Like almost all the supporting characters on this show, the women were — True Detective

"One of the great things about this is that the identities of the men, at these times, was very clear. I didn’t have to do a lot of creative wandering in my head. One of my favorite things that I got to do with Cohle was go, “Who is he in ‘95?” Here’s a guy who is coming back on to a case, just barely hanging onto the rails. He needs a case to keep his shit together, literally. In 2012, he’s off the rails. He’s cashed in. He’s fallen prey to his own beliefs. Every day that he’s alive is another day of penance, in this indentured servitude he calls life."

"Look, the story is what the story is," says Fukunaga when I ask him about the criticism. "Its about two men who work in a very macho industry, in terms of the area theyre working in and the crimes theyre dealing with. But its about two mens dysfunction as much as anything. The show is not going to pass the Bechdel test. I considerably doubt that. So is it sexist? I dont know. I always focus more on the main characters and what theyre doing, and I didnt write it, so… My job is to make the best ver-sion of that story possible."

"Woody Harrelson - Detective Martin "Marty" Hart"

"Michelle Monaghan - Maggie Hart"

"Alexandra Daddario - Lisa Tragnetti"

"What I love about Cohle is everything he says is true. Like it or not. He can’t suffer fools, and to get through everyday life, you have to suffer fools. Cohle can’t do that. No illusions. Absolutely not."