Hart is a "family man" who finds it difficult to connect with the nihilistic and intense Cohle, who reveals he lost a child and is divorced. Cohle's philosophical pessimism and strange habits, like carrying a "taxman" ledger for detailed notes, alienate him from the rest of the police force.
An intelligent, deeply cynical detective with a past in undercover narcotics. By 2012, he appears emaciated, unkempt, and works as a part-time bartender. "True Detective" The Long Bright Dark(2014)
Seventeen years later, the two men are no longer partners and haven't spoken in years. They are interviewed separately by Detectives Papania and Gilbough regarding a new murder that bears a striking resemblance to the 1995 case they supposedly "solved". Key Characters Hart is a "family man" who finds it