True Detective, The Long Bright Dark

Season 1, Episode 1

Two mismatched cops are dispatched to a hideous Louisiana crime scene.

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Two mismatched cops are dispatched to a hideous Louisiana crime scene.

With pressure coming from above, Rust and Marty chase leads on the Lange case that take them to a backwater brothel.

A vague recollection gives Marty and Rust a lead in their investigation.

Rust and Marty follow a new lead on a suspect, which takes them to dangerous biker territory.

Rust and Marty are praised as heroes after they get their man.

Five years on from the Lange case, Rust is suspicious that there was more to the murder.

In the present day, Rust's investigation into a horrific web of abuse hits a wall.

In the season finale, Rust and Marty finally meet the man who has haunted them for 20 years.