True Detective [Season 1]

Chapter 1

𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐈𝐃
𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟:
𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐜
𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝐬𝐭, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟐
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"What'd you think? You, paired up with them?" Detective Papania's voice came from behind the camera.

"What'd I think? Hmm. Well you don't pick your parents and you don't pick your partners." The man who spoke was in his late 50s. He had a receding hairline that was beginning to gray and a beer belly that stretched his baby blue dress shirt.

"You know, Cohle? They used to call him "The Taxman" for a while? He'd come out of Texas so nobody knew him. Seemed a bit... raw-boned to me. Edgy. Took about three months til we got him over to the house for dinner. Around our big 419. That's what y'all want to hear about, right? Dora Lange? Kids in the woods?"

"Yeah sure. But, uh, talk about Cohle. We heard some stories. Kinda a strange guy, huh?"

"Strange." Hart gave a short laugh. "Yeah."

He thought for a moment before continuing.

"Rust'd pick a fight with the sky if he didn't like its shade of blue. But when we finally got him over to the house - this is when that case was hot - the bastard looks like he was on his way to firing squad."