Season 1 of True Detective was one of the best TV sagas of all time; but the HBO anthology’s fourth season gives a new meaning to “cold case.”
Season 1 of True Detective was one of the best TV sagas of all time; but the HBO anthology’s fourth season gives a new meaning to “cold case.” Set in the fictional, freezing Alaskan town of Ennis, it chronicles the sudden disappearance of eight scientists conducting experiments at a remote research station. Led by police chief Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and trooper Evangeline Navarro ( Kali Reis), the investigation into the men’s demise is linked to another unsolved murder, that of an indigenous Iñupiat woman whose tongue was cut out at the time of her death—and was found at the scene of the researchers’ disappearance. It’s quite a dark case, and not just because the drama unfolds during Ennis’ long winter night.