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True Detective Season 2 Trailer Arrives — Watch Rachel McAdams, Colin Farrell Make Their Debut

True Detective season 2 is almost here! In anticipation of the new run of episodes, which premiere Sunday, June 21 at 9 p.m. ET, HBO has finally released the first trailer featuring new leads Rachel McAdams, Colin Farrell, Vince Vaughn, and Taylor Kitsch — and they all look beautifully miserable while mournful music plays. So, just like season 1, then!

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The first season of the HBO hit starred Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson as Louisiana cop partners embroiled in a murder investigation over the course of two decades, with McConaughey’s Rust Cohle emerging as a fan favorite character thanks to his frequent pontification on philosophy and the nature of time. (It’s a flat circle, you may have heard.)

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Like the first, season 2’s self-contained story will run for eight episodes, all written by creator Nic Pizzolatto. The first two installments of season 2 were directed by Fast & Furious 3 through 6 mastermind Justin Lin.

Rachel McAdams and Colin Farrell in True Detective
HBO released the first look at Rachel McAdams and Colin Farrell in season 2 of True Detective.

The just-released season 2 trailer and promo shots don’t reveal much in the way of plot, but they do provide the first glimpse at Farrell’s epic mustache and a lot of intense eye contact. According to an HBO press release, the four leads will converge following a bizarre murder in the California desert. 

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Here’s the first official information about the quartet’s characters, according to HBO’s release: “Colin Farrell is Ray Velcoro, a compromised detective in the all-industrial City of Vinci, LA County. Vince Vaughn plays Frank Semyon, a criminal and entrepreneur in danger of losing his life’s work, while his wife and closest ally (Kelly Reilly), struggles with his choices and her own. Rachel McAdams is Ani Bezzerides, a Ventura County Sheriff’s detective often at odds with the system she serves, while Taylor Kitsch plays Paul Woodrugh, a war veteran and motorcycle cop for the California Highway Patrol who discovers a crime scene which triggers an investigation involving three law enforcement groups, multiple criminal collusions, and billions of dollars.”

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