In Louisiana 1995, detectives Martin Hart (Woody Harrelson) and Rustin Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) are called out when a woman's body is found in a farmer's field. Seventeen years later, they are interviewed separately about the case by the Crime Investigation Division.
This penultimate episode is famous for the scene where Marty (Woody Harrelson) is convinced to re-open a murder case that was closed 17 years previously. His former partner Rust (Matthew McConaughey) plays him a crackly videotape of ritual child abuse – of course we don’t see that, but Harrelson’s primal reaction, and the terrible tension as we wait for it, make the idea indelible.
Just as important to the narrative is the moment when these two ageing men, their families and careers gone, assure each other they’re happy and carefree – a quick montage of TV dinners and bin bags full of bottles says otherwise.
So it is that the ex-cops go back to the first leads in the Dora Lange case, back to hard investigative work, back to the start of this misty, circular story. Delving deep into pure horror is all they have left. True detectives.
There are no live broadcasts scheduled for this show. But it is available via the streaming providers below.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Rustin Cohle | Matthew McConaughey |
| Martin Hart | Woody Harrelson |
| Maggie Hart | Michelle Monaghan |
| Det Maynard Gilbough | Michael Potts |
| Det Thomas Papania | Tory Kittles |
| Audrey Hart | Madison Wolfe |
| Jimmy Ledoux | Jay Huguley |
| Miss Delores | Carol Sutton |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Writer | Nic Pizzolatto |
| Director | Cary Joji Fukunaga |
After You've Gone
This penultimate episode is famous for the scene where Marty (Woody Harrelson) is convinced to re-open a murder case that was closed 17 years previously. His former partner Rust (Matthew McConaughey) plays him a crackly videotape of ritual child abuse – of course we don’t see that, but Harrelson’s primal reaction, and the terrible tension as we wait for it, make the idea indelible.
Just as important to the narrative is the moment when these two ageing men, their families and careers gone, assure each other they’re happy and carefree – a quick montage of TV dinners and bin bags full of bottles says otherwise.
So it is that the ex-cops go back to the first leads in the Dora Lange case, back to hard investigative work, back to the start of this misty, circular story. Delving deep into pure horror is all they have left. True detectives.
There are no live broadcasts scheduled for this show. But it is available via the streaming providers below.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Rustin Cohle | Matthew McConaughey |
| Martin Hart | Woody Harrelson |
| Maggie Hart | Michelle Monaghan |
| Det Maynard Gilbough | Michael Potts |
| Det Thomas Papania | Tory Kittles |
| Audrey Hart | Madison Wolfe |
| Jimmy Ledoux | Jay Huguley |
| Miss Delores | Carol Sutton |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Writer | Nic Pizzolatto |
| Director | Cary Joji Fukunaga |
There are no live broadcasts scheduled for this show. But it is available via the streaming providers below.
