I was really hoping Mcconaughey was gonna give us some Rust Cohle at the Oscars last night. oh well

It also seems Maggie or her parents offered Audrey and Maisie as subjects for the Yellow King. Due to the introduction of new evidence that Cohl possesses

If you like this show, watch Broadchurch.

MM's "I look up to God" Oscar speech was quite different than the speech Rust gave in the back of the revival tent, wasn't it?

Channel?

BBC America

Where do you get that?

I was elated by this show when it first started because it looked like it was going to take some of my favorite storytelling genres (crime fiction, detective procedural) and turn them into something transcendent. I thought it was on the verge of blowing it all up. But around episode 5 I think, maybe 6, is when it plateaued for me, and unfairly became a disappointment. I put too much expectation into this show, that is my fault. I do love it, honestly. It is great, and proof of what can be done with a great writer and director, and a network willing to let them play freely. I will see how it ends, but for now it feels like a missed moment in television. Where we almost witnessed the pinnacle of art on film.

Maybe reading too much into that video scene in the storage unit

i am curious as to what sort of "twist" people are let down expecting?

like M. Night Shamalaramlyn isnt directing this, there wont be a Mark Whalberg appearance or Mr. Glass showing up in a wheel chair at the end. There wont be any aliens or ghosts or townsfolk pretending to be monsters.

But there is still a possibility of someone like being involved or either detective dieing, if not both. It will end, the way people thought it would.

http://i60.tinypic.com/2462na0.gif

The symbols drive me nuts though. I can't believe there hasn't been more chatter here about the end of Ep.7. The grass being cut in that particular pattern by that special fella. Probably means nothing in the grand scheme, but they put that stuff in there to make you crazy thinking it is something relevant. Bahhhhh!!!:banghead:

They showed a close up of his face and he has scars just like the man Hart and Cohle are looking for. You didn't see it when he appeared earlier because of his beard and Cohle didn't get to close to him to notice.


Also spaghetti faced could mean a beard which in the mid 90s wouldn't be nearly as popular facial hair style as now.

So they torture the guy. Find out the names and go take him/them down. Thats just mighty convenient.

That wasn't a photo shopped kid drawing on the wall of the Hart home. Why was Maggie in the psycho ward? Those were just Easter eggs to throw off the public and create internet buzz?

There should have been at least another episode between this point and the final. If you are locked in to 8 episodes total, then cut some stuff in the first 6 episodes.

I didn't see a bunch of scars on the that mans face. Anyone got a screen cap?

What do you mean by "why was maggie in the psycho ward"?

I see if I can find it but most definitely he did.

Theres a screencap of it in this thread.

Tuttle/Childress family tree plus images including lawnmower man. Spoiler alert by clicking this link...atleast be caught up to ep 7. Just get you ready for ep 8

http://m.imgur.com/a/ZKDd6

Huh.

The lawnmower man doesn't have scars on his mouth and below his mouth like they have been describing. It's on the side of his face.

did they explain in episode 7 how...

They didn't overtly say that she remarried but that was my assumption.

Yeah I saw the scars and all that. Recognized him from the school from one of the early episodes as well. Somebody here called him out earlier as someone they thought of as being very suspect with the green earphones on and the weird demeanor etc. What I was referring to though, about the grass, is how spaghetti face guy was mowing a circle like the pattern of the tattoo on the dead girl in the first episode and all the references about life being a flat circle or sphere or some such nuttiness. Just like the writer has us all chasing our tales in a circle over all these innocuous details.

Well, the show is about to end, so they have to show us the killer soon. With his knowledge of the coast, his scars and overall freakiness, I'm going out on a limb (hardly) and saying he's the killer.

Yeah, but what about all of the others supposedly involved? Just curious about how they are going to tie it all up in one last episode. Don't want the show to end. Bummed that next week will be the last of this season. Blahhhh...

He's related to the Tuttles. Im pretty sure the young Tuttle kid that worked in the garage explained that.

I also agree, bummed the show is ending.

No more relevant than Marty's head on the poster.

How can they tie everything up in one more episode? Hope it's not rushed...

I'm curious about what "all" people need cleared up? To me, the case is now squarely in front of us. We know who the murderer is.

My only question is do the two LA state detectives get whacked after looking for the old church? Did they raise some suspicion in the murderer in that he kills them after giving them directions?

God, I do. It's a great show, but so darn slow. I nod off every time and then get so mad cuz I want to see it.

You nod off?
Girlfriend, really?

Busy working mom. It doesn't take much.

Cool then. Keep up the good work...

I'd agree on the first couple episodes.

My wife gets around 4-5 hours of sleep, max, a night. I tell her it's like living with a ****ing heroin addict when we try to watch TV together. 5 minutes in, and she's nodding off. I can't tell you how many segments of Breaking Bad I've had to replay for her as she's worked through the series.

not really spoilers for those that have seen the first couple episodes at least but I found this video really informative and interesting

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I actually went back and watched the first three episodes last night. A lot more stuff makes sense on the second viewing.

LMAO

Well, they certainly are loading up on Easter eggs in this show- even if they ultimately prove to simply be dead ends, and ultimately end up capturing a lot of viewer's curiosity. Almost mimicking Rust's obsessive digging, people are combing over every tiny detail trying to solve their own mystery.

Also, I still am intrigued by the creator's frequent mention of it being right under our nose the whole time. Specifically related to the show's promo poster depicting Rust and Marty in identical outfits with the caption, "True Detective".
Shouldn't it be True Detectives???

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/06/rutuheda.jpg

Who told you about that show Buck?

I dont think that was Maggie in the asylum

Amusing. I think the wackiest theory I've seen is someone saying The Yellow King was the owner of the Vietnamese restaurant they ate at in episode 3 - simply because of the Yellow reference to Asians, and that Rust made some comment about how horrific the murders were, and it reminded him of stories his daddy talked about when he was fighting over in Vietnam.
That's one hell of a stretch!!

Just some screen grabs for people piecing together reference images found throughout the episodes.

Sully hates it too....although he'll say he only hates that I feel bad about it and try to pretend like I was watching the whole time instead of just being honest the first time and saying I fell asleep.

True Detective: Matthew McConaughey wrote a 450-page deconstruction of Rust Cohle's life
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/t...hles-life.html

The Louisiana State Badge and it's relationship to its hierarchy

What are you meaning?

I don't know. Might have been a post here for all I know.

task force, instituted by the Governor who's cousin is clearly implicated with the Yellow King case. Tuttle family ties

Oh, I thought you had some other additional Information. Gotcha.

Another interesting theory: http://www.pastemagazine.com/article...e-the-fin.html

When was the last time a miniseries captured everyone's imagination like this?

Well...
That makes too much damned sense for it NOT to be the answer.

It's another great component of the internet and fans interacting with each other. I really enjoy all these hidden clues/symbols etc and frankly don't care if most of them end up meaning nothing.

But I really like surfing reddit and seeing what all these weirdo fans have cooked up over the past 2 months. It's been an incredible ride.

I'm not convinced of this theory 100% but I definitely think that the opening scene is much more vital than everyone has noticed to this point as I said a few weeks ago here...

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showp...&postcount=268

Also, one thing this guy is right about is the importance of all the timing of these events. I hadn't thought this out completely back when I posted this but I think it's going to turn out to be more critical than they have let on.

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showp...&postcount=281

I like the theory, but I don't think it was Cohle. And I do think there's going to be some kind of twist Sunday, as much as the writer talks about audiences being abused for 20 years.

This is exactly what I've been thinking too......but then I kept telling myself DO NOT fall into the trap of thinking this show is more than what it is. All the religious symbols drawing me in were enough. But in the back of my mind....I thought his daughter has to be involved here and so does Marty's. And there's something about, still, Marty's wife. I think she was told something no one else knows and that's why there was such hurt involved when she screwed Rust.

And now, see, I'm doing exactly what I said I wasn't going to do! Even to the point of getting on CP after all this time just to see what's being said.

I dunno. This show - for me - is much, much better waiting until Sunday to see where it's going next. I've made it a point to not follow any of the links because people tie things into the episodes that have zero meaning. It's happened in this thread.

Even in this thread, there is a post that asks "is one hour enough to tie up all the loose ends'? I asked "what loose ends need to be tied up for folks"? But got no reply.

The show is pretty straight forward with the bonus of incredible character development and background and a macabre string of murders.

1985- North and South :D

I am all theory'd out. I dont even care. I just want to sit back on Sunday and take it all in. Hell, if I am bored, I'll watch all the previous episodes.

I cannot find where you asked that question, but now that you have: I don't see how they can wrap up the main story in an hour satisfactorily, let alone the numorous ancillary teases the show has placed before us, ie what happened to hart's daughter, wtf is this yellow king/carcosa stuff, why is the dora lange murder different from the rest, etc. basically what I was hoping to find out was that the finale would be a 2 hour episode or something.

Anyone see some resemblance?

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/07/u2unedy5.jpg

Info on "Carcosa":
http://kinginyellow.wikia.com/wiki/Carcosa

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/07/aze2udeh.jpg


And here we have Rianne Olivier's class photo. Olivier, you recall, was Reggie Ledoux's girlfriend, until she disappeared and her body was found washed up in the bayou.

Investigators concluded she drowned, but after reviewing thousands of photos of dead bodies, hers caught Cohle's eye, because of the tell-tale spiral on the shoulder and the same mix of meth and LSD that was found in Dora Lange's body.

Olivier's grandfather let the detectives have her yearbook—she attended one of Reverend Tuttle's schools. Cohle has the photo up in his apartment.


http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/07/aqudapa3.jpg

As we know he's the same person as the one seen in the yearbook photo?

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/07/uqyry8e9.jpg


There's speculation that the "Marshland Medea" from episode 6 also went to Light of the Way school with Rianne Olivier.



Others suspect that the big guy in the far right corner is our landscaper guy from outside the school with the "Devil's Nests," a.k.a. The Green Eared Spaghetti Monster.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/07/pepe6yhe.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/07/ygeda4y9.jpg

Everyone has seen the spiral pointed out like below, but a few other familiar images bear close resemblance of significance.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/07/anyhy2e9.jpg
Entire shot for reference.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/07/ane7u9yt.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/07/6a9aneta.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/07/eduqeqys.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/07/ypa3u4y2.jpg

At Dora's crime scene- which Rust returns to in a later episode and specifically inspects as they pull in tight for a close-up shot.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/07/tu5u4e2y.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/07/qadudy5u.jpg


I think it's pretty clear, Marty's oldest daughter unfortunately crossed paths with whoever this is?

The question is, why was she spared, and allowed to live / not sacrificed? Who is she connected to somehow that spares her death possibly?
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/07/2u9azeqy.jpg

Also when we see her take her sister's crown adorned with ribbon and toss it in the tree, is she trying to protect her from being marked as a future target?

In the grainy video they briefly show, the girl in it appears to be also wearing a crown adorned with ribbon...

And, finally, I totally get that all this speculation, theory, and conjecture is a majority-share just an exercise equal to the dog chasing his tail, but I don't really care.

I'm enjoying seeing what others can attempt to think they've spotted, and it's made for purely entertaining recreation to go alongside one of the best series storylines with masterfully done jobs of acting, directing and production.

I'm also fine with being the 1st to admit the below is most assuredly squarely aimed right at me- nor do I care! :D

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/07/u5e4e7uv.jpg

One think I've learned is, if a woman on this show orders a "Dirty Martini," at some point she's going to get bent over and boofed.

Pretty much holds true in real life also.

Post 434.

The yellow King/Carcosa stuff should come to fruition in the last episode. But I think obviously it's got something to do with the combo Santeria/Couriye Mardi Gras that Marty spoke with Cole about in the storage locker.

Hart's daughter may have just become a rebellious teen, that got into drugs and hung with bad influences after a traumatic incident related to the pictures. To me, she's a sidebar story of Marty's lack of attention to his family since he's a narcissistic, pussy chasing cop.

I hope I'm able to stay awake to see it Sunday night.

Ok, she may not be the Yellow King, but damned if she's not involved in it somehow. Why exactly did she go see Rust after Marty paid her a visit? Getting nervous as to why those two are working together again?

I get the feeling that her parents were involved with the Santeria/Couriye Mardi Gras stuff with the Tuttles and passed the cult life down to her in some fashion?

Another thought, if that is her, does that possibly explain why she killed her children? Namely, she had been found and knew what would happen to her kids by the Five Horsemen or whoever...

You may have pointed this out already, but why does she have a similar mark on her forehead as ledoux?

No clue, maybe they did already get a hold of her and the kids and "they" actually were the ones that killed the children. Then setting it up as to look like she was the one responsible. Not the first person going to jail so spooked by whomever might have pull in the prison system- (Tuttle, other affiliated law enforcement(?)) that they refused to talk and/or commit suicide rather than face punishment or possibly further consequences to family or loved ones.
Or, maybe she was a follower of The Yellow King?

I originally noticed the "mark" also, but with 1 episode to go, it probably doesn't get easily explained- unless we see some new victim similarly marked, and then you'd still have to piece that one together.

I'm not convinced that most of these are actual clues but are just literary metaphors instead. In one of the first scenes where we see Marty's kids, they're playing with their dolls and there's a naked barbie in the middle of a circle of all males, in parallel with all the ****ed up shit going on and perhaps foreshadowing the oldest being involved with threesome/statutory rape. Of course you'd probably argue that this is the result of some earlier abuse that took place but I'm not sold on this.

I figured the fire was accidental. Why would a secretive cult create a fire and draw attention to itself?