The detail that links True Detective: Night Country' with the legendary Rusty Cohle (Matthew McConaughey)

‘True Detective: Night Country’ is the fourth season of one of the most popular series on television, especially for the memory of its first season with Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. With Jodie Foster as the protagonist, the series manages to be a great success in terms of audience and hides curiosities that may surprise the most loyal followers of ‘True Detective’. Each season is independent from the previous one, but the current one retains a detail that directly links it to Rust Cohle, the character played by McConaughey and who starred in the first season, one of the most outstanding roles of the actor’s important career.

What does ‘True Detective: Night Country’ with Rusty Cohle?

There was one detail in the beginning of the season that surprised the most die-hard fans of the show, and that was the introduction of a character named Travis. Who is Travis? A person who was the partner of Rose Aguineau, the character played by Fiona Shaw, and who supposedly led her to the frozen scientists in ghost form. Travis may be Rust Cohle’s father, and in the first season, Cohle himself mentions that his father, Travis, moved his family to Alaska when he was a child.

In the second episode, this theory is confirmed. Rose comes to mention Travis as Travis Cohle, so he is the father of the character played by Matthew McConaughey. A nod to the beginnings of ‘True Detective’ that will excite the most faithful followers of the series, and that could hold more secrets in the future.

‘True Detective: Night Country’, a huge success for HBO

After an unforgettable first season that made television history, ‘True Detective’ tried to keep up the quality, but despite a respectable second and third season, it was not able to return to the critical and public success it had enjoyed with its overwhelming start starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. In the case of the current season, the series has yet to be completed to have a fairer opinion, but the opinion is mixed among critics and audiences alike, what it manages to be a success is its impact.

A success for HBO, achieving an average of 12.7 million viewers, surpassing season 1, which had a maximum average of 11.9 million. Alaska as the main scenario, the mystery that surrounds the series and a Jodie Foster at a great level are some of the reasons why this fourth season manages to be a success.