Episode 6 recap for True Detective: Night Country’s Season 4

Thankfully, the enormous season finale of True Detective provides us with a ton of explanations, but that final shot remains.

Part 6 of Season 4, Episode 6

Oh no! Danvers’s Force-ghost moment was complete with the required Bill Withers needle drop. I’m getting ahead of myself, though. Writing this recap has not been easy, and not simply because the sixth and final episode of True Detective Night Country featured about three billion things.

Really, I’m a little depressed! This implies that I must bid you farewell. When I’m in the middle seat on an airplane, who will console me? See my wildly incorrect Carcosa theory? Just because I dubbed The Office’s Benihana episode a little bit racist doesn’t mean you have to call me a “white, liberal, millennial with a quota left to fill in the virtue signaling department” in the comments section.

This is my farewell, unless you want me to start sending you recaps of the other show I watch, The Bachelor, with the same kind of fervor. Let me now wipe away my tears and begin this recap.

They are necessary for some heavy lifting. Let’s go over the very fundamental beats of the finale, mostly in relation to the resolution of the Tsalal case, before we focus on a few plot aspects. The paranormal shenanigans and the Peter Prior side story can wait until later.

Raymond Clark is still alive! Navarro and Danvers discover, during their exploration of the ice caverns, that Clark and his cronies—we no longer approve of the Tsalal scientists—built a second laboratory beneath their main headquarters. It was under the ice the whole time. In one swift motion, our heroes tie Clark up in a chair and solve the majority of the case. This is Tsalal’s officialTM research explanation, according Clark: “We were digging for the DNA of a microorganism contained in the permafrost, which could potentially save the world.” Yes, Jan.

For the record, Clark graciously gives this nod to season one: “We are all trapped in a flat circle called time.”

For the time being, let’s continue with the study before moving on to Annie K. As it happens, Silver Sky is not solely to responsible for Ennis’s pollution problems. Through some perspiring explanation from Clark, we discover that Tsalal purposefully contaminated the Ennis water supply. Apparently, the “solution from the mine softens the permafrost,” to use Mr. Clark once more, which made it possible for them to “extract the DNA with much less damage.” Although I’m not really sure what that implies, it sounds really sinister! We can put the Silver Sky storyline away safely. (However, ignore the Tuttle connection, as it never yields a real reward.)

Annie slain by those thugs! Annie discovered that Tsalal was poisoning Ennis when she was dating Clark. Thus, she ruined their study. Everything. The scientists executed her for it one day, deep in the ice cave laboratory. Despite the rumors that he liked her, Clark completes the task.

Congratulations to all of the supporters who have backed the winning crab-factory notion. Earlier in the season, Danvers and Navarro asked two employees of the nearby crab plant, Bee and Blair, about the spiral symbols. Indeed, they took care of Tslal’s janitorial needs as well. While Bee was sweeping the floor during one shift at the laboratory, she noticed water seeping into the ground. After discovering the hatch and exploring the subterranean station, she concluded that Tsalal was responsible for Annie’s death.

What takes place after that? Night Country really does blow this opportunity to hell and back. Why not play Shania during the Tsalal beatdown montage? In the dead of night, Bee collects a troop of Iñupiat women and invades Tsalal. Believing Annie has risen from the grave to murder them (that’s our “she’s back” justification!), Clark buries himself behind the hatch and keeps it closed.

After forcing the scientists to remove their clothes and walk till they freeze to death, the women march them outdoors and lead them into the wilderness. As Bee tells Danvers and Navarro about what happened that night, she says something very wise: “I guess she ate their fuckin’ dreams from the inside out and spit their frozen bones.” And what are the thoughts of our investigators on this? To put it simply, it’s a Wheeler scenario. Annie received justice from Bee and her team immediately prior to the start of episode 1.

(Excessive? Overindulgence.) [Editor’s note: I’m happy you’re following my recommendation to use all capitals.]

I acknowledge that last week I snapped at the poor guy. Regarding the last scene in episode 5, many devoted readers (including my colleagues at Esquire) corrected me, saying that Hank was not going to kill Danvers as Peter Prior had said. My response? Hank never would have shot either of them, in my opinion.

Having said that, we don’t really get the sort of resolution I was looking for—a final act of redemption for the child. Almost the whole episode is devoted to Prior tidying up (sometimes literally) his own mess. He proceeds to clorox the hell out of Danvers’s house, mends his relationship with the least amount of work possible, and has a pleasant hangout with Rose during which they dispose of his father’s body jointly, among other things, in this episode.

While Danvers and Navarro solved the Tsalal case, Night Country brilliantly addressed a ton of plot lines, but sending Prior to the bench like he’s Klay Thompson? Given that the character was already among Night Country’s least strong players, it didn’t seem like the best use of her.

In regards to Danvers and Navarro, where do we even begin? They essentially recreate the BEEF conclusion throughout the entire show. You can do this without using spiral emojis, Brady. Take a deep breath. Danvers tries to get some sleep after the investigators take the SparkNotes from Clark, and Navarro observes the man. Unwise decision. The electricity goes out during the course of the night, and it appears like Navarro lets Clark run outdoors and perish in the storm. Danvers gives Navarro a hard time. “I am not forgiving,” she screams as Navarro mentions her son Holden. “You understand?” ) Danvers then tries to go back to sleep, saying, “It’s time for her beauty sleep!”

Who will venture into night country next, then? Navarro is it. She goes back to her fantasy land in the desert, where she may dwell forever, but Danvers dashes outdoors and tumbles into the ice. Navarro extracts her. They finally have a heart-to-heart encounter while Danvers is recovering. Danvers inquires as to what Holden told Navarro in the afterlife. Navarro says, “Holden says he sees you.” I don’t have to explain how powerful this statement is, but let me say it anyway: Throughout the series, Holden—who looked to have died in an automobile accident—has made appearances for both Navarro and Danvers. With Foster and Kali Reis at their most powerful, this feels incredibly healing. When Holden sees his mother, she at last accepts that the deceased can communicate.

For Navarro, it feels the same kind of liberating. Although this is most evident in episode 6, Navarro battled spiritualism the whole season. Rose warns her not to conflate mental health problems with her views. Danvers declares categorically that any discussion of the undead is nonsense. However, as episode 6 progresses, so does Navarro’s ambition to move forward. She wishes to pursue whatever is named Julia and her mother. Navarro finds calm when Danvers welcomes her and allows her to venture into the depths of Ennis.

Ennis finally sees daylight again at the end of the episode. Navarro moves out of her house without alerting Danvers, leaving behind Holden’s plush polar bear and the video of Clark’s confession. Another moment of season 1 nostalgia follows as Danvers summarizes the case in front of a camera and a few police officers. (She’s only missing the beer from Lone Star!) It’s our assumption that she revealed Clark’s confession to the public.

The last picture? Navarro walks outside to join Danvers as they relax on her porch. “This is Ennis,” Danvers introduces himself. “Nobody really leaves.” It is unclear to us if Navarro actually remained in Ennis or if she killed herself in the woods, just like Julia and her mother did. It’s a lovely moment, so I’ll let your imaginations run wild here. I want to end it there for the time being.

I swear, the final needle-drop suggestion I have is vitamin C. Issa López and the entire Night Country cast, crew, and creative team deserve a lot of credit for their outstanding contribution to the True Detective canon. Zombies, the father of Rust Cohle, a superb performance by Jodie Foster, and a breakthrough performance by Kali Reis. Sure, Night Country wasn’t flawless, but it also won’t have the same impact on television history as a season one. However, it never had to get to the height of McConaughey. Like Danvers, Night Country posed the appropriate queries and provided the appropriate answers. Whether you like it or not, Lopez wrapped up the Tsalal case, scripted a happy ending for Danvers and Navarro’s romance, and left the supernatural aspect of it all (kind of) unresolved.

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