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

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people over analyzed the shite out of Breaking Bad and most were satisfied with the ending

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Except Andy Greenwald. He said the ending was "too tidy." and all the loose ends were "tied up too nicely."

Seriously. What a douche.

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I just noticed the picture of Marci gras horses behind Marty's wife in the mirror. Holy shite

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I need a higher resolution pic of that.

People talk about the symbolism in the final Sopranos diner scene.

This show is basically 8 straight hours of that.

I can't make out either of those two paintings.

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Regardless of who the killer is, everyone is going to be disappointed because of threads like this & the ones on redit.

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I see your point but disagree..I just think this thing is so well done it won't be broken by the "what" or the "who" answers….like the author himself said…they wouldn't be able to pull this off unless it is a story well told.

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He had plenty of opportunity to plant the devil trap behind Danny Fontenot's house after learning about Marie Fontenot. He had plenty of opportunity to paint the crime scene mural at burnt down church in Eunice over that weekend. Remember how he wanted to leave the inlaw's house by himself early that weekend?



and reggie ledoux's paradise of pain?

all the shite they had to do in order to get TO reggie ledoux (again, Beaumont. Ginger. i won't get into details again)?

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Here's something to ponder. Which of the two really wanted to take down LEdoux without help. Was Rust really going to wait while Marty went radio for backup? Did Marty think Rust would go in without him? Its an interesting question.

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I actually totally agree with you.


It's like after watching The Dark Knight in the theaters 5 times and being soooo OMG over it. Then you watch The Dark Knight Rises and it's like, meh.
All this build up can only lead to a let down. But the ride is fun!

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...coming from a person that would read the ending and spoil everything for yourself if given the chance.

SFP what is your handle on Reddit? I just joined there to post in the TD threads

I personally feel the same way, but a lot of people are already dismissing the whole show if someone "obvious" ends up being the killer.

If that were to happen, I'm sure the back story would be strong enough to hold up. I trust the writing. So I agree with you.

I don't like surprises.
Just because I find out early, doesn't make it any less shocking.

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Until this past episode, I wasn't quite as sold on the cult angle. I was thinking more along the lines that crime scene was staged to look like a big cult show. Marty would be a person that has the know-how to do that. I bet he knew he and Rust would catch the case, and that Rust would get crazy into it (remember that Marty took a look at all of Rust's books at his apartment the second week they were partners). It now looks like the cult angle will be emphasized. It's possible that Marty is/was a part of it. Still gathering evidence on this.

We do know that Marty likely does not have an alibi for the night that Dora Lange was killed. He wasn't at home that night based on Maggie's comments to him on the morning of the debriefing/press conference. He had plenty of opportunity to plant the devil trap behind Danny Fontenot's house after learning about Marie Fontenot. He had plenty of opportunity to paint the crime scene mural at burnt down church in Eunice over that weekend. Remember how he wanted to leave the inlaw's house by himself early that weekend?

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He also set up Reggie Ledoux? Painted the school in case Rust went back there? Got the prostitutes to point to Carcosa/king in yellow? He was able to do all this, but can't hide an affair?