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  1. tv review
    True Detective Crawls Back From the VoidAlmost ten years after a tracking-shot episode set an impossible standard, the HBO show is reinventing itself for the better.
  2. encounter
    Night Country’s Kali Reis Claims Another VictoryShe fought in HBO’s first women’s boxing match in 2018. Now she’s sparring opposite Jodie Foster in True Detective’s fourth outing.
  3. endings
    Time Is a Flat Circle After AllTrue Detective: Night Country’s parallels to season one are more than just simple callbacks.
  4. overnights
    True Detective: Night Country Season-Finale Recap: Ghost TownThe sun finally rises for Danvers, Navarro, and the memory of Annie K.
  5. exit interview
    Issa López Wants You to DecideThe showrunner calls True Detective: Night Country’s ambiguous ending “my gift and my curse.â€
  6. lingering questions
    True Detective Is Over, But Its Ghosts RemainNight Country’s showrunner and star explain their interpretations of Navarro’s ambiguous fate.
  7. on location
    Where the Cold Looms Over EverythingProduction designer Daniel Taylor breaks down how True Detective: Night Country took Ennis, Alaska, to Iceland.
  8. vulture lists
    12 Books to Read If You Can’t Move On From Night CountryThese icy, lonesome tales will scratch the same frostbitten itch as True Detective’s fourth season.
  9. chat room
    True Detective’s Finn Bennett on Pete’s ‘Biblical’ Sin“Pete, up until this point, represents a good cop. One of the saddest things for me is that he becomes a dirty cop.â€
  10. overnights
    True Detective Recap: Bedtime StoriesPete now has his own tragic cover-up that will haunt him for the rest of his life.
  11. clue detective
    What Is True Detective Trying to Tell Us This Week?We’re starting to get some answers … some.
  12. clue detective
    What Is True Detective Trying to Tell Us This Week?Uh-oh. More oranges.
  13. overnights
    True Detective Recap: Night Country NowIt’s getting more difficult to ignore the supernatural in Night Country.
  14. a chill in the air
    Issa López Responds to Nic Pizzolatto Criticism of True Detective: Night Country“That’s his prerogative.â€
  15. overnights
    True Detective Recap: We Were Here BeforeEvangeline is beginning to feel the tension between her culture and her career, between who she is and what she does.
  16. clue detective
    What Is True Detective Trying to Tell Us This Week?And what does it have to do with Ariana Grande?
  17. clue detective
    What Is True Detective Trying to Tell Us This Week?Do the spiral symbols, missing eyes, and Rust Cohle’s dad add up to something meaningful or just spooky vibes?
  18. overnights
    True Detective Recap: The Slow ThawLiz can no longer deny the connection between whatever happened at Tsalal and Annie’s unsolved murder.
  19. overnights
    True Detective Season-Premiere Recap: The End of the WorldIssa López’s reimagined True Detective plunges Jodie Foster into perpetual darkness.
  20. trailer mix
    Jodie Foster Isn’t New to This. She’s True Detective.Night Country premieres January 14, 2024.
  21. allegations
    A Timeline of Allegations Against Cary FukunagaMultiple sources, including Rachelle Vinberg, have accused the No Time to Die director of inappropriate conduct.
  22. hello clarice
    Jodie Foster to Star in True Detective Season 4Titled True Detective: Night Country.
  23. tv review
    Under the Banner of Heaven Scratches the True Detective ItchAndrew Garfield finds fresh empathy in the FX on Hulu series’s tired true-crime patterns.
  24. collabs
    Barry Jenkins and Issa López Are Teaming Up 4 True Detective Season 4Tentatively titled True Detective: Night Country.
  25. True Detective’s Carmen Ejogo on ’80s Fashion and American AccentsHart to Hart can teach a girl all she needs to know.
  26. watch this
    ‘True Detective Pikachu’ Is Here to Haunt Your DreamsPika pika!
  27. close reads
    True Detective and the Wave of Crime TV About Murky MemoryFrom fictional dramas to real-life docuseries, the biggest crime shows of the moment want us to reassess the past.
  28. guides
    33 Essential Neo-Noirs, From Jackie Brown to Gone GirlA guide to the most political and stylish genre of film and TV.
  29. explainers
    A Very Simple Guide to True Detective’s Multiple TimelinesConfused by season three? Here’s a chronological guide to all the major events of True Detective’s grisly mystery.
  30. close reads
    True Detective Season 3 Was a Blistering Case Against True CrimeThe occult dolls, spiral signatures, and prosecutorial misconduct were seductive catnip, not clues to help crack the mystery.
  31. spoilers
    Who’s the Killer in True Detective Season Three?The HBO drama serves up a lot of answers, but which ones are the full truth of the Purcell case?
  32. overnights
    True Detective Season Finale Recap: Nobody’s Gonna Hear It But UsThe mystery draws to a close, then the episode just keeps going, a fitting end to a season as much about the investigators as their haunting case.
  33. explainers
    How True Detective’s Third Season Connects to Its FirstThe HBO drama has drawn a clear line between the current season’s Purcell case and the events of season one.
  34. lines of inquiry
    True Detecting True Detective: Let’s Lay Odds on Who the Killer IsWith just one episode left, the series has introduced a bunch of new characters, and with them, new possibilities.
  35. overnights
    True Detective Recap: Somebody’s Got to RememberThe season rebounds in a big way with an episode that perfectly balances the central mystery with impressive character work.
  36. close reads
    True Detective’s Third Season Is Twin Peaks’ True HeirBy taking the right lessons from the apotheosis of small-town murder mysteries, the HBO series has distinguished itself beyond its central whodunit.
  37. overnights
    True Detective Recap: Under the PinkThe season’s central mystery has finally come a little more into focus, but there’s still a lot that doesn’t add up.
  38. overnights
    True Detective Recap: Hardships and TribulationsMid-season drag sets in with an episode that repeats much of what we’ve already seen — with one big exception.
  39. overnights
    True Detective Recap: Major Cognitive DissonanceIs this season of True Detective’s fractured chronology working for it or against it?
  40. special effects
    True Detective’s Old-Man Makeup Was Inspired by The Nutty Professor and AmadeusThe makeup artist behind True Detective season three reveals the secrets of a special-effects feat.
  41. the crime scene
    Why 2014 Was a Watershed Year for TV CrimeFive years ago, True Detective kicked off a golden era for prestige limited crime shows.
  42. overnights
    True Detective Recap: Maps and LegendsThe central mystery of the Purcell abduction remains captivating, if increasingly bogged down by bits that don’t push the narrative forward.
  43. tv ratings
    True Detective Season 3 Premiere Scores Solid RatingsThe first episode has already been watched 2.3 million times.
  44. overnights
    True Detective Recap: Into the WoodsThe Purcell case that will anchor this season begins simply enough — though this being True Detective, it doesn’t stay that way for long.
  45. backstories
    3 and Half Years Later, True Detective Is Back. Why Did It Take So Long?“[It] was no sure thing that we were going to do a third season.â€
  46. tv review
    What Is True Detective, Really?The third season of HBO’s crime anthology has another bona fide star in Mahershala Ali, but it doesn’t answer this fundamental question.
  47. true detective
    Mahershala Ali’s True Detective Character Was Written As WhiteHow Ali convinced Nic Pizzolatto the character could be black.
  48. winter preview 2019
    Winter TV Preview: True Detective, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and 7 More Shows to WatchA complete guide to the TV shows worth seeing this winter.
  49. trailer mix
    The True Detective, Season 3 Trailer Stars Mahershala Ali, Multiple TimelinesThe show returns to HBO in January.
  50. hair
    Mahershala Ali Looks Very Good, Very Concerned in New True Detective PhotosAnd let’s meet Stephen Dorff’s wig.
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