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True Detective - Season 1

"The truth lies in the dark."

In 2012, Louisiana State Police Detectives Rust Cohle and Martin Hart are brought in to revisit a homicide case they worked in 1995. As the inquiry unfolds in present day through separate interrogations, the two former detectives narrate the story of their investigation, reopening unhealed wounds, and drawing into question their supposed solving of a bizarre ritualistic murder in 1995. The timelines braid and converge in 2012 as each man is pulled back into a world they believed they'd left behind. In learning about each other and their killer, it becomes clear that darkness lives on both sides of the law.

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  • Jodie Foster

    Jodie Foster

    Liz Danvers

  • Kali Reis

    Kali Reis

    Evangeline Navarro

  • Fiona Shaw

    Fiona Shaw

    Rose Aguineau

  • Finn Bennett

    Finn Bennett

    Peter Prior

  • Isabella Star LaBlanc

    Isabella Star LaBlanc

    Leah Danvers

  • John Hawkes

    John Hawkes

    Hank Prior

Overview

In 2012, Louisiana State Police Detectives Rust Cohle and Martin Hart are brought in to revisit a homicide case they worked in 1995. As the inquiry unfolds in present day through separate interrogations, the two former detectives narrate the story of their investigation, reopening unhealed wounds, and drawing into question their supposed solving of a bizarre ritualistic murder in 1995. The timelines braid and converge in 2012 as each man is pulled back into a world they believed they'd left behind. In learning about each other and their killer, it becomes clear that darkness lives on both sides of the law.

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