Is True Detective Season 4 Supernatural?

The first episode of the fourth series of True Detective was released on the Max platform. The first episode of Night Country definitely caught many viewers and fans of previous seasons of True Detective off guard, as it contained less subtle clues indicating the occurrence of supernatural phenomena in the depicted world. Is that true?

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In the first, the highest-rated season of the series, there were indications that a higher force existed in this universe. Rust Cohle had spiritual experiences. Although this interpretation appears the most likely, the creators still left a loophole for viewers with a more skeptical view of metaphysics, and the detective's experiences could be explained in a non-metaphysical way.

However, the fourth season of True Detective appears to be leaning more towards supernatural phenomena, evoking the series The X-Files and not necessarily offering an alternative interpretation of events for skeptics. Although there are still five episodes left until the end of Night Country, which can change a lot, judging by the clues given to us in the first episode, we can assume that supernatural events take place in the fourth season of True Detective.

True Detective: Night Country, Issa Lopez, HBO, 2024

How else can we explain the appearing voice: "She's awake" (probably referring to either a woman named Annie who was murdered years ago or to a force or character from indigenous beliefs), which is heard by various characters? Furthermore, certain native inhabitants (such as the character Evangeline Navarro portrayed by Kali Reis) consider it a given that there is something beyond what we can perceive "with the glass and the eye."

The writers of the show clearly point out that there is a rather thin boundary between the world of the living and the dead in Ennis. Played by Fiona Shaw, Rose sees her dead lover, Travis, and he is the one who shows her the location of the dead scientists from the research station. Of course, this can be explained by hallucinations, the protagonist's illness, or her involvement in the whole affair, but the entire episode is conducted in a way designed to show viewers that a town in Alaska is a place where other than purely logical rules prevail. A sudden shift to realism after such efforts by filmmakers would be quite odd.

Thus, while we won't get a definitive answer to the question of whether supernatural events are taking place in Night Country until a few weeks from now with the arrival of the series finale, we can expect it to be in the affirmative.

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Pamela Jakiel

Pamela Jakiel

Finished film studies, graduate of the Faculty Individual Studies in the Humanities at the Jagiellonian University. Her master's thesis was about new spirituality in contemporary cinema. The editor of the Filmomaniak service since April 2023, supports the lead editor and the boss of all newspeople. She used to write for naEkranie. If she's not watching The Ninth Gate for the hundredth time, then she's reading books by Therese Bohman and Donna Tartt for the first time. She prefers gnosis over dread, dramas over horrors, Jung over Freud. She looks for symbolist paintings in museums. Runs long distances, and does even the longer ones on a gravel. Loves dachshunds.