Season 1 of True Detective aired from January 12, 2014 to March 9, 2014 on HBO.
Plot[]
Cast[]
Starring[]
- Matthew McConaughey as Rust Cohle (8/8)
- Woody Harrelson as Martin Hart (8/8)
- Michelle Monaghan as Maggie Hart (8/8)
- Michael Potts as Maynard Gilbough (8/8
- Tory Kittles as Thomas Papania (8/8)
Recurring Cast[]
- Alexandra Daddario as Lisa Tragnetti (4/8)
- Kevin Dunn as Ken Quesada (5/8)
- Jay O. Sanders as Billy Lee Tuttle (2/8)
- Christopher Berry as Danny Fontenot (2/8)
- Brad Carter as Charlie Lange (2/8)
- Joe Chrest as Detective Demma (5/8)
- JD Evermore as Detective Lutz (6/8)
- Dana Gourrier as Cathleen (6/8)
- Michael J. Harney as Steve Geraci (3/8)
- Anthony Molina as Detective (4/8)
- Alyshia Ochse as Lucy (2/8)
- Dane Rhodes as Detective Favre (5/8)
- Ron Clinton Smith as Sheriff Tate (5/8)
- Madison Wolfe as Audrey Hart (6/8)
- Meghan Wolfe as Maisie Hart (4/8)
- Don Yesso as Commander Speece (3/8)
- Lili Simmons as Beth (2/8)
- Jackson Beals as Mark Daughtry (3/8)
- Jim Klock as Ted Bertrand (3/8)
- Garrett Kruithof as Jimmy Dufrene (3/8)
- Alyshia Ochse as Lucy (2/8)
- Shea Whigham as Joel Theriot (2/8)
- Glenn Fleshler as Errol Childress (3/8)
- Charles Halford as Reggie Ledoux (2/8)
- Joseph Sikora as Ginger (2/8)
- Harlon Miller as Video Tech (1/8)
- Erin Moriarty as Audrey Hart (3/8)
- Brighton Sharbino as Maisie Hart (2/8)
- Johnny McPahil as Robert Doumain (2/8)
Episodes[]
| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Viewers (in millions) |
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| 1 | 1 | "The Long Bright Dark" | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Nic Pizzolatto | January 12, 2014 | 2.33 |
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| Detectives Rust and Marty are paired up on a brutal
murder which takes the state by storm. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Seeing Things" | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Nic Pizzolatto | January 19, 2014 | 1.67 |
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| Rust and Marty face pressure from the department
and receive information which gets them a lead on Dora’s Murder. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "The Locked Room" | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Nic Pizzolatto | January 26, 2014 | 1.93 |
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| A recollection gives the duo new information. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Who Goes There" | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Nic Pizzolatto | February 9, 2014 | 1.99 |
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| Marty’s private life hits a snag and Rust
is drawn back to a biker gang he has a past with hoping it can help them find their suspect. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "The Secret Fate of All Life" | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Nic Pizzolatto | February 16, 2014 | 2.25 |
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| Rust and Marty deal with the aftermath of
the case | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Haunted Houses" | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Nic Pizzolatto | February 23, 2014 | 2.64 |
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| Five years on Rust is suspicious that
there was more to the murder. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "After You've Gone" | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Nic Pizzolatto | March 2, 2014 | 2.34 |
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| Rust and Marty meet in present day and
Rusts investigation hits a wall. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Form and Void" | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Nic Pizzolatto | March 9, 2015 | 3.52 |
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| Rust and Marty finally confront the man
who has haunted them for 20 years. | ||||||
Advertising and marketing[]
Posters[]
Promotional poster.
Promotional poster.
| True Detective Season 1 (2014) | ||
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101. "The Long Bright Dark" |
105. "The Secret Fate of All Life" | |
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| DVD • Blu-ray | ||
| See also: S1 • S2 • S3 • Night Country • S5 | ||