Comments on: Recap: ‘True Detective’ Season 1, Episode 7 Investigates ‘After You’ve Gone’

By: The King in Yellow

The King in Yellow — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:01:03 +0000

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By: polliop

polliop — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:01:03 +0000

brendog | March 5, 2014 12:31 PMReply

If anybody has seen the final episode preview, I think that it's now clear that:

a.) Maggies' mom is the one with a gun to her head ( I don't agree – too dirty )
b.) Maggies' dad is "worse then anybody…" (Yes, I think maybe Audrey saw a video or pictures at Grand Pa's house. Shortly afterwards she poses the dolls in the rape scene )
c.) Audrey was a witness to the rapes/killings of children (guest of Maggies dad) but not a victim….( Yes, see B )
d.) as a witness, she is sexually active young, draws the drawings, and throws her sister's tiara (deer antler crown resembling) into the tree ( Yes, ironic Grand Pa was complaining to Marty about young people in black, etc. Self fulfilling prophecy ? His fault ? )
e.) the creepy house in the preview is…Maggie's families house from 1995, now overgrown…needs a good lawn mowing 🙂 ( No, I think that's the Hunting Lodge or perhaps the scene of the sacrifices, Corcosa museum of Clan victims ? )
Notice in Ep 8 preview that Steve Gerachi is on the ground next to his unethically acquired car in someone's rifle scope cross hairs. I think the Clan and Rev Tuttle's killers take him out. Not Cohles bar buddy Bob ) We're having a lot of fun guessing the outcomes, but seems like we'll have a lot of loose ends with only one hour to go – Polliop

That's my theory and I'm open to debate…anyone???

By: brendog

brendog — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:01:03 +0000

If anybody has seen the final episode preview, I think that it's now clear that:

a.) Maggies' mom is the one with a gun to her head
b.) Maggies' dad is "worse then anybody…"
c.) Audrey was a witness to the rapes/killings of children (guest of Maggies dad) but not a victim….
d.) as a witness, she is sexually active young, draws the drawings, and throws her sister's tiara (deer antler crown resembling) into the tree
e.) the creepy house in the preview is…Maggie's families house from 1995, now overgrown…needs a good lawn mowing 🙂

That's my theory and I'm open to debate…anyone???

By: George

George — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:01:03 +0000

I find the two main characters a lot more compelling than the story. To me, the actual story is pretty convoluted and not all that interesting, but I am still enjoying the show.

By: L Tot

L Tot — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:01:03 +0000

Oh, man…. That theory that Maggie's dad is involved intrigues me.

By: ParticleNoun

ParticleNoun — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:01:03 +0000

Nice review. This show is really delivering on it's early promise. While some have exorciated those who look too deeply into this show (and yes, it does go too far at times with the whole Marty is the yellow king! business), there is clearly a ton of attention paid to every aspect of this show by everyone involved. There are a few important Checkovian guns left to go off, one of which goes unmentioned in this article: The Hart children, Audrey in particular. This episode seals the deal for me that Audrey was exposed to that horrible ritual we saw in the video.
There are so many details pointing to this.
My friend and I have been obsessively cataloging them and blogging about them in a blog called A Guy, A Girl and Cthulhu (can't post links but you can look it up by that title)
There is a hell of a lot to find in this show, without a doubt. Not all of it is rorschach.

By: harlow jean

harlow jean — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:01:03 +0000

The Yellow King doesn't have to be an actual person…more like an idea; a name standing for something bigger.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:01:03 +0000

My theory: The rich and powerful guys are a big underground society of pedophiles and they invented a fake cult (exploiting local mythology) to get trashy/druggy/impressionable people to procure or give up their children just so that they (the rich men) could have their way without getting caught…like Ledoux, Dewall and Errol (who seems to be the head of that part of the operation–maybe the Tuttles "appointed" him as a "cult leader"…the Yellow King perhaps?). So those guys kidnap and drug the kids, the rich guys molest them, and then they "sacrifice" them. And I think the women killed are cult members that sacrificed themselves under brainwashing/drugs. I think Marie Fontenot's mother was a cult member and gave her to them.

I think the schools were started for the same reason–to procure children.

I think Austin Farrar was going to blackmail them (so the head minister would have been a pedo) with the pictures Joel Theriot found. And they killed him. That's why Joel hadn't been killed–Farrar never reported it because he decided to blackmail them. So they don't know he's the one that found the pics.

And I think in this pedophile society started by Sam Tuttle and his friends are/were Billy Lee Tuttle, Governor Tuttle, Sheriff Childress, Sheriff guy-from-orange-is-the-new-black, head minister of Tuttle's church, maybe Maggie's dad…and who knows how many more.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:01:03 +0000

Might have missed it in the recap, but I really thought Rust's reasoning for coming back was to basically solve this case so he could "get onto doing something else" was one of the most important parts of the episode, as a not-so-subtle way of saying he's planning on ending his life after this case is over. Anyone else get that feeling?

By: robertg

robertg — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:01:03 +0000

Best recap i've seen since TD began.Pay attention to the picture in the house of Dori Lange's mother , 5 riders on horses around a girl , with masks , episode 2 i think, those are the followers of Yellow King, camera shows the picture twice.

By: trudetectivegirl

trudetectivegirl — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:01:03 +0000

I have analyzed this show over and over and in my opinion it all points to this: a lot of what we are seeing happen is not real; this is a show based out of the mind of a disturbed person. Which of these characters, Rust or Marty, is the real man I don't know but they are one in the same. There are so many clues from episode 1-7. The symbolism within each episode, the stories and faces reoccurring in different roles, pictures becoming paintings, the sly way Rust and Marty mention their father being in Vietnam, they both drink Lone star, they dress the same; Marty the clean cut version and Rust being the edge, the Light of the way school year book that shows 10th grade versions of so many cast members. The references in the interview; its like a memory of a town and the memory is fading, the locked room, to create something from non existence, there are so many subtle clues! Look in the last episode when Marty goes to visit Maggie- the zoom into pictures over a countertop- the scene changes back to Rust and Cohle, then back to Maggie and Marty- now the pictures are above the fireplace. Nothing we are seeing is happening in the present tense. I can't wait to find out next week how and where it all began- what pieces of the story are true and what is just a illusion made in the mind of a crazy man. Then again- maybe I'mway off track.

By: Tennessee3501

Tennessee3501 — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:01:03 +0000

This has been a great mini-series. All I ask is that all of our questions are answered andwe know the full story behind all of these killings. If that does not happen, I would just as soon have Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy join forces with LT. Columbo in order to continue the investigation next season.

By: RDavidJ

RDavidJ — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:01:03 +0000

SPOILER: Been speaking to my mate about this, and he came up with a pretty good revelation that Audrey is the new murder at the lake. All the signs suggest this, we haven't seen her in present day, and the implication is that Maggie hasn't spoken to her for a few days, and Marty certainly hasn't. The identity of the victim hasn't been released yet. We know that the Audrey scenes allude to her having experienced something like the case in the past, so it ties nicely into the possibility Maggie's dad is involved as well. Also sets up Marty to be a loose cannon and let his emotions run rampant in the final episode. Food for thought.

By: 1beck3

1beck3 — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:01:03 +0000

I believe Martin has been off the force 6 years. He stuck around another 4 after Rust left.

By: Blake Blake

Blake Blake — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:01:03 +0000

Great recap! SPOILER: I found Audrey's painting with the girl with black stars as eyes in this episode very creepy and seems to suggest a Tuttle school was attended by them. Not sure what was going on with Maggie's outfits including the one with white stars if there is some intentional clues thrown in or we are all reading way too much into every little detail. Beginning to wonder though if her father is somehow involved in this. We at least now have a clearer picture of the family tree of the Tuttle's (still some missing dots) that should be cleared up in 8. Lawnmower man at the end was interesting especially mowing in a spiral and add that to Nic saying we finally see the killer at the end (in the inside episode 7). Not sure they are the Yellow King though as it would seem whomever this person is would be much higher up the peking order.