Dana Gourrier

Former Louisiana State CID partners, Rustin Cohle and Martin Hart, give statements to a pair of investigators about the murder of a prostitute that took place 17 years earlier.

Quesada warns Hart and Cohle that they may be replaced by an occult-crimes task force; the pair follows a lead to a rural cathouse and an incinerated church; Hart finds respite away from home.

When new parents Cheyenne and Bo get into an argument, Glenn and Amy give the couple vastly different advice. Mateo and Jonah are put in charge of dog adoptions and begin a competition.

Parishioners identify a scarred man seen with Dora Lange; a sex offender is brought in for interrogation; Maggie sets Cohle up with a friend; Cohle looks over old case files.

Hart and Cohle follow a series of leads in an effort to track down their prime suspect.

Maggie reveals Cohle's activities in 2002, when his relationship with Hart fractured and he quit the force.