One question we might have asked ourselves was whether “North Country” would become a genuine ghost story or a hybrid, blending the noir sleuthing of previous “True Detective” seasons with mere intimations of the supernatural.
This second hour throws a little bit of ice-cold water on the weird stuff, at least insofar as it pertains to the deaths of these scientists and the unsolved murder of Annie, a young Inupiaq activist.
When Navarro asks Rose about Travis, an ex-lover who turns up to her as a spirit, it is blithely accepted that such ghosts can appear in the darkness from time to time.
As for the case itself, there’s a lot of strong, meat-and-potatoes procedural work in this episode that suggests it can be solved.
The show no longer seems in danger of drifting into the inexplicable.
Persons:
Liz, Hank mused, “, Rose, Annie, That’s, Navarro, Travis, ”
Locations:
Tsalal, Ennis, Danvers