In 2012, Louisiana State Police Detectives Rust Cohle and Martin Hart are brought in to revisit a homicide case they worked in 1995. As the inquiry unfolds in present day through separate interrogations, the two former detectives narrate the story of their investigation, reopening unhealed wounds, and drawing into question their supposed solving of a bizarre ritualistic murder in 1995. The timelines braid and converge in 2012 as each man is pulled back into a world they believed they'd left behind. In learning about each other and their killer, it becomes clear that darkness lives on both sides of the law.

Maggie reveals Cohle's activities in 2002, when his relationship with Hart fractured and he quit the force.

Hart and Cohle call a truce to investigate a series of disappearances that may be related to the Dora Lange murder and the Tuttle family.

Maggie reveals Cohle's activities in 2002, when his relationship with Hart fractured and he quit the force.

Hart and Cohle call a truce to investigate a series of disappearances that may be related to the Dora Lange murder and the Tuttle family.

Hart and Cohle call a truce to investigate a series of disappearances that may be related to the Dora Lange murder and the Tuttle family.

Hart and Cohle call a truce to investigate a series of disappearances that may be related to the Dora Lange murder and the Tuttle family.

Hart and Cohle call a truce to investigate a series of disappearances that may be related to the Dora Lange murder and the Tuttle family.

An overlooked detail provides Hart and Cohle with an important new lead in their 17-year-old case.

An overlooked detail provides Hart and Cohle with an important new lead in their 17-year-old case.

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

The true story of how Nixon’s own political saboteurs and Watergate masterminds accidentally toppled the Presidency they were zealously trying to protect.