Episode Five of TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY To Debut Early On Max

· Episode five of the HBO Original drama series TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY will be available to stream early on Max beginning FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9 at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT in advance of its HBO linear premiere on Sunday, February 11 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. The season finale will debut Sunday, February 18 at the same time on HBO and will be available to stream on Max.

· Logline: 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 (Jodie Foster) and Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis) will have to confront the darkness they carry in themselves, and dig into the haunted truths that lie buried under the eternal ice.

· Cast: Jodie Foster, Kali Reis, Finn Bennett, Fiona Shaw, with Christopher Eccleston, Isabella Star LaBlanc, and John Hawkes. Guest stars: Anna Lambe, Aka Niviâna, and Joel D. Montgrand.

· The Ringer declared TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY as the "first can't-miss show of 2024" while Rolling Stone hailed it as "a gripping mystery from creator Issa López... 'True Detective' is must-see TV again." New York Magazine proclaimed the new season is "appointment viewing [with] powerhouse performances."

· Credits: Showrunner, writer, director, executive producer, Issa López; star and executive producer, Jodie Foster. Executive Producers: Mari Jo Winkler; Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski, and Mark Ceryak for PASTEL; Chris Mundy; Alan Page Arriaga; Steve Golin; Richard Brown; Matthew McConaughey; Woody Harrelson; Cary Joji Fukunaga; Nic Pizzolatto. Producers: Princess Daazhraii Johnson; Cathy Tagnak Rexford; Sam Breckman.