{"id":44286,"date":"2024-01-22T18:17:33","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T17:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1965218"},"modified":"2024-01-22T18:21:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T17:21:32","slug":"true-detective-confirms-fan-theory-about-matthew-mcconaugheys-rust-cohle","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/true-detective-confirms-fan-theory-about-matthew-mcconaugheys-rust-cohle\/","title":{"rendered":"True Detective confirms fan theory about Matthew McConaughey\u2019s Rust Cohle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did you spot this reference when the episode aired? <\/p>

By David Craig\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 22 January 2024 at 17:16 PM<\/p>

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Warning: Contains minor spoilers from season 4 of True Detective.<\/strong><\/p>\n

True Detective: Night Country has confirmed a connection to Matthew McConaughey\u2019s season 1 protagonist Rust Cohle, which has delighted longtime fans of the HBO crime drama.<\/p>\n

Viewers had theorised that the fourth season could have a link to the character, stemming from his upbringing in (and later return to) Alaska \u2013 the US state in which Night Country takes place<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, it has been confirmed that the ghostly former lover of Rose Aguineau (Fiona Shaw) is Rust\u2019s father, Travis, who was mentioned multiple times in the first season of True Detective.<\/p>\n

In a conversation with state trooper Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis), the enigmatic Rose reflects on her lost love and her continued paranormal visions of him.<\/p>

She confirms that he did indeed suffer from leukaemia \u2013 a fact authorities attempted to dispute in the first season \u2013 but rather than accept treatment, he decided to take his own life by wandering out into the desolately cold Alaskan wilderness.<\/p>\n

His body was discovered by Navarro, which Rose views as a silver lining. Or, in her own words: \u201cOne last gift from Travis Cohle: I got to meet you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Travis (as played by Erling Eliasson) was introduced in Night Country episode 1<\/a>, when he guided Rose to the frozen corpses of a group of scientists who inexplicably vanished from the Tsalal Arctic Research Station.<\/p>\n

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