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[potam]

God damnit. MM needs another fucking Oscar for that wheelchair scene.

I loved this episode. Marty finally admits that Rust is a friend, and we get to see a glimpse of their post-investigation friendship. Fuck. So good.

Can anyone tell me if Maggie's ring was her old one from Marty or is that her new one (did they even mention if she remarried)?

 

[ChaosXVI]

I was slightly bummed out that they decided to reduce Rust's character to "Near death experience made me believe in stuff"...but otherwise, still an amazing show, and an amazing ending.

 

[FTF]

Well Marty basically said the darkess overwhelmed the light, then Rust said he was looking at it all wrong as once upon a time there was nothing but darkess. Basically, "it's getting better".

Ah got it, cool thanks.

 

[Jarnet87]

I loved that shot of Cohle in the hospital bed, completely beat to shit.

Dat Carcosa, that was like 15-20 minutes of insanity.

 

[newjeruse]

I need to know that ending song ASAP. It was perfect.

Bruises by Gene Loves Jezebel

 

[Helmholtz]

Strong finale, great show. Still think it could have benefited from being at least 10 episodes, I felt the last couple episodes didn't have a lot of breathing room. But really can't complain.

 

[Protag]

Man.....when Rust finally shows his humanity in discussing his dead daughter......the feels. Fuck.

Amazing fucking show.

character development at its finest

 

[Sanjuro]

The actors who come in for season two have some insanely big shoes to fill

It'll be Mel Gibson and Eddie Murphy just to fuck with people.

 

[Shuggah_Daddy]

Goddamn that was way too good!! One of the best season finales ever. I'm honestly shocked that neither one of them bit the dust. So good

 

[real_slime]

Girls can wait until tomorrow goddamn. RIP Rust and Marty,

 

[Burt]

What were those last lines?

Once there was only dark...

I can't catch it.

"...seems to me like the light's winning."

Something like that.

 

[Dmncnby2k9]

what if they use the two detectives that interviewed Rust and Marty? would you guys be on board?

 

[Dr.Horrible]

What's this song at the end?

Need to know this as well.

 

[F0rneus]

what if they use the two detectives that interviewed Rust and Marty? would you guys be on board?

I'd be on fucking board. Their car scene last episode sold me.

 

[Baust]

What were those last lines?

Once there was only dark...

I can't catch it.

He said "You're looking at it wrong. Once there was only dark. If you ask me the light's winning."

Also, fantastic finale.

 

[Nintyb]

A great finale. I'd definitely rate the show up amongst my favorites ever and I doubt season two will be able to top it.

 

[Sanjuro]

what if they use the two detectives that interviewed Rust and Marty? would you guys be on board?

It's HBO, so I'd probably watch anything. Creatively it would be a cancerous sell.

 

[BlackSalad]

Thanks for all the spoiler tags guys. I just came in here to see if anyone else was having hbo go problems

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

God damnit. MM needs another fucking Oscar for that wheelchair scene.

I loved this episode. Marty finally admits that Rust is a friend, and we get to see a glimpse of their post-investigation friendship. Fuck. So good.

Can anyone tell me if Maggie's ring was her old one from Marty or is that her new one (did they even mention if she remarried)?

Maggie remarried. It was probably to show all that Marty had lost, but he'll be alright eventually.

 

[Jrmint]

God damnit. MM needs another fucking Oscar for that wheelchair scene.

I loved this episode. Marty finally admits that Rust is a friend, and we get to see a glimpse of their post-investigation friendship. Fuck. So good.

Can anyone tell me if Maggie's ring was her old one from Marty or is that her new one (did they even mention if she remarried)?

I think it had to be the one from Marty, based on the context of that scene.

 

[Solo]

That whole Childress house/Carcosa scene........one of the most intense and disturbing sequences I've ever seen in either film or television. Just fucking brilliant. Childress literally picking Rust up with a knife in the gut........fuck me sideways.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

Carcosa was as weird and as creepy as I had hoped.

 

[Agnostic]

what if they use the two detectives that interviewed Rust and Marty? would you guys be on board?

Only if they are transferred to Alaska or something. I want a new setting.

 

[Az]

Thanks for all the spoiler tags guys. I just came in here to see if anyone else was having hbo go problems

Yea I think that's on you my man.

 

[potam]

I was slightly bummed out that they decided to reduce Rust's character to "Near death experience made me believe in stuff"...but otherwise, still an amazing show, and an amazing ending.

I don't think it was supposed to be a religious experience. I think it meant that he was finally ready to die, and he tried to let go into nothingness. Instead, he woke back up in his shitty reality.

 

[Cornballer]

"You're looking at it wrong, the sky thing. "
"How's that?"
"Well, once there was only dark. If you ask me the light is winning."

 

[FTF]

Thanks for all the spoiler tags guys. I just came in here to see if anyone else was having hbo go problems

Sorry man...but we talk about the episode here every week as it's going on and after without spoiler tags.

 

[Quote]

There was a second there that I thought Marty and Rust were in the afterlife. Then I realized this isn't some show about an island and polar bears.

 

[real_slime]

Did anyone else think we went fully supernatural with the carcossa stuff? I was terrified for them both

 

[newjeruse]

What was that blue thing Cohle saw right before he was attacked?

 

[Sanjuro]

That whole Childress house/Carcosa scene........one of the most intense and disturbing sequences I've ever seen in either film or television. Just fucking brilliant. Childress literally picking Rust up with a knife in the gut........fuck me sideways.

There was nothing heroic about it, which was fantastic. Just penetrable flesh.

 

[Dan]

As great as the ending and overall show was, it seemed pretty unrealistic that they survived. I mean how do you survive an axe into your chest??

Eh, that's easier to do than having three or four inches of steel tearing around your abdomen and your body weight heaving against it. The axe had a lot of force but looked like it only got an inch or so into Marty's flesh.

 

[amnesiac]

There was a second there that I thought Marty and Rust were in the afterlife. Then I realized this isn't some show about an island and polar bears.

hey man at least the first 3 seasons were great

 

[Alligatorjandro]

but what about the video tape

 

[Dmncnby2k9]

Did Childress have a mic system set up in Carcossa?

 

[Az]

What was that blue thing Cohle saw right before he was attacked?

Yea, I am asking myself what that was...

 

[mf.luder]

I know we didn't need another cliche bad guy show but I felt Childress (sp?) didn't get enough screen time to truly capture his "evil" nature. But holy fuck, when walking through Carcosa, he was fucking demonic in his dialogue.

At the end, when Rust says he saw him back in '95, is there actually a scene that shows this? That would be pretty fucked if there was and Childress was in the background somewhere.

 

[Solo]

What was that blue thing Cohle saw right before he was attacked?

One of his hallucinations. The black stars in Carcosa or a wormhole or something like that.

Which reminds me, the Yellow King's crown of bones was fucking terrifying.

 

[FTF]

"You're looking at it wrong, the sky thing. "
"How's that?"
"Well, once there was only dark. If you ask me the light is winning."

That's a great line. Going to watch the whole series again from the start on hbogo, binge watching this show over the course of a couple of days and assuming I will notice a few new things.

 

[newjeruse]

what if they use the two detectives that interviewed Rust and Marty? would you guys be on board?

Maybe if that guy reverted into Brother Mouzone.

 

[tycoonheart]

character development at its finest

Remember. He has always had hallucinations. Marty even brings it up in the car.

 

[kingocfs]

As great as the ending and overall show was, it seemed pretty unrealistic that they survived. I mean how do you survive an axe into your chest??

At the very least Rust definitely should have died.

 

[casinoman921]

What was that blue thing Cohle saw right before he was attacked?

The drugs kicking in I assume.

 

[MattDoza]

I was slightly bummed out that they decided to reduce Rust's character to "Near death experience made me believe in stuff"...but otherwise, still an amazing show, and an amazing ending.

Oh, good, it's not just me having this feeling.

 

[aFIGurANT]

It's HBO, so I'd probably watch anything. Creatively it would be a cancerous sell.

We need a clean break from Rust and Marty...those two had too much of the same chemistry going on from the bit we saw the last two episodes.

That said that was some pretty profound stuff from the two leads this season. That ending about the stars and the battle between light and dark was interesting. Did anyone else catch the Cormac McCarthy reference from No Country; Cohle says "And then I woke up" to conclude his near-death anecdote.

 

[KHarvey16]

Loved it. And I'm actually really glad they didn't directly address all of the clues leading to where they ended up. It makes me confident multiple rewatches will turn up other things here and there, and I love being able to do that. It's a straight forward murder mystery plot but they leave things for the audience to remember or put together.

 

[Burt]

What was that blue thing Cohle saw right before he was attacked?

Acid flashback

or was it Rust just mainlining the secret truth of the universe?

 

[Deku Tree]

"You're looking at it wrong, the sky thing. "
"How's that?"
"Well, once there was only dark. If you ask me the light is winning."

Thanks! It was hard to hear what they were saying.

 

[Rixxan]

Man.....when Rust finally shows his humanity in discussing his dead daughter......the feels. Fuck.

Amazing fucking show.

this right here

what an excellent ending, god what a show bros

one of my all time favorite seasons of television

 

[Quote]

I know we didn't need another cliche bad guy show but I felt Childress (sp?) didn't get enough screen time to truly capture his "evil" nature. But holy fuck, when walking through Carcosa, he was fucking demonic in his dialogue.

At the end, when Rust says he saw him back in '95, is there actually a scene that shows this? That would be pretty fucked if there was and Childress was in the background somewhere.

He was the guy mowing the lawn?