True Detective2014
“The truth lies in the dark.”
Created by Nic Pizzolatto, Issa López
On the charts
🏆 Won 6 Primetime Emmys. 46 wins & 168 nominations total
The premise
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.
Horror Vault's take
True Detective is a prestige anthology crime series where each season drops a new set of detectives into a labyrinthine murder case that quickly reveals rot beneath the surface — personal, institutional, and sometimes something far stranger. The investigations unfold across fractured timelines, forcing both characters and viewers to piece together a picture that keeps shifting. Philosophical weight and psychological tension are as central to the DNA of the show as the crimes themselves. Every season is its own self-contained descent.
Content: Graphic Violence, Disturbing Crime Scene Imagery, Themes Of Corruption And Abuse, Strong Language, Depictions Of Murder
Episode Guide
S1.E1 · The Long Bright DarkPremiere8.5Jan 12, 2014 · 57 min · Dir: Cary Joji Fukunaga
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 occul
S1.E2 · Seeing Things8.3Jan 19, 2014 · 56 min · Dir: Cary Joji Fukunaga
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 ca
S1.E3 · The Locked Room8.6Jan 26, 2014 · 56 min · Dir: Cary Joji Fukunaga
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
S1.E4 · Who Goes There?9.0Feb 9, 2014 · 55 min · Dir: Cary Joji Fukunaga
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 cri
S1.E5 · The Secret Fate of All Life8.8Feb 16, 2014 · 55 min · Dir: Cary Joji Fukunaga
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 repu
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