DKehoe
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What in particular made you feel that way? To me it really worked
They stop the guy who had been doing the killings. You get the sense that there's more going on with more powerful figures that Rust and Marty weren't able to do anything about but they did what they could. The season is obviously drawing on Lovecraft as a big source of inspiration and, similar to the experiences Lovecraft's characters have, with the Yellow King stuff you get the sense that there's this evil (not in a supernatural sense like with Lovecraft's work, but evil all the same) the full scale of which is beyond their comprehension or ability to fully challenge. And yet in doing their part they still make the world a better place. Rust spends most of the series as this nihilist because of the death of his son. But at the end when Marty talks about how the night sky (Rust's metaphor for the fight between good vs evil) has a lot more dark than light Rust points out that it used to be all dark, so the light is winning through that defiance. That those small acts of good, like what they have done, make all the difference. Rust has gone from a guy who had given up all hope to seeing that there are things in life worth fighting for.
