--- description: "Sometimes your worst self is your best self" title: The New 'True Detective' Trailer Teases a Gritty Season 2 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The New _True Detective_ Trailer Teases a Gritty Season 2 by [Esther Zuckerman](/author/esther-zuckerman/) ## Esther Zuckerman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Zuckerman is a contributor for TIME. May 14, 2015 9:45 PM CUT by [Esther Zuckerman](/author/esther-zuckerman/) ## Esther Zuckerman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Zuckerman is a contributor for TIME. May 14, 2015 9:45 PM CUT The latest trailer for _True Detective_ doesn’t say much about the plot—aside from a mention of a missing girl—but it does have a hefty dose of the show’s trademark nihilism. “Sometimes your worst self is your best self,” Vince Vaughn’s Frank Semyon says. Vaughn, Colin Farrell, Taylor Kitsch and Rachel McAdams all get a bit of screen time in the one-minute trailer as do vistas of highways and various seedy locales. The brief time spent with McAdams’ knife-wielding Ani Bezzerides should be encouraging for those who were hoping the show’s [portrayal of women](http://time.com/12708/true-detective-doesnt-endorse-misogyny-just-like-girls-doesnt-endorse-narcissism/ "undefined") would grow in the second season. McAdams [recently](http://time.com/3855111/rachel-mcadams-on-true-detective-role-i-love-that-shes-not-the-girlfriend-or-the-wife/ "undefined") told [_Marie Clair_ _e_](http://www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/a14346/rachel-mcadams-june-cover/ "undefined"), “I love that she’s not the girlfriend or the wife. She doesn’t really care what everyone thinks; she feels no responsibility for other people’s feelings. She’s not trying to be charming, which isn’t always the case with a leading lady.” As for what exactly is going on: Various ill-deeds are clearly afoot, but according to a recent [HBO interview](https://medium.com/@TrueDetective/q-a-with-true-detective-creator-and-showrunner-nic-pizzolatto-8cc72b62c1a "undefined") with creator Nic Pizzolatto they are not ill-deeds related to the “secret occult history of the U.S. transportation system,” as was [previously](http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/true-detective-creator-nic-pizzolatto-looks-back-on-season-1/3 "undefined") teased. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3859536/true-detective-season-2-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3859536/true-detective-season-2-trailer/"},"headline":"The New True Detective Trailer Teases a Gritty Season 2","datePublished":"2015-05-14T21:45:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:13:16.270Z","description":"\"Sometimes your worst self is your best self\"","url":"https://time.com/3859536/true-detective-season-2-trailer/","keywords":["True Detective"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Esther Zuckerman","jobTitle":"Zuckerman is a contributor for TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/esther-zuckerman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3859536/true-detective-season-2-trailer/","name":"The New True Detective Trailer Teases a Gritty Season 2"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"True Detective Season 2 Trailer","description":"True Detective Season 2 Trailer","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/VJFcH8Ik/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-05-14T20:32:39.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/VJFcH8Ik.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3859536/true-detective-season-2-trailer/","duration":"PT1M","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3859536/true-detective-season-2-trailer/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```