The new HBO series “True Detective,” led by Hollywood heavyweights Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, was the most watched first season ever on HBO Canada.
The series beat out “Games of Thrones,” who previously held the title as the most-watched debut.
The eight-episode, one-hour anthology series follows Louisiana detectives whose lives collide and entwine during a 17-year hunt for a killer. Rust Cohle (McConaughey) and Martin Hart (Harrelson) worked the macabre 1995 murder of a prostitute by a possible serial killer with disturbing occult leanings. In 2012, for reasons not immediately revealed, the two are interviewed separately by investigators about this notorious case. As they look back on the case, Hart and Cohle’s personal backstories and often-strained relationship become a major focal point.
The anthology series’ first installment, which reached a total of more than 2.4 million viewers during its run, came to a thrilling and moving conclusion as detectives Cohle (Academy Award® winner McConaughey) and Martin (Academy Award® nominee Harrelson) end their 17-year hunt for a killer.
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