HBO's True Detective series discussion thread

[smackababy]

Did anyone else know the minute Marty laid eyes on "Beth" (T-Mobile employee) what was inevitable?

She also plays Rebecca Bowman on Banshee.

I knew it right away.

 

[iRONic]

Only two episodes left...

 

[Daverino]

Well I still don't think Marty is the Yellow King.

Spoiler

He could have shot Ledeux in the kitchen, but cuffed him instead.
After shooting Ledeux he continued to panic after Rustin had left to see the children.
Rust came up with the cover-up plan, not Marty.

 

[smackababy]

Well I still don't think Marty is the Yellow King.

Spoiler

He could have shot Ledeux in the kitchen, but cuffed him instead.
After shooting Ledeux he continued to panic after Rustin had left to see the children.
Rust came up with the cover-up plan, not Marty.

True on all accounts, however, Marty could easily be playing stupid. He knew Rust would cover for him (especially after the biker incident). I am not saying I believe Marty is the Yellow King, but I think he has a part in it beyond what we are being shown. I think the main theme is Rust has become enthralled with the Yellow King, and has been sucking in losing his sanity. He has become a new Yellow King, sucking in the officers now investigating. Similar to what might have happened with Ledeux.

 

[TrueDetectiveFa]

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[RossMAN]

Apparently Matthew McConaughey is hung like a beast

pics? video? 3D printer mockup?

 

[IAteYourMother]

pics? video? 3D printer mockup?

I inferred it based on the ratio of the wife's pleasure/pain to Rusty's effort

 

[RossMAN]

I inferred it based on the ratio of the wife's pleasure/pain to Rusty's effort

That scene was intense.

 

[Printer Bandit]

daddy wants some more daddario. hope she makes a return as the season wraps up.

 

[RossMAN]

How are they going to wrap up the story in just 2 episodes?

 

[kevman]

is this a one season show ?

 

[Printer Bandit]

is this a one season show ?

yes, rumor is next season will feature 2 female detectives.

 

[dbk]

OMFG! I knew it!

Spoiler

I need to go back and watch the scene from 95 when Rusty first visits the school and the same guy is mowing the lawn!

 

[Drako]

Very nice episode.

The previous poster is high.

 

[TheFamilyMan]

OMFG! I knew it!

Spoiler

I need to go back and watch the scene from 95 when Rusty first visits the school and the same guy is mowing the lawn!

Spoiler

Also, didn't the Sheriff (who we now know has connections to the Childress family line) have something to do with the White Trash Whore Village that Marty and Rust visited back in '95?

Season finale is going to be explosive.

 

[PottedMeat]

Spoiler

Also, didn't the Sheriff (who we now know has connections to the Childress family line) have something to do with the White Trash Whore Village that Marty and Rust visited back in '95?

Season finale is going to be explosive.

Spoiler

yeah he was invested in the bunny ranch or was letting it run or both

the guy they're going to torture was the guy that called rust a rat in one or the early episodes

episode 8 preview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PORrGrQrFtk

 

[smackababy]

Spoiler

Good episode, but I am a bit let down it is turning out to be kind of straight forward now. I really, and this could still happen, wanted Rust to "read the Yellow King" and go insane type of thing. Perhaps, being consumed more than just obsession he has now. I love his "I sure hope he's wrong" line though.

 

[rh71]

Not watching the series, so someone please mention when Daddario does her thing again.

 

[pyonir]

Not watching the series, so someone please mention when Daddario does her thing again.

She won't be. She was in one episode after that and wasn't on the show again.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

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Good episode, but I am a bit let down it is turning out to be kind of straight forward now. I really, and this could still happen, wanted Rust to "read the Yellow King" and go insane type of thing. Perhaps, being consumed more than just obsession he has now. I love his "I sure hope he's wrong" line though.

Based on the fifth episode I was thinking they might have done something really special with this show. The last couple have made me not so sure. It's feeling like it may end in an ultimately unsurprising and even uninteresting way, and if that happens I will consider the whole run as solid but nothing stellar. If they find a way to end strong, I am open to considering it as a historically great show. We shall see . . .

 

[VulgarDisplay]

OMFG! I knew it!

Spoiler

I need to go back and watch the scene from 95 when Rusty first visits the school and the same guy is mowing the lawn!

Spoiler

If it was the same guy how the hell would rust not remember the facial scars that are their only clue as to the guys appearance. That seems really odd for him to forget. Also with his having all the evidence I could see him being one of the guys in masks at the end of it all.

 

[Arkaign]

How much did you go OH SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT when you saw the lawnmower mowing a flat circle/spiral pattern on the crane shot?

Also, Mart's daughter.

Therapy, her change from happy to sullen/withdrawn, being interrupted/ignored, drawing pictures of abuse (who can brush something like that off?). I almost feel like the writers went overboard with the clues there, she is going to play a BIG shocker in the finale. She knows the Yellow King or the cult somehow.

Either way, the best TV since Breaking Bad, and so far above everything else it's ridiculous. Better than any film in recent memory by a huge gap. You can feel and smell the blood and rust and dirt and decay, and from someone who has traveled all over the South, they freaking NAIL the small down despair, malaise, and ignorance.

 

[Carson Dyle]

I didn't realize Hart was no longer a cop. Was that mentioned before this episode?

 

[TheAdvocate]

How much did you go OH SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT when you saw the lawnmower mowing a flat circle/spiral pattern on the crane shot?

Also, Mart's daughter.

Therapy, her change from happy to sullen/withdrawn, being interrupted/ignored, drawing pictures of abuse (who can brush something like that off?). I almost feel like the writers went overboard with the clues there, she is going to play a BIG shocker in the finale. She knows the Yellow King or the cult somehow.

I was very let down by episode 7 because I expected Rust to show Marty a video of his daughter being assaulted, not the other girl. I thought that was going to be the king in yellow payoff moment that drove marty mad, and setup a screw the law showdown with whatver is left of the cult. I also thought Rust may have already seen it (or something else) and snapped leading to him killing Tuttle...

But like Don Vito said, the ending is shaping up to be a little too straightforward and therefore anticlimatic (after all that heavy symbolism infused dramatic buildup).

I hope I am wrong and shit my pants in surprise at the finale. Marty's daughter is still a loose end, and maybe Rust was lying about his involvement with Tuttle's death...

It's still good TV, but it may fall short of greatness.

 

[TechBoyJK]

I didn't realize Hart was no longer a cop. Was that mentioned before this episode?

I don't think they did. If they did, I missed it.