True Detective Night Country Episode 5 debuting early due to Super Bowl

Chris Tilly
Jodie Foster investigating a spooky room in True Detective Season 4.

Thanks to Sunday’s Super Bowl, fans of True Detective Night Country will get to watch Episode 5 early this week.

True Detective Season 4 – aka True Detective Night Country – is nearing its conclusion, with this series just six episodes long, rather than the usual eight. You can check out our spoiler-free review of the entire season here.

But Super Bowl Sunday has thrown a spanner in the works, with the Kansas City Chiefs playing the San Francisco 49ers at much the same time that Jodie Foster would be busy true detecting.

So HBO is doing a kindness to viewers, making the penultimate episode available two days early. Full details are below…

True Detective Night Country Episode 5 debuting early due to Super Bowl

Episode 5 of True Detective Night Country will be available to stream early on Max this Friday, February 9. Fans will be able to watch from 9pm ET/6pm PT. There’s no word yet if the episode will be made available early outside the US.

Episode 5 will still receive its linear premiere on HBO on Sunday – February 11 – at 9pm ET/ 6pm PT. Here are all the US air dates:

  • Part 1: January 14, 2024
  • Part 2: January 21, 2024
  • Part 3: January 28, 2024
  • Part 4: February 4, 2024
  • Part 5: February 11, 2024
  • Part 6: February 18, 2024

If you’re in the UK wanting to watch True Detective: Night Country on Max, it’s as simple as this:

  1. Sign up for Express VPN
  2. Connect to a US location or any location that allows Max
  3. Watch and enjoy

You could run into another problem when you try to use Max: it may require a credit card or PayPal account registered in the US, or an online gift card. The latter option is the easiest, and you can find them on Amazon

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Chris Tilly is the TV and Movies Editor at Dexerto. He has a BA in English Literature, an MA in Newspaper Journalism, and over the last 20 years, he's worked for the likes of Time Out, IGN, and Fandom. Chris loves Star Wars, Marvel, DC, sci-fi, and especially horror, while he knows maybe too much about Alan Partridge. You can email him here: chris.tilly@dexerto.com.