True Detective

2024
4.7
723 reviews
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Season 1 episodes (13)

1 The Long Bright Dark
1/12/14
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
1/19/14
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
1/26/14
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
2/9/14
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
2/16/14
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
2/23/14
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
3/2/14
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
3/9/14
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
12/16/13
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
5/18/14
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
5/18/14
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
12/1/13
Season-only
An inside look at the HBO series 'True Detective' with stars Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey, and others.
105 Season 1 Characters
6/1/14
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
jane moran
September 15, 2015
Loved the club singer and was basically addicted to watching the opening credits which I know contain the plot clues/cues. The landscape of LA area so vast and fascinating but each shot was beautiful. Direction of acting, actors, amazing. Story still percolating, it was not a revenge flick and contemplated morality sincerely. Rest the guns and cigarettes and tell me your story again please.
Tom Halbert
March 25, 2014
Stunning show in nearly every way. The tale is gripping and the acting is seriously engaging. My only problem is a wish there were more of Marty & Rust. 8 episodes came and went before I could blink.
Robert Hodhew
November 2, 2016
The first couple of episodes were "dense" with characters. However the climactic couple of episodes had me crying at the edge of my seat. I now want to watch it again to see the clues I'd missed the first time around. Best thing I've watched in years.