T rue Detective - Season One [3 Blu-rays] (Nic Pizzolatto, 2014) Review by Gary Tooze Production: Theatrical: HBO Video: Warner Disc: Region: FREE (as verified by the Momitsu region FREE Blu-ray player ) Runtime: 8 episodes (av. 59:45 per episode) Disc 1 Size: 45,696,644,385 bytes Average Episode Size: 13,993,181,184 bytes Video Bitrate: 23.99 Mbps Case: Custom Digipak Blu-ray case Release date: June 10th, 2014 Video: Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 Resolution: 1080p / 23.976 fps Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio English 3646 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3646 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)

DTS Audio French 768 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit

DTS Audio Spanish 768 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit Subtitles: English (SDH), French, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish , none Extras: Previews or Recaps for each episode Disc 1 • Inside the Episodes (1,2,3) (12:19) • Deleted Scene from Episode 3 (6:17) Disc 2 • Inside the Episodes (4,5,6) (14:04) • Audio Commentary (Episode 4) Series Creator, executive producer, writer Nic Pizzolatto and Composer T Bone Burnett • Audio Commentary (Episode 5) Series Creator, executive producer, writer Nic Pizzolatto, Composer T Bone Burnett and executive producer Scott Stephens Disc 3 • Making True Detective (15:02) • Inside the Episodes (7,8) (9:39) • Deleted Scene (Episode 8) (3:40) • Up Close with Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey (4 Episodes - 8:03) • Up Close with Nic Pizzolatto and T Bone Burnett (14:25) Code for Digital Dowload Episode Sample Bitrate: Description: In 2012, Louisiana State Police Detectives Rust Cohle and Martin Hart are brought in to revisit a homicide case they worked in 1995. As the inquiry unfolds in present day through separate interrogations, the two former detectives narrate the story of their investigation, reopening unhealed wounds, and drawing into question their supposed solving of a bizarre ritualistic murder in 1995. The timelines braid and converge in 2012 as each man is pulled back into a world they believed they'd left behind. In learning about each other and their killer, it becomes clear that darkness lives on both sides of the law.



Written and created by Nic Pizzolatto ('The Killing') and directed by Cary Fukunaga ('Sin Nombre,' 'Jane Eyre'), 'True Detective' stars Woody Harrelson as Martin Hart and Matthew McConaughey as Rust Cohle. The series also stars Michelle Monaghan ('Mission: Impossible III') as Maggie, Hart's wife; Kevin Dunn ('Veep') as Major Quesada, the supervising officer in 1995; and Tory Kittles ('Sons of Anarchy') and Michael Potts ('The Wire') as Dets. Papania and Gilbough, the investigators now probing Hart and Cohle for answers. Season 1

The Long Bright Dark

S1, Ep1

12 Jan. 2014

The Long Bright Dark

In 2012, former detective partners, Rust Cohle and Martin Hart recap one of their very first cases together involving a serial killer, back in 1995.



Seeing Things

S1, Ep2

19 Jan. 2014

Seeing Things

Cohle and Hart continue interviewing family and friends of the victim they found in the farmer's field. They learn that she had moved to a trailer park and found religion. They find the church she attended, now mostly burned out, but they also find something that links the church directly to their current case. Back at the office, they are faced with the prospect of being replaced by a task force. Cohle tells his partner he had a difficult time after his 2 year-old daughter was killed in a car accident. In the present day interviews, it becomes obvious to both Cohle...



The Locked Room

S1, Ep3

26 Jan. 2014

The Locked Room

Cohle and Martin finally get a new wind in the case and can confirm a suspect. Martin's mistress gets on with somebody else leaving him furious. Cohle's theory becomes increasingly more convincing than ever.



Who Goes There

S1, Ep4

9 Feb. 2014

Who Goes There

Martin is faced with marital problems. The search for Reggie Ledoux leads the detectives to a motorcycle gang called The Iron Crusaders, which Rust worked undercover in the past.



The Secret Fate of All Life

S1, Ep5

16 Feb. 2014

The Secret Fate of All Life

Hart and Cohle share the spoils of a solved case; Papania and Gilbough confront the detectives with troubling new intelligence.



Haunted Houses

S1, Ep6

23 Feb. 2014

Haunted Houses

Cohle's activities in 2002, when his partnership with Hart disintegrated and he quit the force, are recalled by Maggie.



After You've Gone

S1, Ep7

2 Mar. 2014

After You've Gone

Cohle and Hart try to discover if a series of missing persons reports could be related to the Dora Lange murder and the Tuttle family.



Form and Void

S1, Ep8

9 Mar. 2014

Form and Void

An overlooked detail provides Hart and Cohle with an important new lead in their 17-year-old case. Excerpt from IMDb located HERE Image : NOTE : The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc. Warner's Blu-ray package of the highly lauded HBO series True Detective is as clean and crisp as you might imagine from a new HD-broadcast series. The 8 hour-long episodes are housed on three Blu-rays . Moving through non-linear timeframes, we get adjustment in style appearance looking, briefly, intentionally aged, haziness but as the series moves outdoors the visuals get very tight and brilliant. Adam Arkapaw's cinematography offers some unique touches and angles. This is transferred on dual-layered discs with reasonable bitrates for the 3-hours of feature content per Blu-ray . It is presented in the original 1.78:1 aspect ratio. If anything this looks even better than the original broadcast being in 1080P showing depth, realistic colors - supporting the precise art direction - and no flaws or noise at all. Perfect. CLICK EACH BLU-RAY CAPTURE TO SEE ALL IMAGES IN FULL 1920X1080 RESOLUTION Audio : Excellent audio quality with a robust DTS-HD Master 5.1 track at 3646 kbps. Any action, and it's not abundant although there are effects sounds that surprise to the rear speakers. T Bone Burnett's score supports the series adding another layer to the atmosphere. Everything sounds pristine in lossless and there is notable depth augmenting the crisp separations. There are a couple of foreign language DUBs and some subtitle options signifying the three discs as being region FREE - playable on Blu-ray machines worldwide. Extras : Firstly, the discs are divided with 3 episodes, and related extras on the first two Blu-rays and a third with the final 2 episodes of the season and further supplements. So, each disc offers "Inside the Episodes" - less than 5-minutes each as well as short 'Previews' or 'Recaps'. So for disc one this would be The Long Bright Dark, Seeing Things and The Locked Room with a 6-minute deleted scne included for the last episode of this first disc. Disc 2 has more 'Inside the Episodes' for #'s 4,5,6 plus two audio commentaries. One for 'Who Goes There' with series creator, executive producer, writer Nic Pizzolatto and Composer T Bone Burnett and a second commentary with Pizzolatto, Burnett and executive producer Scott Stephens for episode 5 The Secret Fate of All Life. Disc 3 has a 15-minute 'Making True Detective' piece with input from many of the cast and filmmakers, two more 'Inside the Episode' segments for After You've Gone + Form and Void, a short deleted scene for the last episode of Season One. Also included are two 'Up Close' featurettes for 4 episodes with Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey and a lengthier, conversational, one with Nic Pizzolatto and T Bone Burnett. lastly is a code for a digital download of the series. BOTTOM LINE:

The rave reviews for True Detective are very worthy. As Michelle Monaghan staes in the extras - "it is so addictive... you just want more". Kudos to Nic Pizzolatto - this has elements of identity and introspection as well as an edgy Lynch-esque feel. Quite brilliant. The Blu-ray offers a lot even beyond the, almost 8-hours of the, show with the diligently procured bonus material. Mucho value and very strongly recommended! Gary Tooze June 9th, 2014

