True Detective

2024
4.7
723 reviews
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Season 1 episodes (13)

1 The Long Bright Dark
14-01-12
Season-only
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 Seeing Things
14-01-19
Season-only
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 The Locked Room
14-01-26
Season-only
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 Who Goes There
14-02-09
Season-only
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 The Secret Fate of All Life
14-02-16
Season-only
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 Haunted Houses
14-02-23
Season-only
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 After You've Gone
14-03-02
Season-only
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 Form and Void
14-03-09
Season-only
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.
101 Making True Detective
13-12-16
Season-only
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.
102 Season 1 Trailer #2
14-05-18
Season-only
Something deep and dark awaits in 'True Detective': HBO's hit drama series starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.
103 Season 1 Invitation to the Set
14-05-18
Season-only
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.
104 About True Detective
13-12-01
Season-only
An inside look at the HBO series 'True Detective' with stars Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey, and others.
105 Season 1 Characters
14-06-01
Season-only
Meet detectives Martin Hart (Woody Harrelson) and Rustin Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) in this scintillating preview of the hit HBO drama 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
723 reviews
Melissa Biggin
September 27, 2018
Awesome awesomeness i watched the first episode and didn't stop till the whole of season one was watched. Im always been into detective n thriller books movies etc. I have had to watch it again and again as i wish i have been a detective catching the monster's that ruin n hurt women and children and also serial killers etc. This show is based on true events and detective rustin chole is a real Detective n Matthew mcconnaughey is one of the most clever actors who has i inspired me to watch how he can chage who his character is and he does it so dam good. Matthew also chooses stories or characters and roles that are a huge challenge. Absolutely awesome for me.
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David Puls
September 16, 2014
I'd go as far as to say this is the best first season of any series I've ever seen. Just riveting and dark and ever so complex. Some brilliant lines from Rust if you like "philosophically complex" in your men. Not sure how they'll manage a second season - an impossible act to follow.
Kieran Hanrahan
June 23, 2014
One of the new wave of TV series along with Fargo, Rectify, GOT and House of Cards to showcase brilliant storytelling with superb casting and a festering plotline shot beautifully. Matthew McConaughey is a revelation, for me at least the first time I have seen what a great performance he can turn. Woody Harrelson is a long way from Cheers here and again superbly cast. This is a must see show that is all the more powerful for it's slow burn. Five stars from beginning to end.