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True Detective - McConaughey/Harrelson crime series - S2 starts June 21st

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Had called it would be the lawnmower guy, but how does Rust not remember him having scars from when he talked to him? For somebody so observant of every detail, it's a little weird he wouldn't have picked up on it at this point.
 
"Families were so much bigger back then..." Everyone in the town is related to the Tuttle lineage, and "everyone in town is into religion..." (Except Marty). The cult must have an initiation where you rape your first born or something. Maggie and her father are in on it, along with everyone else in town, too.
 
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For a penultimate episode though, it didn't really have the punch that other series have had in the past.

Hoping they are saving the goods for the Finale.
 
The boat scene was awesome. "I've never really been able to control him"
Mdot said:
Had called it would be the lawnmower guy, but how does Rust not remember him having scars from when he talked to him? For somebody so observant of every detail, it's a little weird he wouldn't have picked up on it at this point.
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The scar looks like its on the left side of face which would be mostly out of view I guess?
 
RustyNails said:
Why didn't Rust connect the dots there? I thought he knew about the scars then.
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You'd think Rust would but then again with the beard it was pretty much impossible to notice for even the viewer tonight. For him to remember a very short conversation/face from back in '95 would be somewhat superhuman I guess.

Vire said:
For a penultimate episode though, it didn't really have the punch that other series have had in the past.

Hoping they are saving the goods for the Finale.
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The AV Club review agrees with you; see Cornballer's link if you want someone to agree with. I didn't mind it besides it being very heavy in spoken exposition and murky details.
 
I knew it! (spoilers for the whole series below)

Despite the Tuttles being twisted pedophiliac, screwed up fuck ups...There is only one killer behind the murders. I knew it. This whole cult theory never held up to me. Sure I was off, on the details but shit was I right on this being one murderer! Bring on the finale!
 
movie_club said:
I have read every single interview with the director and writer, so I dont know why your are insinuating what I am proposing goes against what they have said. Marty is not a twist, its glaring obvious and will be apparent on repeat viewings.

What exactly is it that you think? That there is a cult Tuttle is involved in and they did the killing and Rust needs Martys help to being them down? That sounds boring, predictable and lazy.


I wont be disappointed, I love this show and am excited to see how it ends! Love the ride and genuinely trying to solve the case!

Its just that i believe all the clues have been given to us. Its right under our noses!
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speak up if you're ok movie_club ;)
 
Vire said:
For a penultimate episode though, it didn't really have the punch that other series have had in the past.

Hoping they are saving the goods for the Finale.
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Looks obvious that they are. Most series seem to go all out in the second to last episode, then quietly tie up everything in the end. Looks like this will be a case of the opposite.
 
aFIGurANT said:
You'd think Rust would but then again with the beard it was pretty much impossible to notice for even the viewer tonight. For him to remember a very short conversation/face from back in '95 would be somewhat superhuman I guess.


The AV Club review agrees with you; see Cornballer's link if you want someone to agree with. I didn't mind it besides it being very heavy in spoken exposition and murky details.
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Ah interesting, yeah I mean I still very much enjoyed it. I wouldn't give it a C, but I can't help but feel like I hyped up this episode too much in my mind.
 
Vire said:
Ah interesting, yeah I mean I still very much enjoyed it. I wouldn't give it a C, but I can't help but feel like I hyped up this episode too much in my mind.
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It was somewhat formulaic and everything like that but I still found plenty to enjoy between the return of Detectives in Cars Talking Philosophy and the peeks into the pair's lives after they turn away from each other and the force.

On another note though, I'm kind of interested to see how the age factor plays into the physical stuff to come. We don't really get Rust and Marty's ages but I'm assuming we're about to watch 40 year olds bring the beat down in the finale, preview aside.
 
Vire said:
For a penultimate episode though, it didn't really have the punch that other series have had in the past.

Hoping they are saving the goods for the Finale.
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There's nothing to set up for next season, since there pretty much is no next season in the traditional since. They can go out with a bang.
 
Rewatching lawnmower dude's first appearance and it looks like he pasted a pube beard/stache on himself to conceal the burns. Can't see shit.
 
I loved the part where Rust asked Marty about his personal life. I think it shows that in the last how ever many years that he has learned to be a little more human. In contrast to telling Maggie to go fly a kite.
 
Rust mentioned in episode 3 that he lacks the constitution for suicide. In this episode he says that once the case is cleared he will kill himself. Do you think he will make it out of this season alive?
 
I kind of wish something more concrete had happened in this episode. I'm just worried that the finale will seem rushed. They still have to interrogate the sheriff, find the lawnmower man, and then somehow connect it concretely with the Tuttles and blow the whole thing open. It honestly just seems like too much for one episode, but if anything, the 1995/2002 transition episode shows that they may be able to pull it off.


edit: My prediction: the finale will have a twist ending, the storyline will continue next season and Harrelson and McConaughey are returning!
 
Just rewatched Error's first appearance. The facial hair does make it hard to make out the scars, and it's mostly on one side of his face that was facing away from Rust. Rust is also looking around the school and never really looking at him directly for more than a second.

The scars are much more obvious on tonight's episode since the beard is gone.
 
Van Owen said:
Just rewatched Error's first appearance. The facial hair does make it hard to make out the scars, and it's mostly on one side of his face that was facing away from Rust. Rust is also looking around the school and never really looking at him directly for more than a second.

The scars are much more obvious on tonight's episode since the beard is gone.
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Nice, thanks for checking it out.

Pumped for next week!
 
I feel like a lot of people are going to just wonder how Rust could have missed him, but it doesn't really surprise me. Between the lawnmower guys first appearance and his latest appearance, people seem to just pass over him without second thought. The new guys kinda just shrug him off and rudely drive off. Rust was more focused on the school than the lawnmower guy in his first meeting..coupled with him having a beard before..doesn't really shock me that he was originally glossed over. I doubt Rust even remembers him that well let alone remembering what his face looks like.

Can't wait for the finale!
 
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I loved the part where Rust asked Marty about his personal life. I think it shows that in the last how ever many years that he has learned to be a little more human. In contrast to telling Maggie to go fly a kite.
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Yeah I loved seeing Rust's transition reveal itself naturally like that. I was just as surprised as Marty was.

It was also interesting to see Marty's reaction to the video and the baby's corpse. He's a cheating asshole, but still has a soft spot for kids (although I'm not sure if he's that interested in his own).
 
Deku Tree said:
My big question now is the following. Is his big bad family in on it? Or are they just protecting him?
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The Tuttles are obviously a screwed bunch but they weren't protecting him...They were trying to keep shit on the down low, because Errol used their screwed up rituals as part of his M.O
 
Deku Tree said:
My big question now is the following. Is his big bad family in on it? Or are they just protecting him?
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Well Tuttle had the videotape in his safe, along with what I presume were pictures of naked kids, maybe dead, and there were like 5 guys in the video.
 
Willkiller said:
I'm not sure where people's disappointment of it being the lawnmover guy is coming from.

Is it because it's not a big plot twist?
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Because detectivegaf figured it out in like the first episode they showed him. It wasn't a big reveal.

But the real mystery now is who was covering up the tracks of Tuttle and the crazy cult.
 
RustyNails said:
Because detectivegaf figured it out in like the first episode they showed him. It wasn't a big reveal.

But the real mystery now is who was covering up the tracks of Tuttle and the crazy cult.
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I thought the guy they're about to interrogate was the one doing the covering up. Or at least helping out with it
 
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