True Detective has been a rollercoaster ride since its debut all the way back in 2014. In ten years, we will now have four seasons of the show. But so far, season 4 is the best-reviewed entry yet, even higher than season 1, as early-watching critics have now chimed in about the series.
Season 4, True Detective: Night Country, stars Jodi Foster and Kali Reis, currently has a perfect critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, 100% with 19 reviews in. Again, that’s better than all past seasons, even the much-beloved season 1. Here’s how they stack up:
- True Detective Season 1 – 91% critics, 86% audience
- True Detective Season 2 – 47% critics, 19% audience
- True Detective Season 3 – 84% critics, 48% audience
- True Detective Season 4 – 100% critics
The shows are anthologies, but the quality drop off between Seasons 1 and 2 specifically is kind of legendary, and was a huge disappointment for fans. Season 3 was much better, but fans were still not biting. Now, it remains to be seen what they think of True Detective: Night Country, which has January 14, 2024 release date, just under two weeks away.
Interestingly, this is the first season without Nic Pizzolatto writing or directing, though he’s still producing. Rather, this season is run, written and directed by Issa López, an award-winning Mexican director. Clearly, things seem to have gone quite well, at least with these early reviews in. Pizzolatto previously said he had a “really, really wild” idea for a fourth season, but he ultimately dropped it.
Everyone seems to be very engaged by the idea of Jodie Foster leading the series this time around. Foster, an actor turned director herself, has slowed down her acting career in recent years, appearing only in four total projects over the last decade. She honestly hasn’t been directing all that much either, doing five total episodes across four TV shows since 2014, and one movie, Money Monster, where reviews were middling at best.
Of course, Foster has previously played law enforcement in her legendary role in Silence of the Lambs, and needless to say, everyone is excited to see her return in a high profile murder mystery like this. And these early reviews would indicate that this is not going to be another big miss like season 2 was, and that Issa López has cooked up something worth watching. We will find out for ourselves in two weeks, and given that it’s a classic HBO production, it will be airing weekly for six total episodes.
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