'True Detective' Season 4: Meth found in Ennis' evidence room raises intriguing links to Reggie Ledoux from Season 1

Issa Lopez, the show runner of 'True Detective' Season 4, has been teasing the viewers by dropping subtle hints of connection with Season 1
While no verbal emphasis was laid on the meth box shown in 'True Detective: Night Country', we can't help but wonder if it is related to Season 1 antagonist Reggie Ledoux (L), who was a meth peddler (HBO)
While no verbal emphasis was laid on the meth box shown in 'True Detective: Night Country', we can't help but wonder if it is related to Season 1 antagonist Reggie Ledoux (L), who was a meth peddler (HBO)

ENNIS, ALASKA: Multiple theories are building up around how 'True Detective' Season 4 might be interrelated to Season 1. From the ghost of Travis being Rust Cohle's father to the connection of the mysterious spirals with Yellow King, the two seasons are expected to be bound together in a supernatural twist.

Meanwhile, Episode 3 of Season 4 dropped another subtle clue which takes us back to the first season.

Meth box found in Ennis' evidence room

A still from 'True Detective: Night Country' Episode 3
A still from 'True Detective: Night Country' Episode 3 (HBO)

In one of the sequences, when Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) enters the evidence room in the Ennis police department to go through Clark's stuff, we can't help but notice a big old box labeled 'Meth’.

The box has been positioned in such a way that your eyes are fixated on it for a brief moment.

While no verbal emphasis was laid on the meth box, we wonder if it is related to Season 1 antagonist Reggie Ledoux (Charles Halford), who was a meth peddler.

Reference of meth in 'True Detective' Season 1

Reggie, a notorious drug dealer involved with the violent Iron Crusaders biker gang and accomplice to serial-killer Errol Childress, met a gruesome fate at the hands of Detectives Rustin Cohle and Martin Hart in Season 1.

Now, in Season 4, the intense focus on the meth box in Episode 3 has captivated our attention.

Questions arise about its connection to Reggie and its mysterious presence at the Ennis police department. The unfolding mysteries and numerous theories leave us eagerly anticipating the answers in the upcoming episodes.

Three episodes of 'True Detective' Season 4 are currently streaming on HBO and Max.

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