True Detective - The Decay of Humanity
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ม.ค. 2025
- This week's video essay is an analysis of True Detective (season 1) and looks at the two protagonists, and their personal and moral journeys throughout a world without morals.
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True Detective season 1 was the greatest television series I have ever watched. Just one man's opinion.
i agree
I agree . I think it's both woody and mathew's best work. imo
It’s right up there with The Wire, The Wire is simply the Greatest Television show of all time. I haven’t watched or seen anything that’s come close to taking the top spot from The Wire, true detective season 1 came close but the wire is still the greatest ever
Nino gaggi sorry you feel that about The Wire but IMO it’s the greatest series ever. My list is like this, 1 The Wire 2 Sopranos 3 Breaking Bad. 2 and 3 could go either way they both good. Then True detective season 1 its was best 1st season I’ve witnessed. I didn’t get into the wire until it was on it last season and i didn’t get into Sopranos until it was half way Thur as well. I got into B.B. on season 4. Then I witnessed every episode of TD season 1 it was hella good. GoT is like 5 maybe it could go either way as well Fargo on FX is
Pretty good.
Agreed. For me it goes:
1. True Detective S1
2. Hannibal
3. The Knick
4. Deadwood
5. Rectify
I love all the Lovecraftian themes and direct references to Lovecraft. The best of it being that even though there are all these Lovecraft references, it's just people. No beasties in the dark, no great dark powers. It's just us.
Turd Ferguson we're our own unimaginable horror.
But actually, while we don't see a monster, we get the allusion to it through the knowledge that there is this cult that worships "the yellow King", who isn't Childress, but an unseen entity who is represented in the mound of skulls and yellow fabric seen in the chamber where Rust fights Childress. It could be speculated that The Yellow King is an otherworldly entity akin to other religious deities, in as much as we mere humans won't see it or know it, and as such it's only as real as our belief in it. This kind of brings into consideration the boundary between cult and religion. We see Tuttle is involved in the cult, but is also a significant church leader. His faith in The Yellow King is stronger than that of the Christian God, as he works continuously, abusing his power within the church to enact cult practices, like the sacrificing of children.
This also makes me think of the idea of hidden worlds. What is behind the veil of our existences. Most people experience a life like Marty's, where everything is relatively okay, and we can't see how much shit is really occurring. Rust, in his desire for redemption attempts to pull back the veil, where what he finds is a terrible world hidden beneath the veneer of normality. Conspiracy, prostitution, murder, child sacrifice, abuse, etc. And as the two of them delve deeper into the hidden world behind the veil is the big bad cult with branches in every area of power, and is seemingly unstoppable. It's kind of like a reverse metaphor (if that's a thing?) for the lovecraftian "Great Old Ones", the indescribable horrors that exist beyond the veil of our reality.
Honestly, this show is just super fun to speculate, analyze and theorize about.
Turd Ferguson ahh, one of my favorite aspects of the show. I love the "cosmic horror" atmosphere. And totally agree, it only makes it BETTER that the creator kept it so grounded in character. Gosh dang, what a show.
That Guy Behind the Glass it’s (still) just us...
It's also very Ligottian. Even if Ligotti was heavily influenced by Lovecraft.
@@thoughtfuldevil6069 Ligotti was only one who was courageous enough to call out entire humanity's bs, only to get shut down by being called a pessimist and always being negative. People don't want their illusions to be destroyed. They don't want the truth.
No one is smart enough to see the brilliance of season 2, in how they continue the theme of decay: through the quality of the writing.
lmao
Haha good one
God damn, not even Errol could kill someone that bad
Lord Tippington the Wise - Atheist Knight of Le Reddit Gentlesirs lol
Otherwise known as the 'Game of Thrones' effect.
Season one was the best television I've ever seen
Harry THE WONDER Kane Indeed
It really is something special, it definitely transcends most episodic television.
yea, even watching a second time was just as good and i could see myself rewatching again in the future. not a lot of shows you can do that with
Exact 69 likes..
Same, and so was Hereditary; first in its class.
I really need to rewatch season 1. Loved it. Quotes like: "This place is like somebody's memory of the town, and the memory is fading"
look, I need you to stop saying odd sh*t
Stop saying odd shit
Stop saying odd shit
"This place is like somebody's memory of the town, and the memory is fading. It’s like there was never anything here but jungle.” The jungle is only waiting. Rust says that “the honorable thing for our species to do is to deny our programming, stop reproducing, walk hand-in-hand into extinction.” Once the human race is extinct, Nature, i.e., the jungle, can retake possession of the Earth.
It's kind of funny, because you'll get a feeling, probably the one that inspired the writers. And be perplexed that other people are perplexed with the statement. Marty was there to fill that role. It's a "damn, either they're lying or not observant, or I'm mentally ill"
My favorite part of season 1 is Rust's transformation from nihilistic pessimist, to hopeful believer. It mirrors my own journey, and I love it.
Hopeful believer? U wrong buddy
@@nabilelachi8468 Maybe he's about very last scene where Rust telling about battle between darkness and light and light is winning.
You got this bruh
He never becomes a believer
@@gggg00001 uhh. Yes he does. Maybe not a believer in the angsty atheist God hating way like you view the word believer..
But the man has an after death experience... He believes something is there after death.....
I must have seen season 1 at least 10 times over the last 4 years. It is an unparalleled truth into the human condition. Rust's philosophy is disturbingly accurate. Yet it's refreshing to see mainstream tv churn out such truth, it's simply unlike any other tv series I've ever seen.
Ive watched it twice, once when it first came out another, a month ago. Age has changed my ability to understand more of the philosophy interwind in this amazing, already was amazing show. One part however ive been searching for, from dialog/scripts of the first series is Rust explains when people are born they are born with,,iirc two trats, morality and eithcs? I cant remember the two he specifies nor the episode, any help would be appreciate.
Season 1- the decay of humanity
Season 2- the decay of justice
Season 3- the decay of hope
Season 2- the decay of writing
@@demivideos8887 😂😂😂
True Detective spin offs- the decay of global sanity and possible redemption through extinction.
@@demivideos8887season 2 was awesome
@@demivideos8887 disagree
Rust is one of the best character, I have seen. I was influenced a lot by him while watching the show.
He is one of the most developed characters of the past 25 years.
haha, and I always thought I'd be the only one around that was influenced by his character. There were times when I couldn't resist to view scenes again and again and again because it was so brilliant :D
Aaron A
No, Dallas Buyers Club put McConaughey “on the map”.
Did he influence you to because a pessimist too, boy?
i read somewhere the script tellying his background was 300 or so pages.
"The decay of humanity".... How poetic of you Jack.
"Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad." Something that seems relevant to Rusts situation throughout the season and his eventual change of mind at the end
And the source of your intriguing quote?
As a reluctant resident of rural louisiana, I can tell you the show and your video are spot-the-fuck-on
Alex White A couple of days ago, some user on Reddit (r/TrueDetective) posted pics of all the scenes where the show was shot. And he compared them with the show. I was surprised by how normal it looked. The show's portrayal of the place is just stunning. Eerie and haunting.
Hey Alex, I'd love to get down some year for the Courier DE Mardis Gras. What is the best town in the countryside for it?
Move. They don't want your elitism and snobbish attitude there.
Well that sounds creepy as fuck.
@@RebelofIreland Nawlins
I think the slight supernatural undertones and the minor underlying cosmic horror aspect is mostly glossed over when people talk about this show.
Deranged cultism and mentions of Carcosa,discussions about time and planes of existence are some esoteric breadcrumbs that will remind some of a certain someone.
One word, one name: Lovecraft.
Fuck yeah
@Association of Free People My final project for Film School was exactly that: The cosmic horror in True Detective season 1
All hail the Great Old Ones
Fuck me sideways just realised the cosmic horror
Literally just finished watching the first season and this pops up. Light is winning!
Or the Dark is... Google is watching you..
Matthew McConaughey is on record saying he loved playing Rust, misses the character, and wants to play him again. That has to happen. It was one of those rare alignments where actor and character came together perfectly.
I love that feeling, when you get something you didn't even know you wanted. Keep the quality content coming!
Thank you, will do!
If your still alive good luck. By the Way, Yeshua is what Jesus was called in Palestine. Yeshua is the true name and so many have not a f@cking clue.
During the whole 8 episodes I've watched, watching them all at nightime in company of a good rum was a hell of an experience
I love how in the 95's when they were just getting to know each other, Marty gives a weird look everytime Rust says something
exactly!!! like he wanted to punch Rust for his pretentious lines every single time they talked. and I love how his uncomfortability with jt never went away, and they didn’t magically just mesh into buddy-buddy like cop shows generally go
the dynamic between the two couldn't have been written any better. I laughed out loud after they were having one of their conversations while in the car. when rust made the sentient meat dialogue. marty just responds with "what's scented meat?"
Their dialogue in episode 3 at the tent church was perfect. They’re so uniquely different and come to different conclusions about life but are oddly similar but don’t really admit it but it’s shown. It’s just brilliant writing
Ooh, I was waiting for this! I watched season 1 just a few months ago and just had to rewatch it again recently. The atmosphere of this season hooked me, but I also really like this format of a story that plays out over just one season. It's like an 8 hour long movie with no unnecessary scenes and no missing pieces.
Exactly. Besides the great character development and everything, the thing that makes me watch it over and over is the atmosphere the show creates. I've seen few films do it this good.
Such an intelligent reading
Thank you!
Guess i gotta rewatch it for the 4th time then...
KaSperminator only 4th? Amateur...
those are rookie numbers...
Sacul Nukualofa nice Matthew Mcconaughey reference! It's funny looking back at things he's starred in. I didn't like him for a long time because of the stupid romantic comedies, but Mud was awesome and I liked Lincoln Lawyer. Then of course Dallas Buyers Club and True Detective were both amazing.
ah, don't feel bad. i've only watched it twice. two pussy ass times.
KaSperminator I have sat through this fine example of show 6 times front to back! Love it! Wish they would reprise the roles of these characters!
"I've spent to long reconciling the way I am to forego it on your account." Couldn't have said it better myself.
_True Detective_ (Season 1) is one of the greatest movies or shows that I have ever seen. The production and, most of all, the acting, is sublime. Only _Better Call Saul_ even gets close.
Sopranos
Breaking bad
Season One of True Detective contends as one of the most-compelling dark mystery series ever written for television, and the fullest compliment to the work of H.P. Lovecraft.
I'd love for McConaughy and Harrelson to pick their effort back up again for revisiting this genre.
Matthew McConaughey was great in this but Woody Harrelson was also really good in this too. This is a really good season. but I still need to watch season 2.
Is good, not fantastic as the first one, but a must watch
woddy harrelson doesnt get enough credit. he doesnt get as much dialogue or backstory compared to rust but he makes up for it with non-verbal stuff kind of like clint eastwood in that movie where is the the old grumpy guy thats grunting at everyone and pulling faces
I would advice you not to waste your time by watching season 2. It is a mere shell of its first season.Too many characters , forgettable one-liners, terrible pans and convoluted plot in which nothing really happens at the end.
2nd season is the most uninteresting shit i ever watched....
Woody is so fucking good, but yet, still get shadowed by Matthew's Rust. It just proves how phenomenal Matthew really is.
About the daughter, you're missing a point. She never knows about the case, as a child, yet she reenacts and illustrate some confidential details. The whole point is how could those details be known to her... The answer explains the mechanic behind the moral decay.
Especially how when people turn a blind it goes unchecked and unknown. We’ll never know because neither of her parents asked, they were too scared
In my 62 years of living on Earth, I have lived in California (Fresno, SF & San Diego), Seattle & Portland, NYC for a long time, New Orleans for 8 years, Spain, Portugal, and Mexico - and NO Place I've lived exudes the Decay, and Decadence that New Orleans, and especially the State of Louisiana does! It's fetid, and feels as if the Mississippi delta is basically the "Bowels" of the United States! Almost everything is tainted by a sense of Rot, Death and has a patina of Spiritual Corrosion! My own Morality suffered there, and I found myself doing things that I never thought I'd see myself doing. I'm not that person now, but...NOLA is a hell of a place for a man with any weakness in his moral armor to be in his 30's and 40's. The only Saints there are on the New Orleans NFL team!
Your point is kind of opposite of the show.
Damn!
What did you do pray tell? I was almost kidnapped trying to get to my hotel,taxi driver didn't want to drop me off.I was terrified.The street urchins called me a "honky bitch',lol...It was like a trip back to the 1970s😦
@@pamspencer5733 Back when I was there, the my first of two, four year stints, in the mid 90's, a cab driver, was arrested for multiple murders, of women. I've since, tried to research the case, and found nada. I've always thought, that the guy, had some connections, and it was swept under the rug. But I've never gone so far as Times Picyune, archival research, because Im sure that would turn up something. Anyway, I'm glad you made it out of that awful experience.
Season 3 is set in the Ozarks. As a frequent visitor of the area is has the potential of being even far more creepy than southern LA, and thats saying something.
Michael O I was so hyped for season 3 because of it being in the Ozarks and was really let down.
Season 3 was solid. But I don’t think the Ozarks are anywhere near as unique of a setting as the southern gothic/horror of southern Louisiana. I think it’s because Louisiana is such a peculiar mix of culture that isn’t found anywhere else in the country (e.g. voodoo, Santeria, Mardi Gras, and Cajun culture in general). On the other hand, the Ozarks don’t seem any different than other areas of the Midwest and south, and honestly aren’t too much different than the rural areas of PA and upstate New York.
@@WhitePony-zu5pi I've only seen season 3, and I thought it was brilliant. If it's weak by comparison to season 1, sign me up!
@@WhitePony-zu5pi Yeah. They didn't use the area as a character like they did with season one and really didn't get into the deep parts of the Ozarks around the Boston Mountains. It's a shame because I have been all through that area and its got so many old abandoned buildings, tiny tiny towns, an abandoned amusement park (Dogpatch USA), old abandoned mines, random decayed structures in the middle of the woods, and just a ton of other creepy feeling areas. I liked season 3. It was better than 2 IMO, and I loved Roland West. He became my second favorite character behind Rust. That said, it is still not on seasons 1's level. That is a high high bar though and we have to be honest about that in watching these so they keep making them.
"I expect nothing of Man, and disown the race. The only folly is in expecting what is never attained. Man is most contemptible when compared to his own pretensions. It is better to laugh at Man from outside of the universe than to weep for him within." ~H.P. Lovecraft
"Man as a whole is less good than he imagines to be or wants to be."--Carl Jung
1:38 the way he says it so full of brutal honesty and you can feel how tired he is of everything.
Anyone want season 3 with Jake Gyillenhal as Det. Loki?
Absolutely!
Raziel Damn right we want! That would be the perfect choice for season 3
+Snaggle Toothed
that's good of you to offer your opinion of the last season, but don't spread false info. There is a season 3 being worked on already.
Season 2 was nowhere near as bad as some like to make out, in fact it was bloody brilliant. I still enjoy s1 more, but that doesn;t mean s2 was some kind of dreck. We're talking about an anthology series, so of course there will be some discrepancies of fans between seasons. Like AHS.
Raziel that would be fuckin awesome
Jake in Prisoners is to this day one of my favorite performances in any movie ever. I would absolutely love to see him take a detective role again!
also, +Snaggle Toothed, you can't really be "wrong" about liking a TV show. I totally get that you didnt like it, but I enjoyed it quite a bit. It just doesnt even remotely get to S1's level
You have great taste in film and television sir, great review. McConaughey did an awesome job in this one.
Thank you kindly! McConaughey is definitely a great actor!
Now that I finished Twin Peaks, I realized how much influence the show have in True Detective, especially the season one. The both series are my favorites ever.
Yep
Was waiting for this, amazing, thank you once again!
Off course, glad you enjoyed!
These two had tremendous chemistry. I was so disappointed this was only a 1 off
Also in ed tv and may be related
The season one was truly amazing, the best serie that i have ever seen
Mate, I just stumbled onto this channel and I am loving the content. Going to have to go through your old videos but from what I've seen I think its great. Keep up the great work
Thanks Darcy! I hope you enjoy!
Truly a piece of cinematic gold. Last 2 seasons never captured what season 1 brought.
Outstanding analysis from an outstanding TV series. Keep up the good work.
I had no idea what to expect going into this video, but it was INCREDIBLE. Well done!!
Your analysis is good. I also like how you used the "official" (in my opinion) theme tune to TD throughout this video: that slow, descending and melancholy droning noise that we hear throughout the show, too.
Nietzche, Young, the Bible, Chambers, Lovecraft! Great video. One of my all time favorite visual masterpieces
Truely amazing piece of art, both visually and philosophically.
True detective is possibly my favorite depiction of rural and small town America. These are places that have been left to die in a miasma of poverty, addiction, and fear. I feel season one of true detective, twin peaks, and blue velvet are the best pieces of media to have captured that reality.
I love the subtleties of this show. A major theme of this show is decay and the main character's name is Rust.
Jack is sincerely one of the best movie reviewers I've encountered!
I would also add that it also helps to have a familiarity with H.P. Lovecraft and cosmic horror as well.
spot on. this show truly changed my life and I'm so happy to find your video. you broke it down perfectly
Thanks Erin! I'm glad you enjoyed!
Ooh! this is the first I've heard of an upcoming season 3...
I really hope they make something great of it!
Nicolo Javier It's gonna be directed by the director of Blue Ruin and Green Room.
Miss X hmm... Saulnier's style is unique but his films were simply exhausting to watch. then again, they had bare stories stretched over feature length runtimes. wonder what he'll do with 8 hours of to fill...
Saulnier is not writing it, he is only directing. The set-up is no different than season one or two. Pizzolatto is still writing the entire season as with those, only this time with a little help from David Milch, creator of Deadwood on an episode or two, one of the greatest shows ever made. This season will be great, it has all the ingredients to be, along with a fantastic lead actor cast.
Writing, music, acting on a GOD level
just discovered this channel and am blown away; this is superb! And the True Detective, season one was / is a masterpiece of multi-layered storytelling. I could not even watch the second season - they will be hard pressed to ever reach the level of the first. I will watch this review again! And the closing references were also fascinating, to Nietzsche, Jung and the Bible ! Although one might also wonder whether the various and sundry writings of Chambers, Lovecraft, Derleth et al referring to Hastur, the Yellow Sign, King in Yellow etc. , would be of any significance, or just confuse things more - since in this case they seem more a borrowed literary device than solid connections to any of the mythos.
Subbed, and looking forward to enjoying more of these excellent works!
Thank you Julian! True Detective pulls from a lot, if I do ever discuss it again it will definitely be in context to the different philosophies found within the season.
Glad to have found this today. Still one of the best short series ever made and an excellent analysis!
Im bound to a Season 1 re-watch now.
Enjoy!
Amen to that.
I maintain that Season 2 wasn't bad. I knew going in that it would be missing all the things I loved most about Season 1 (setting and characters). It stands alone as a solid season of TV, overshadowed by Season 1. It's especially interesting if you know anything about the Bohemian Grove conspiracy theories.
I liked season 2. Don't know what all the hate is about. But I really love shows about conspiracies. Season 2 reminds me a bit of the show Day Break from 2006.
at some point you mentioned that cohle managed to find a purpose, although I think it would be more appropriate to say that he contrived one. some people assume that life does have an intrinsic meaning, hence they strive to find one within things like religion, memorable experiences, altruism etc. however, they usually fail to realize that these things don't possess any inherent value, and as a result they speak of purpose as something than can be discovered. in contrast, cohle has been long aware of the apparent insignificance of the world but is never shown to have given up, even if it's due to his programming, as he states in the first episode. I've come to believe that at some point he probably experienced severe existential angst and the only way of "escaping" from constant existential horror was by incorporating meaning into his life; trying to embrace a fable and in the process exhibiting strong willpower and immense self-discipline, in order to be motivated and relatively mentally healthy instead of living a life in which he would harrowingly long for the moment of his natural death as his body would slowly rot and decay.
i like your mind
Rust didn't believe light was winning until the very end or after his near death experience. That was the arch of his character.
Greatest 1st season of a show, ever...
I loved the opening of the show. It was awesome, artistically. And the music... perfect.
This was insane. Great job!
Dude. you *crush* these reviews.
True Detective season one was a great story, actors, director. Film making at its best.
Very good review. I've realized the points at the back of my mind, but this review really articulated them.
Honestly i watched every show under the sun and i can say that true detective is the best show ever created.
My cope with hard times is becoming Rust for a while, then going back to my normal personality
All 3 seasons were masterpieces imo
Season 1, season 1 and season 1 have set the bar so high for TV shows for me that I feel like I'll never find something that compares that I haven't watched yet.
I guess I'll watch season 1 again since time is a flat circle.
Damn, you are such an asshole, lol. Loved what you did there.
best season of tv i’ve seen, great plot and symbolism
Well there's Alexandra Daddario so that the payoff from all the decay
Playing herself?
I feel so bad for Marty in the movie, losing his family, ending up alone. Then I remember that he had Alexandra handcuff him and ride him like a bucking bronco and I think you know, he got more than a square deal.
Not just Nietzsche and Jung, at 6:53 he's discussing the thoughts of Peter Zappfe
The interesting addition of Peter Zapffe is that it can reframe the idea of suffering as an element of existence to more a product of over development. Which in my opinion reframes that suffering as ultimately defiant and optimistic
Man your videos are excellent! Deserve so many more views
Thanks James! Glad you enjoyed!
Good insight, and it's very easy to follow and simply explained. Well done!
Season 1 is a masterpiece: great story, fantastic acting and everything just perfect. Season 2 was vastly inferior in my opinion
This was a great video. Nice job dude.
I actually just watched an interview with Nic P that is probably a couple years old and it had some interesting statements. Obviously, he was asked about Rust Cohle and how he created such a nihilistic character and Nic protested that label.
He said Rust's monotone delivery and isolation may seem compatible with nihilism at first glance but as the show progresses, we see evidence that Rust is actually overly empathetic. His synesthesia is actually evidence of just how sensitive Rust is to the world around him. Nic claims that the Rust Cohle that everyone got to see at the end of the show, was actually there all along. He uses a few different examples and it was really interesting to look at it from that perspective all these years later.
I had always accepted the idea that Rust was a nihilist and a pessimist but Nic's explanation was fascinating. It's easy to view Rust as rejecting humanity and choosing to exclude himself from societal norms because he has contempt for other people. But it is interesting to consider the possibility that Rust acts the way he does because he is trying to avoid the pain that he experiences from close relationships and also the dehumanizing norms that are involved in being a police officer. He comes right out and tells the hookers that he would never bust someone for hooking... or for drugs (Although, part of that could be because he is a drug user himself). He does not like the idea of validating his role as a cop by punishing other people for victimless crimes. Nic also suggests that this is why Rust is such a great interrogator. Because he has an unnatural ability to empathize with the people he is questioning.
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.
Thorough and insightful. I had to bookmark this channel on top of subscribing so I don't forget. Keep doin man these are great
Great Timing Jack i just finished this for the first time last week :D looking forward for ur review..
And great work as usual..
I love when timing like that works out!
Glad you enjoyed!
This might be the most perfectly made, put together series based show ever created!! Would love to see them reprise these two roles with Woody and Matthew in Harts PI firm.
I loved the character of Rust so much. I hope the new season will be as good.
"Some characters change--Marty gets a new car." LOL. On a more serious note, I think at the end of the show i would argue Rust has entered a 4th stage of his life. He went from being an eternal pessimist to an optimist. This is demonstrated when he and Marty and are talking about the stars at the very end of the show and Marty remarks that the sky is full of darkness, the very last thing Rust says is: "No, you've got it all wrong, in the beginning there was only darkness, so the way I see it, the light is winning."
Hahaha, he started giving the rick and morty iq speech at 10:14. The saving grace was that it was regarding the easter eggs and references, otherwise I would've called it a freudian slip showing that you belong on r/iamverysmart.
Thank you man!, for this very interesting description and analyse!! :) This is one of my favorite movie series! Thanks of you, I learnt a lot! Greetings from my country - Poland!! :):)
The Dave Robicheaux novels of James Lee Burke are all set in that area. I can recommend you read them.
Love your cut at 8:44, syncing with the word "darkness".
I was pretty happy with that too-glad you noticed!
the single best crime show since The Wire
Bravo. This is a great breakdown of the show.
Rust looked super guilty all the season before they pull this gardener out of their hat. there were tons of circumstancial evidence against him. he even was a spaghetti monster one episode. in others he had a crown like the king.
It would have been stupid if Rust was the killer, it would have ruined his character and go against what was established in the first episode.
I agree that the gardener was a little contrived but I suspect that this had more to do with the budget running out and not having anymore time to do a proper build up and introduction of the killer.
@@mikealpha4169 the story is finished before they start shooting. years ahead. they dont change the story between episodes. rust was super weird in a lot of takes.
great analysis man, really enjoyed it. good job.
Thank you!
I loved this season, and despite all the kvetching I've seen online, it was clearly one of the more captivating offerings of the past few years. While the LA landscape served the story admirably, when I heard that it was originally set in AR, but that the venue had to be changed due to problems working with the locals, I just had to chuckle...if LA can deal with a fictionalized (although not inaccurate) representation of its demons on the screen, couldn't AR, especially if it brought some much-needed cash flow into the state?
Great breakdown.
I finished season 1 at 2 am and let me tell ya i was stuck staring into the wall for at least half an hour thinking what i just witnessed was a masterpiece and Might possibly never get a tv show this good.
This show is deep, it gets you thinking. I like how clever every episode was made, how amazing the performances were by Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson and how much these characters changed over the course of the show. The adrenaline i was getting in last episodes was off the roof.
The season concluded Perfectly.
This show reminds me of my personal favorite: Se7en.
The final lines of the first season were directly borrowed from a giant talking chess piece from Alan Moore's comic Top Ten.
Great video. I hope more hype comes as a result of season 3....I've been waiting years!!
you should do a video on the new Twin Peaks series, or just Twin Peaks as a whole. A ton of interesting things to be said about that lol
All I can say is Bravo.... this is very well done. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
I completely disagree about Marty's execution of Ledeau as the characters "rebirth." In fact, I think this is him hitting rock bottom. He executed a man in cold blood, a man who was such a space cadet that questioning him probably would have led to Childress' arrest/death much sooner and avoiding 15 more years of satanic murder. The murders that feed the psychosphere Rust is always going on about. It shows how fucked up Cohle is for commending Marty on the execution.
Well I already replied to the exact same, just providing my own take on the Reggie Ledoux scene. Let me sum it up this way: have fun interrogating a completely insane, evil man, who keeps on talking psychological stuff, including a Nietzsche quote (= he is smart) "time is a flat circle" calmly even under high pressure. Add to that that he is very well protected - he is closely connected to Errol Childress and he was the only meth cook in the area, and the only crystal meth supplier for the biker gang. Now add to that the Tuttle foundation which is both very powerful and interested that none of the Childress murders will be discovered (their papers/records all "disappeared in a fire" = very likely tax fraud/cooking books and hiding VERY dark secrets). You get the picture: Ledoux is basically untouchable, unless it's a large caliber revolver doing the talking.
hitting rock bottom is when u bounce back. So yes, it does show his "rebirth" per se.
TheWaveofbabies This is a good take man
Season 1 is easily the best tv show in years. An absolute favourite.
love this show!
season 1 at least...
What a great video! Love this analysis, two of my favourite characters ever. Subbed!
Nietsche, Jung, the Bible... and Peter Wessel Zapffe is like Rust alter ego.
Especially if it is about Rust "believe that existential angst in humanity was the result of an overly evolved intellect, and that people overcome this by "artificially limiting the content of consciousness.""
Rust parafrases him many times.
DAMN good
I think Schopenhauer rather than Nietzsche. Nietzsche affirmed life and suffering, whereas Schopenhauer lamented it. I think Rust thought the same way
We don’t just see one Rust though.
We see a complete shift in perspective in episode 8 where the profound realisation that something beyond death awaits him. Awakening an optimism in him once again.
He seems to accept the ideas he’s been denying or battling with the entire series: Faith.
I adore the whole story of season 1. With the all bad that happens around them, there is something darker something truly evil that feels like it curses the land of L and with inspiration to cosmic horror I think it's nails it perfectly with the Yellow King. It made me question what if this ain't just some serial killer just some madman...maybe it something higher meaning, even Rust thinks this..he questions the reality of it all. He sees things that he can't really understands, is it drugs, is he losing his mind...or is something here, something alien. The King Yellow the story made in 1891 I think and I know Lovecraft also mentioned the Yellow King and with the end of season 1 it made me think this monster..this madman. Was he part of something more then man, people say they see the Yellow King and you assume it's drugs but maybe just maybe it's more. I think with corruption involved and invoked I think it was a cult with a higher purpose. Haster. The King in robes...is something greater and high evil. It think this way because they mention a lot about the stars above them. And how this monster isn't really a work of a "one madman" it's more like a virus. This show dose cosmic horror at its pure perfect cause we dokt really know, we only knew it was a cult run by monsters but that's because we are human and we can't comprehend the cosmos, the true nature of horror itself. We think only human monsters could do this..but to me I think and I know, it's something more then human. It's The Yellow King
Great job on this analysis