True Detective

About True Detective

An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.

True Detective is a mystery series made for HBO. Jodie Foster leads the cast as Liz Danvers, Kali Reis as Evangeline Navarro, Fiona Shaw as Rose Aguineau, and Finn Bennett as Peter Prior.

It has run to 4 seasons and 30 episodes since January 2014. That is around 8 episodes a season.

Shelv files it under depressing, neo-noir, introspective, and philosophical. In the United States it streams on HBO Max and HBO Max Amazon Channel. It scores 8.3 out of 10 from 4,462 TMDB voters and it carries a TV-MA rating.

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