Seventeen years later, the two men are no longer partners and haven't spoken in years. They are interviewed separately by Detectives Papania and Gilbough regarding a new murder that bears a striking resemblance to the 1995 case they supposedly "solved". Key Characters
An intelligent, deeply cynical detective with a past in undercover narcotics. By 2012, he appears emaciated, unkempt, and works as a part-time bartender. "True Detective" The Long Bright Dark(2014)
Hart is a "family man" who finds it difficult to connect with the nihilistic and intense Cohle, who reveals he lost a child and is divorced. Cohle's philosophical pessimism and strange habits, like carrying a "taxman" ledger for detailed notes, alienate him from the rest of the police force. Seventeen years later, the two men are no