[Stormcat]

Ohh that is a good one! That would be a really good twist!!

[CowboyYojimbo]

It's not Martin or Rust - I think we can see that now.

I think that guy on the lawn mower at the end of episode 3 is our man or very connected. I had a weird feeling from him, then later we find the "devil traps" inside the school he was working outside of, and in this new episode, we hear the third guy was a giant. He was huge.

[Abyss]

Actually I think the hints may lead to

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Rust as the current killer the two cops in 2012 are pursuing. Not the original.

[polishgenius]

I think it's basically impossible that

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either of the two detectives is the killer either time - quite apart from the writer virtually confirming it by saying both of them are heroes - not anti-heroes, just heroes- it just wouldn't make sense in terms of the way the plot is set up, for me.
I am, however, increasingly certain that Maggie's family, if not necessarily Maggie herself, is involved. There's certainly something going on with Audrey, but there's increasing hints that something went on with Maggie at some stage.

I don't think the title of the show means anything specific to these characters. After all it's going to apply to stories in the future that have nothing to do with these two or this little world.

This post has been edited by polishgenius: 25 February 2014 - 07:42 AM

[Studlock]

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I think it's going to be a big cult supported by rich men to do whatever sick thing they want to. I'm also pretty sure all the hints of the King in Yellow is simply a big ol' metaphor about humanity's ability to become indifferent to the suffering of others, and to indeed take pleasure in it. Basically I feel like the theme of the series is: we don't need unfeeling monsters and gods to destroy us because we are perfectly capable of doing their job for them given enough power and privilege to get away with it.

This post has been edited by Studlock: 25 February 2014 - 08:27 AM

[Tapper]

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It's pretty clear that the missing children were abused - the scene in episode 5 with the girl at Reggie LeDoux's place was enough to condemn him as a pedophile, the meth tied him to the 1995 victim - but the 1995 surviving kid also said last episode that there were more involved: "the giant".

Add that to the Yellow King, the other missing children, the alcoholic preacher's find of child (snuff?) porn photo's, Tuttle's schools and their missing archives and I think we're looking at an institutionalized child-abuse circle. I think the murders are just a side show and it will turn out to be about child trafficking and child abuse under cover of a religious mysticist society.


Tuttle was obviously involved in cover-ups as the preachers, the schools and the special 1995 crimes against Christianity task force were all his initiatives. Maybe indoctrinating the children by making them watch ritual executions by 'the yellow king' is the networks way of brainwashing the kids, making sure they won't be believed/reliable as witnesses? The whole mystical bullshit sure as hell became a primary focus of the investigation. After all, who better to indoctrinate a crowd with bullshit than a preacher, who has experience from every day of his life? Even better if some of the fringe henchmen like LeDoux buy into the spiritualism.

As an aside, there's the prostitute camp with confirmed underage whores. While I guess her most entertaining statement in episode 6 might have been to want wood(y) up her butt, Beth more or less confirms she ran away to the camp after being abused: something like "it was better than the place I came from". The camp was protected by law enforcement, too, and all chiefs Hart and Cohle have had during the series, are keen to keep them from (re-opening) the case.

The closest tie to child abuse is actually Marty's daughters. The sexualized drawings, the chilling barbie sex scene the little girls built early on... Marty himself isn't at home most of the time and is more interested in sports than in his kids. The clumsy way in which he tries to cover up having had sex with Beth suggests he's not very organized in covering his trails to get away with child abuse, nor does he have control over his kids in a way that would allow him to molest them without it coming out, certainly not after a divorce. Also, the babrbie scene came after the visit to grandpops. My guess is that Marty's former father in law is involved. Might be that Maggie knew something about that as a former victim of her dad, as well - I don't think she and her dad interacted, although she did go to their place while Marty was packing his bags in the 1995 split-up.

[Stormcat]

http://www.collegehu...-true-detective


Rust Cohle's OkCupid Profile

[Abyss]

Up to ep 6...

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Well the 2012 detectives outright accused Rust of being behind all the killings, so the hints from them have played out.
I doubt he actually is behind it all, but they've done a great job of making the viewer wonder if it's possible.

Marty has turned out to be exactly the disaster he always was.

Maggie... saw that one coming back in ep 1... part of me wanted to see Rust refuse her just to play contrary to expectations, but given everything else going on, it actually made sense that he gave in, then reacted exactly as he did.

Various online places are overloaded on theories and imagery significance.... people are loving this show so much.

Two eps to go... can't wait to see how it plays out.

[Jakovasaurus]

[Pig Iron]

Jakovasaurus, on 01 March 2014 - 06:06 PM, said:

Pizzolatto in an interview:

"So in episode five—not to spoil anything—Cohle gives one of his metaphysical addresses. And you can see it as Job crying out to an uncaring God—or you could see it as a character trapped in a TV show yelling at the audience. I think that much, at least, is safe to print."

[Jakovasaurus]

Quite the reveal at the end of the episode. The boat coming up the river during the pull away shot was brilliant. They are close!

This better not have a Shyamalan twist. Or if it does, it better work and work well.

[Spoilsport Stonny]

JUst chiming in to say I caught up with the latest episode, and I love this show so freakin much. What I love most is that there is only one episode left and there won't be a next season with the same characters. It makes it so much more realistic.

I don't know too much about all the theories here, but Tapper seems to make a lot of sense. There is def something up with Maggie and the kids, or it wouldn't have taken up so big a part and they wouldn't have thrown in all those things about their kids' sexuality. One thing about detectives is that they have amazing instincts, and are told to trust them and usually do. There's a reason why Marty hates Maggie's dad, and the way he reacts to him underlines more than just 'not getting along'.

The cover up is obvious. What we need to find out now is how all the threads are connected. I expect much, and I hope to God this show doesn't let me down.

EDIT: One thing though...

This is a very immersive show, but does the overt product placement cause anyone else to get snapped back into the real world as abruptly as it does me? I mean the Lone Star stuff is gratuitous enough, but there have been many others, too. T-Mobile, Camel cigarettes (very shrewd, tobacco industry...very shrewd indeed) to name two more. Just one minor issue with an otherwise excellent concept.

This post has been edited by Spoilsport Stonny: 04 March 2014 - 03:15 PM

[Pig Iron]

This is probably very accurate:

http://www.thedailyb...ou-ve-gone.html

[Abyss]

Ep 7 ... fuck. me.

[champ]

I've managed to hold off watching this and going to binge it on a weekend when it's finished next week... cannot wait!

[Jakovasaurus]

Man, I totally didn't catch some of the clues presented in this video. I sure do hope HBO runs all of the episodes prior to the finale on Sunday so I can see for myself.

[worry]

Yah that was pretty perfect.

[Jakovasaurus]

Top notch from first episode to finale. Very satisfying.

Also, "scented meat".

[Whisperzzzzzzz]

Jakovasaurus, on 06 March 2014 - 05:47 AM, said:

Man, I totally didn't catch some of the clues presented in this video. I sure do hope HBO runs all of the episodes prior to the finale on Sunday so I can see for myself.

Holy shit, that was totally unexpected! I feel like I actually get this show after watching that.

[polishgenius]

Well, that was unexpected- no revelations whatsoever in that episode really, yet managed to be satisfying.

Also, Rustin Cohle is an Alan Moore fan: who knew?