Comments on: Recap: ‘True Detective’ Visits ‘Haunted Houses’ In Season 1, Episode 6

By: reader

reader — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:03:46 +0000

"God gave us these flaws … there is nothing with the way He made us," Beth says.

I think you need to insert the word "wrong" between "nothing" and "with."

By: Blake

Blake — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:03:46 +0000

Realizing there are multiple Blake's posting on IW so perhaps I need a more unique name 🙂

Great write up once again. After watching the inside the episode immediately after watching I come here to take a deeper dive into what I just watched, illuminating with many more thoughts and ideas upon doing so.

At the moment it seems like the entire season 1 is pointing towards one person in particular so really hoping its not that cut and dry and there is some serious surprises (that social media doesn't spoil) in the last two episodes.

By: Blake

Blake — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:03:46 +0000

Hi, my name is Blake and I am gay.

By: BLAKE

BLAKE — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:03:46 +0000

Blake concurs

By: Quinn

Quinn — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:03:46 +0000

I love how they retain the one woman, two men relationship dynamic from the short stories. It was clear from the start, even without references to the book, but once the book came into play I really expected it. I'm glad they fulfilled the promise. Such a mess.

By: Wes

Wes — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:03:46 +0000

Not to be too nitpicky — but "telos" doesn't mean perfection. it just means "end," "purpose," or goal. Teleology is simply the "study of ends." I googled the dude, too. The interplay of philosophy and theology on the show is superb.

By: Dirk

Dirk — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:03:46 +0000

Kevin,

I don't think you have to spend so much time telling every single detail of every single episode every week. Either the reader hasn't seen the episode yet and doesn't want to know what happens, or already has seen it and doesn't need such an unbelievably specific step-by-step synopsis every time. Why not stick to broader themes, clues and personal insights? I think you're wasting everyone's time otherwise.

By: Neil

Neil — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:03:46 +0000

Major Salter in this episode also says to Hart one of the most hilariously brutal lines of the season.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:03:46 +0000

Might the picture hanging on the wall (of the man with the long scars) be a reference to the stranger not wearing the mask in the book:

"Camilla: You, sir, should unmask.
Stranger: Indeed?
Cassilda: Indeed it's time. We have all laid aside disguise but you.
Stranger: I wear no mask.
Camilla: (Terrified, aside to Cassilda.) No mask? No mask!"

By: Kuk

Kuk — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:03:46 +0000

Thanks for the episode review, sometimes scenes are overlook, but i can relay your excellent wrote so i don't miss anything. Keep it up.

By: Darren Y

Darren Y — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:03:46 +0000

I think the last scene of the broken tail light is just a metaphor of their fallout in 2012, signifying what's broken is still yet not fixed. The tail light was smashed during their fight outside the police station when Marty landed hard onto the truck. It also echoes the Maggie's earlier comment of forgiveness. "There is no such thing as forgiveness, people just have short memories."

By: CK

CK — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:03:46 +0000

Retreading the affair thing seamed like a cheat just to create their falling out.

By: Homer Simpson

Homer Simpson — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:03:46 +0000

The higher up to who's attention a young laymen Joel Theriot brought the pics he found, was a Deacon Farrer. I would presume the same Austin Farrer that Chole and Tuttle talked about later in the episode.

By: Nina

Nina — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:03:46 +0000

I wonder if some of these literary/philosophical references are just the writers showing off how clever they are, which is something the 30-somethings are apt to do these days. We have not heard of this Austin Farrer before last night's episode, have we? They should be careful with that — can get tiresome quickly if overdone. Honestly, when I heard the last name, I thought mostly of Brat Farrar anyway.

By: glevanter

glevanter — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:03:46 +0000

Not anywhere on Google yet but I'm 99% certain the music in the catatonic Kelly scene is the same as the scene from Silence of the Lambs where Lecter escapes from the giant cage by cutting the guards face. The Goldberg Variations.

By: Tamara van Halm

Tamara van Halm — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:03:46 +0000

Well Done. This world has indeed multidimensional layers, beyond the 5 sense perceptions, and these HBOseries assist those who have the ears to hear and the right eye to see to unveil reality.

By: BB JACKSON

BB JACKSON — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:03:45 +0000

the prostitution form from the corruption of the emperors

By: Tennessee3501

Tennessee3501 — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:03:45 +0000

Thank you for sharing your thoughts with all of us. You do a great job of analyzing all aspects of the show. Keep up the good work!

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:03:45 +0000

Looking ahead, I have a feeling that when they come across the pictures of children that one of those children maybe Marty's daughter. In the previews for next week, they show Marty around a computer and he seems to be very upset. In the 2nd or 3rd episode Marty walks into his daughters room and they are posing Barbie dolls in sexually explicit ways. She also gets in trouble at school for drawing pictures of men with a large penis. Now fast forward 7 years and she is found in a parked car having sex with two older boys. Marty admitted to not being the best father. My guess is when they come across the pictures of Marty's daughter they probably kill anybody who had anything to do with it.

By: Jersey Jeff

Jersey Jeff — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:03:45 +0000

My speculation.

Detectives' curse: It's been right under their noses the whole time. For me, it's moving towards "everybody's involved." Where did Marty's daughter get the warped sexual imagery? (my vote: Maggie's dad). Who is that white haired uniformed trooper in Salter's office while Rust and Marty are getting reamed? (he's been in several episodes — he's in on it). Reggie Ledoux and the cook were in on it (but not anymore, maybe more bikers are still involved). Rev. Tuttle didn't participate, but he covered up for his employee(s) who were supplying the kids (lawnmower man is in on it).

And Rust is seeking release from his torture because it was he who ran over his daughter in the driveway. Marty is the clumsy guy who can't do anything right, although he thinks he is.

Finally, nobody gets out of Episode 8 alive.

By: Amy Farnstrom

Amy Farnstrom — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:03:45 +0000

Lorca wrote "Blood Wedding" and Wikipedia sums up the major themes pretty well. They may strike a chord with True Detective fans: Some themes present in Blood Wedding are the cycle of life, the progression of time, choice, deception, fate, and nature. The cycle of life and progression of time are illustrated by the simple fact that the entire play is devoted to a wedding. The process of marriage in every culture marks the concrete and tangible evidence of a passage from childhood to adulthood, and a progression through life and time.
The theme of choice is evident through the characters of Leonardo, the bride, and the bridegroom. The bride is very conflicted because she forces herself to marry the bridegroom, when in reality she is still in love with Leonardo. Leonardo, despite being married, is also still madly in love with the bride. Their combined choice to run away with each other after the marriage is one that manifests their latent and pent up desires left over from their previous relationship. The bridegroom is in love with his bride-to-be, however. Despite the fact that she lives in a cave located hours away, the bridegroom still loves the bride and takes her as the woman he wants to remain with for the remainder of his life.
The theme of deception ties into the theme of choice. The bride is deceitful and deceptive by masking her residual yearnings for Leonardo with a marriage to another man. This choice is dishonest because deep down the bride knows how she feels, and the only reason she even attempts to marry the bridegroom is because she is manipulating him in order to distract herself from her âtroublingâ desires for Leonardo.
The theme of fate also ties into the themes of choice and deception. The choice on the brideâs part to marry the bridegroom, despite the fact that she still retains feelings for her ex, causes the outcome of the deaths of both men in the end of the play. There is a certain degree of irony in action because what are the chances that a woman would try to choose both men and yet lose both instead of winning one? Fate plays a very important role in the drama of Blood Wedding with its surprising twists and turns in the plot, and the final result as well.
Finally, the theme of nature is present in Blood Wedding: the moon, the trees, the river, death (in the form of the beggar woman), the vineyard, orange blossoms, etc. These references to nature suggest that there is something in human nature that is unavoidable. Perhaps Leonardo is unable to follow social norms (by leaving his wife and running off with the Bride) because his nature will not allow him to do otherwise. In this and other examples, a Freudian reading of the text becomes available as Lorca seems to be exploring the true nature of man.

By: Svania

Svania — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:03:45 +0000

About the crime itself, and not so much the two cops …

I think the two cops did the Satanic-organization, (cult or group, but I'll call them the 'organization',) a 'favor' when they took out Ledoux and the other guy at the meth house. The organization regrouped and got tighter and more secretive, plus the two dead guys were perfect 'dupes' or fall guys, who took the blame for the murders. Being dead, they also couldn't be interrogated and leak any information about the organization. Case closed. Everyone is supposed to move on…

Except Cohle doesn't. He can't. Too many loose ends. He keeps on investigating, using police resources, etc. (Does Marty help him with this? Maybe. Maybe he does so unknowingly.)

Now come 2012 and someone is investigating those old crimes and/or the original investigation. Why? Is Cohle getting too close to the truth? (And if so, why doesn't someone off him, in a hit and run or something? Perhaps he's too darn crafty.) The organization wants to know how much he knows, and how he knows what he knows. And Cohle feels it, too. In fact, he uses the two investigators from 2012 to find out what they know.

Anyhow, just thoughts here and there. I also want to point out when the first girl was found dead, with the antlers, she was facing the sun through a V-shape in the tree. The date? Not a solstice or similar, but the day of the year when Earth is astronomically closest to the sun. January 4. That might be a coincidence, or a part of the 'worship/sacrifice' the organization, or cult (whatever) performs.

By: JimGladstone

JimGladstone — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:03:45 +0000

I find it hilarious that "True Detective" has people searching for Teleos De Lorca. He was "a twelfth century Franciscan monk." The Franciscans were founded in the Thirteenth century.(1209). 🙂

By: Effie

Effie — Fri, 13 May 2016 08:03:45 +0000

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