yellow king, yellow hair

anger issues

sex freak

daughter is diddled

kills ledoux and errol, the two people who could testify against him

Looks like it.

Repost from last year on an old account, thought it was worth a repost

Season 2 must be one of the most underrated shows of all time. For some reason its the popular opinion that it is not very good. I understand that it received negative reviews following the success of Season 1, but honestly compared to Season 3 and 4, and definitely compared to anything on tv today, it is way better. Just look at some of the quotes from it. The writing is great:

"If I was a man I'd have the world."

"Sometimes your best self is your worse self."

"I used to want to be an astronaut. But astronauts don't even go to the moon anymore."

I wouldn't be surprised if it grows a huge cult following in the future.

It was mentioned to me on another post I made earlier and I’m seeing it now

Was Toby Boelert also abused by the cult ? He also saw the faces but didnt talk about them but Marie did, is that the reason she was killed ? I dont seem to figure out why toby wasn't killed like Marie.

started S1 rewatch last night and spotted this omw to work this morning. i’m the True Detective.

In the scene where Marty and Maggie are talking to Audrey about the sexual drawings she made at school, when Marty embraces her as she starts to cry after being confronted, he looks back at the television to watch the basketball game. He also gestured to the TV as an attempted excuse to not talk about it in the first place. I've seen plenty of videos that finger Marty as the reason Audrey ended up in that situation in '02 because of his reluctance to address the sexual arrangements of the Barbies and now the drawings, but I never picked up on his true disinterest and lack of caring until this last viewing.

Couldn’t help but noticed it

I thought people exaggerated the story this season a lot, they pushed the envelope too much for fiction, what do you think?

Cake-cosa

So I've been a fan of True Detective S1 ever since I watched it back in 2019/20. I was around 18 at the time and it sorta unraveled a lot of things to me. In a world swarming with optimists and self help you can do it too bullshit, it felt surreal to actually see someone speak my mind out for once and I was certainly mind blown by the entire car monologue. Gives me chills even today. Anyway, I read Conspiracy Against The Human Race by Thomas Ligotti shortly after and that book had me even more confused cuz once again Ligotti spoke my heart out. I went deeper and deeper into this rabbit hole reading Zapffe, Rank, Camus, Nietzsche and Schopenhauer among others looking for answers on what my way of leading life should be. I'll try to explain myself from here on (this might be a long read):

In exploring existentialism and nihilism, I’ve encountered a prevalent antinatalistic sentiment, suggesting that the inherent suffering in life, particularly human consciousness, justifies a cessation of procreation and even advocates for voluntary mass extinction. Rustin Cohle from True Detective Season 1, articulates a profound despair in the face of life's inherent suffering, yet continues living despite acknowledging a lack of purpose in doing so ("lacking the constitution for suicide") .

"I think human consciousness is a tragic misstep in human evolution. We became too self aware; nature created an aspect of nature separate from itself. We are creatures that should not exist by natural law. We are things that labor under the illusion of having a self, a secretion of sensory experience and feeling, programmed with total assurance that we are each somebody, when in fact everybody’s nobody. I think the honorable thing for our species to do is deny our programming, stop reproducing, walk hand in hand into extinction, one last midnight, brothers and sisters opting out of a raw deal."

His perspective, that life’s inherrent suffering in my opinion renders efforts to address issues like genocide, global warming, and mass hunger futile, I'd like to explain myself a bit more here in that Rustin is very unlikely to be an activist for example. Why would a person who believes that all existence should just cease to existence want to work towards a better world (no war, no carbon emissions, harmony and a sustainable world for generations to come)?

I am interested in exploring philosophical works that counter this nihilistic resignation, arguing for the inherent value in combating suffering, advocating for social justice, and striving for environmental preservation. I am particularly drawn to philosophical discussions that, despite acknowledging the ubiquity of suffering, one must find meaningful reasons to engage with the world’s problems, support the oppressed, reduce carbon emissions, and embrace the continuation of humanity.

So there you have it, I'd love some book recommendations, movies, games, anime, anything at all that talks about this

Im now watching Season 3 and hoping it's at least as good as season 4 which I enjoyed. I don't think they will ever top season 1, just a classic. I wish more shows took the route of this show instead of either showing true crime or just law and order type stuff. Really interesting and keeps you guessing til the end.

I'm still not 100% what was really going on in season 1. It seemed like there was definitely cover ups happening, but at the end of the day it seemed to be 3 people who just lived off in the woods. Was it just negligence on the police department, or do I miss the cover up?

Marty, i really fucking loved the season 1..

And watched season 4 just for jodie foster, the ending was such a turn off..

And i went to mindhunter and it really was messy and nowhere close to s1..

Just gimme some good shit marty!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNNqA1DjdZ0

I can’t remember and I don’t wanna rewatch cause it hasn’t been long enough.

Just started watching this show on HBO max and would like to recommend it to fans of True Detective. Has anyone seen it? It has really pulled me in. Went into it knowing nothing, and recommend that- the less you read about it the better.

I don’t know how he kept it together.

I leave this here because I know JF's acting is so convincing, it makes some people think she must be like her characters in real life. Nothing could be more far from reality. It's just I blame some of the neg. reviews for this subconscious assumption ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tj7aUJkup8

What do you suppose were the origins of the Tuttle Cult? What was the relationship between Errol Childress and Billy Lee Tuttle like? I get the impression that there was a generational difference between the group as it existed in Sam Tuttle and Billy Lee Tuttle's day, compared to Childress and the Ledoux cousins, as if they represent a more psychotic and twisted incarnation of the cult (it's not as if any of them would be capable of holding high political positions or governing school boards, as the earlier generations of the group had). And beyond this it's unclear exactly how far back the whole thing goes, Childress's base appears to be an old plantation house from the 1800s, and the implication seems to be the family stretches back that far, but when exactly they became ritualistic cultists I don't know.

Childress asks Rust "You know what they did to me?", It's unclear what this is in reference to, potentially he himself was a victim of the cult's abuse? Maybe this is where his facial scarring comes from, and it's also suggested that Sam Tuttle may have molested him and his half sister, but it's all very vague.

Can anyone share any insights or even your own personal head cannon filling out the backstory a little more? Obviously a lot of the mystique and atmosphere comes from not knowing these things, but there are little threads fleshing these things out and I don't know what I may have missed so I'm just curious to hear what anyone might have to say...