The first season of True Detective , an American anthology crime drama television series created by Nic Pizzolatto , premiered on January 12, , on the premium cable network HBO. The season had eight episodes, and its initial airing concluded on March 9, Each following True Detective season has its own self-contained story, following a disparate set of characters in various settings.
During the investigation, Hart's infidelity threatens his marriage to Maggie Monaghan , and Cohle struggles to cope with his troubled past. Seventeen years later, they must revisit the investigation, now seemingly related to a slew of other unsolved missing-person cases and murders. True Detective 's first season explores themes of philosophical pessimism , masculinity, and Christianity; critics have analyzed the show's portrayal of women, its auteurist sensibility, and the influence of comics and weird horror fiction on its narrative.
Pizzolatto initially conceived True Detective as a novel, but felt it was more suitable for television. The episodes, directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga , were filmed in Louisiana over a three-month period. The series was widely acclaimed by critics and cited as one of the strongest dramas of It was a candidate for numerous awards , including a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Drama Series and a Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film , and won several other honors for writing, cinematography, direction, and acting.
Vermilion Parish , Louisiana , January 3, State homicide detectives Martin "Marty" Hart and Rustin "Rust" Cohle investigate the murder of year-old Dora Lange, whose body was found in a sugarcane field outside of Erath.
Her corpse has been staged against a tree as if in prayer, with her head crowned with deer antlers and her body surrounded by twig latticeworks closely resembling Cajun bird traps.
