re: True Detective (Collective Theories Thread)

I think the influence of the 4th dimension is seen more in the interview than at the crime scene. I like conjecture but the fact is that is serial killer 101 stuff. Rust had a mountain of textbooks at his apartment. Serial killers usually start smaller and once they go big they don't just retire.

That murder scene was elaborate, it had a corpse clearly positioned with obvious ornamentation in the antlers and accessories in the devil catchers and backdrop. A first time killer doesn't get that far and isn't that well rehearsed. They usually kill the victim and just dump them somewhere. By the time you see a victim displayed on that level, they have killed many before and once they get that far they will not stop. Serial killers have no choice they are narcissistic and have an uncontrollable appetite for the game. This killer is too far gone to stop and that is what Rust is making reference to in that scene.

No in fact he is making reference to the elaborate nature of the death. The wounds indicated a ritual killing. He meant this type of ritual killing had occurred before. The first step would have been a ritual killing. The next step would have been to put it on public display. Rust then searches for a prior victim. He finds Reggie's girl friend whom they thought had died in the flood of Andrew. The wounds were just like Dora's and she had the mark. That was what he was referencing by saying "this" had happened before. Do not force the metaphysics into the plot prior to the introduction of the philosophy by Reggie. 17 years later Rust is effected by that thought but not at the time of his investigating the murder of Dora at that crime scene. Episode 3 makes the point that he was right in suspecting other victims. It was kind of a big deal.

Another line from Cohle in that first episode:

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This kind of thing does not happen in a vacuum.

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And lines like "This is gonna happen again, or it's happened before. Both" don't happen in a vacuum either. You can't disregard the similarity of that line and Ledoux's just because it came in the first episode.

It's not forcing metaphysics into the plot if they were there all along. Right under your nose, so to speak.

Wrong again. This kind thing doesn't happen in a vacuum is supporting what I am saying. No one just appears out of nowhere as a serial killer. They mature. Look at the next two episodes. He works diligently to find the previous victims. Marty thinks he is wasting his time until they find Reggie's girl friend. Rewatch the first three episodes. You will see.

I already said I agree that it's not this person's first murder. Never argued that.

Can you not admit that his line is similar to Ledoux's? That all I ever said in the first place.

Has someone posted this gizmodo article yet?

The Significance of The Yellow King

Articles and my theory is that absolutely everything about this show was done for one purpose.....to encite chaos in the audience. To cause threads like this on message boards. To wreak havoc on our minds. Nothing particularly matters. It's all a ruse. Including even interviews about future seasons and such.

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It is another thing to say Rust implies the 4th dimension

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Jesus Christ dude I never said that either.

If you've watched episode 5, then go back and rewatch episode 1, you can't look at Cohle's line from episode 1 the same way. You seriously think that's just a coincidence? They say the exact same thing, verbatim: "This is gonna happen again."

This show is written meticulously, yet you keep claiming that the two lines have nothing to do with with each other. Open your eyes man. Pizzolatto writes this story for years and you think the similarity between the two lines is irony?!

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