S01E01 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...
True Detective
The truth lies in the dark.
S01E05: 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.
Overview
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.
Episodes
S01E02 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...
S01E03 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...
S01E04 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...
S01E05 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...
S01E06 Haunted Houses
Maggie reveals Cohle's activities in 2002, when his relationship with Hart fractured and he quit the force.
S01E07 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.
S01E08 Form and Void
An overlooked detail provides Hart and Cohle with an important new lead in their 17-year-old case.
Cast
Jodie Foster
Liz Danvers
Kali Reis
Evangeline Navarro
Fiona Shaw
Rose Aguineau
Finn Bennett
Peter Prior
Isabella Star LaBlanc
Leah Danvers
John Hawkes
Hank Prior
