--- title: True Detective: Night Country Episode 4, Explained description: The supernatural elements of True Detective: Night Country are ramping up. But are ghosts really playing a role in the story? canonical: https://time.com/6628779/true-detective-night-country-episode-4-explained/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2024-02-05T03:06:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-19T07:39:15.067Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: What's Up With the Ghosts in True Detective: Night Country Episode 4? og:description: The supernatural elements of True Detective: Night Country are ramping up. 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TIME magazine's TV critic Judy Berman, shares her favorite new TV shows of January 2024._  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 5, 2024 3:06 AM UTC TIME magazine's TV critic Judy Berman, shares her favorite new TV shows of January 2024.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 5, 2024 3:06 AM UTC **_Warning: This post contains spoilers for episode 4 of_** [**True Detective: Night Country**](https://time.com/6553033/true-detective-night-country-review/)**_._** After the third episode of _True Detective: Night Country_ ended with Navarro (Kali Reis) having a vision of a zombie-like version of surviving Tsalal scientist Anders Lund (Þorsteinn Bachmann) delivering a message from her late mother before flatlining at the hospital, episode 4 only ramped up the story's seemingly supernatural elements. In some ways, this seems like a departure from the series' previous seasons, in which supernatural undertones could largely be explained away by plot points that were grounded in reality. In Season 1, Rust Cohle's (Matthew McConaughey) hallucinations—despite sometimes appearing to relate to the case—were attributed to his years of drug use while working as an undercover narcotics officer. In _Night Country_, the ghosts of the past are a bit more literal. But that doesn't mean they're beyond a reasonable explanation. As episode 4 progresses, we gain more insight into Navarro's state of mind—especially in the wake of her sister Jules' (Aka Niviâna) suicide. Although Jules was the one who openly struggled with what Navarro says was schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and borderline personality disorder, it seems to be becoming more apparent that Navarro may have some mental health issues of her own. Navarro and Jules' conversations indicated that Jules had been exhibiting similar behavior to their mother, who Navarro has said was murdered by an unknown assailant. Given her genetic history, family trauma, and apparent PTSD from multiple military tours, it wouldn't be surprising if the strange things Navarro has been seeing are hallucinations like her mom and sister experienced. **Read more:** [**_What to Know About the Mysterious Spiral Symbol in Episode 2 of_** **True Detective: Night Country**](https://time.com/6564138/true-detective-night-country-episode-2-spiral-explained/) Danvers ([Jodie Foster](https://time.com/6553247/jodie-foster-interview-true-detective-night-country/)) also says that Navarro saw "a ghost or some kind of spirit" in the room when they went to the home of serial abuser William Wheeler (Kasper Leisner) after he murdered his wife—the final case they worked together. Navarro denies this claim, but admits that she believes her mother and sister were cursed—and that she is as well. "It takes us one by one. And you know who's next," she says. "Something calls us and we follow. And it's calling me now." Of course, if everything happening to Navarro is actually in her head, that still doesn't explain how Rose Aguineau (Fiona Shaw) was led to the bodies of the Tsalal scientists by the ghost of her dead lover Travis (Erling Eliasson)—or some of the other spooky sequences that have occurred. One clue as to what's really going on could be what Rose told Navarro in episode 2: "Don't confuse the spirit world with mental health issues." This comment was in reference to Jules, but could be applied more broadly to what we've seen play out in Ennis as the town has been plunged into polar night. Showrunner Issa López has also offered some insight on her outlook on the seemingly supernatural. In an interview with the [Los Angeles _Times_](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2024-01-15/issa-lopez-true-detective-night-country), she spoke about how a lack of closure surrounding the death of a loved one can deeply affect your psyche. “You have this feeling, even if you know rationally that this person is dead and gone, a part of you is kind of expecting to find them around the corner throughout your entire life," she said. “And I think that informs my storytelling—the sensation of the sudden loss of someone who is the center of your life is very much the story in \[my film\] _Tigers_ \[_Are Not Afraid_\] and is very much the story of _True Detective_." ## Transcript [00:05] Times TV critic Judy Berman breaks down her top 5 new TV shows [00:10] of January 2024 [00:19] in the premiere of boy swallows Universe Eli who is growing [00:23] up in a Dusty Brisbane suburb in 1985 watches his loving stepdad [00:28] Lyle a factory worker who deals heroin on the side try and fail [00:32] to appease some intimidating thugs His Kind Mother Frances [00:36] struggles with addiction Fuhrman says boy swallows universe [00:40] is dark and greed. [00:41] And if you can't stand the sight of violence against children, [00:43] it might not be for you. [00:45] But what makes the whole thing works so effectively is the care [00:49] with which Lyle and Frances dangerous world is filtered [00:53] through Eli's dreamy alternate Lee curious and terrified [00:56] perspective neither sanitizing the constant threats his family [01:00] faces nor reducing his existence to a condescending [01:03] sob story all without his head shape triangle. [01:10] So we're like criminals. [01:12] The brother's son is a tale of two halves of one nuclear [01:18] family living Oceans Apart in a modest Los Angeles home Michelle. [01:22] Yeoh County matriarch Eileen dotes on her son Bruce a dorky [01:27] medical student. What she doesn't know is that he's been using [01:30] her tuition checks to finance his true passion improv. [01:34] What he doesn't know is that his estranged father in the Taiwanese [01:39] criminal demi-monde as big son runs a powerful Triad the Jade [01:44] Dragon and has groomed a Brother Bruce hasn't seen since childhood [01:48] Charles To Be A Deadly Assassin years ago the sun split up as [01:54] a safety measure their Mantra protect the family. [01:58] Nah, man, supposed to be a fresh start for me a fresh start [02:01] really a 20-4 Suburban calls expat the first truly excellent [02:06] series of 2024. [02:08] She writes the farewell filmmaker Lulu Wang's stunning Amazon [02:13] drama XPath a 6 episode adaptation of Janice why Kaylee's [02:17] novel The expatriates follows three women whose families [02:21] become intertwined by tragedy each is an American living abroad [02:25] in Hong Kong and seems to be approaching an emotional Breaking [02:29] Point. What elevates the series Beyond a potentially [02:32] Maudlin plot is the Nuance to sense of connectedness [02:36] Wayne conjures. Not just among Central character plucked [02:39] from their home countries, but also between the expats and the [02:43] diverse teaming politically precarious. [02:44] Urban Island state shows in Twin Habit in her review of Feud [02:49] Berman write half a century ago. [02:51] The Andy Cohen of the Upper East Side was Truman Capote and the [02:54] women whose world. [02:55] He insinuated himself into were a list. [02:58] Socialite for two decades Capote heard their confessions [03:01] and dry their tears and expose their deepest humiliations [03:12] fx's Feud Capote versus the swans the long-awaited second [03:16] season of a Ryan Murphy Anthology praises the friendships [03:19] and eventual Schism. [03:21] It's a messy rendering that at times were verse 2 cliche. [03:24] But beneath the distracting artifice is a psychologically [03:28] Rich wonderfully acted portrait of an artist torn between [03:31] his work and a life that fueled it. [03:34] As Berman race of True Detective grotesque murders jaded get [03:38] obsessive cops Avast Majestic, but terrifyingly Extreme rural [03:43] landscape the suggestion of a malevolent occult or Supernatural [03:46] presence dialogue. That is both cryptically philosophical [03:50] and profane. Yes. [03:51] It's another season of HBO's True Detective one that in many [03:56] ways feels closer than ever before it begins ologies Blockbuster [04:00] debut, but this fourth installment returning after a five-year [04:04] Hiatus is also a reinvention a Reawakening maybe even a rejoinder [04:08] to everything that preceded the night country. [04:15] Buy one this isn't going to be late as who wrote or co-wrote [04:23] every episode Lopez's gorgeously realize story grounds hard-boiled [04:29] mystery and multi-dimensional characters believably immerses [04:33] viewers in a unique community and makes a strong case for the [04:36] continuation of the franchise. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6628779/true-detective-night-country-episode-4-explained/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6628779/true-detective-night-country-episode-4-explained/"},"headline":"What's Up With the Ghosts in True Detective: Night Country Episode 4?","datePublished":"2024-02-05T03:06:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-19T07:39:15.067Z","description":"The supernatural elements of True Detective: Night Country are ramping up. 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