SummaryA 17-year hunt for a serial killer in Louisiana begins with Detectives Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) and Martin Hart (Woody Harrelson) joining the search in this eight-episode anthology series.
Created By:Issa López
True Detective
5 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere:
Jan 12, 2014
Metascore
Generally Favorable
75
User score
Generally Favorable
7.7
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
75
75% Positive
124 Reviews
124 Reviews
24% Mixed
40 Reviews
40 Reviews
1% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Mar 4, 2024
100
From the true-crime bleakness to the unnerving supernaturalism, there are more than enough chilling elements for our leads to chip away at over the next five episodes. With a snowy tundra and a severed tongue, True Detective Sundays are officially back.
Jan 9, 2014
100
Creepy, gorgeous, unsettling, and searching, it has--for lack of a better word--a literary quality, an accretion of meaningful detail. You can push on any aspect of the show--every line, every shot, every bruise--and it bears up.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.7
77% Positive
3117 Ratings
3117 Ratings
9% Mixed
377 Ratings
377 Ratings
14% Negative
561 Ratings
561 Ratings
Nov 19, 2025
10
One of the best TV media in existance offering wonderful cinematography, great character development and plot. If you like media that leaves you to question you own existance and beliefs, watch this masterpiece!
Jul 16, 2024
10
Season 1: Os protagonistas da 1ª temporada de "True Detective" dividem a tela de forma magistral! Os atores Woody Harrelson e Matthew McConaughey têm atuações espetaculares, e a série tem uma trama que prende os telespectadores do início ao fim. A ambiguidade entre a personalidade e as características dos personagens é a cereja do bolo: o cristão com a vida "perfeita", porém com problemas extraconjugais (infidelidade), e o ateu partilhando da sua solidão, descrença e do seu intelecto absurdo. A história muda com o passar dos episódios, há saltos temporais e retornos que mudam a perspectiva. Os dois personagens demoram um pouco para começarem a se entender, pois há muito embate entre eles, que são completamente diferentes, seja no modo de trabalhar, na vida, etc. A trama que se constrói com uma mistura de suspense, ação, drama, sobrenatural e alívios cômicos é o que torna essa primeira temporada única em tantos pontos, do início ao fim e em cada episódio. Enfim, é uma experiência única e, sem dúvida nenhuma, uma das melhores temporadas de séries já feitas. A primeira temporada de "True Detective" é sensacional.
Jun 12, 2015
80
It’s still the kind of show that makes TV viewers reach for phrases like “golden age of television drama.”
Jun 18, 2015
70
The new season of True Detective is, especially given the burden of expectations, remarkably solid. It’s not a belly flop. It lacks the obvious hook of its predecessor, but I still am eager to see how it develops.
Jun 18, 2015
58
Even though it’s been a heady year since the first thrilling installment and the season runs but eight episodes, something feels undercooked about this production.
Mar 27, 2014
30
Whatever the length of the show’s much admired tracking shot (six minutes, uncut!), it feels less hardboiled than softheaded. Which might be O.K. if True Detective were dumb fun, but, good God, it’s not: it’s got so much gravitas it could run for President.
Jul 11, 2024
10
temporada empezo bastante lento, tanto asi que estaba remplantearme dejar la serie, pero este episodio fue un completo subidon de hadrenalina, en especial al final. my god
Feb 22, 2024
6
With S1 getting a 9, S2 a 7 and S3 an 8, the 4th season debacle earned a resounding 0 so the average rating for this whole series is arithmetically a 6 for me. I hope season 5 rectifies the abysmal impression the last one left (by putting another writer / director in charge!) and improves the overall average.
Feb 19, 2024
2
The 1st and 2nd season were incredible, then it got worse and worse (similar to Fargo). The last season is simply a joke. Absolutely boring story and uninteresting characters (especially the woke pollce **** ridiculous end is a hit in the face of the audience. Big waste of time.
Feb 25, 2024
1
Just another hating men show. All men are bad all women are saviors. 1 for the photograph
Feb 20, 2024
1
Little more than a tragically overfunded TikTok video, horrible horrible horrible. Bad directing, bad editing, idiotic heavy handed music placement, nonexistent story. Just awful considering you have Jodie Foster, Fiona Shaw and the long cold night to work with … seriously, this is what you made!? Miserable inane drek!
Production Company:
- Anonymous Content
- HBO Entertainment
- Passenger
Initial Release Date:Jan 12, 2014
Number of seasons:5 Seasons
Rating:TV-MA
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 7 Nominations
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 6 Wins & 41 Nominations
Online Film & Television Association
• 3 Wins & 18 Nominations
