‘True Detective’ Recap, Season 4, Episode 3: ‘Part 3’

True Detective Part 3 Season 4 Episode 3 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** Photo: Michele K. Short/HBO In Part 3, Night Country starts to resemble a classic police procedural, at least structurally. Autopsies (well, kind of) and interrogations; manhunts and working sources. There’s even a rivalry brewing between Pete Prior’s computer-reliant investigations and Evangeline Navarro’s beat policing.… Continue reading ‘True Detective’ Recap, Season 4, Episode 3: ‘Part 3’

‘True Detective’ Recap, Season 4, Episode 2: ‘Part 2’

True Detective Part 2 Season 4 Episode 2 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** Photo: Michele K. Short/HBO This week’s episode of Night Country is as information-dense an hour of TV as I’ve ever seen, and it’s tempting to jump straight into logging the evidence (evidence that points in so many directions that police are still unsure a… Continue reading ‘True Detective’ Recap, Season 4, Episode 2: ‘Part 2’

Which January TV Detective Is Right for You?

Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: FOX, AMC, Hulu The winter of 2024 is fully upon us, and January brings a bumper crop of the figures to which we turn for solace and comfort during the shortest days of the year: detectives. It is a time for contemplating the cruel brevity of human existence and giving oneself over… Continue reading Which January TV Detective Is Right for You?

‘True Detective’ Premiere Recap, Season 4, Episode 1

True Detective Part 1 Season 4 Episode 1 Editor’s Rating 4 stars **** Photo: HBO Welcome back to the eerie world of True Detective. It may look a lot like the old True Detective — dour cops in a forbidding backwater solve a mystifying, multifaceted crime — but the shop’s under new management. Nic Pizzolatto is no longer… Continue reading ‘True Detective’ Premiere Recap, Season 4, Episode 1