Kayla Prior is a character played by Anna Lambe in True Detective: Night Country.
History[]
Kayla was at home when her husband, Pete, came to her and asked her about a drawing their son, Darwin, had made of a woman with xes over her eyes. Pete asked Kayla if she'd left him with her grandmother at the laundromat again and she admitted she had, because she had to go to class. Her grandmother liked telling Darwin stories from their culture, but Pete was worried they'd give him nightmares. Kayle and Pete started kissing, but they were interrupted when Liz Danvers called Pete, much to Kayla's frustration.[1]
Kayla's frustration grew when on a night Pete had promised to give Darwin a bath and put him to bed, Danvers ordered him to stay at the ice rink to watch the bodies defrost. When Danvers came to their house just as Kayla learned this, Kayla criticized Danvers for it, only to have Danvers claim she was doing Kayla a favor. Things got even more tense when Danvers got angry at Kayla's grandmother for drawing kakiniit on Leah's face. When Danvers insulted Kayla and Kalik, Kayla ordered her to leave.[2]
Kayla was agitated when Pete came home early one morning and woke her by knocking a lamp off a table. He apologized to her and told her to come back to bed, but she said she had an exam at seven and it was better just to stay up. They fought about Pete's job and how he was always at Danvers' beck and call. Their fight was interrupted by Pete's phone ringing, a call from Danvers.[3]
On Christmas Eve, Kayla went to Danvers' place to pick up Leah, who had been caught spray painting "MURDERERS" on the mining company's building. She and Kalik showed Leah how to knead dough. When Pete came home very late that night, he told Kayla he was sorry, though she knew he wasn't. He questioned why she wouldn't just tell him that he ruined her life and she didn't want to have the baby.[4]
Unable to cope with Pete constantly being at Danvers' beck and call, Kayla packed Pete a bag and told him to get out.
Kayla later talked to Navarro while helping out at the laundromat so her grandmother could go to the dentist. Navarro tried to as Kayla if she was okay, but Eddie Qavvik and Kenny Hogan interrupted before Kayla could answer.[5]
On New Year's Eve, Kayla watched Pete drop Leah off at their home. She went outside and got into his truck with him. He told her he had to do something, but after he'd done it, he'd be back. She worried Danvers had gotten him into something, but he said it was something he'd done himself. She kissed him and told him to go, but to be safe.[6]
Relationships[]
She is married to Peter Prior.
Career[]
She's a night nurse.[2]