.

HBO has released a 35-second preview of Episode #8, which you can watch here below, along with a video recap of last week’s episode 7 to get you ready for the season finale.

This Sunday will see the Season 1 finale of HBO’s much-talked-about crime drama True Detective. This first season centers on two Louisiana state detectives, played by Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, who were partnered up in 1995 to investigate the ritualistic murder of a young girl. McConaughey’s Rust Cohle takes every opportunity to get philosophical, leaving the audience to wonder what clues are hidden in his heavy, oft-indecipherable dialogue.

The crew over at The Soup, including Community stars Joel McHale (who hosts The Soup) and Jim Rash, put together a parody of the HBO series, asking “Can Anyone Understand “True Detective?”

Check out the video parody, which aired on The Soup on E! last night, here below.

Season 1 of HBO’s mesmerizing crime drama True Detective is nearing its finale, with last night’s episode, titled “After You’ve Gone,” being the next to last installment. In this 7th episode, we see former partners Marty Hart (Woody Harrelson) and Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) in 2012 teaming up once more, but this time it’s off the grid, and they’re searching again into the Dora Lange murder and the Tuttle family.

HBO has released a 4 1/2-minute “Inside The Episode #7” video, which you can watch here below, along with a video recap of the episode and a few clips.

Tonight sees the penultimate episode of Season 1 of HBO’s mesmerizing crime drama True Detective. In this 7th episode, titled “After You’ve Gone,” former partners Marty Hart (Woody Harrelson) and Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) forge a truce in present-day time to “probe a murky string of disappearances that tie to the symbology of the Dora Lange murder and the Tuttle family.”

HBO has released a 35-second preview of Episode #7, which you can watch here below, along with a video recap of last week’s episode 6.