First look UK TV review: True Detective Season 3

8

Rating

Mahershala Ali is magnificent, bringing fresh focus and tension to True Detective’s rejuvenated third season.Read More

Where can I watch True Detective online in the UK legally?

True Detective returns this January for Season 3, and fans are asking us one question: where can they watch True Detective online in the UK?

The show, created by Nic Pizzolatto, first premiered back in 2014 on HBO, and … Read More

Trailer: True Detective Season 3 set for UK TV simulcast

True Detective returns this month for Season 3, and the show will officially be simulcast on UK TV. Sky Atlantic will broadcast the show at the same time as the US, with Season 3 premiering at 2am on Monday 14th … Read More

True Detective Season 2 Quotes Quiz: Frank or football manager?

True Detective Season 2 is out now to own on digital HD following its finale last week. Fans can download individual episodes or the full second season – where available, the latter is also accompanied by digital bonus features, including … Read More

In defence of True Detective Season 2

With True Detective Season 2 now over – you can read our reviews here – one writer steps up to defend Nic Pizzolatto’s show from its critics.

True Detective is the most exciting thing to happen to television crime fiction … Read More

UK TV review: True Detective Season 2, Episode 8

6.7

Rating

“Everything’s ending. Time to wake up.”

For a show so full of unsubtle dialogue, it’s only fitting that the finale of True Detective Season 2 should be full of lines that feel so appropriate. “You can’t act for shit,” … Read More

UK TV review: True Detective Season 2, Episode 7

7

Rating

Already seen Episode 7? Read on for spoilers.

“Maybe you were put on Earth for more than fucking,” says Ani (Rachel McAdams), after emerging, bleary-eyed, from a drug-fuelled orgy with Vinci’s richest men. She’s talking to Vera, the missing girl … Read More

UK TV review: True Detective Season 2, Episode 6 (Church in Ruins)

6

Rating

Not seen Episodes 1 to 5 of True Detective Season 2? This contains spoilers.

“You might be my only friend,” Frank says to Ray, after he’s entered his house. “Wouldn’t that be something?” replies Ray, with a glib smile. It’s … Read More

UK TV review: True Detective Season 2, Episode 5 (Other Lives)

5

Rating

How do you follow a shootout like that? In real life, probably with a lot of paperwork. True Detective, then, does the smart thing and skip forwards two months – another promising sign that what’s now being dubbed a “massacre” … Read More

UK TV review: True Detective Season 2, Episode 4 (Down Will Come)

6

Rating

Already seen Episode 4? Read on for some additional, spoiler-filled comments.

“Is this worth sticking out?” Jordan (Kelly Reilly) asks Frank (Vince Vaughn) in Episode 4 of True Detective Season 2. It seems like it’s no coincidence that such a … Read More