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| HBO | Release Date: December 17, 2013 |
Summary:
A 17-year hunt for a serial killer in Louisiana begins with Detectives Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) and Martin Hart (Woody Harrelson) joining the search in this eight-episode anthology series.
Creator:
Nic Pizzolatto
Genre(s):
Drama, Action & Adventure, Suspense
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Recent Episodes
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S3:E8. Now Am Found
Air Date: February 24, 2019
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S3:E7. The Final Country
Air Date: February 17, 2019
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S3:E6. Hunters in the Dark
Air Date: February 10, 2019
Positive:
84
Mixed:
32
Negative:
1
Feb 1, 2019
Season 3 Review:
The fiery and intense performances; Pizzolatto’s dense and rich writing; the finely calibrated directing from Jeremy Saulnier; the superb editing; the chilling and mournful music from the great T. Bone Burnett; the cinematography that changes hues to reflect the various time periods--all of these elements contribute to a slightly intoxicating case of Viewer Vertigo, as we try to maintain our balance while constantly being thrown OFF balance. ... This is addictive television.
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Jan 9, 2014
Season 1 Review:
The dialogue is rich, colorful and provocative, adding to the gothic sensibilities of the series. Director Cary Joji Fukunaga makes great use of the Louisiana location, giving it as much importance to the story as the characters of Cohle and Hart. All the performances are superb, but those of McConaughey and Harrelson are in a class by themselves.
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Jan 10, 2014
Season 1 Review:
The first four episodes sent out for review become stranger and less “realistic” by the hour, not to mention more stereotypically HBO-like (artfully arranged corpses; drug-thug posturing and handgun-waving; gratuitous T&A) and less concerned with the case that Cohle and Hart are allegedly trying to solve. But the show’s time-shifting structure is so painstaking that even when True Detective spirals into lurid madness there still seems to be purpose behind it.
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Jun 12, 2015
Jan 9, 2014
Season 1 Review:
Often True Detective is too much about the performances–there’s something very actorly about it, setting up McConaughey in particular with set pieces and monologues that, while exquisitely written on the page and probably potent Emmy-bait, would be twice as effective if there were half as many.
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Jan 3, 2019
Season 3 Review:
The many echoes of that original story are at first reassuring, as if lessons were learned from the Farrell/Vaughn mess. But in time, Ali’s performance is the only thing disguising how rote this all feels, and how much the series keeps repeating itself, within seasons as well as across them. There are periodic moments that pulse with life--or, at least, that feel like clichés done right. And then there are others where it all feels like antihero-drama karaoke in an era when TV has mostly moved away from these overused tropes.
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Mar 27, 2014
Oct 14, 2019
The 1st season ist perfect, great acting also. Forget the 2nd season, it is not good I read and after the 1st episode I skipped it.
The 3rd season is great again.
The 3rd season is great again.
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Jan 9, 2020
Television doesn't get much better then this! From the writting, to the direction, acting and cinematography, its something else. Each season transporting to you to a forgotten corner of the America, a flyover town full of horror, murder and forgotten lives. A window into true America.
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May 10, 2019
True Detective isn't an ordinary cop show, it's a detective driven mystery that can be solved thanks to the terrific acting and direction that this show is known for.
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Dec 15, 2019
Easily one of the best shows of this millenium so far. Plot, cast, operator's work - everything is brilliant. And forget about the second season, it didn't exist xD
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Season 3
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Season 3 Overview
Air Date: January 13, 2019
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S3:E8. Now Am Found
Air Date: February 24, 2019
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S3:E7. The Final Country
Air Date: February 17, 2019
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S3:E6. Hunters in the Dark
Air Date: February 10, 2019
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S3:E5. If You Have Ghosts
Air Date: February 3, 2019
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S3:E4. The Hour and the Day
Air Date: January 27, 2019
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S3:E3. The Big Never
Air Date: January 20, 2019
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S3:E2. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Air Date: January 13, 2019
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S3:E1. 01-13-2018
Air Date: January 13, 2018
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Season 3 Overview
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Season 2
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Season 2 Overview
Air Date: June 21, 2015
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Season 2 Overview
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: January 12, 2014
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Season 1 Overview