HBO's True Detective

[Charlie Boy]

Every time Rust said "I shouldn't be here Marty." I had this sinking feeling that Rust was gonna go off alone and do himself in. Glad I was very, very wrong.

 

[TheNextNolan22]

 

[Kane52630]

 

[PWN3R]

Set design was on point. Everyone involved in the show deserved to be hailed with awards and praise and fluffy pillows.

 

[Broseph44]

Kane can you make that top right one smaller so I can make it my avatar

 

[Kane52630]

 

[antsman41]

Kane, could you do an avatar sized of the bottom right?

This show was a masterpiece, through and through.

 

[Broseph44]

Sir you are the best, thanks so much t:

 

[Kane52630]

 

[antsman41]

You're a gentleman and a scholar.

 

[Broseph44]

We're looking pretty good with our new avys antsman.

 

[Six]

I want an avatar of Rustin Cohle looking around all confused too but mines too small lol

 

[Agent Z]

What an incredible finale! I will confess that it got so intense at moments that I literally spazzed a bit and fast-forwarded just a smidge to get on with it. Since the penultimate episode, my main mantra was "Please, let these guys win...for once!"

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When they were both down for the count, with serious mortal wounds, I was like "Ohh no, they got this close, after all these years, and the killer is still going to win and get away with it?!"

Actually, I said that same sentiment with many, many other choice words of distress. t:

I absolutely love this series. I'm also thinking that it will hold up to repeat viewings quite well.

 

[stillanerd]

What an absolutely great ending.

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Errol Childress from his house, to his speech, to his "making flowers" with that old lady. to him painting at the school--the guy just radiated creepy from his pores.

Then the showdown in "Carcosa," with fantastic set-design and atmosphere, in which you for sure thought they were both going to die. Not to mention that hallucination (or was it?) Rust had before Childress stabbed him.

At first, I was a little curious about there were things that didn't seem resolved, such as the situation with Marty's daughter, but then, looking back, what's important isn't so much what the cause was but that Marty wasn't paying attention to his family like he should've been. And, of course, that hits Marty like a wave when he's in the hospital and the family he had so taken for granted and ultimately pushed away actually came to see him.

And of course, the final scene between Ruse and Marty, and, just like they've done all through the series, just stellar, Emmy-Award worthy performances by Harrelson and especially McConaughey. Having the pessimistic, embittered Rust have such an emotional breakdown full of both joy and sorrow over his near-death experience and his daughter was just such a great and fitting way to end his whole arc, and I confess I found myself rather moved. And I especially loved the "Light vs. Dark" dialogue, especially how it's the "only story" and, even though how Marty says, looking at the night sky, that it looks like the "darkness outnumbers the light," Rust tells him he's looking at wrong, "Once there was only dark. If you ask me, the light’s winning"

Of course, now that the story is over, I'm wondering how many are temped to go back through all eight episodes?

 

[CapedCrusader14]

On par with the finale of Breaking Bad, perhaps even higher.

That was one of the greatest seasons of television I have ever seen in my life, I'm really at a loss for words. One of the greatest experiences I have probably ever had watching anything ever.

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Was Rust hallucinating before Childress attacked, or was that something even more. I'm going to choose to believe there was something more to it.

 

[runawayboulder]

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Was Rust hallucinating before Childress attacked, or was that something even more. I'm going to choose to believe there was something more to it.

I look at it like it being a portal opening up in the sky to heaven. He was having a euphoric near death experience.

 

[marcvader]

So guys was the this episode a fitting conclusion to the series?

 

[Marvin]

I look at it like it being a portal opening up in the sky to heaven. He was having a euphoric near death experience.

Rust see's things. That's nothing new.
The question is are these things he's been seeings indicative of the universe or just what people see when they get high and have thoughts looming in their minds.

What other things has Rust seen and how 'true' were they?

 

[Fallen Angel]

Man that last episode was great love the last 20 minutes or so was brilliant. The writers will have to go some to better this opening season but I can't wait.

 

[georgec]

Can't wait to see what's planned for season two.

 

[craigdbfan]

Pizzolatto is a damn great writer that's for sure but I'm not sure if they will ever top this first season. It was a perfect storm in a sense.

Pizzolatto's great writing, Cary Fukunaga's amazing and detailed oriented directing, along with two downright historically amazing television performances from Harrelson and McConaughey.

 

[squeekness]

So guys was the this episode a fitting conclusion to the series?

It was better than I expected, I thought there would be a lot more things left hanging, great end to a great show.

 

[The Shape]

I'm not too happy about them straying from the singular director for next season. I know it was hard for them, but having the same person direct each episode this season helped to make the season more cohesive overall. It was essentially like watching an 8-hour movie.

I just can't help but wonder how this change will affect the next season. Not that it's going to be any worse necessarily, but it will just feel different overall.

 

[Maximus One]

I'm not saying I didn't love the finale at all but some of the threads left dangling annoyed me. And as awesome and intense as Marty and Rust's confrontation with Errol Childress was, it was a tad underwhelming. I mean, there's really nothing else that could have been expected cuz nothing else would have really fit with what had come before but I'm still just annoyed we don't know anything about who The Yellow King was or exactly what was up with the cult but you don't always catch every guy and they caught their guy. The acting and the scene at the end were just absolutely phenomenal. I keep wishing more had been revealed like with Marty's daughter and the dolls and also again, The Yellow King but honestly, I think this is one of those situations where, the pieces to the puzzle were there its just up to us to piece them together and interpret them. I do think Tuddle was The Yellow King and I do think something probably did happen to Marty's daughter. I still feel like something was up with Marty's father in law too. But as I said, none of that matters and anything they could have done with it really wouldn't have fit with what came before. I don't think anything supernatural was up. Don't understand how people are seeing that either really. Rust's vision was clearly a hallucination meant to be symbolic. The vision he had seemed like the universe was ready to swallow him up or he was about to become a part of the universe ie his near death experience. It was like it was looming over his head almost like he saw that he was about to die. So ****ing beautiful. Really was a perfect finale. Annoyed still about the loose threads but again, tying those up just wasn't needed here

 

[Marvin]

So who was it that call the police station from that payphone, I missed that part.