True Detective Season 4 release schedule: Dates & episodes

Daisy Phillipson
Jodie Foster in True Detective Season 4

The anticipated crime drama True Detective has returned for Season 4, officially titled Night Country – so, here’s a complete breakdown of its release schedule, including dates for each episode. 

Season 1 of True Detective is nothing short of a masterpiece, with its intricate storytelling, atmospheric cinematography and soundtrack, and the undeniable brilliance of leads Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. 

Although Season 2 was rushed, the third chapter restored faith in the crime anthology series – and this trend continues with the fourth, Night Country. As we said in our five-star review, it’s “the best True Detective since Season 1.”

After the release of Episode 1, we’ve got all the details on True Detective Season 4’s release schedule over the coming weeks so you know when to tune in.

How many episodes of True Detective Season 4 are there?

True Detective: Night Country has six episodes in total. 

This is a little shorter than its predecessors, with Seasons 1-3 all consisting of eight episodes. 

True Detective Season 4 release schedule

You can find the release schedule for True Detective Season 4, aka Night Country, below:

  • Episode 1: January 14
  • Episode 2: January 21
  • Episode 3: January 28
  • Episode 4: February 4
  • Episode 5: February 11
  • Episode 6: February 18

If you’re in the US, new episodes air every Sunday on HBO at 9pm ET/PT, where they’ll also be available for streaming on Max. If you’re in the UK, they arrive in the early hours the next day on Sky and NOW.

As per the official synopsis for True Detective Season 4: “When the long winter night falls in Ennis, Alaska, the eight men who operate the Tsalal Arctic Research Station vanish without a trace. 

“To solve the case, Detectives Liz Danvers and Evangeline Navarro will have to confront the darkness they carry in themselves, and dig into the haunted truths that lie buried under the eternal ice.”

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Daisy is a Senior TV and Movies Writer at Dexerto. She's a lover of all things macabre, whether that be horror, crime, psychological thrillers or all of the above. After graduating with a Masters in Magazine Journalism, she's gone on to write for Digital Spy, LADbible and Little White Lies. You can contact her on daisy.phillipson@dexerto.com