What Does the Spiral In True Detective: Night Country Mean?
True Detective: Night Country premiered on HBO on Jan. 14, 2024. Although the acclaimed crime show is billed as an anthology series, an eerie connection has been made between the first season set in Louisiana and the fourth season set in Alaska. The connection is a jagged spiral symbol that first appeared on a dead body that Detectives Rustin Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) and Marty Hart (Woody Harrelson) were assigned to investigate in the Season 1 opener. At the time, the engraving was suspected to be a ceremonial Satanic marker of some kind.