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I do admit, it would have been a devilishly cruel ending if Errol had killed Rust and Marty and NOT died himself and gotten away with it. Basically that their own obsession and unwillingness to stop going down the rabbit hole lead to their deaths.

Time is a flat circle, etc.
 
mujun said:
So nobody thinks that what Rust saw in the tunnels was actually the Abyss or that there was something supernatural about Childress?
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Supernatural? No. But I do believe he saw "Carcosa" in his final hallucination, undoubtedly brought on by the waking nightmare he was in the midst of. I think you could even see black stars in the vortex.
 
I haven't been posting in this thread (been following all the speculations of course) but I just have to come in and say that this episode was some of the best TV I've seen.

What a creepy, tense and cathartic end to this magnificent show. No unnecessary last minute plot twists and what a beautiful end.

Amazing show.
 
There is 0.00% chance it wasn't getting renewed. Mammoth audience, critical success, Pizza man already writing S2, etc.

It's not that S2 is happening that I'm waiting to hear, but when. My gut tells me September/October 2015.
 
Really enjoyed the show. Finale was great. Did I think it was perfect? No. But not everything is tied up nicely. I am just going to believe they got Errol's half sister to talk and she spilled the beans on everybody so everybody was caught! Let me believe that!
 
I will say that the one thing I'd change is adding a few more Rust hallucinations between e1 (2? Can't remember when he reveals this) and e8. I felt like they vanished and then suddenly Marty asks about whether he still sees things. Then in the final battle this big hallucination distracts Rust.
 
In the scene where Marty walks in on daddy, Carcosa and above that King spelled backwards. Before when I looked at the screen with Errol all I could see were names of girls.
 
Interesting line from Childress when Rust is hunting him down and he's taunting him, calling him "little priest", etc:

"you blessed Reggie, Dewall..."
 
Solo said:
Interesting line from Childress when Rust is hunting him down and he's taunting him, calling him "little priest", etc:

"you blessed Reggie, Dewall..."
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By killing them I guess, then they ascended.

Called them lovers as well. Errol and Reggie brony sex.
 
I'm really going to miss this show, I mean, I know it's going to have a second season, but I've never really watched an "anthology" show, Rust & Marty's story is over.

It was a really satisfying ending though!
 
True Detective finale bagged a series high of 3.5 million viewers Sunday at 9 PM — a 50% spike from the crime anthology’s premiere of 2.3 million. With an average gross audience of 11 million viewers season to date, True Detective becomes HBO’s most-watched freshman series since Six Feet Under’s 11.4 million viewers in 2001.
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God damn, thats great.
 
More viewers than GoT S1? WOW.

Wilbur said:
By killing them I guess, then they ascended.

Called them lovers as well. Errol and Reggie brony sex.
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There's something very interesting I can't explain between Rust and Ledoux/Childress. Ledoux talking about seeing Rust in his dreams and Childress referring to him as a priest and the act of killing Ledoux as a blessing. Like you said, its probably all tied to the Yellow King beliefs held by Ledoux and Childress.
 
Solo said:
More viewers than GoT S1? WOW.



There's something very interesting I can't explain between Rust and Ledoux/Childress. Ledoux talking about seeing Rust in his dreams and Childress referring to him as a priest and the act of killing Ledoux as a blessing. Like you said, its probably all tied to the Yellow King beliefs held by Ledoux and Childress.
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Yeah, assuming that Errol burned up all the grass around Lange and the Lake Charles case because he wanted to be found, I'm guessing being killed by a 'priest' means they ascend. I don't know, it's nice not knowing in a way, leaves us all to be able to discuss theories and shit.

Errol could have just handed himself in though :lol, John Doe style.
 
This show has the two biggest actors to ever do prime time television ever. They're fucking A listers. When's that happened before?
 
Solo said:
More viewers than GoT S1? WOW.



There's something very interesting I can't explain between Rust and Ledoux/Childress. Ledoux talking about seeing Rust in his dreams and Childress referring to him as a priest and the act of killing Ledoux as a blessing. Like you said, its probably all tied to the Yellow King beliefs held by Ledoux and Childress.
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It ties into what Rust said about being a necessary bad man as he keeps the other bad men out.

There is a pretty fine line between men like Rust and Ledoux/Errol. That isn't that Rust could've been them, but that he's similar as a "bad man".

That was my take at least.
 
Mr.Swag said:
This show has the two biggest actors to ever do prime time television ever. They're fucking A listers. When's that happened before?
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I dunno but you can bet that the precedent has now been set.

Also, for all the MM/WH love, the supporting cast deserves a LOT of credit. There were a great many bit parts on this show, and several larger ones, and they were pretty much uniformly excellently cast and acted.
 
Yep. Monaghan, Errol, Lester, Eli, Spiros were all awesome

And my fave part of the credits is the bloke with the glasses at the revival tent, that bits awesome
 
Solo said:
I dunno but you can bet that the precedent has now been set.

Also, for all the MM/WH love, the supporting cast deserves a LOT of credit. There were a great many bit parts on this show, and several larger ones, and they were pretty much uniformly excellently cast and acted.
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Even the original Marty kids were great.
 
Just watched the finale tonight, due to HBO Go being a massive pile of shit last night. Only spoiler I ran into before seeing it was some prick on facebook posting the very last line as his status...immediately knew it was a True Detective line, but couldn't figure out who it belonged to thankfully.

Anyway, it was pretty good. Glad they didn't kill off either Marty or Rust, and it felt appropriate for them to survive too -- particularly Rust. I get why people might feel annoyed with the (slight) change in Rust's worldview at the end, from weary atheist to brush with the afterlife, but I'm not bothered by it. His nihilism was born from his daughter's death, so it'd make sense that in the moment of his own near-death, he would envision her and have that turn him around somewhat.

Great show and a hell of a debut season. Beautiful cinematography, strong direction, dense script work, and fantastic acting all around, particularly McConaughey who I think gave the performance of his life here. Gonna miss Rust and Marty going forward, but I can't wait to see what Pizzolatto cooks up for next year.
 
:lol @ Solo's "pizza man".

I honestly can never remember how to spell his last name when typing it out without looking it up, but I may just stick with pizza man.
 
Fjordson said:
:lol @ Solo's "pizza man".

I honestly can never remember how to spell his last name when typing it out without looking it up, but I may just stick with pizza man.
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I say it out of love, not out of ignorance haha. His name is just too much of a mouthful for me (pun not intended). So.......Pizza man is born!
 
Solo said:
I say it out of love, not out of ignorance haha. His name is just too much of a mouthful for me (pun not intended). So.......Pizza man his born!
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Haha. Mine is definitely out of ignorance sadly. I'm strangely terrible at remembering name spellings.
 
Fjordson said:
:lol @ Solo's "pizza man".

I honestly can never remember how to spell his last name when typing it out without looking it up, but I may just stick with pizza man.
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pizza-lotto but just swap the "a" and "o" around at the end of those two

edit: nope thats wrong too

FUCK HIS NAME
 
crimzonflame said:
I dont get where Marty got the picture of the green painted house.
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Episode 2 while canvasing the neighbourhood for information about Dora

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Stayed up late last night watching. Wonderful finale. Seeing the bro love strong between Rust and Marty was great throughout, but that last scene of Rust spilling his guts to Marty was so wonderful and touching.

And now I want to see this director do a horror film.
 
-griffy- said:
So when Rust was in the "throne room" and looked up at the dome overhead, did anyone else expect to see Hannibal's head pop through the hole and say "Hello. I love your work."?

Someone should get on editing those together.
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I admit. I definitely expected to see him up there.
 
That finale. :o

It was incredibly tense until Rust shot lawn mower guy (can't think of his name)

I'm glad that Rust and Marty didn't die and they have sort of an odd couple relationship.
 
guise said:
Episode 2 while canvasing the neighbourhood for information about Dora

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That scene stayed in my mind for some reason. I thought he was taking pictures of random houses, so maybe that's why it stood out. I thought it may have been Rust just taking a general interest in the profile of rural life in Louisiana.

Another thing- did the cops show up because Marty forced Errol's sister to give him the phone and he called them from the house? I guess that's why she was tied up?
 
What an amazing show. I don't know how they can top it but I really hope they do. Carcosa was done so well. Just the creepiest freaking place and I really like the subtle blend of supernatural ideas and reality. Of course Rust just saw the vortex because of his drug filled past or was it just that his drug filled past allowed him insight into another reality?
 
ultratruman said:
Another thing- did the cops show up because Marty forced Errol's sister to give him the phone and he called them from the house? I guess that's why she was tied up?
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Yes, it's implied that Marty was able to get the location of a phone out of her, one way or another.

One thing I loved about the start of that scene is just how instinctive Rust is. He's almost animal-istic in terms of his heightened awareness and perception of danger.

"Marty?"
*surveys the scene*
"Yes?"
"This is the place."
 
ultratruman said:
That scene stayed in my mind for some reason. I thought he was taking pictures of random houses, so maybe that's why it stood out. I thought it may have been Rust just taking a general interest in the profile of rural life in Louisiana.
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That scene seems like it was added in because the writers couldn't think of a better way for them to hook in their solution. Pretty lame.
 
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