True Detective: Night Country Season 4 Review – A stunning addition to the anthology series

Season 1

Season 1

Season 1 

Season 4

 

 

Episode Guide

Episode 1 – | Review Score – 4/5
Episode 2 – | Review Score – 3/5
Episode 3 – | Review Score – 4/5
Episode 4 – | Review Score – 5/5
Episode 5 – | Review Score – 4/5
Episode 6 – | Review Score – 4/5

True Detective has had a difficult time of it ever since the groundbreaking first season finished, with the next 2 seasons failing to replicate the success of the Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson starring debut run. 

It had been 4 years since the anthology show was last on our television screens, and there wasn’t much excitement when the fourth was announced, with fans of the show used to being disappointed by now. However, the casting of Jodie Foster provided hope that the now subtitled new series, True Detective: Night Country might actually be good. After the first episode, it’s confirmed: it was actually quite good. In fact, the show is so good it’s been the most watched season of True Detective thus far, beating the incredible first run. 

Foster is perfectly cast as Liz Danvers, the feisty police chief of Ennis, Alaska, (it was actually filmed in Iceland) who is investigating the bizarre deaths of a group of scientists on the Tsalal research station, and is joined by the hot-headed Agent Evangeline Navarro, played by professional boxer turned actor, Kali Reis. The two characters have a frosty relationship, no pun intended, but they make for the perfect partnership as they link the men’s deaths to the murder of an indigenous woman called Annie Kowtok. 

One of the best things about True Detective; Night Country is that it returns the series to its roots with hints to the supernatural, and direct links to season 1 with the confirmation that the two series are set in the same universe: the crooked spiral makes a return as well as one of the characters being revealed to be the mother of McConaughey’s Rust Cohle. 

Jodie Foster hadn’t done television for over 40 years and her role as Danvers is one of the very best of her career to date. But she is joined by the excellent supporting cast that includes Christopher Eccleston as the regional chief of police, Ted Connolly, and John Hawkes as corrupt cop, Hank Pryor. 

The stand-out episode of the season is episode 4, which features more hints at the supernatural and a standout performance by Kali Reis which cements her place as co lead to Foster.

The extended final episode of True Detective: Night Country does a good job of answering most of the questions it needed to, but leaves a couple of things open to interpretation which is in keeping with how things usually pan out in this anthology series. Overall, it’s a very good addition to the True Detective world, and the record breaking viewing figures are sure to lead to a season 5 at some point in the future. 


Feel Free To Check Out More Of Our TV Show Reviews Here!

  • Verdict - 8/10
    8/10
8/10

1 thought on “True Detective: Night Country Season 4 Review – A stunning addition to the anthology series”

  1. I do feel that this season, like the others, could have benefited from being 8 episodes in length. There were a LOT of plot threads that could have been wrapped up with a more slow burn that would have added to the drama. Still, a decent season, but an impossible task to compete with season 1.

Leave a comment