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Originally Posted by keg in kc
The metaphysical stuff is was I liked the most about season 1. I called it fake bullshit earlier because it turned out that's what it was in relation to what the show was actually doing. All the coolness of the first half of the season, the idea that we were seeing the unraveling of some conspiracy with supernatural overtones, completely vanished by the end of the show. The only thing that saved the first season was the relationship between Rust and Marty, built on the work of Harrelson and McConaughey. It started as a really cool looking show, and then ended like HBO's take on a standard procedural.
Now, admittedly, a lot of that was those of us talking up the early eps on the internet, treating the show like it was the new Lost for the first month it was on the air, for absolutely no reason. We know what we're dealing with now, and we can focus on stuff like performance and direction and artistry, and not get caught up in plot theorizing that ultimately ends in blue balls. So I think we could have a steadier, more consistent reaction. We already know Pizzolatto is not a genius.
So basically the reason I'm saying season 2 could potentially top season 1 is that it's just being what it is this time, instead of giving us all this false tease for a month. But in no way take that as a prediction. I'm just saying it wouldn't surprise me.
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Well, there was a conspiracy. The mystical stuff was all of us getting inside Rust's head and his worldview. It also drops hints why exactly he adopted that philosophy, he killed his daughter by accident. His nihilism is his coping mechanism for the guilt he feels about it and how his life spiraled down in the immediate aftermath.
The same thing with the Yellow King. It was heavily hinted that he was also molested ("what they did to me" he says at one point) by the conspirators. He took their symbology for himself and basically became their leader through sheer violence.