True Detective is an American television crime drama series on HBO created and written by Nic Pizzolatto, with the first season directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga. Season one stars Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson (both executive producers of the series), Michelle Monaghan, Michael Potts, and Tory Kittles, and uses multiple timelines to trace two Louisiana State Police Criminal Investigations Division homicide detectives' hunt for a serial killer in Louisiana across seventeen years. The series premiered on January 12, 2014, and consisted of eight episodes which concluded on March 9, 2014. The series has received widespread critical acclaim.
Das Konzept der HBO-Krimiserie sieht für jede Staffel neue Hauptcharaktere und einen neuen Handlungsort vor. In der ersten Staffel werden die beiden ungleichen ehemaligen Detectives Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) und Martin Hart (Woody Harrelson) aus Louisiana gebeten, einen 17 Jahre zurückliegenden ungeklärten Ritualmord an einer Prostituierten zu rekonstruieren. Weil jetzt eine ähnlich drapierte Leiche gefunden wurde, wird der Fall erneut aufgerollt.
The lives of two detectives, Rust Cohle and Martin Hart, become entangled during a 17-year hunt for a serial killer in Louisiana.