FrenchMovieTheme
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wtf there was an officer mahoney and they didn't tab steve guttenberg!?
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True Detective - McConaughey/Harrelson crime series - S2 starts June 21st
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RustyNails
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How can he be the Yellow King when none of the victims or the guy being questioned for double homicide recognize him? He was caught off guard by that guy.
Cornballer
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bodyofanamerican
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So, wait. He's just investigating/examining the devil's nets, right? Were we supposed to take anything else from that scene?
They think he is the killer, yes. He obviously isn't though. My opinion is he has been working the case by himself since 2002.
HalfBakedProphet
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that would be legit
What an episode. This show is on another level.
By the way, does anyone know what building Cohle was exploring at the end?
By the way, does anyone know what building Cohle was exploring at the end?
My thoughts exactly.
Kos Luftar
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There was paintings on the wall and chole was in the middle.
Maybe the yellow king knows chole now and sees him as a worthy adversary.
That was the school Reggie ledoux went to.
RustyNails
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Correct. He probably has fuckload of evidence and stuff in his storage, which is why he doesn't want the new cops near it. Probably also why he keeps saying "Is that all you got?"
The school? He's been there before, when talking to that guy mowing the lawn.
Also, I like that agree the part about Cohle investigating the case himself since 2002.
The school they went to in episode 3
tycoonheart
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It was the school they stopped by in 1995. Abandoned.
RustyNails
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It was the school where one of the girls disappeared.
Agreed, now how could the yelpow king still be at large if it was ledoux?
What if there is a group that wants to pin Cohle as the murderer, as in, frame him? The two young detectives could be in on it, and in 2002, that convict that told cohle that the yellow king was still loose, wasnt supposed to tell him that, and as a result, he was told to kill himself?
Just that there had clearly been occult activity taking place at the school since it closed. Makes it pretty definitive that Marie Fontano was another one of these killings. Plus, it looked like five of them surrounding one, just to get that imagery back in again. I'd also say that you're supposed to understand that Rust continued to work the case, and that this is likely where he was from 2002-2010. I'm sure we'll hear a lot more about that soon.
I'm not gonna make any bets about a wealthy devil-worshipping cult (led by the governor of Texas' brother?), but the show hasn't done much to show that Rust is wrong very often when it comes to detective work.
F0rneus
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Aint that
Reverend Tuttle? He was my one and only suspect. Anyway this is obviously a fucked up dark cult
Yes. It's very interesting the concept the company men are taking to try to frame Cole. I really think he's been working for the last few years.
potential spoilers, just a theory
i really think this is all some kind of huge political / rich person cult. They've mentioned the rich and higher ups a lot and all these buildings are in the tuttle name.
But that's the whole line that the new detectives are following: he did so well because he knew more about it than he was letting on. He wasn't wrong because he knew what was right.
Ah thanks, his name slipped my mind and I missed the connection.
It's also pretty obvious that the new detectives aren't working with the whole picture and that Rust isn't the killer. They're assuming it's him given how well he worked the case, but the show has done a lot to prove that Rust is just a really good detective that hasn't been manufacturing leads, even if he doesn't divulge how he got his information.
Ah okay, thanks. I thought it looked like a school but I'd just forgotten about it. So he already knew what was inside it I guess, but he was just going back to study the stick things? I guess he was just retracing his steps and looking for clues.
I don't think so.
I felt like, what with the trees painted on the walls surrounding cohle- i took from that, that he has just traveled further into the woods- deeper into the mystery.
forgeforsaken
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With the weird stuff with Marty's kids, and the school, it sort of feels like maybe they are using the school to groom future cultists/sacrifices and Marty's daughter is one of the latter.
Cornballer
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HBO vids on youtube:
- Inside the Episode #5 - The Yellow King
- Inside the Episode #5
- Promo for next week's episode (please spoiler tag all discussion)
- Inside the Episode #5 - The Yellow King
- Inside the Episode #5
- Promo for next week's episode (please spoiler tag all discussion)
ZQQLANDER
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Ok, I can buy into that.
This show is the shit. Hoping HBO does the sensible thing and renews it.
Cohle working the case since 2002, but in that time he probably has now committed plenty of new legit crimes akin to what Martin did when he executed the dude in cold blood in pursuit of this justice. Dude's mental state suggests he has corrupted himself the final length of the way trying to find this guy. Maybe the Yellow King won.
Robot Pants
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Already have bro
SneakySneaks
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This is just my personal theory on how everything will turn out. I think the killer should be some random guy, maybe a minor person they interviewed on unrelated shit in the first or second episode. I think that would fit so well with Chole's world view, having him chase an asshole he's pegged for a killer for 10 years when really it's just some guy.
HalfBakedProphet
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Cornballer
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Not yet. They'll do it, though.
These are worth watching. Pizzolatto points out that
Cohle gets the beer because he's an alcoholic but also because it renders his testimony inadmissible. He's saying a lot in these interview scenes without giving them anything.
That's my thinking. My theory:
We know Marty's marriage is over, and we know things were "good" for a few years, which is how long Rust was with his girlfriend. Marty cheats again with Rust's girl, that kills his marriage and their partnership. Rust leaves the force, but has become obsessed with the Yellow King and is convinced there is some conspiracy behind it. Now he's killing those involved (they mentioned Buddy someone dying in 2010 after Rust shows up). Either he's being set up for this new murder (and they photoshopped those pics and lied about the witnesses), or he heard rumors that there was a girl from that area who had gone missing, and was seen investigating.
I will say though that this episode had the least fulfilling ending so far, but then again this is one of those shows that I wouldn't mind watching for hours on end.
It looked like he had a spiral brand.
ZQQLANDER
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Exxxxxxcelllleeeennt.
CF_Fighter
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Also, it looked like there were black stars painted on the glass in that last scene.
FreddieQuell
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The thing I saw of imprtance with the last shot were the black stars surrounding Rust on the foreground wall and broken window. The stars that were in the journal where we first hear about the yellow king and that were mentioned by ledoux.
Who is the girl that the 2012 detectives mentioned, rian olivea?
I am hoping Woody gets his due as well. His role isn't as profound and quirky as Matthew's but Woody's acting has been awesome too.
neoism
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yeah what im thinking hope its not that easy though
Marty was totally redeemed in that scene he deserved a slower death but still Woody has been amazing also..
Can Matthew be any more on fire? Mud, Dallas Buyers Club, True Detective. Guy is on a mission to become one of the all-time greats.
Wasnt rianne olivier the stripper with the US flag outfit?
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