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True Detective

True Detective
★ 8.3/10•2014•TV-MA•Drama•Mystery
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The truth lies in the dark.

An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.

StatusReturning Series
LanguageEN
First Air DateJan 12, 2014

Episodes

Episode 1 - The Long Bright DarkE157m

The Long Bright Dark

Former Louisiana State CID partners Martin Hart and Rustin Cohle give separate statements to a pair of investigators about the murder of a prostitute, Dora Lange, 17 years earlier. As they look back, details of the crime, replete with occult overtones, are accompanied by insights into the detectives’ volatile partnership and personal lives.

Jan 12, 2014

Episode 2 - Seeing ThingsE256m

Seeing Things

Under pressure to land a suspect in the Lange murder, Quesada warns Hart and Cohle that they might be replaced by three detectives from a new task force. The pair lobbies for extra time to follow up on a lead that takes them from a rural cathouse to an incinerated church. With his marriage to Maggie already strained by work, Hart finds respite away from home.

Jan 19, 2014

Episode 3 - The Locked RoomE356m

The Locked Room

A hidden image at the burned-out church leads Cohle and Hart to Joel Theriot, a tent-revival minister whose parishioners finger a scarred “tall man” seen with Dora Lange. Brought in for interrogation, a sex offender matching the description is quickly dismissed by Cohle, despite offering a confession. Hart gets sidetracked after Maggie sets Cohle up with a friend at a C&W bar. Looking to establish a pattern of murder, Cohle pores over old case files, finding a connection with a woman assumed to have drowned years earlier.

Jan 26, 2014

Episode 4 - Who Goes There?E455m

Who Goes There?

Hart and Cohle hunt for their newly identified suspect, Reggie Ledoux, a meth cooker who shared a cell with Dora Lange's husband and recently skipped parole. As Hart's personal life collapses around him, Cohle immerses himself in an old criminal identity from his narco days, contacting an East-Texas biker gang known to deal with their primary suspect.

Feb 9, 2014

Episode 5 - The Secret Fate of All LifeE555m

The Secret Fate of All Life

A violent denouement in the forest clears the Dora Lange case and turns Cohle and Hart into local heroes. Each man settles into a healthier rhythm of living as Hart returns to his family, and Cohle starts a relationship while gaining a reputation as a closer in interrogations. As time passes and his daughters grow older, Hart faces new tensions and temptations, and Cohle learns from a double-murder suspect that there could be much more to an old case than he'd once thought. In 2012, Gilbough and Papania put their cards on the table, presenting new intelligence that threatens Cohle and causes Hart to reassess everything he thought he knew about his former partner.

Feb 16, 2014

Episode 6 - Haunted HousesE656m

Haunted Houses

Maggie reveals Cohle's activities in 2002, when his relationship with Hart fractured and he quit the force.

Feb 23, 2014

Episode 7 - After You've GoneE751m

After You've Gone

Hart and Cohle call a truce to investigate a series of disappearances that may be related to the Dora Lange murder and the Tuttle family.

Mar 2, 2014

Episode 8 - Form and VoidE853m

Form and Void

An overlooked detail provides Hart and Cohle with an important new lead in their 17-year-old case.

Mar 9, 2014

Actors

Jodie Foster

Jodie Foster

Liz Danvers

Kali Reis

Kali Reis

Evangeline Navarro

Fiona Shaw

Fiona Shaw

Rose Aguineau

Finn Bennett

Finn Bennett

Peter Prior

Isabella Star LaBlanc

Isabella Star LaBlanc

Leah Danvers

John Hawkes

John Hawkes

Hank Prior

Grace Pitts

Grace Pitts

Student (uncredited)

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