re: True Detective S4 Season Long Thread

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The father is portrayed as incompetent, lazy, and frickin town hoes. The son is ignorant and doesn’t want his son to know about his mother’s culture. Wasn’t it cute when the mom said, “how did I fall for white man”. Smh

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I got the impression that the Dad has some issues that have resulted in him being the way he is about the files (among other things). But not that he was necessarily incomptent or lazy.

As far as the son, I didn't get the impression he was ignorant either. Just that he didn't want his kid to hear "scary" stories (as he rightfully pointed out) even if they're part of the kid's culture. He also shows promise in the first episode as a young police officer learning about detective work.