Time for Mercy follows Jake Brigance as he finds himself embroiled in a deeply divisive trial when the court appoints him attorney for Drew Gamble, a timid sixteen-year-old boy accused of murdering a local deputy.
Engineered as an anthology, each season of True Detective introduces new cast ensembles, characters, settings, and self-contained narratives.
The show's first season is set in Louisiana and follows a pair of Louisiana State Police homicide detectives (McConaughey and Harrelson), and their pursuit of a serial killer over the course of seventeen years.