List of True Detective episodes

True Detective is an American anthology crime drama television series created and written by Nic Pizzolatto, which premiered on HBO on January 12, 2014.^[1]

Each season acts as a self-contained story, featuring entirely different characters and storylines. The first season stars Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson as Detectives Rustin "Rust" Cohle and Martin "Marty" Hart respectively and focuses on their seventeen-year hunt for a serial killer in southern Louisiana. The second season focuses on political corruption in southern California following the high-profile murder of a city planner, and features a new cast including Colin Farrell as Ray Velcoro, Rachel McAdams as Antigone "Ani" Bezzerides, Taylor Kitsch as Paul Woodrugh, and Kelly Reilly and Vince Vaughn as Jordan and Frank Semyon. It premiered on June 21, 2015.^[2] As of August 9, 2015, 16 episodes of True Detective have aired, concluding the second season.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired		Average viewership (in millions)
			First aired	Last aired
	1	8	January 12, 2014	March 9, 2014	2.33[3]
	2	8	June 21, 2015	August 9, 2015	2.61[4]

Episodes

Season 1 (2014)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"The Long Bright Dark"	Cary Joji Fukunaga	Nic Pizzolatto	January 12, 2014	2.33[5]
2	2	"Seeing Things"	Cary Joji Fukunaga	Nic Pizzolatto	January 19, 2014	1.67[6]
3	3	"The Locked Room"	Cary Joji Fukunaga	Nic Pizzolatto	January 26, 2014	1.93[7]
4	4	"Who Goes There"	Cary Joji Fukunaga	Nic Pizzolatto	February 9, 2014	1.99[8]
5	5	"The Secret Fate of All Life"	Cary Joji Fukunaga	Nic Pizzolatto	February 16, 2014	2.25[9]
6	6	"Haunted Houses"	Cary Joji Fukunaga	Nic Pizzolatto	February 23, 2014	2.64[10]
7	7	"After You've Gone"	Cary Joji Fukunaga	Nic Pizzolatto	March 2, 2014	2.34[11]
8	8	"Form and Void"	Cary Joji Fukunaga	Nic Pizzolatto	March 9, 2014	3.52[12]

Season 2 (2015)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
9	1	"The Western Book of the Dead"	Justin Lin	Nic Pizzolatto	June 21, 2015	3.17[13]
10	2	"Night Finds You"	Justin Lin	Nic Pizzolatto	June 28, 2015	3.05[14]
11	3	"Maybe Tomorrow"	Janus Metz	Nic Pizzolatto	July 5, 2015	2.62[15]
12	4	"Down Will Come"	Jeremy Podeswa	Nic Pizzolatto & Scott Lasser	July 12, 2015	2.36[16]
13	5	"Other Lives"	John Crowley	Nic Pizzolatto	July 19, 2015	2.42[17]
14	6	"Church in Ruins"	Miguel Sapochnik	Nic Pizzolatto & Scott Lasser	July 26, 2015	2.34[18]
15	7	"Black Maps and Motel Rooms"	Daniel Attias	Nic Pizzolatto	August 2, 2015	2.18[19]
16	8	"Omega Station"	John Crowley	Nic Pizzolatto	August 9, 2015	2.73[20]

References

1. Ng, Philiana (October 16, 2013). "HBO Sets 'Girls,' 'True Detective' Premiere Dates". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
2. Ausiello, Michael (April 9, 2015). "True Detective Season 2 Trailer Is Here!". TVLine. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
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8. Kondolojy, Amanda (July 17, 2015). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Tops Night + 'Real Housewives of Atlanta', 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' & More". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on November 4, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
9. Bibel, Sara (July 17, 2015). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Wins Night, NBA All Star Game, 'Real Housewives of Atlanta', 'True Detective', 'Shameless' & More". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on November 4, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
10. Kondolojy, Amanda (February 25, 2014). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Wins Night, + 'Talking Dead', 'Real Housewives of Atlanta', 'True Detective' & More". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on November 4, 2015. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
11. Bibel, Sara (March 4, 2014). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Wins Night, 'Talking Dead', 'True Detective', Oscars Red Carpet, 'Girls' & More". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on November 4, 2015. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
12. Kondolojy, Amanda (March 11, 2014). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'The Walking Dead' Wins Night, 'Talking Dead', 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta', 'True Detective' & More". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on November 4, 2015. Retrieved July 17, 2015.
13. Bibel, Sara (June 23, 2015). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'True Detective' Wins Night, 'Ballers', 'Naked and Afraid', 'The Last Ship' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
14. Kondolojy, Amanda (June 30, 2015). "Sunday Cable Ratings: BET Awards Tops Night + 'True Detective', 'Ballers', 'Naked and Afraid' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
15. Bibel, Sara (July 8, 2015). "Sunday Cable Ratings: Shark Week Wins Night, 'True Detective', ' Ballers', 'The Last Ship', 'Botched', 'Falling Skies' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
16. Bibel, Sara (July 14, 2015). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Naked and Afraid XL' Wins Night, 'True Detective', 'Basketball Wives', 'Ballers', 'The Strain' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
17. Bibel, Sara (July 21, 2015). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Naked and Afraid XL' Wins Night, 'True Detective', 'Ballers', 'The Strain', 'The Last Ship', 'Tut' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
18. Kondolojy, Amanda (July 28, 2015). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'I am Cait' Tops Night + 'Naked & Afraid XL', 'Rick & Morty', 'True Detective', NASCAR, 'Ballers' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
19. Bibel, Sara (August 4, 2015). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Rick and Morty' & 'Naked and Afraid XL', Win Night, 'True Detective', 'The Last Ship', 'Ballers', 'The Strain', 'Ray Donovan' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
20. Kondolojy, Amanda (August 11, 2015). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'True Detective' Tops Night + 'Naked and Afraid XL', 'Rick & Morty', 'Ballers', & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved August 11, 2015.

External links

• Official website
• List of True Detective episodes at the Internet Movie Database
• True Detective at TV.com