Although Marty doesn’t “dwell in the past” – there is no escaping it. In essence, the band is back together for one last run at it. Talk of debts that would make the Lannisters proud, and a snuff video that requires a flask of fire water to behold, obligate Marty to finish a job incomplete 2. Marty is recharged by the urgency and reality of the investigation. No, we are past the suspicion, a liberating and empowering feeling, as we now get the opportunity to finish this together. Or, that the killer would devote years in restless exploration of the culprit (as evidence of the storage unit) if he were himself responsible. But it is hard to fathom for even a moment that The Yellow King spends his free time perusing. Sure, anything can happen, and we were rightly suspicious of both Hart and Cohle at points 1. There is something so freeing about having our heroes exonerated prior to arriving at the climax of our tale. They are, in nearly every sense of the idea, “true detectives.” Now fully engaged, they inch us closer to a final confrontation with the miscreants responsible for not only preying upon young woman and children throughout the Bayou, but who have also haunted our thoughts for months now.Ī weight has been lifted. What we learned this week, above all else, is that Rustin Cohle and Marty Hart are in no way involved with these sickening acts. Although a very procedural episode, it felt good to be back in the saddle again, riding shotgun with Rust and Marty as they chase down leads and do what they do best. Suspiciously quiet for the penultimate episode of this volatile first season, this week’s True Detective, “After You’ve Gone,” aptly sets us up for the conclusion to the frenzied manhunt which has been nothing, if not all consuming. What I’m saying is, I was aware that I mighta lost my mind.” – Rust Cohle “My whole life is this expanding circular f*ck-up and I’m about to get clipped in a home invasion. True Detective’s penultimate episode aptly sets us up for what may lie ahead…
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