This month’s review will be slightly different. It’s about the new TV show on Sky, NOWTV, and many other streaming services – True Detectives and Night Country.
This is the fourth series in the anthology True Detective crime drama series created by Nic Pizzolatto, which started in 2015. The producers had the ingenious idea of having different leading cast members each season. The first season, for example, starred Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey. Then there was Colin Farrell, Vince Vaughn, Mahershala Ali, and Carmen Ejogo. To name a few, a veritable who’s-who of Hollywood A-listers. The fourth series didn’t disappoint, with Jodie Foster and Kali Reis (world champion woman’s boxer).
The genre of True Detectives is a dark thriller/horror. It follows the leading investigators of each season tasked with undertaking a murder investigation. There are additional twists and turns to keep the audience guessing and on the edge of their seats. There is a little angst in each series, especially in the relationships of the leading characters. The fourth season takes place in Alaska, almost entirely during the long days of no daylight in the Alaskan Winter. The filmmakers chose to film the show in Iceland).
True Detectives, there’s more!
As with many stories, there is a secondary mystery, and True Detectives are no different; this time, the unsolved murder is of an indigenous activist called Annie K that took place a few years before the death of the six men. Both women believe the official verdict of this death was inadequate and the explanation of the events unsatisfactory, which brings the women together to work.
The opening gambit of the fourth season involves the discovery of six men who were found frozen, huddled together and naked outside a house, with no apparent cause of death. Elizabeth Danvers (Jodie Foster) is the police chief of “Ennis,” the small town where the story takes place. With help and sometimes obstruction from a local trooper, Evangeline Navarro (Kalie Reis), they find a way to work together to solve the mystery.
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The local mining company is also poisoning the town’s water supply, which, in turn, employs half the town. The local Inupiat community strives for their own identity in a city run by whites and opposes the mining company. Naturally, there are some romantic complications and friendships that are torn. There is a long going on here!
The show’s central theme is the beliefs of the indigenous people of Alaska and their relationship with the land. This show is worth your time, and I highly recommend you grab a bag of popcorn, turn off the phone, and enjoy it.