Depending on who you’re talking to, HBO’s True Detective: Night Country is either Season 4 of the True Detective franchise, or an entirely new show, a spin-off starting anew. All things considered, it’s kind of semantics and doesn’t really matter, but for the purposes of this list, we’re going to include it.
Night Country is set in the fictional town of Ennis, Alaska, where the men stationed in a secretly-funded location for research suddenly disappear. Local law enforcement officers played by Jodie Foster and newcomer Kali Reis step in to solve a mystery, which may or may not be connected to long-running local cold case. The show has a dark, brooding aesthetic, but it’s the performances of the leads that really draw us in. Reis is an energetic and exciting performer, and—let’s be real—Jodie Foster in a dark psychological crime thriller has never steered us wrong before. The Silence of the Lambs for life.
