Good Night, Detective

I wish HBO Max would hurry up and release the trailer for “True Detective: Night Country” — and also finally release the release date while they are at it. Jodie Foster returns to TV as the star of the fourth season of the “True Detective” anthology crime series. I’m excited for this series, but precious little has been released about it. So far they’ve only given us about 7 seconds of peekaboo as part of a general preview for all their 2023 shows. I mean, at least we get to hear Jodie’s voice. Oh, Jodie. Jodie.

The new season is set in Alaska during its dark season when the sun never rises. Jodie and former pro boxer turned actor Kali Reis play detectives working together to solve the disappearance of six men from an arctic research station. The new season is being helmed by Moonlight’s Barry Jenkins and acclaimed Mexican filmmaker Issa López, which makes me even more excited for this project to see the day of light — so to speak. Also, maybe it’s just the parkas, but both detectives are giving me some pretty strong lesbians in law enforcement vibes.

I haven’t watched any of the “True Detective” seasons before, because they were always so male dominated. And the real world has enough of that. But with Jodie and Kali behind the badges things are decidedly more interesting for me. Also, it’s nice for these kinds of shows to not revolve around dead and abused women for a change. Just saying.

p.s. Don’t miss the other millisecond previews of my other favorite (surviving) HBO Max shows comings this year including “Somebody Somewhere” (I just did a full rewatch, so damn good), “Hacks” (I’m due for a rewatch, especially the lesbian cruise episode) and “Harley Quinn” (wasn’t that Valentine’s Day special ridiculous in the best way?)