"Am I?" Rust walked out, his voice echoing down the concrete hall. "Eight. Like a promise kept."

Detective Rust Cohle sat in the dark of a temporary evidence locker, the single bulb above him casting long shadows across a stack of cold-case files. His partner, Marty Hart, leaned against the doorframe, arms crossed.

And somewhere in the Louisiana night, the spiral kept turning—but for one perfect season, it had a number. True Detective Season 1 has 8 episodes .