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True Detective

2024

4.7

1.44K reviews

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Season 1-3 episodes (31)

1 Season 1 Episode 1: The Long Bright Dark

1/12/14

Series Premiere. Martin Hart (Woody Harrelson) and Rustin Cohle (Matthew McConaughey), lead investigators in a macabre 1995 Louisiana murder, relive the case and their partnership in the wake of new info.

2 Season 1 Episode 2: Seeing Things

1/19/14

Under pressure to land a suspect, Quesada warns Hart and Cohle they might be replaced by three detectives from a new occult-crimes task force. Later, they follow a lead that takes them from a rural cathouse to an incinerated church.

3 Season 1 Episode 3: The Locked Room

1/26/14

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. Hart gets sidetracked after Maggie sets Cohle up with a friend at a C&W bar.

4 Season 1 Episode 4: Who Goes There

2/9/14

Hart and Cohle hunt for their newly identified suspect, Reggie Ledoux. As Hart's personal life collapses around him, Cohle immerses himself in an old criminal identity from his narco days, contacting a biker gang known to deal with their suspect.

5 Season 1 Episode 5: The Secret Fate of All Life

2/16/14

A violent denouement in the forest clears the Dora Lange case and turns Cohle and Hart into local heroes. In 2012, Gilbough and Papania put their cards on the table, presenting disturbing new intelligence.

6 Season 1 Episode 6: Haunted Houses

2/23/14

In 2012, Papania and Gilbough question Maggie, now divorced from Marty, about Cohle and Hart during 2002, the year their relationship fractured and Cohle quit the force following a suspension.

7 Season 1 Episode 7: After You've Gone

3/2/14

After Marty is shown a harrowing piece of evidence, he and Cohle forge a truce as they probe a murky conspiracy of disappearances connected to the Dora Lange murder, a path of connections that leads to the Tuttle family.

8 Season 1 Episode 8: Form and Void

3/9/14

Season One Finale. A seemingly arbitrary detail in a photograph, along with a homeowner's old tax records, provides Hart and Cohle with a vital new lead in their 17-year-old case--which they pursue to an apocalyptic confrontation.

9 Season 1 Episode 101: - Making

12/16/13

Delve inside the HBO series 'True Detective' in this behind-the-scenes special. Clips from the show and interviews with cast and crew, including stars Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, paint a fascinating picture of this gripping series.

10 Season 1 Episode 102: - Season 1 Trailer #2

5/18/14

Something deep and dark awaits in 'True Detective': HBO's hit drama series starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.

11 Season 1 Episode 103: - Season 1 Invitation to the Set

5/18/14

Get the scoop on the premiere season of 'True Detective' from the cast and crew of this HBO drama series. Interviews include Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Monaghan, and more.

12 Season 1 Episode 104: - About

12/1/13

An inside look at the HBO series 'True Detective' with stars Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey, and others.

13 Season 1 Episode 105: - Season 1 Characters

6/1/14

Meet detectives Martin Hart (Woody Harrelson) and Rustin Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) in this scintillating preview of the hit HBO drama series 'True Detective.'

14 Season 2 Episode 1: The Western Book of the Dead

6/21/15

Season Two Premiere. The disappearance of a city manager disrupts a lucrative land scheme and ignites an investigation involving three police officers and a career criminal who is moving into legitimate business.

15 Season 2 Episode 2: Night Finds You

6/28/15

Ray and Ani investigate a victim's depraved background, as does Frank, while Paul probes the Vinci PD.

16 Season 2 Episode 3: Maybe Tomorrow

7/5/15

Paul works the prostitute angle while Frank receives the first casualty in a secret war, and steps back into a world he'd left behind.

17 Season 2 Episode 4: Down Will Come

7/12/15

The detail works a pawn-shop lead to close in on a suspect in the Caspere case. Frank revisits his past to pay for his present.

18 Season 2 Episode 5: Other Lives

7/9/15

Ray and Frank contemplate new life choices; Ani and Paul follow a lead up the coast.

19 Season 2 Episode 6: Church in Ruins

7/26/15

Desperate to locate a missing woman with intel about Caspere, Frank meets with Mexican drug dealers.

20 Season 2 Episode 7: Black Maps and Motel Rooms

8/2/15

Ray, Ani and Paul take precautionary measures to elude detection and untangle a dark mystery.

21 Season 2 Episode 8: Omega Station

8/9/15

Season Two Finale. Frank, Ray and Ani weigh their options as Caspere's killer and the scope of corruption are revealed.

22 Season 2 Episode 101: : Season 2 Trailer

7/14/15

A pulse-pounding preview of Vince Vaughn, Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams and Taylor Kitsch in Season 2 of 'True Detective' on HBO.

23 Season 3 Episode 1: The Great War and Modern Memory

1/13/19

Season Three Premiere. Retired detective Wayne Hays revisits key moments from a haunting murder/kidnapping case that he and his partner Roland West investigated 35 years earlier in a rural Arkansas town.

24 Season 3 Episode 2: Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

2/25/18

As Hays looks back at the aftermath of the 1980 Purcell case in West Finger, AR, including possible evidence left behind at the Devil's Den, two suspects emerge.

25 Season 3 Episode 3: The Big Never

1/18/19

Hays recalls his early romance with Amelia, as well as some cracks in their relationship that surfaced after they married and had children. Ten years after the Purcell crimes took place, new evidence emerges, giving Hays a second chance at vindication.

26 Season 3 Episode 4: The Hour and the Day

1/25/19

Hays and West see a possible connection between the local church and the Purcell crimes. As the detectives search for one suspect and round up another one for interrogation, Woodard finds himself targeted by a vigilante group.

27 Season 3 Episode 5: If You Have Ghosts

2/1/19

Wayne finds himself in a no-win situation as new clues emerge. Roland wrestles with how to keep evidence secure as lawyers demand a new investigation. Amelia finds her relationship with Wayne imperiled by her writing aspirations and his jealousy.

28 Season 3 Episode 6: Hunters in the Dark

2/8/19

Wayne and Roland revisit discrepancies in the Purcell case that have been hidden or forgotten over the years. Among those being reevaluated is Tom Purcell, as well as Lucy Purcell's cousin Dan O'Brien.

29 Season 3 Episode 7: The Final Country

2/17/19

Following up on new leads, Wayne and Roland track down a man who left the police force in the midst of the Purcell investigation. Amelia visits Lucy Purcell's best friend in hopes of gaining insights into the whereabouts of the mysterious one-eyed man.

30 Season 3 Episode 8: Now Am Found

2/24/19

Season Three Finale. Wayne struggles to hold on to his memories, and his grip on reality, as the truth behind the Purcell case is finally revealed.

31 Season 3 Episode 101: : Season 3 Trailer

3/1/18

An intriguing preview of Season 3 of the acclaimed series 'True Detective.'

About this show

Touch darkness and darkness touches you. From HBO and creator/executive producer Nic Pizzolato comes this searing crime drama series that follows troubled cops and the intense investigations that drive them to the edge.

Ratings and reviews

4.7

1.44K reviews

alan smith

May 13, 2014

Wow what can I say. This was without doubt THE best series, let alone cop series I think I have ever seen. At the end of each episode I felt physically, and mentally drained, and at its conclusion I was left feeling in awe of possibly the best acting its been my pleasure to witness. Both of the main characters not only drew you into their world and life you could actually empathise with them. I believe another series is in discussion or production but without these two. I believe it will only involve those now who are at the top of their craft.

Priscilla Newman

August 25, 2015

This series 2 is, in my opinion: incomprehensible, Inaudible, unbelievable tripe. I can only imagine that the positive reviews have been written by people who either need one more brain cell to make up a synapse or have a vested interest. Of course this may be a 'generational thing', I am in my 70th year, but, if so, pass me the petanque set.

24 people found this review helpful

A Google user

March 11, 2019

Season 3 is awful. (season 1 is 5 stars, season 2 is dire... 1 star, and season 3 is dire... 1 star) Season 3 starts well with a good first episode but goes badly downhill from there. Becomes boring and irritating in its constant switch between the 3 time periods. When the 2 detectives are young, several years later, and when they are old men. The acting is poor in season 3 with the black actor Mah. Ali being awful.

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