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Spoilers ahead for“Part Five” of True Detective: Night Country, now streaming early on Max. It will air on HBO Sunday night in its normal time slot.
The penultimate episode of True Detective: Night Country understands that we’re running out of time to finish this story — and, possibly, for Danvers and Navarro, to solve the mysteries behind the deaths of the Tsalal scientists and Annie K. So it doesn’t mess around, mince words, or hold back any bullets. Specifically, bullets that kill two crucial people: Otis Heiss, the drug-addicted victim of a mysterious attack who, thankfully, shows Danvers how to get to the ice caves before he dies; and Hank Prior, who is shot in the head by his own son, Pete,…