True Detective
The Locked Room
Season 1, Episode 3 · Aired 2014-01-26
Synopsis
Hidden image at the burned-out church leads Cohle and Hart to Joel Theriot, a tent-revival minister whose parishioners finger a scarred "tall man" seen with Dora Lange. Brought in for interrogation, a sex offender matching the description is quickly dismissed by Cohle, despite offering a confession. Hart gets sidetracked after Maggie sets Cohle up with a friend at a C&W bar. Looking to establish a pattern of murder, Cohle pores over old case files, finding a connection with a woman assumed to have drowned years earlier.
In the series
This episode is part of True Detective (2014–present) on HBO.
Anthology noir with movie-star detectives and seasons that live or die on vibe.
Key cast
- Matthew McConaughey as Rust Cohle (S1)
- Woody Harrelson as Marty Hart (S1)
- Mahershala Ali as Wayne Hays (S3)
- Jodie Foster as Liz Danvers (S4)
- Kali Reis as Evangeline Navarro (S4)