‘True Detective: Night Country’ Episode 2 Analysis: Did They Already Reveal the Killer? Our Latest Burning Questions and Observations
variety.comMichael Schneider Variety Editor at Large SPOILER ALERT: This article discusses plot points in Episode 2 of “True Detective: Night Country,” titled “Part 2.” One of Liz Danvers’ favorite sayings its “shit bowl.” And the case of the eight missing men from an Alaska research station — and how it relates to the earlier murder of Native midwife and activist Annie Kowtok — is an absolute “shit bowl.” “True Detective: Night Country” is slowly peeling back details behind the show’s Season 4 mystery, and in Episode 2, there’s one name that rocketed to the top of the list of suspects.
In last week’s premiere, viewers were introduced to Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis), two law enforcement officers in the fictional mining town of Ennis, Alaska.
The duo aren’t exactly pals, as Navarro believes Danvers dropped the ball in investigating the murder of Annie. But when a group of eight men disappear from a local arctic research station, Reis thinks it is connected to Annie’s death.
Danvers pooh poohs the idea at first — but in Episode 2, she can pooh pooh no more. Now, they’re uneasy partners, and just at the very beginning of trying to figure out what the hell is going on. (What they’re not questioning yet is the potential supernatural element in all of this.
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