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True Detective
January 24, 2024
MagazinePhillip Maciak
True Detective: Night Country and the Demise of Crime-Riddle TV
A decade ago, the series turned viewers into sleuths, hotly debating plot details and clues. That era of TV is over.
January 8, 2019
Jo Livingstone
In True Detective, Mahershala Ali Plays the Moody Brooder to Perfection
Season three of the time-jumping, philosophically inclined series repeats season one's tricks, but gets a boost from its new leading man.
May 25, 2016
Alex Shephard
Death created time to grow the things that it would kill, like True Detective, which is dead now.
June 19, 2015
Esther Breger
'True Detective' Is No Longer Prestige TV
June 10, 2014
Peter Gerstenzang
How Hollywood Gave Up on the Detective Story
Did 'Chinatown' doom the private eye?
April 10, 2014
Sarah Marshall
'Twin Peaks' and the Origin of the Dead Woman TV Trope
March 26, 2014
Esther Breger
'The Good Wife" Can Compete with Cable Drama, But it Shouldn't
March 10, 2014
Isaac Chotiner
What True Detective's Critics Miss About the Finale
March 10, 2014
Isaac Chotiner
Why the 'True Detective' Finale Worked
March 9, 2014
Laura Bennett
Twist and Shout
The "plot twist" is ruining our conversations about television
March 3, 2014
Isaac Chotiner
'True Detective' Is Getting Ready to Wrap a Lot of Things Up
February 27, 2014
Laura Bennett
Are the Asides on 'House of Cards' More Grating than the Monologues on 'True Detective'? You Decide.
February 24, 2014
Isaac Chotiner
Last Night's 'True Detective' Was Disappointing, But What a Killer Ending!
February 17, 2014
Isaac Chotiner
True Detective's Critics Are Wrong
January 24, 2014
Laura Bennett
Next Season, 'True Detective' Gets An All New Cast. Here's Who Should Star.
January 17, 2014
David Thomson
HBO Once Again Has the Best New Show on TV
'True Detective' could be the next 'Breaking Bad'

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