re: True Detective S1E5 "The Secret Fate of All Life"

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worry that it won't be satisfying in terms of the story itself. it's a police/detective/investigation story, so there has to be a reveal. i'm really worried that there is going to be a shock reveal at the end

rust's soliloquy last night made me sad. it was like a blatant example of how the show is about more style than substance. it's whatever, but this is exactly what i was worried about discussing episode 1 and rust (i just didn't fully conceptualize it at that time).

we shall see

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We get it

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that theory doesn't make any sense

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if he's part of the cult and wanted to ditch the investigation, he had ample opportunity to and refused

if he's part of the cult and wanted to control the investigation, he had ample opportunity to steer it away from ledoux and refused. ignoring the whole "compound" issue, all he had to do is refuse to partake in an incredibly illegal plan with the bikers

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i think the grandpa shite needs to be put to rest

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I agree. I just don't see it, nor do I see how the show could effectively explore that angle with the time we've got left.

Now, the daughter is definitely involved, either directly or indirectly. IMO, her exposure to the cult has yet to come, despite the drawings and Barbie scene. I believe those are the things Marty is referencing when he says that all of the clues were right under his nose, but it doesn't mean she is in the cult up to this point.

Interesting little tidbit: When Rust comes back out with the AK, he tells Marty "F*ck him. Good to see you commit to something."

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Yes. This was significant. Bookmark it, Rust is already dead. Marty's interview is two weeks later.

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something keeps telling me that the interviews happen a good time apart.

And why do they have o? Cause they're often assaulted by men.

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F*ck him. Good to see you commit to something

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i laughed my fricking arse off

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No it wasn't. That was from the '95 timeline.

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Exactly what I am saying. That was not a scene that was ever meant to be shown later. When we saw that, it was in "real time" as far as the look back into 1995 went. It was just to introduce Reggie's compound to us, and the monster that lived there.

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I think they killed Ledoux near Choupique. Every episode they're getting closer to my house.

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Sulphur.

Yeah he thought it was just a serial killer story from the jump, which it isnt.