[1][2] It was created by Hans Jörnlind and Aron Levander [sv], directed by Kjell-Åke Andersson and Lisa Farzaneh, produced by Søren Stærmose, and stars Robert Gustafsson in the lead role of police detective Peter Wendel.
[1] The first season, consisting of eight episodes, centres on Peter and his cold case unit, which re-examines several murders after a defence lawyer is killed.
Peter's team members are Caijsa (Louise Peterhoff), Barbro (Maria Langhammer), and Jorma (Christopher Wagelin [sv]).
Also annoyed by the reopened cases are Temo, the original investigating detective; Lena, Klas's psychotherapist; and Stefan, the prosecuting attorney.
Criminologist and writer Leif G. W. Persson provided the ideas for the show on "a couple of pages", which Hans Jörnlind and Aron Levander [sv] used to create The Truth Will Out.
[8] The Guardian's Ellen E. Jones reviewed The Truth Will Out in March 2020 and compared it favorably with Nordic noir forerunners The Killing (2007), Borgen (2010), and The Bridge (2011),[3] adding that the architecture "conforms to genre expectations", displaying "cool uncluttered premises of flustered suspects".
[3] Debit Enker of The Age describes Gustafsson's character (Peter) as "psychologically fragile", with behavior shifting from "impassive to aggressive", and his team as "off-beat... department discards".
[9] Martin Howse of Entertainment Focus previewed season two: "a superb crime drama, brilliantly acted and creatively written.