Marty Hart

Lead detective in the Dora Lang murder investigation.Rust Cohle's partner. Enjoys fly fishing. As of 1995, has never shot anyone as is made clear during a conversation during the dinner party [E1].

Family:  Father (Marine. Served in Korea but never talked about it. "I had about six inches on him, and even in the end I still think he could've taken me.") Psyche: 

Affair: 

Marty is having an affair with an employee of the State Attorney's office.

He justifies his affair by saying that in the end, it's good for the family: “You got to decompress before you can go to being a family man. What you get into working, you can’t have the kids around that. So sometimes you have to get your head right.”

Types of Detectives:

Marty believes there are several types of detectives, but all fit into a certain category (though quips he's a normal type guy with a big-ass dick). He says all can be good detectives or "total shitheels." These are possibly categories referring to typical noir detective archetypes. Those types are:
 * Bully
 * Charmer
 * Surrogate Dad
 * Man Possessed by Ungovernable Rage
 * The Brain