Seasons & episodes
S0 · E1Making True Detective 2014-01-07 · 15 min
HBO's making of True Detective, a crime drama centered around two Louisiana State PD detectives, and their 17-year hunt for a ritual killer, starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.
S0 · E2Up Close With Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson 2014-06-11 · 8 min
Exclusive interviews with the heroes of the series.
S0 · E3Conversation with Nic Pizzolatto and T Bone Burnett 2014-06-11 · 14 min
Long discussion with the creator of the series/executive producer/screenwriter and the legendary composer about the series and the central role of music.
S0 · E4A Look Inside True Detective 2015-06-16 · 10 min
Interviews with Colin Farrell, Vince Vaughn, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch and Executive Producer Scott Stephens as they discuss making the new season of "True Detective".
S0 · E5Making the Vinci Massacre 2015-11-02 · 30 min
An exclusive and detailed 30-minute look at the production for the pivotal scene of Episode 4.
S1 · E1The Long Bright Dark 8.4 / 10 · 2 published ratings 2014-01-12 · 57 min
Former Louisiana State CID partners Martin Hart and Rustin Cohle give separate statements to a pair of investigators about the murder of a prostitute, Dora Lange, 17 years earlier. As they look back, details of the crime, replete with occult overtones, are accompanied by insights into the detectives’ volatile partnership and personal lives.
S1 · E2Seeing Things 8.2 / 10 · 2 published ratings 2014-01-19 · 56 min
Under pressure to land a suspect in the Lange murder, Quesada warns Hart and Cohle that they might be replaced by three detectives from a new task force. The pair lobbies for extra time to follow up on a lead that takes them from a rural cathouse to an incinerated church. With his marriage to Maggie already strained by work, Hart finds respite away from home.
S1 · E3The Locked Room 8.7 / 10 · 2 published ratings 2014-01-26 · 56 min
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. Brought in for interrogation, a sex offender matching the description is quickly dismissed by Cohle, despite offering a confession. Hart gets sidetracked after Maggie sets Cohle up with a friend at a C&W bar. Looking to establish a pattern of murder, Cohle pores over old case files, finding a connection with a woman assumed to have drowned years earlier.
S1 · E4Who Goes There? 8.6 / 10 · 2 published ratings 2014-02-09 · 55 min
Hart and Cohle hunt for their newly identified suspect, Reggie Ledoux, a meth cooker who shared a cell with Dora Lange's husband and recently skipped parole. As Hart's personal life collapses around him, Cohle immerses himself in an old criminal identity from his narco days, contacting an East-Texas biker gang known to deal with their primary suspect.
S1 · E5The Secret Fate of All Life 8.7 / 10 · 2 published ratings 2014-02-16 · 55 min
A violent denouement in the forest clears the Dora Lange case and turns Cohle and Hart into local heroes. Each man settles into a healthier rhythm of living as Hart returns to his family, and Cohle starts a relationship while gaining a reputation as a closer in interrogations. As time passes and his daughters grow older, Hart faces new tensions and temptations, and Cohle learns from a double-murder suspect that there could be much more to an old case than he'd once thought. In 2012, Gilbough and Papania put their cards on the table, presenting new intelligence that threatens Cohle and causes Hart to reassess everything he thought he knew about his former partner.
S1 · E6Haunted Houses 8.6 / 10 · 2 published ratings 2014-02-23 · 56 min
Maggie reveals Cohle's activities in 2002, when his relationship with Hart fractured and he quit the force.
S1 · E7After You've Gone 8.9 / 10 · 2 published ratings 2014-03-02 · 51 min
Hart and Cohle call a truce to investigate a series of disappearances that may be related to the Dora Lange murder and the Tuttle family.
S1 · E8Form and Void 9.5 / 10 · 2 published ratings 2014-03-09 · 53 min
An overlooked detail provides Hart and Cohle with an important new lead in their 17-year-old case.
S2 · E1The Western Book of the Dead 7.6 / 10 · 1 published rating 2015-06-21 · 58 min
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.
S2 · E2Night Finds You 8.0 / 10 · 1 published rating 2015-06-28 · 56 min
Ben Caspar's autopsy reveals the gruesome details of his demise, and Ray and Ani wonder if it has anything to do with his fondness for prostitutes. Meanwhile, Frank looks into what might have happened to his missing fortune.
S2 · E3Maybe Tomorrow 7.3 / 10 · 1 published rating 2015-07-05 · 56 min
The repercussions from Caspar's murder are felt by Frank and the Vinci Mayor's office. Ray and Ani are involved in a close call with the killer.
S2 · E4Down Will Come 8.0 / 10 · 1 published rating 2015-07-12 · 53 min
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. Velcoro, Bezzerides and Woodrugh struggle to keep the case straight in the face of corruption.
S2 · E5Other Lives 7.9 / 10 · 1 published rating 2015-07-19 · 57 min
Ray and Frank contemplate new life choices. Ani and Paul follow a lead up the coast.
S2 · E6Church in Ruins 8.6 / 10 · 1 published rating 2015-07-26 · 57 min
Desperate to locate a missing woman with intel about Caspere, Frank meets with Mexican drug dealers; Ani infiltrates an exclusive inner circle, with Ray and Paul keeping close tabs.
S2 · E7Black Maps and Motel Rooms 9.0 / 10 · 1 published rating 2015-08-02 · 62 min
Ray, Ani and Paul take precautionary measures to elude detection and untangle a dark mystery; Frank deals with the fallout of his betrayal.
S2 · E8Omega Station 8.0 / 10 · 1 published rating 2015-08-09 · 87 min
Frank, Ray and Ani weigh their options as Caspere's killer and the scope of corruption is revealed.
S3 · E1The Great War and Modern Memory 8.1 / 10 · 1 published rating 2019-01-13 · 57 min
The disappearance of a young Arkansas boy and his sister in 1980 triggers vivid memories and enduring questions for retired detective Wayne Hays, who worked the case 35 years before with partner Roland West. What started as a routine case becomes a long journey to dissect and make sense of the crime.
S3 · E2Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye 8.1 / 10 · 1 published rating 2019-01-13 · 56 min
Hays looks back at the aftermath of the 1980 Purcell case in West Finger, Arkansas, including possible evidence left behind at the Devil's Den. As attention focuses on two conspicuous suspects--Brett Woodard, a solitary vet and trash collector, and Ted LaGrange, an ex-con with a penchant for children--the parents of the missing kids, Tom and Lucy Purcell, receive a cryptic note.
S3 · E3The Big Never 7.5 / 10 · 1 published rating 2019-01-20 · 53 min
Hays recalls his early romance with Amelia, as well as cracks in their relationship that surfaced after they married and had children. Ten years after the Purcell crimes, new evidence emerges, giving him a second chance to vindicate himself and the investigation.