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True Detective fans have said they are “obsessed” with the show’s latest season after its “astonishing” first episode. Season four of the crime anthology series – titled Night Country – premiered on Monday and has been met with rave reviews from both critics and general audiences.
Starring Oscar-winner Jodie Foster and boxer-actress Kali Reis, the six-part series centres on the disappearance of eight men who vanish without a trace while operating an Arctic research station in Alaska, and also stars Christopher Eccleston and Fiona Shaw. Its official synopsis reads: “When the long winter night falls in Ennis, Alaska, the eight men who operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station vanish without a trace.
“To solve the case, Detectives Liz Danvers (Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Reis) will have to confront the darkness they carry in themselves, and dig into the haunted truths that lie buried under the eternal ice.”
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Night Country marks the first True Detective instalment without creator Nic Pizzolatto as showrunner or writer, who instead serves as executive producer with Issa López now at the helm. As showrunner, writer and director, the Mexican filmmaker told Rotten Tomatoes that she took inspiration from dark crime films including Se7en and The Silence of the Lambs when developing the series and wrote it with Foster in mind.
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True Detective: Night Country has been met with widespread acclaim and currently boasts a Certified Fresh 93 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Critics and fans have compared Night Country’s quality and tone to True Detective’s hit first season which starred Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.
Jodie Foster and Kali Reis in True Detective: Night Country (Sky/HBO)Ahead of its launch, BBC awarded the latest instalment five stars, praising it as “fierce, absorbing [and] richly imagined” while sharing the DNA of the first season. The Telegraph also gave it five stars, citing an “astonishing” performance by Jodie Foster in what it describes as a “spectacular, terrifying and unforgettable” series.
Fans of the show have been equally impressed, with many taking to social media to share their overwhelming praise, describing it as “astonishing” and singling out Foster’s “phenomenal” performance. Writing on X – formerly Twitter – @freddielm said: “True Detective: Night Country was so damn good. Jodie Foster was phenomenal!”
@Dave_SA24 said: “Banger of a first episode to set up the season. The darkness, cold and isolation is a perfect backdrop. Kind of like a whole character in itself.”
@_martinaguilera said: “True Detective: Night Country is astonishing. Issa López slayed the hell out of the first episode. I’m all in for this freakish ride!”
@DutchMarich said: “The first episode of the new True Detective is the best TV I’ve seen in a long, long time. Tight. Gripping. Moody. More, please.”
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@mumuurik said: “Obsessed with season four of true detective so far.”
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