We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about lotsa shows including Will Trent, True Detective, NCIS and The Rookie!
1 | Between NBC’s Found, Hulu’s Life & Beth and The CW’s upcoming Sight Unseen, is this the most representation we’ve seen for people struggling with agoraphobia since Monk?
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1 | Between NBC’s Found, Hulu’s Life & Beth and The CW’s upcoming Sight Unseen, is this the most representation we’ve seen for people struggling with agoraphobia since Monk?
More from TVLineNCIS EPs Talk Surprise Cameo, Why It Wasn't Mark Harmon: 'We're Not Going to Bring Him Back for 2 Minutes'Frasier Renewed for Season 2Ncis Video: Katrina Law, Brian Dietzen Warn of...
- 2/23/2024
- by Vlada Gelman, Matt Webb Mitovich, Dave Nemetz, Ryan Schwartz, Keisha Hatchett, Kimberly Roots, Nick Caruso, Rebecca Iannucci and Charlie Mason
- TVLine.com
[This story contains spoilers from the season finale of True Detective: Night Country.]
Who killed Annie K., and who killed her killers? Those season-long burning questions were concretely answered in the True Detective: Night Country finale. And now, to hear Night Country boss Issa López tell it, those answers were out in the ether weeks before they were revealed onscreen.
Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter two days after the finale aired, López waxes about the veritable true detectives who spent the past six weeks dissecting True Detective online, locating and unlocking massive pieces of the puzzle along the way. Watching Night Country become a part of the Reddit phenomenon that has swept previous shows like Game of Thrones and Westworld was a brand new experience for López, who comes to television from independent cinema. And the showrunner, writer, director and executive producer says it was an invigorating experience — so invigorating that she’s already scheming ways to maneuver and...
Who killed Annie K., and who killed her killers? Those season-long burning questions were concretely answered in the True Detective: Night Country finale. And now, to hear Night Country boss Issa López tell it, those answers were out in the ether weeks before they were revealed onscreen.
Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter two days after the finale aired, López waxes about the veritable true detectives who spent the past six weeks dissecting True Detective online, locating and unlocking massive pieces of the puzzle along the way. Watching Night Country become a part of the Reddit phenomenon that has swept previous shows like Game of Thrones and Westworld was a brand new experience for López, who comes to television from independent cinema. And the showrunner, writer, director and executive producer says it was an invigorating experience — so invigorating that she’s already scheming ways to maneuver and...
- 2/21/2024
- by Josh Wigler
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[Editor’s note: The following article contains spoilers for “True Detective: Night Country,” including its finale.]
It’s Raymond Clark (Owen McDonnell), the heartbroken killer of “True Detective: Night Country,” who gets the famous line from the series (and its beloved first season): “Time is a flat circle.”
He’s talking about a lot of things — most explicitly, the spirit of Annie K. (Nivi Pederson) that he believes lives in the ice caves around them — but he’s also talking about “True Detective” and the very nature of episodic storytelling itself. Stories are told and retold and repackaged and remixed, genres interwoven, resolutions reached.
And “True Detective: Night Country” did a damn good job with all of that.
Following now-deleted comments from series creator Nic Pizzolatto on social media, audiences learned early on that not only did Pizzolatto not actually have a hand in the creation of the fourth season of the HBO series, but he didn’t...
It’s Raymond Clark (Owen McDonnell), the heartbroken killer of “True Detective: Night Country,” who gets the famous line from the series (and its beloved first season): “Time is a flat circle.”
He’s talking about a lot of things — most explicitly, the spirit of Annie K. (Nivi Pederson) that he believes lives in the ice caves around them — but he’s also talking about “True Detective” and the very nature of episodic storytelling itself. Stories are told and retold and repackaged and remixed, genres interwoven, resolutions reached.
And “True Detective: Night Country” did a damn good job with all of that.
Following now-deleted comments from series creator Nic Pizzolatto on social media, audiences learned early on that not only did Pizzolatto not actually have a hand in the creation of the fourth season of the HBO series, but he didn’t...
- 2/20/2024
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
Jodie Foster and Kali Reis in ‘True Detective: Night Country’ episode 6 (Photograph by Michele K. Short/HBO)
We’ve arrived at the final episode of HBO’s True Detective: Night Country and we’re finally getting answers as to what’s really going on in the town of Ennis, Alaska. More importantly, episode six revealed exactly what happened to the researchers, the whereabouts of Raymond Clark, and who was responsible for Annie Kowtok’s death.
Episode six begins on December 31st, the 14th day of night, with Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) making their way through the ice caves. When Liz hears whispers, Navarro asks, “You feel it too, don’t you?” Navarro thinks she sees something – a body, perhaps – and leads Liz toward it, insisting “it’s here.” Unfortunately, they’re met with blocks of ice.
Suddenly, Navarro falls through the ice and when Liz...
We’ve arrived at the final episode of HBO’s True Detective: Night Country and we’re finally getting answers as to what’s really going on in the town of Ennis, Alaska. More importantly, episode six revealed exactly what happened to the researchers, the whereabouts of Raymond Clark, and who was responsible for Annie Kowtok’s death.
Episode six begins on December 31st, the 14th day of night, with Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) making their way through the ice caves. When Liz hears whispers, Navarro asks, “You feel it too, don’t you?” Navarro thinks she sees something – a body, perhaps – and leads Liz toward it, insisting “it’s here.” Unfortunately, they’re met with blocks of ice.
Suddenly, Navarro falls through the ice and when Liz...
- 2/19/2024
- by Alison Helms
- Showbiz Junkies
This post contains major spoilers for "True Detective: Night Country"
"True Detective: Night Country" has drawn to a close and it turns out there are no Lovecraftian beasts or evil spirits from the beyond to blame for the goings on in Ennis, Alaska. Instead, we learned the Tsalal research station scientists perished at the hands of an enraged mob made up of Ennis' embattled women. Or, rather, as a result of being stripped naked and forced onto the Alaskan tundra by said mob.
Of course, there's a lot more to the "Night Country" finale than that. Far from just being a bunch of peeved-off cleaners, the ladies of Ennis become the physical embodiment of an ancient Inuit legend, awakened by the horrific injustices visited upon her land. Throughout "Night Country," we see the women of Ennis fall victim to domestic violence, stillbirths as a result of the polluted environment, and...
"True Detective: Night Country" has drawn to a close and it turns out there are no Lovecraftian beasts or evil spirits from the beyond to blame for the goings on in Ennis, Alaska. Instead, we learned the Tsalal research station scientists perished at the hands of an enraged mob made up of Ennis' embattled women. Or, rather, as a result of being stripped naked and forced onto the Alaskan tundra by said mob.
Of course, there's a lot more to the "Night Country" finale than that. Far from just being a bunch of peeved-off cleaners, the ladies of Ennis become the physical embodiment of an ancient Inuit legend, awakened by the horrific injustices visited upon her land. Throughout "Night Country," we see the women of Ennis fall victim to domestic violence, stillbirths as a result of the polluted environment, and...
- 2/19/2024
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
This post contains spoilers for "True Detective: Night Country."
Detectives Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) are the focal points of "True Detective: Night Country" for good reason. To witness a clash between two equally strong personalities is nothing short of riveting, especially when Liz and Naravarro make a solid team, despite their innate differences. The two women have been dealing with their inner demons in markedly different ways so far — while Danvers suppresses her trauma with impulsive, headstrong actions, Navarro suffers in silence and channels her rage into solving the Tsalal/Annie K. case. However, there is a third individual in Ennis who is integral to the investigation and has seldom gotten the credit: Peter Prior (Finn Bennett), and his single-minded dedication to the case needs to be talked about if we are to discuss the complicated web of conspiracies gripping the town.
Peter's case is a tad complicated,...
Detectives Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) are the focal points of "True Detective: Night Country" for good reason. To witness a clash between two equally strong personalities is nothing short of riveting, especially when Liz and Naravarro make a solid team, despite their innate differences. The two women have been dealing with their inner demons in markedly different ways so far — while Danvers suppresses her trauma with impulsive, headstrong actions, Navarro suffers in silence and channels her rage into solving the Tsalal/Annie K. case. However, there is a third individual in Ennis who is integral to the investigation and has seldom gotten the credit: Peter Prior (Finn Bennett), and his single-minded dedication to the case needs to be talked about if we are to discuss the complicated web of conspiracies gripping the town.
Peter's case is a tad complicated,...
- 2/19/2024
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
This article contains major spoilers for the finale of "True Detective: Night Country."
In 2019, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) accused the police in Nome, Alaska of "a systemic and disastrous failure" to protect Native women. The accusation came in the aftermath of the rape of an Inupiaq woman named Clarice Hardy, a case she claimed was not investigated thoroughly by law enforcement. The accusation came less than two weeks after an AP investigation was released following multiple complaints from Alaska Native women from Nome and the surrounding villages, all claiming that their reports of sexual assault were not "investigated aggressively."
A cursory Google search will bring similar reports from Indigenous communities across the globe. The National Crime Information Center reported that, in 2016, there were 5,712 reports of missing American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls. However, the US Department of Justice's federal missing person database, NamUs, only logged...
In 2019, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) accused the police in Nome, Alaska of "a systemic and disastrous failure" to protect Native women. The accusation came in the aftermath of the rape of an Inupiaq woman named Clarice Hardy, a case she claimed was not investigated thoroughly by law enforcement. The accusation came less than two weeks after an AP investigation was released following multiple complaints from Alaska Native women from Nome and the surrounding villages, all claiming that their reports of sexual assault were not "investigated aggressively."
A cursory Google search will bring similar reports from Indigenous communities across the globe. The National Crime Information Center reported that, in 2016, there were 5,712 reports of missing American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls. However, the US Department of Justice's federal missing person database, NamUs, only logged...
- 2/19/2024
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Warning: We're in the Night Country now. This article contains spoilers for the "True Detective" season 4 finale.
All throughout this latest season of "True Detective," writer/director Issa López has hammered home the point that "Night Country" is meant to be a direct sequel to season 1. Ever since, the show's notoriously conspiracy-hunting fans have been on the hunt for clues and references and Easter eggs, any of which could plausibly give us amateur sleuths the inside scoop on how everything would ultimately wrap up. The Tuttle connection with Tsalal Station, the Travis Cohle namedrop, the recurring spiral motif, and even the finale's "Time is a flat circle" callback have provided endless amounts of ammunition for fan theories and speculation run rampant.
But, just like officers Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) and Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) realized by the end of the episode, maybe we've been asking the wrong questions all along.
All throughout this latest season of "True Detective," writer/director Issa López has hammered home the point that "Night Country" is meant to be a direct sequel to season 1. Ever since, the show's notoriously conspiracy-hunting fans have been on the hunt for clues and references and Easter eggs, any of which could plausibly give us amateur sleuths the inside scoop on how everything would ultimately wrap up. The Tuttle connection with Tsalal Station, the Travis Cohle namedrop, the recurring spiral motif, and even the finale's "Time is a flat circle" callback have provided endless amounts of ammunition for fan theories and speculation run rampant.
But, just like officers Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) and Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) realized by the end of the episode, maybe we've been asking the wrong questions all along.
- 2/19/2024
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for True Detective: Night Country Season 4, Episode 6, “Part 6.”] True Detective: Night Country finally saw daybreak for Detectives Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) as the mystery behind Annie K’s (Nivi Pedersen) death was solved. But their ending goes far beyond the solving of Annie’s murder as the women were forced to confront their own traumas to move forward in life. After arriving at the ice caves Otis Heiss (Klaus Tange) pointed out on a map to Danvers in Episode 5, she and Navarro descended into the narrow channels below the surface in search of Annie’s murder site. Falling through some thin ice even further below ground, they come face-to-face with elusive scientist Raymond Clark (Owen McDonnell) and chase him into an underground lab that happens to be located beneath Tsalal Research Station. It’s here that Danvers and Navarro recognize the location as the site of Annie’s murder, ...
- 2/19/2024
- TV Insider
This article contains spoilers for True Detective: Night Country episode 6.
Coming in at a full two episodes shorter than previous seasons, True Detective: Night Country has a lot to accomplish in its sixth and final episode.
Going into “Part 6,” viewers still don’t know who killed Annie Kowtok (Nivi Pedersen), what happened to the dead scientists (plus the missing Raymond Clark), or what’s going on with the shady partnership between Tsalal Arctic Research Station and Silver Sky Mining. And that’s not even to mention all the spooky ghosts and ghouls prowling around Ennis, Alaska.
Thankfully, the True Detective: Night Country finale provides answers to most of these questions while giving us some tools to make educated guesses about the others. Here is what happens in True Detective season 4 episode 6 and what it all means.
Where Has Raymond Clark Been Hiding?
Episode 6 doesn’t take too long to find...
Coming in at a full two episodes shorter than previous seasons, True Detective: Night Country has a lot to accomplish in its sixth and final episode.
Going into “Part 6,” viewers still don’t know who killed Annie Kowtok (Nivi Pedersen), what happened to the dead scientists (plus the missing Raymond Clark), or what’s going on with the shady partnership between Tsalal Arctic Research Station and Silver Sky Mining. And that’s not even to mention all the spooky ghosts and ghouls prowling around Ennis, Alaska.
Thankfully, the True Detective: Night Country finale provides answers to most of these questions while giving us some tools to make educated guesses about the others. Here is what happens in True Detective season 4 episode 6 and what it all means.
Where Has Raymond Clark Been Hiding?
Episode 6 doesn’t take too long to find...
- 2/19/2024
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
[This story contains major spoilers from the True Detective: Night Country finale.]
True Detective: Night Country winked and nodded to the HBO crime anthology’s original iteration all season long. But perhaps never more overtly than in the finale, which conjured up the franchise’s most indelible phrase: “Time is a flat circle.”
In the sprawling episode, viewers finally learn the answers to some of the biggest mysteries littered throughout Night Country, including this big one: What question should we have been asking all along? Turns out, it’s not “Who or what killed these men?” But instead: “Who knows who killed Annie K?”
By the end of the finale, it’s revealed the two cases are completely linked: The scientists killed Annie in an act straight out of Lord of the Flies, and Annie’s community — many of them women who worked at the research station — rose up and killed the scientists in kind. The women explain their actions in a...
True Detective: Night Country winked and nodded to the HBO crime anthology’s original iteration all season long. But perhaps never more overtly than in the finale, which conjured up the franchise’s most indelible phrase: “Time is a flat circle.”
In the sprawling episode, viewers finally learn the answers to some of the biggest mysteries littered throughout Night Country, including this big one: What question should we have been asking all along? Turns out, it’s not “Who or what killed these men?” But instead: “Who knows who killed Annie K?”
By the end of the finale, it’s revealed the two cases are completely linked: The scientists killed Annie in an act straight out of Lord of the Flies, and Annie’s community — many of them women who worked at the research station — rose up and killed the scientists in kind. The women explain their actions in a...
- 2/19/2024
- by Josh Wigler
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Spoiler Alert: This interview contains spoilers from “Part 6,” the season finale of HBO’s “True Detective: Night Country,” now streaming on Max.
After flirting with the supernatural all season, the finale of “True Detective: Night Country” revealed that the show’s killers were very much real human beings.
And the two women at the center of creator Issa López’s story — the true detectives Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) — not only solve the mystery of what happened in their town of Ennis, Alaska, but each arrive at a place of personal peace.After the individual torments that plagued them throughout the six-episode series, Navarro and Danvers find, according to López, a “love, the non-romantic love” that heals both of them, and resets them so they can go on — even if Navarro’s fate is somewhat nebulous.
But back to the mystery. As Navarro had intuited immediately,...
After flirting with the supernatural all season, the finale of “True Detective: Night Country” revealed that the show’s killers were very much real human beings.
And the two women at the center of creator Issa López’s story — the true detectives Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) — not only solve the mystery of what happened in their town of Ennis, Alaska, but each arrive at a place of personal peace.After the individual torments that plagued them throughout the six-episode series, Navarro and Danvers find, according to López, a “love, the non-romantic love” that heals both of them, and resets them so they can go on — even if Navarro’s fate is somewhat nebulous.
But back to the mystery. As Navarro had intuited immediately,...
- 2/19/2024
- by Kate Aurthur
- Variety Film + TV
Note: The following story discusses spoilers for the “True Detective: Night Country” finale.
“True Detective: Night Country” wrapped up plenty of loose ends with its finale on Sunday, but unlike its preceding seasons, the Alaska-set mystery didn’t culminate with a clear-cut ending that answered all the mystery’s questions, nor with the perpetrator of the inciting violence going to jail.
While the finale built on the season’s intensity with a dramatic foot chase and fight, creator and showrunner Issa López opted for a more subtle conclusion that gave detectives Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) enough satisfaction to “walk away quietly.”
“I grew up reading Sherlock Holmes, which is part of why I’m doing this job now, and the best stories of Sherlock Holmes, the ones I love the most, are the ones where he finds the killer, and decides to simply walk away quietly,...
“True Detective: Night Country” wrapped up plenty of loose ends with its finale on Sunday, but unlike its preceding seasons, the Alaska-set mystery didn’t culminate with a clear-cut ending that answered all the mystery’s questions, nor with the perpetrator of the inciting violence going to jail.
While the finale built on the season’s intensity with a dramatic foot chase and fight, creator and showrunner Issa López opted for a more subtle conclusion that gave detectives Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) enough satisfaction to “walk away quietly.”
“I grew up reading Sherlock Holmes, which is part of why I’m doing this job now, and the best stories of Sherlock Holmes, the ones I love the most, are the ones where he finds the killer, and decides to simply walk away quietly,...
- 2/19/2024
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
Spoiler Alert! This story contains plot points from the season 4 finale of True Detective: Night Country.
HBO’s crime anthology wrapped its fourth season Sunday with detectives Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) solving the murder of the eight men from the Tsalal Arctic Research Station who vanished without a trace.
Here, creator/showrunner Issa López — who came to the anthology after the writing and directing the award-winning Mexican film Tigers Are Not Afraid (Vuelven) — talks about how she first broke the story about the men in the research station, who represented the drama’s moral center, and what it was like to work with Foster and Reis.
Deadline So did Navarro become a ghost in the finale after she walked out on the ice?
Issa LÓPEZ I’m not saying that she’s alive, and I’m certainly not saying that she’s dead. I very...
HBO’s crime anthology wrapped its fourth season Sunday with detectives Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) solving the murder of the eight men from the Tsalal Arctic Research Station who vanished without a trace.
Here, creator/showrunner Issa López — who came to the anthology after the writing and directing the award-winning Mexican film Tigers Are Not Afraid (Vuelven) — talks about how she first broke the story about the men in the research station, who represented the drama’s moral center, and what it was like to work with Foster and Reis.
Deadline So did Navarro become a ghost in the finale after she walked out on the ice?
Issa LÓPEZ I’m not saying that she’s alive, and I’m certainly not saying that she’s dead. I very...
- 2/19/2024
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
This post contains spoilers for "True: Detective: Night Country."
"This is a world where nothing is solved. Someone once told me that time is a flat circle. Everything we have ever done or will do, we're gonna do over and over and over again."
Matthew McConaughey's Rustin Cohle utters these words in season 1 of "True Detective," underlining the Theory of Eternal Recurrence, a thought experiment meant to test out one's emotional response to a never-ending, cyclical loop. Rust's words are tinted by a sense of nihilism, as he is at a point where he believes that there is no way to break through this loop, where evil will always find a way to manifest in cyclical ways throughout time. Even though the case is eventually solved, it is not truly put to rest — while a more optimistic Rust acknowledges a sliver of hope on the horizon, some questions go unanswered,...
"This is a world where nothing is solved. Someone once told me that time is a flat circle. Everything we have ever done or will do, we're gonna do over and over and over again."
Matthew McConaughey's Rustin Cohle utters these words in season 1 of "True Detective," underlining the Theory of Eternal Recurrence, a thought experiment meant to test out one's emotional response to a never-ending, cyclical loop. Rust's words are tinted by a sense of nihilism, as he is at a point where he believes that there is no way to break through this loop, where evil will always find a way to manifest in cyclical ways throughout time. Even though the case is eventually solved, it is not truly put to rest — while a more optimistic Rust acknowledges a sliver of hope on the horizon, some questions go unanswered,...
- 2/19/2024
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
It’s all over now. True Detective: Night Country has made its exit after enthralling us for six weeks with one of the most exciting stories that we’ve seen in recent times. And they’ve mostly managed to answer every possible question, neatly tie up all the loose ends, and deliver an ending that should be considered a satisfying conclusion. But there’s one thing that the show has purposefully left unaddressed. And that happens to be something as big as the fate of its lead character, state trooper Evangeline Navarro. Easily the most interesting character of this story, Kali Reis’ Evangeline Navarro was certainly the heart of the season, and she complemented Jodie Foster’s detective Elizabeth Danvers so well. We’re going to talk about the character and what happened to her by the end of the story, but let us do a short recap of the...
- 2/19/2024
- by Rohitavra Majumdar
- Film Fugitives
It wasn’t an unexpected turn—True Detective: Night Country went from the absolute grim depths of darkness to the new dawn of hope. Hope has made its presence known throughout the season, albeit cryptically. And now that it’s the end of the road and we can put our feet up and look back, all we’re left to ponder over is how good things can often look ghastly at the beginning. Despite having an ominous start and an increasingly creepy journey in the middle, the season finale is nothing but kind to the characters. From the brink of death, Navarro comes back with a newfound identity and purpose. Danvers, on the other hand, is given a solid chance at redeeming herself. As for Peter, the young deputy will likely break the destructive ties he has with his problematic roots.
Spoilers Ahead
Is the ice cave connected to the Tsalal Research Station?...
Spoilers Ahead
Is the ice cave connected to the Tsalal Research Station?...
- 2/19/2024
- by Lopamudra Mukherjee
- Film Fugitives
True Detective: Night Country has been an atypical season of HBO‘s crime anthology for numerous reasons.
For starters, this fourth season is the first to receive its own subtitle, with “Night Country” capturing the pervading darkness of northern Alaska. Night Country is also the first True Detective season to not feature the involvement of original creator Nic Pizzolatto. Stepping in as showrunner is indie auteur Issa López who grafted her own vision of two female detectives solving an icy mystery onto the usual True Detective format. The biggest difference between Night Country and a “normal” season of True Detective, however, may only becoming apparent to folks this week as episode 6 marks the sudden conclusion of this story.
That’s right: unlike seasons 1, 2, and 3, True Detective season 4 features six episodes rather than the usual eight. That should come as either devastating news to viewers just getting into the case...
For starters, this fourth season is the first to receive its own subtitle, with “Night Country” capturing the pervading darkness of northern Alaska. Night Country is also the first True Detective season to not feature the involvement of original creator Nic Pizzolatto. Stepping in as showrunner is indie auteur Issa López who grafted her own vision of two female detectives solving an icy mystery onto the usual True Detective format. The biggest difference between Night Country and a “normal” season of True Detective, however, may only becoming apparent to folks this week as episode 6 marks the sudden conclusion of this story.
That’s right: unlike seasons 1, 2, and 3, True Detective season 4 features six episodes rather than the usual eight. That should come as either devastating news to viewers just getting into the case...
- 2/16/2024
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Sunday marks the final episode of “True Detective: Night Country,” Issa Lopez’s triumphant revival of the HBO series originally created by Nic Pizzolatto. A six-year old murder, five-body “corpsicle,” and chilling hints of the supernatural intertwine throughout the season, all of it made exponentially more chilling and suspenseful by the long night looming over Ennis, Alaska.
So, as Police Chief Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) would say: Ask the question (cue Kali Reis’ Navarro rolling her eyes). Who’s the killer? Too simple. What’s the motive? Now we’re cooking. What were the men of Tsalal hiding? There’s something there…
With such a rich, engrossing, and open-ended mystery, the final hour has to wrap everything up neatly — but could also choose to languish in a few loose ends, like so many stories do. Either way, we’re asking the right questions going into Episode 6, the ones that could...
So, as Police Chief Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) would say: Ask the question (cue Kali Reis’ Navarro rolling her eyes). Who’s the killer? Too simple. What’s the motive? Now we’re cooking. What were the men of Tsalal hiding? There’s something there…
With such a rich, engrossing, and open-ended mystery, the final hour has to wrap everything up neatly — but could also choose to languish in a few loose ends, like so many stories do. Either way, we’re asking the right questions going into Episode 6, the ones that could...
- 2/16/2024
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
Kali Reis in ‘True Detective: Night Country’ episode 5 (Photograph by Michele K. Short/HBO)
We’re getting down to the wire with just two episodes left of HBO’s hit series True Detective: Night Country, and season four has been such a mystery. However, with episode five – the penultimate episode – we’re finally starting to get some answers.
The action in episode five begins on December 31st – the 14th day of night.
The episode opens with a sobering moment as skeletal remains are being cremated. The bones are those of State Trooper Evangeline Navarro’s sister, Julia, who committed suicide in episode four. As her ashes are being prepared, Navarro (Kali Reis) is there silently watching.
Chief Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) interviews Otis Heiss, who she mistakenly believed was Raymond Clark at the end of episode four. She asks if he knew Clark before their recent encounter and Otis says he didn’t,...
We’re getting down to the wire with just two episodes left of HBO’s hit series True Detective: Night Country, and season four has been such a mystery. However, with episode five – the penultimate episode – we’re finally starting to get some answers.
The action in episode five begins on December 31st – the 14th day of night.
The episode opens with a sobering moment as skeletal remains are being cremated. The bones are those of State Trooper Evangeline Navarro’s sister, Julia, who committed suicide in episode four. As her ashes are being prepared, Navarro (Kali Reis) is there silently watching.
Chief Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) interviews Otis Heiss, who she mistakenly believed was Raymond Clark at the end of episode four. She asks if he knew Clark before their recent encounter and Otis says he didn’t,...
- 2/11/2024
- by Alison Helms
- Showbiz Junkies
The complaints about True Detective: Night Country have mostly had to do with the pacing and the show’s focus on interpersonal drama, which may have come at the expense of the storylines that one typically expects of a series centering on a murder investigation.
But even the harshest critics would have to agree that showrunner Issa Lopez has made some bold and impactful visual choices, and the opening scenes of True Detective Season 4 Episode 5 featured some of her most memorable flourishes yet.
From the beginning of its pilot episode, this show has leaned heavily on its primary aesthetic motifs -- namely, coldness and darkness.
Yet we begin this episode with flames and fluorescent light, ironically in service of one of this season's bleakest storylines (not that any of the subplots here are rays of sunshine).
After battling mental illness and being haunted (perhaps literally) by the ghosts of her past,...
But even the harshest critics would have to agree that showrunner Issa Lopez has made some bold and impactful visual choices, and the opening scenes of True Detective Season 4 Episode 5 featured some of her most memorable flourishes yet.
From the beginning of its pilot episode, this show has leaned heavily on its primary aesthetic motifs -- namely, coldness and darkness.
Yet we begin this episode with flames and fluorescent light, ironically in service of one of this season's bleakest storylines (not that any of the subplots here are rays of sunshine).
After battling mental illness and being haunted (perhaps literally) by the ghosts of her past,...
- 2/10/2024
- by Tyler Johnson
- TVfanatic
Warning: This article contains spoilers for the latest episode of "True Detective: Night Country."
Is "True Detective" messing with us, or are all those major fan theories out there officially off the mark? In fairness, there have been a few loose threads intentionally left dangling over our heads throughout the season, driving speculation among viewers into a fever pitch over all the potential explanations (supernatural or otherwise) that could be offered by what's sure to be a gripping finale. But perhaps that's the one downside of a series drawing comparisons to a mystery-box show like "Lost." When certain developments hint at something much more mundane, fans can't help but feel like the wind has just been sucked right out of their sails. That seems to be the case with episode 5, which offered up one possible hint at what that creepy-looking spiral symbol really means.
In a bit of a curveball,...
Is "True Detective" messing with us, or are all those major fan theories out there officially off the mark? In fairness, there have been a few loose threads intentionally left dangling over our heads throughout the season, driving speculation among viewers into a fever pitch over all the potential explanations (supernatural or otherwise) that could be offered by what's sure to be a gripping finale. But perhaps that's the one downside of a series drawing comparisons to a mystery-box show like "Lost." When certain developments hint at something much more mundane, fans can't help but feel like the wind has just been sucked right out of their sails. That seems to be the case with episode 5, which offered up one possible hint at what that creepy-looking spiral symbol really means.
In a bit of a curveball,...
- 2/10/2024
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
This post contains spoilers for the fifth episode of "True Detective: Night Country."
A lot is going down in "True Detective: Night Country" at the moment, as the mysterious Tsalal fiasco and the unsolved Annie K murder have been proven to have closer ties than ever before. With a ton of leads pointing towards dead ends, detectives Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) finally made a breakthrough after cornering Otis Heiss (Klaus Tange), a drifter who drew the map for the ice caves before 1998. Thanks to the efforts of Officer Peter Prior (Finn Bennett), Danvers links the fate of Anders Lund with that of Heiss, whose corneas burned and ears ruptured after a terrible mining accident years ago. When Danvers finds Heiss, he utters the phrase "Night Country," and hints at how it might be an actual space linked to the horrifying events in Ennis.
While Heiss'...
A lot is going down in "True Detective: Night Country" at the moment, as the mysterious Tsalal fiasco and the unsolved Annie K murder have been proven to have closer ties than ever before. With a ton of leads pointing towards dead ends, detectives Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) finally made a breakthrough after cornering Otis Heiss (Klaus Tange), a drifter who drew the map for the ice caves before 1998. Thanks to the efforts of Officer Peter Prior (Finn Bennett), Danvers links the fate of Anders Lund with that of Heiss, whose corneas burned and ears ruptured after a terrible mining accident years ago. When Danvers finds Heiss, he utters the phrase "Night Country," and hints at how it might be an actual space linked to the horrifying events in Ennis.
While Heiss'...
- 2/10/2024
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for True Detective: Night Country Season 4, Episode 5, “Part 5.”] True Detective: Night Country took some insane turns in the final moments of its fifth episode, which brings viewers one step closer to solving the mystery behind Annie K’s (Nivi Pedersen) murder and the deaths of the Tsalal Scientists. After getting caught on camera crossing the borders of Silver Sky Mines territory, Detective Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) was given a strong warning from Connelly (Christopher Eccleston) to stop pursuing answers surrounding the scientists and Annie K. He also shared the official death report for the scientists, claiming it was an avalanche that took them out, but Danvers isn’t convinced, especially having learned that Tsalal’s research and the mines were so closely linked with pollution stats possibly being compromised along the way. (Credit: HBO) Meanwhile, Silver Sky Mining Company’s Kate McKitterick (Dervla Kirwan) has an interesting exchange with Hank (John Hawkes), telling him ...
- 2/10/2024
- TV Insider
The body count keeps climbing on True Detective: Night Country — and this time, we know exactly who did it.
The season’s penultimate episode (which dropped early on Max on Friday, ahead of this Sunday’s HBO premiere) opens with Navarro still reeling from the death of her sister and Danvers grilling junkie recluse Otis Heiss for information on the ice caves. He shows her an entrance and will tell her how to get inside… if she’ll get him some heroin. Danvers turns him down flat, but when she and Navarro check out the entrance, they find it sealed off by a rockslide.
The season’s penultimate episode (which dropped early on Max on Friday, ahead of this Sunday’s HBO premiere) opens with Navarro still reeling from the death of her sister and Danvers grilling junkie recluse Otis Heiss for information on the ice caves. He shows her an entrance and will tell her how to get inside… if she’ll get him some heroin. Danvers turns him down flat, but when she and Navarro check out the entrance, they find it sealed off by a rockslide.
- 2/10/2024
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of True Detective: Night Country, now streaming on Max.
Midway through our penultimate installment, the combined investigation of Annie K’s murder and the death of the Tsalal scientists seems to grind to a halt. The forensics team in Anchorage attributes the Tsalal deaths to a “weather event.” And if Ted Connelly isn’t in the pocket of Silver Sky Mining, he’s at least political enough to decide that law-enforcement is not well-served angering big business just to solve the...
Midway through our penultimate installment, the combined investigation of Annie K’s murder and the death of the Tsalal scientists seems to grind to a halt. The forensics team in Anchorage attributes the Tsalal deaths to a “weather event.” And if Ted Connelly isn’t in the pocket of Silver Sky Mining, he’s at least political enough to decide that law-enforcement is not well-served angering big business just to solve the...
- 2/10/2024
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
Spoilers follow.
Well, we're five episodes into "True Detective: Night Country" and the mystery just keeps getting more... mysterious. What caused a group of research scientists to perish in apparent anguish on the Alaskan tundra? How is that linked to the murder of Annie Kowtok, an Indigenous woman whose body was found dumped in the small town of Ennis some years before the discovery of the scientist's bodies? And how does the spiral from season 1 fit into all of this?
At this point, there's all sorts of speculation among fans, including talk of pollution causing the inhabitants of Ennis, Alaska to lose their minds, and even a potential Lovecraftian creature that would finally fulfill the cosmic horror promises of season 1. Considering new showrunner Issa López's penchant for weaving the paranormal with gritty realism, as evidenced in her 2017 feature "Tigers Are Not Afraid," it wouldn't be completely out of the...
Well, we're five episodes into "True Detective: Night Country" and the mystery just keeps getting more... mysterious. What caused a group of research scientists to perish in apparent anguish on the Alaskan tundra? How is that linked to the murder of Annie Kowtok, an Indigenous woman whose body was found dumped in the small town of Ennis some years before the discovery of the scientist's bodies? And how does the spiral from season 1 fit into all of this?
At this point, there's all sorts of speculation among fans, including talk of pollution causing the inhabitants of Ennis, Alaska to lose their minds, and even a potential Lovecraftian creature that would finally fulfill the cosmic horror promises of season 1. Considering new showrunner Issa López's penchant for weaving the paranormal with gritty realism, as evidenced in her 2017 feature "Tigers Are Not Afraid," it wouldn't be completely out of the...
- 2/10/2024
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
You couldn’t have seen this one coming. And evidently, Issa Lopez doesn’t care a jot about the thematic styles that True Detective has gotten you used to over the years. We’re not shying away from jumpscares anymore, and that too, more than a couple in just one episode. And the fact that they add this questionable dose of ridiculousness to the otherwise grim episode makes this choice even odder, if anything. Loss and internal chaos play Grinch in this mournful Christmas episode.
Spoilers Ahead
A Christmas Of Heartbreak And Mazes Of Emotions
Christmas didn’t make Ennis happy. But, just maybe, not everything that changes in the frozen town when the seemingly endless night hits it is ominous. The sporadic bursts of sensibility that aren’t totally impossible to see in someone like Danvers take on a more unmissable shape in the fourth episode, even though the circumstances are rather depressing.
Spoilers Ahead
A Christmas Of Heartbreak And Mazes Of Emotions
Christmas didn’t make Ennis happy. But, just maybe, not everything that changes in the frozen town when the seemingly endless night hits it is ominous. The sporadic bursts of sensibility that aren’t totally impossible to see in someone like Danvers take on a more unmissable shape in the fourth episode, even though the circumstances are rather depressing.
- 2/6/2024
- by Lopamudra Mukherjee
- Film Fugitives
Jodie Foster, Kali Reis, and Aka Niviâna in ‘True Detective Night Country’ episode 4 (Photograph by Michele K. Short/HBO)
With just a few episodes left in True Detective: Night Country, we seem to be no closer to finding out what happened to the researchers at the Tsalal Research Facility. One thing is for certain: Night Country is unlike any of the previous three seasons of the Emmy Award-winning series.
Episode three ended with two jaw-dropping scenes. In one, Dr. Anders Lund sat up in his hospital bed and, in a demonic voice, said, “Hello, Evangeline. Your mother says hello. She’s waiting for you.” In the other, a cell phone video shows Annie saying, “My name is Annie Kowtok. If anything happens to me…” before the phone is ripped away and she screams.
As episode four opens, Chief Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) can’t sleep, so she watches the video of Annie Kowtok again.
With just a few episodes left in True Detective: Night Country, we seem to be no closer to finding out what happened to the researchers at the Tsalal Research Facility. One thing is for certain: Night Country is unlike any of the previous three seasons of the Emmy Award-winning series.
Episode three ended with two jaw-dropping scenes. In one, Dr. Anders Lund sat up in his hospital bed and, in a demonic voice, said, “Hello, Evangeline. Your mother says hello. She’s waiting for you.” In the other, a cell phone video shows Annie saying, “My name is Annie Kowtok. If anything happens to me…” before the phone is ripped away and she screams.
As episode four opens, Chief Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) can’t sleep, so she watches the video of Annie Kowtok again.
- 2/5/2024
- by Alison Helms
- Showbiz Junkies
This post contains spoilers for "True Detective: Night Country."
It's official: we're in the Night Country now. All season, "True Detective: Night Country" has been taking viewers on a scary thrill ride through the frozen heart of a small Alaska town, but the latest episode kicked everything into an almost unbearable high gear — and finally said the show's title in the creepiest context possible. While Navarro (Kali Reis) is left grieving, haunted, and possibly disabled, Danvers (Jodie Foster) sinks lower into her own cycle of self-destruction, and both women face a type of evil that evades easy explanation.
"True Detective: Night Country" is juggling an impressive number of themes, clues, and intersecting plot points, clicking each facet of its multi-genre story together with a satisfying snap as it goes. The series feels like an expertly crafted high-wire act that manages to balance drama, mystery, dark comedy, science fiction, and several types of horror.
It's official: we're in the Night Country now. All season, "True Detective: Night Country" has been taking viewers on a scary thrill ride through the frozen heart of a small Alaska town, but the latest episode kicked everything into an almost unbearable high gear — and finally said the show's title in the creepiest context possible. While Navarro (Kali Reis) is left grieving, haunted, and possibly disabled, Danvers (Jodie Foster) sinks lower into her own cycle of self-destruction, and both women face a type of evil that evades easy explanation.
"True Detective: Night Country" is juggling an impressive number of themes, clues, and intersecting plot points, clicking each facet of its multi-genre story together with a satisfying snap as it goes. The series feels like an expertly crafted high-wire act that manages to balance drama, mystery, dark comedy, science fiction, and several types of horror.
- 2/5/2024
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
This post contains spoilers for episode 4 of "True Detective: Night Country."
The first season of "True Detective" feels so eerie and ominous for a reason. Detectives Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) and Marty Hart (Woody Harrelson) find a corpse in the Lousiana woods and end up in some old stone ruins in the bayou that symbolize the nexus of evil. The latest season, "True Detective: Night Country," also ties the evils that grip the mining town of Ennis to the nature of the town itself; the long and cold Alaskan nights underline the unforgiving nature of existence in that space. Most people in the town are cold and bitter, hardened by the cruelties of life. Some, like Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster), use their coldness to crack down on seemingly unsolvable mysteries. Others, like Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis), put on a tough front to protect the tender compassion they harbor deep within.
The first season of "True Detective" feels so eerie and ominous for a reason. Detectives Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) and Marty Hart (Woody Harrelson) find a corpse in the Lousiana woods and end up in some old stone ruins in the bayou that symbolize the nexus of evil. The latest season, "True Detective: Night Country," also ties the evils that grip the mining town of Ennis to the nature of the town itself; the long and cold Alaskan nights underline the unforgiving nature of existence in that space. Most people in the town are cold and bitter, hardened by the cruelties of life. Some, like Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster), use their coldness to crack down on seemingly unsolvable mysteries. Others, like Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis), put on a tough front to protect the tender compassion they harbor deep within.
- 2/5/2024
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for True Detective: Night Country Season 4, Episode 4, “Part 4.”] The cold dark days of True Detective: Night Country‘s ongoing story grow a tad more frigid in the latest installment as Christmas Eve arrives for Detective Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Detective Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis). While the holiday season may brighten most spirits, things are dimming for this duo as they deal with personal struggles and the ongoing mystery behind Annie K’s (Nivi Pedersen) murder after uncovering a horrifying video at the end of Episode 3. As Danvers sets her sights on the case, she continues to drift further apart from her stepdaughter Leah (Isabella Star Lablanc). Although viewers see a bit of softness from Liz as she checks on Leah in her sleep, their contentious relationship boils over when the teen vandalizes the Silver Sky Mines office building, spray painting the word “Murderers,” across the entrance. Picking Leah up from the facility,...
- 2/5/2024
- TV Insider
This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of True Detective: Night Country, which is now streaming on Max.
Early in our fourth chapter, Danvers comes upon Navarro’s sister Julia stripping off her clothes in the middle of the street. She flings her clothes behind her, unconcerned for the mess or spectacle she’s making, just trying to get free of the emotions that are always trying to crush her. Evangeline takes this for another episode in Julia’s lifelong struggle with mental health, and finally gets her...
Early in our fourth chapter, Danvers comes upon Navarro’s sister Julia stripping off her clothes in the middle of the street. She flings her clothes behind her, unconcerned for the mess or spectacle she’s making, just trying to get free of the emotions that are always trying to crush her. Evangeline takes this for another episode in Julia’s lifelong struggle with mental health, and finally gets her...
- 2/5/2024
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
This article contains spoilers for True Detective: Night Country episode 4.
Every episode of True Detective: Night Country ends the same way. Having exhausted their investigation for the day, our titular true detectives Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) receive a phone call from junior cop Peter Prior (Finn Bennett) to provide them with a fresh lead.
Whether it’s with two minutes left to go in the hour or eight minutes, the Prior dispatch arrives each time like clockwork. At the end of episode 1, Pete calls to report that Rose Aguineau (Fiona Shaw) has discovered something on the ice. At the end of episode 2, Pete calls to report that one of the scientists is missing from the thawing block of said ice. At the end of episode 3, Pete foregoes the phone call itself and catches up with Liz at the hospital to show her that he successfully...
Every episode of True Detective: Night Country ends the same way. Having exhausted their investigation for the day, our titular true detectives Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) receive a phone call from junior cop Peter Prior (Finn Bennett) to provide them with a fresh lead.
Whether it’s with two minutes left to go in the hour or eight minutes, the Prior dispatch arrives each time like clockwork. At the end of episode 1, Pete calls to report that Rose Aguineau (Fiona Shaw) has discovered something on the ice. At the end of episode 2, Pete calls to report that one of the scientists is missing from the thawing block of said ice. At the end of episode 3, Pete foregoes the phone call itself and catches up with Liz at the hospital to show her that he successfully...
- 2/5/2024
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
If you’ve been getting the sinking feeling that True Detective Season 4 is setting you up for disappointment, you’re not alone.
On Twitter and elsewhere, viewers have been expressing their concern that showrunner Issa Lopez has bitten off more than she can chew, gotten in over her head, and other cliches to that effect.
The nit-picking has begun, and the haters are having their say.
Is the criticism justified?
Well, as True Detective Season 4 Episode 4 ushers us into the back half of Night Country's run, we'll admit that we're feeling a little wary about Lopez's ability to nail the dismount.
Danvers and Navarro's conversation at the beginning of the episode serves as a perfect microcosm for the season as a whole.
It bounces from family challenges to Corpsicle matters to inter-departmental drama (involving the higher-up whom Danvers is sleeping with) to the murder of Annie Kowtok.
And that...
On Twitter and elsewhere, viewers have been expressing their concern that showrunner Issa Lopez has bitten off more than she can chew, gotten in over her head, and other cliches to that effect.
The nit-picking has begun, and the haters are having their say.
Is the criticism justified?
Well, as True Detective Season 4 Episode 4 ushers us into the back half of Night Country's run, we'll admit that we're feeling a little wary about Lopez's ability to nail the dismount.
Danvers and Navarro's conversation at the beginning of the episode serves as a perfect microcosm for the season as a whole.
It bounces from family challenges to Corpsicle matters to inter-departmental drama (involving the higher-up whom Danvers is sleeping with) to the murder of Annie Kowtok.
And that...
- 2/5/2024
- by Tyler Johnson
- TVfanatic
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “True Detective” Season 4, Episode 4, the fourth hour of “Night Country.” Read our previous review here.]
Rose Aguineau (Fiona Shaw), the most intriguing character among a frozen sea of eccentrics, shed a little light on a life that appears, at turns, fabulous and ravaged. After greeting Missy Navarro (Kali Reis) dressed to the nines for a Christmas Eve feast, Rose — whose sole tie to this case is that she discovered the (mostly) dead scientists, with an assist from the ghost of her former lover, Travis (who may be Rust Cohle’s father) — took a brief respite from imparting wisdom about the afterlife to tell her guest a snippet of her past: Rose, it turns out, used to be a professor. “A very serious professor, in a very serious school, writing very serious ideas,” she says. But one day, while grading a particularly dull paper, she came to realize that her life...
Rose Aguineau (Fiona Shaw), the most intriguing character among a frozen sea of eccentrics, shed a little light on a life that appears, at turns, fabulous and ravaged. After greeting Missy Navarro (Kali Reis) dressed to the nines for a Christmas Eve feast, Rose — whose sole tie to this case is that she discovered the (mostly) dead scientists, with an assist from the ghost of her former lover, Travis (who may be Rust Cohle’s father) — took a brief respite from imparting wisdom about the afterlife to tell her guest a snippet of her past: Rose, it turns out, used to be a professor. “A very serious professor, in a very serious school, writing very serious ideas,” she says. But one day, while grading a particularly dull paper, she came to realize that her life...
- 2/5/2024
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
No one can accuse True Detective: Night Country of not being properly reverential of the True Detective seasons that came before it. Despite being the first season of the show not involving original creator Nic Pizzolatto, new showrunner Issa López has filled this fourth season with many references, callbacks, and Easter eggs to previous installments of the HBO crime drama anthology.
Night Country also has a solid grasp of what makes a True Detective story a True Detective story in the first place. Like seasons 1 through 3, True Detective season 4 features: two mismatched detectives, a unique American setting, a gruesome murder mystery, and a dash of the occult. While that covers just about everything, close watchers of True Detective throughout the years will notice one important element is missing: multiple timelines.
True Detective seasons 1 and 3 are set over the span of many years, allowing actors to investigate difficult cases as the...
Night Country also has a solid grasp of what makes a True Detective story a True Detective story in the first place. Like seasons 1 through 3, True Detective season 4 features: two mismatched detectives, a unique American setting, a gruesome murder mystery, and a dash of the occult. While that covers just about everything, close watchers of True Detective throughout the years will notice one important element is missing: multiple timelines.
True Detective seasons 1 and 3 are set over the span of many years, allowing actors to investigate difficult cases as the...
- 1/29/2024
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Nivi Pederson and Kali Reis in ‘True Detective: Night Country’ episode 3 (Photograph by Michele K. Short/HBO)
We’re halfway through the critically acclaimed True Detective: Night Country six-episode season, and even the arrival of episode three hasn’t made the killer’s identity any clearer. Episode three opens with a trip seven years in the past and a visit with the murder victim at the heart of the investigation.
Ennis Police Officer Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) shows up to arrest Annie Kowtok for trespassing and destruction of the mines and is met with screaming from inside the building. The building turns out to be a birthing center, and Navarro discovers that Annie is currently busy performing midwife duties. Instead of immediately arresting Annie, Navarro finds herself helping with the delivery. The new mom-to-be realizes the baby isn’t crying and becomes hysterical. Annie works to revive the baby, and suddenly,...
We’re halfway through the critically acclaimed True Detective: Night Country six-episode season, and even the arrival of episode three hasn’t made the killer’s identity any clearer. Episode three opens with a trip seven years in the past and a visit with the murder victim at the heart of the investigation.
Ennis Police Officer Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) shows up to arrest Annie Kowtok for trespassing and destruction of the mines and is met with screaming from inside the building. The building turns out to be a birthing center, and Navarro discovers that Annie is currently busy performing midwife duties. Instead of immediately arresting Annie, Navarro finds herself helping with the delivery. The new mom-to-be realizes the baby isn’t crying and becomes hysterical. Annie works to revive the baby, and suddenly,...
- 1/29/2024
- by Alison Helms
- Showbiz Junkies
Anyone paying any attention to the "True Detective: Night Country" discourse will surely have noticed a rift forming among viewers. Specifically, there are those who can't stop comparing the new episodes to the original 2014 season, and those who say "Night Country" should be viewed as its own thing, entirely divorced from what came before. However you feel about it, new showrunner Issa López, who replaces show creator Nic Pizzolatto, has not only been open about how influenced she was by Pizzolatto's inaugural season, but has peppered "Night Country" with homages, callbacks, and outright continuations of themes and specific narrative threads from the 2014 episodes — to the extent that "Night Country" is essentially a stealth sequel to season 1.
Thus far, the biggest link to the initial season has been the inclusion of the spiral symbol, which cropped up throughout the "Night Country" trailer. This motif appeared throughout season 1 and represented the...
Thus far, the biggest link to the initial season has been the inclusion of the spiral symbol, which cropped up throughout the "Night Country" trailer. This motif appeared throughout season 1 and represented the...
- 1/29/2024
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
As we’ve previously discussed, True Detective Season 4 has taken on an awful lot in terms of plot, theme, character development, and just about every other aspect of storytelling.
In fact, if someone asked what this series is about, you could play it safe and say, “A murder investigation in Alaska,” or you could go the pretentious route and say, “Everything.”
The latter response might be a little smug, but it’s just as accurate. Folks, this show is the anti-Seinfeld!
Race, class, religion, the never-ending war between the sexes, and the very origins of human life were all topics that came up for discussion in the first two episodes of Issa Lopez’s wildly ambitious crime drama.
And True Detective Season 4 Episode 3 maintains that focus on the big picture approach with an opening scene in which Annie K. is acting as midwife while a native woman gives birth.
Navarro...
In fact, if someone asked what this series is about, you could play it safe and say, “A murder investigation in Alaska,” or you could go the pretentious route and say, “Everything.”
The latter response might be a little smug, but it’s just as accurate. Folks, this show is the anti-Seinfeld!
Race, class, religion, the never-ending war between the sexes, and the very origins of human life were all topics that came up for discussion in the first two episodes of Issa Lopez’s wildly ambitious crime drama.
And True Detective Season 4 Episode 3 maintains that focus on the big picture approach with an opening scene in which Annie K. is acting as midwife while a native woman gives birth.
Navarro...
- 1/29/2024
- by Tyler Johnson
- TVfanatic
[This story contains spoilers from the third episode of HBO’s True Detective: Night Country.]
Despite its anthological structure, there are a few constants across the True Detective franchise. One, of course, is the enlistment of high-profile actors in the titular detective roles. Another is a case tinged with supernatural mystique and intrigue, as apparent as ever before in the latest iteration, True Detective: Night Country.
But this new season, helmed by writer-creator Issa López and starring Jodie Foster and Kali Reis as detectives Danvers and Navarro, deviates from the older seasons in one meaningful way: With the exception of a few flashbacks scattered throughout its six-episode run, Night Country takes place during one specific point in time.
Unlike the first few seasons, which either showcased cases across different points in time, or featured major time jumps, the story of Night Country centers on Danvers and Navarro’s attempt to figure out the mysterious deaths of the moment (also known as,...
Despite its anthological structure, there are a few constants across the True Detective franchise. One, of course, is the enlistment of high-profile actors in the titular detective roles. Another is a case tinged with supernatural mystique and intrigue, as apparent as ever before in the latest iteration, True Detective: Night Country.
But this new season, helmed by writer-creator Issa López and starring Jodie Foster and Kali Reis as detectives Danvers and Navarro, deviates from the older seasons in one meaningful way: With the exception of a few flashbacks scattered throughout its six-episode run, Night Country takes place during one specific point in time.
Unlike the first few seasons, which either showcased cases across different points in time, or featured major time jumps, the story of Night Country centers on Danvers and Navarro’s attempt to figure out the mysterious deaths of the moment (also known as,...
- 1/29/2024
- by Josh Wigler
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of True Detective: Night Country, which is now streaming on Max.
The third chapter of Night Country begins and ends with women screaming. The late Annie K is there for both scenes — the first a flashback, the second a shaky cell phone video. But in the flashback, Annie and her friends are helping women through labor at a birthing center, and the screams are part of the natural, often happy, circle of life. And in the selfie video, Annie’s screams...
The third chapter of Night Country begins and ends with women screaming. The late Annie K is there for both scenes — the first a flashback, the second a shaky cell phone video. But in the flashback, Annie and her friends are helping women through labor at a birthing center, and the screams are part of the natural, often happy, circle of life. And in the selfie video, Annie’s screams...
- 1/29/2024
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
There are several series beginning on cable this week, including Feud: Capote vs The Swans and Genius: MLK/X.
Of course, that’s not all, as our favorite networks keep pumping out the programming as we try to climb our way back to normal after the strikes.
See what we recommend you watch this week!
Saturday, January 27
8/7c Confessions of a Cam Girl (Lifetime)
Higher education is a pain for millions, and it’s particularly challenging when a person wants to pursue a career they're passionate about, but it’s preferential that they get into something worth all the money they pour into their studies.
Kirsten wants to be a fashion designer, and her working-class parents aren’t thrilled about it, so she gets a little creative about how she makes her money, and by “creative,” we mean she becomes a Cam Girl! Sex sells pretty damn well, right?
Of course,...
Of course, that’s not all, as our favorite networks keep pumping out the programming as we try to climb our way back to normal after the strikes.
See what we recommend you watch this week!
Saturday, January 27
8/7c Confessions of a Cam Girl (Lifetime)
Higher education is a pain for millions, and it’s particularly challenging when a person wants to pursue a career they're passionate about, but it’s preferential that they get into something worth all the money they pour into their studies.
Kirsten wants to be a fashion designer, and her working-class parents aren’t thrilled about it, so she gets a little creative about how she makes her money, and by “creative,” we mean she becomes a Cam Girl! Sex sells pretty damn well, right?
Of course,...
- 1/27/2024
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
For critics of "True Detective: Night Country," the latest episode has given them yet another reason to be skeptical: In the background of a conversation between Officer Navarro and suspect Chuck, there were two posters that looked like they were made with AI.
Almost immediately after the episode aired, the internet picked up on it. "What's up with these posters?" one redditor asked on the "True Detective" subreddit, spurring a lively round of critical speculation. Although the first poster turns out to be legitimate, the second poster has multiple blatant mistakes that seemingly out it as being AI-created. There's the fact that the Kiss-inspired band on the poster is just called "Metal," or that "2nd" is typed out as "2st," or that the poster is supposedly announcing a concert tour but fails to say anything about when and where the concerts take place.
It's also sparked discussion on Twitter,...
Almost immediately after the episode aired, the internet picked up on it. "What's up with these posters?" one redditor asked on the "True Detective" subreddit, spurring a lively round of critical speculation. Although the first poster turns out to be legitimate, the second poster has multiple blatant mistakes that seemingly out it as being AI-created. There's the fact that the Kiss-inspired band on the poster is just called "Metal," or that "2nd" is typed out as "2st," or that the poster is supposedly announcing a concert tour but fails to say anything about when and where the concerts take place.
It's also sparked discussion on Twitter,...
- 1/22/2024
- by Michael Boyle
- Slash Film
If you were as captivated by True Detective: Night Country‘s “corpsicle” as we were, you might have missed an important detail. Season 4’s ghoulishly-named icicle filled with dead scientists was short one genius.
As discovered by the end of episode 2, the corpsicle contains only six bodies, which is notably two fewer than the eight scientists who were working at the Tsalal research center. One of those scientists, Anders Lund, is barely alive but accounted for. Another is missing. His name is Raymond Clark and he just so happens to have been known to date Annie K, a local indigenous woman whose murder Detective Navarro (Kali Reis) is hellbent on solving.
Well friends, it sounds like we have our first real suspect. And based on the first trailer for True Detective season 4 episode 3, the search for Raymond Clark is going to be a grueling one. Give it a look...
As discovered by the end of episode 2, the corpsicle contains only six bodies, which is notably two fewer than the eight scientists who were working at the Tsalal research center. One of those scientists, Anders Lund, is barely alive but accounted for. Another is missing. His name is Raymond Clark and he just so happens to have been known to date Annie K, a local indigenous woman whose murder Detective Navarro (Kali Reis) is hellbent on solving.
Well friends, it sounds like we have our first real suspect. And based on the first trailer for True Detective season 4 episode 3, the search for Raymond Clark is going to be a grueling one. Give it a look...
- 1/22/2024
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
This post contains spoilers for "True Detective: Night Country."
The first time we glimpse the spiral in the first season of "True Detective" is when Detective Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) inspects Dora Lange's corpse, which is propped up in a ritualistic manner. This is not the only time the spiral appears — we see it as a tattoo and as a part of Cohle's vision/hallucination of the shape made up by a flock of birds above an abandoned church. A primary reason why season 1 of the series is so rewatchable can be attributed to its open-ended intrigue, much like a spiral, that does not consume itself like an ouroboros. While there are countless ways to interpret what the spiral truly means, as it is established as a symbol for the depraved Tuttle cult, its symbolism remains one that evokes cyclical loops and inevitability.
"True Detective: Night Country" honors its predecessors in a taut,...
The first time we glimpse the spiral in the first season of "True Detective" is when Detective Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) inspects Dora Lange's corpse, which is propped up in a ritualistic manner. This is not the only time the spiral appears — we see it as a tattoo and as a part of Cohle's vision/hallucination of the shape made up by a flock of birds above an abandoned church. A primary reason why season 1 of the series is so rewatchable can be attributed to its open-ended intrigue, much like a spiral, that does not consume itself like an ouroboros. While there are countless ways to interpret what the spiral truly means, as it is established as a symbol for the depraved Tuttle cult, its symbolism remains one that evokes cyclical loops and inevitability.
"True Detective: Night Country" honors its predecessors in a taut,...
- 1/22/2024
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
[This story contains spoilers from the second episode of True Detective: Night Country.]
Why are they piled on each other? Why are their eardrums bleeding? Why are they naked, and why are all their clothes so neatly piled nearby? And how on Earth is one of them alive?
These are all valid questions when gazing upon the frozen murder tableau at the heart of True Detective: Night Country. First discovered at the end of the season premiere, the pile of corpses (with one living body in the lot) that opens the show’s second hour stands out among the gnarliest images in the True Detective franchise’s history — and this is the same show that brought forth the Yellow King of Carcosa.
For the folks working on the show, though? It was just another day at the office.
“It was like looking at that lamp over there,” star Kali Reis tells The Hollywood Reporter about sharing the same space...
Why are they piled on each other? Why are their eardrums bleeding? Why are they naked, and why are all their clothes so neatly piled nearby? And how on Earth is one of them alive?
These are all valid questions when gazing upon the frozen murder tableau at the heart of True Detective: Night Country. First discovered at the end of the season premiere, the pile of corpses (with one living body in the lot) that opens the show’s second hour stands out among the gnarliest images in the True Detective franchise’s history — and this is the same show that brought forth the Yellow King of Carcosa.
For the folks working on the show, though? It was just another day at the office.
“It was like looking at that lamp over there,” star Kali Reis tells The Hollywood Reporter about sharing the same space...
- 1/22/2024
- by Josh Wigler
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “True Detective” Season 4, Episode 2, “Part 2” — the second hour of “Night Country.”]
What do we know about Raymond Clark? We know he’s a scientist at the Tsalal Research Base in Ennis, Alaska. We know, thanks to his online bio shown last week, that he studies paleomicrobiology with a focus on “understanding the molecular basis of colonization and infection by Staphylococcus aureus.” We know he was the only person with his own room at the research facility, and we know that he was wearing the late Annie K’s parka in a photograph taken at that base. We know he wore it when he had what appeared to be a seizure, then turned to his colleague in the kitchen and said, “She’s awake.”
Now, after Episode 2, we know that he was in a relationship with Annie K. He rented a trailer to keep their relationship a secret, and that trailer...
What do we know about Raymond Clark? We know he’s a scientist at the Tsalal Research Base in Ennis, Alaska. We know, thanks to his online bio shown last week, that he studies paleomicrobiology with a focus on “understanding the molecular basis of colonization and infection by Staphylococcus aureus.” We know he was the only person with his own room at the research facility, and we know that he was wearing the late Annie K’s parka in a photograph taken at that base. We know he wore it when he had what appeared to be a seizure, then turned to his colleague in the kitchen and said, “She’s awake.”
Now, after Episode 2, we know that he was in a relationship with Annie K. He rented a trailer to keep their relationship a secret, and that trailer...
- 1/22/2024
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Jodie Foster in ‘True Detective: Night Country episode 1 (Photograph by Michele K. Short/HBO)
Two-time Oscar winner Jodie Foster takes on her first starring role in a television series in 50 years with HBO’s True Detective: Night Country. The fourth season of the award-winning anthology series marks the first season without creator Nic Pizzolatto guiding the action. Instead, Night Country has Issa López at the helm as writer, director, and showrunner of what is easily the best season since the series’ first, proving a fresh set of eyes was exactly what was needed in this case.
Season one starred Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, and season two focused on characters played by Colin Farrell, Taylor Kitsch, and Rachel McAdams. Season three, which debuted in January 2019, starred Mahershala Ali, Carmen Ejogo, and Stephen Dorff. Season four marks the first time the central characters are two powerful, uncompromising women detectives, Ennis Police...
Two-time Oscar winner Jodie Foster takes on her first starring role in a television series in 50 years with HBO’s True Detective: Night Country. The fourth season of the award-winning anthology series marks the first season without creator Nic Pizzolatto guiding the action. Instead, Night Country has Issa López at the helm as writer, director, and showrunner of what is easily the best season since the series’ first, proving a fresh set of eyes was exactly what was needed in this case.
Season one starred Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, and season two focused on characters played by Colin Farrell, Taylor Kitsch, and Rachel McAdams. Season three, which debuted in January 2019, starred Mahershala Ali, Carmen Ejogo, and Stephen Dorff. Season four marks the first time the central characters are two powerful, uncompromising women detectives, Ennis Police...
- 1/15/2024
- by Alison Helms
- Showbiz Junkies
Spoiler Alert: The following story contains details from the season premiere of True Detective: Night Country.
The night is dark and full of terrors in Ennis, Alaska, the fictional setting for the fourth season of acclaimed crime anthology True Detective, which premiered tonight on HBO.
This is the Night Country of the show’s subtitle, where eight scientists from the Tsalal Arctic Research Station suddenly, one day in mid-December, disappear. Stepping in to investigate, at a time of year that sees constant darkness in the Arctic, are Detectives Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis), women of quite different backgrounds and life philosophies. A highly inquisitive career cop, the former has lived in Alaska her whole life. Better relating to the largely Iñupiaq local community is the latter, a woman of Indigenous heritage with an ex-military background and a deeper sense of connection to the spiritual world. Whereas...
The night is dark and full of terrors in Ennis, Alaska, the fictional setting for the fourth season of acclaimed crime anthology True Detective, which premiered tonight on HBO.
This is the Night Country of the show’s subtitle, where eight scientists from the Tsalal Arctic Research Station suddenly, one day in mid-December, disappear. Stepping in to investigate, at a time of year that sees constant darkness in the Arctic, are Detectives Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis), women of quite different backgrounds and life philosophies. A highly inquisitive career cop, the former has lived in Alaska her whole life. Better relating to the largely Iñupiaq local community is the latter, a woman of Indigenous heritage with an ex-military background and a deeper sense of connection to the spiritual world. Whereas...
- 1/15/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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