re: True Detective Season One E2: "Seeing Things"

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And I want to know the significance of the green spaghetti face sketch from episode 1. A mask of some sorts for a cult ritual?

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No idea, I'm sure it will pop back up soon.

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I forget, at what point was that notebook screenshot taken?

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The young girl goes to get her bag of stuff for Rust. When they're walking to the car, he's reading her diary.

I'm confused about the way the little girls set up their dolls in their room. It was almost as if they saw their mother get gang banged or something.

could have overheard Marty talking about the case. Also, I believe you can hear them whispering something about how Rust's daughter died.

Rust lying?

Hell would it shock anyone if Rust had a few gaps in his memory?

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In ep 1 at the very end, rust says something about the "hero shot" , and marty mentions "children in the woods" very early in episode 1

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The events in the woods gets dropped a couple of times in ep 2. One time old blacky says they can talk about it later but wants to hear more about Cohl and his process.

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hendersonshands

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From the King In Yellow play:

"Cassilda's Song" comes from Act 1, Scene 2 of the play:

Along the shore the cloud waves break,
The twin suns sink behind the lake,
The shadows lengthen In Carcosa.

Strange is the night where black stars rise,
And strange moons circle through the skies,
But stranger still is Lost Carcosa.

Songs that the Hyades shall sing,
Where flap the tatters of the King,
Must die unheard in Dim Carcosa.

Song of my soul, my voice is dead,
Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed
Shall dry and die in Lost Carcosa.[3]

Check that Carcosa reference as well as "Black Stars" against the girls diary. This is definitely a reference to
The King in Yellow which which you quoted.

Interestingly, The King in Yellow has been incorporated into H.P. Lovecraft's works.
Hastur is the King in Yellow and his worshipers are very chaotic, evil bastards who
ultimately go isane.

Good stuff.

"Was that a down payment"

What a dick line! I laughed pretty hard though

Sid here is DreadDub's post from yesterday. I rewatched last night with subtitles and this is correct.

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Just re-watched the scene with the Dolls...

As Marty is walking down hallway you can hear the girls say the following -

Sister 1 - "You don't have a mommy or daddy anymore. Yours just died in an accident."

Sister 2 - "How?"

Sister 1 - "In a car accident..."

Marty walks in and sees how his work affects his family and that his daughters are simulating life/death games.

Very next scene is Rust talking about how sometimes he is grateful for the way his daughter died and was spared the sorrow of life (growing up.)

Very well done...

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