Episode
True Detective: The Western Book of the Dead
Overview
The disappearance of a city manager disrupts a lucrative land scheme and ignites an investigation involving three police officers and a career criminal who is moving into legitimate business.
Details
- Series
- True Detective
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2015-06-21
- Runtime
- 58 min
Episode context
The Western Book of the Dead is Episode 1 in Season 2 of True Detective. It aired on 2015-06-21. The runtime is 58 min.
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