BigWeather
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I didn't think that the family did any killing, but rather the other depraved things. Was there evidence that anyone other than Errol (and his "acolytes") killed as well?
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I don't mean to say it was completely ignored, but it comes as an aside rather than being anything remotely personal or interesting.
Cornballer
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It's been having problems and crashing all night.
BannedEpisode
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So the ritual Mardi Gras sacrifices are separate from Errol right?
He seems like he's been on his own a bit and it didnt seem like he would have a group of people and a camera to record his murders.
He seems like he's been on his own a bit and it didnt seem like he would have a group of people and a camera to record his murders.
Well they had the tape in one of their houses.
Fair, but I think there's a strong argument that television as a whole peaked with episode 4 of this show.
real_slime
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no it was him.
he's literally evil incarnate. am i the only one who saw it this way?
Pumpkin King
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Just finished. Good ending, but after all the speculation, it left me wanting more closure as far as Audrey and the Tuttles are concerned. I guess nothing is ever really solved after all.
Come on season 2!
Come on season 2!
BigWeather
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Did that show a murder? I thought it was sex abuse but stopped short of murder, but maybe I just wasn't paying attention.
Edit: Hmmm, I guess it must've been murder, since they never found her (Fontaneau) -- I'm dense. I liked the idea that the family was not murdering but then Errol went a step further better, I guess, but I guess the family just kept it lower key for generations? Kinda odd.
thecouncil
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No... no... I want someone to explain how a person paints both their ears green while painting a house.
Bilbo_T_Baggins
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That was Marie Fontenot who was never seen again, so I'm assuming they killed her.
From my understanding it was a ritualistic murder
Audrey was just Nick P. fucking with the viewer the entire time. She was just a typical angsty teenager who could not have looked like a more normal adult.
Agreed. I think it boils down to the fact that 8 eps was not enough.
I think you have two circles: one with Errol, one with the Tuttles. There's some overlap, but they're mostly distinct.
He didn't. The paint got on him while he was painting the house. It was a messy job, and he's clearly very sloppy. In his first scene, you can see his jumpsuit had green paint on it because it was never washed.
He ain't exactly the sharpest tool in the toolshed.
real_slime
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dude do i need to shout or what
childress was the absolute devil, and rust and marty shot him down, but they didn't get all the roots cos we're evil, and he'll be back (NOT THE ACTOR, CHRIST) next season
the crown is nothing, the root abides. his family has been here for a long long time! i mean come on
childress was the absolute devil, and rust and marty shot him down, but they didn't get all the roots cos we're evil, and he'll be back (NOT THE ACTOR, CHRIST) next season
the crown is nothing, the root abides. his family has been here for a long long time! i mean come on
Still not really getting it.
BigWeather
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Yeah, I was editing my post as you all answered -- I guess it was, just seems odd. I figured it was a deranged family member (Errol) taking their depravity a step further but I guess it was a deranged family member spinning it off into his own thing (and being careless about it in the process).
BannedEpisode
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He had a beard in ep3, which shouldn't have been able to grow because of the scars, so I don't know. He doesn't have beard in ep7 though, so he seems to be out in the open without a care :/
Someone need to explain to me how is it the green house is green ears...
I remember people were connecting her to a girl who looked nothing like her in the intro movie.
I saw it separate. Errol liked to display his victims. The rest of the group were quick to cover it up. They had been doing it for a long time, without getting caught. I dunno. I got the sense that Errol became obsessed with killing.
real_slime
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i posted a slightly more in depth version a minute ago
He got paint on himself, there's your answer.
Why would he be hiding?
It's not like there was a search party looking for him. The case was closed.
StormyTheRabbit
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Man, love this series. Not a fan of this episode AT ALL.
It felt like this episode was scored by someone scoring a Disney movie. I swear, NONE of the music in this episode lined up with any of the other eps. Felt goofy/cartoony at times and took me out way to fast.
I dunno, the last scene seemed really tacky.
I mean the action was good, even if drawn out for him going deeper into Carcosa, just wish they played with him losing it more and more as he went deeper, similar to Jack in the Maze in The Shining. Just seemed like a missed opportunity.
Still love this series and I need to watch this episode again, but overall, kinda a letdown.
It felt like this episode was scored by someone scoring a Disney movie. I swear, NONE of the music in this episode lined up with any of the other eps. Felt goofy/cartoony at times and took me out way to fast.
I dunno, the last scene seemed really tacky.
I mean the action was good, even if drawn out for him going deeper into Carcosa, just wish they played with him losing it more and more as he went deeper, similar to Jack in the Maze in The Shining. Just seemed like a missed opportunity.
Still love this series and I need to watch this episode again, but overall, kinda a letdown.
BadAss2961
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I just knew when Marty pointed out, "why the green ears?" That it would've been revealed as green earmuffs -- lawnmower man... Would've been a lot easier to make sense of than a painted green house.
real_slime
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one murder junkie wouldn't hold rust's attention, this was a sprawl, like he was saying. it goes much deeper than errol. it goes back centuries and will keep going forward. we'll never meet the yellow king, the next cast will pick up the torch and it'll be rough on us all but we'll chug along.
that's what i take from this sorry tale of two drunks.
Yeah, that felt forced for sure. Really, a lot of the missing parts in this case felt kind of contrived in the end. I love how everyone they talk to can't remember much, but they remember that scarred face. Granted, people don't forget details like that about a person. But after hearing so much about it, started to roll my eyes.
Pollux
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Errol wasn't in the tape.
Da he'll you talking about in these posts?
The paint thing was years ago, why the sudden far-fetched jump now. And what about the green spaghetti? He got paint all over his hairs, face, and everything but not his scars?
Not arguing that it doesn't go back. But I'm saying this specific case with Dora Lange and her body being put out on display. IMO this was separate from the sacrifices being done by the secret society of families living that region. That is what made the ending so disturbing, because in the end they CAUGHT their man that killed Lange. But those that killed the little girl, and who have been doing these things for decades were not brought to justice.
IMO Errol was apart of this society, but took it in his own direction. I personally don't see this MO of displaying the body, as really jiving with the other sacrifices in the past.
real_slime
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why would he have to be?
BadAss2961
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I mean, so many people know of "the man with the scars." He even works out in public. How he could be so elusive with no one remembering his name is beyond me.
Cornballer
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Pollux
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You just said he was
It was 17 years ago, Rust and Cohle weren't even looking for "the man with the scars" in 1995.
Marty was looking at pictures of that house and made the connection. I'm not sure what your second point is, the kids refered to him as the "green eared[/] spaghetti monster", so presumably his face wasn't covered in paint.
They didn't go through the tax records for the Childress family, and I don't know how that would have given them anything if they had since they wouldn't know what to look for. Interrogating the sheriff gave them another piece pointing to Childress.
Rust was racing towards a red light, when he bought into the narrative that Ledoux was the one responsible.
All the Sheriff confirmed was that Childress is the one that changed the report, and told him to keep quiet. The green house stuff, was from Lange, and was completely unrelated. It was the ultimate break in their case.
Discotheque
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i been saying naomi watts and viggo for so long now. it must happen. throw in cate blanchett too.
good season. i think the hospital scenes got a bit sappy but still it was nice to see a real life friendship sort of replicated in this episode with the two characters. mcconaughey's crying scene was great, but an obvious clip for the awards season.
the music certainly seemed corny as hell. i'm glad i wasn't the only one who noticed.
real_slime
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sounds like a decent perspective on things, but i think errol was using the tuttles and rust for his own long term amusement. carcosa seemed supernaturaly scary and enwildening because it was.
whoever we meet in S2, whatever the case, we might chop his legs off but hell is gonna continue to reign right here day to day. that's what i took from this series.
Saren is Bad
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Dude I'm sorry to be blunt but are you fucking retarded? The shows second season has nothing to do with this one.
real_slime
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uh i'm talking about thematic continuation rude guy
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