Who's Ted Connelly played by Christopher Eccleston in True Detective Season 4?

The initial moments of True Detective: Night Country seemed to suggest that Liz Danvers has the final say in everything related to Ennis police department. The second episode shows that she has a superior - Captain Ted Connelly - but it doesn't seem that the man can fully control his subordinate. They both share a very specific relationship.

Ted Connelly is a character making his debut in the second episode of True Detective: Night Country.

At the beginning of the second episode of Night Country, when Liz Danvers arrives at the police station, it turns out that Captain Ted Connelly is already there. The commander knows everything and has decided to delegate the investigation to Anchorage. Saying this, Connelly states that Danvers won't have to worry about it anymore and is surprised by the woman's having a different opinion about the fact.

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Discussion at the police station suggests that Liz Danvers has on numerous occasions left more difficult investigations to Anchorage, which made her job easier, so Connelly expects that the same approach will appease the detective. The later part of the episode shows why he might want this: they both have been sleeping together for almost two decades. Liz comes to Ted and despite earlier tension, he lets her into his apartment.

However, there is another side to Connelly that may receive screentime in future episodes. In the apartment, Captain continues with his intent to move the case to Anchorage. The woman's persistence causes him to start threatening her, but he fails to present any consequences of Danvers' actions.

Further on, we learn that Tuttle United is associated with the polar station from which the scientists disappeared. The Tuttle family is of course known from Season 1, where they were responsible for the Lousiana cult and ritual murders. Perhaps Connelly works for this influential family, or is aware of the threat and is not actually threatening Danvers, but is trying to make her aware of the threat? This will certainly be explained in the next episodes of Night Country, the premiere dates of which you can find on HBO Max here.

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