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The most disturbing part of this episode is the transition between past and “present,” via a much-discussed and gorgeous shot wherein Marty’s kids throw a crown into a tree, where it remains, slowly fading and cracking, as the years pass. There’s a sense that we’re skimming over important material, and that the characters are doing the same thing. It’s dealt with in barely 30 seconds, another example of the curious timekeeping of this show.
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The shot of Rust and his wife, who we never get to know at all, is more eerie than anything - the two of them on the couch, bathed in the light of a flickering TV. It’s an episode that meditates on the nature of time, and also does strange things with it - as, indeed, does the show in general, when you think about it.Īll that time devoted to the bikers none devoted to Rust’s life with his… wife? Girlfriend? We never even find out. In the space of an hour, our questionable heroes catch the man who appears to be responsible for Dora Lange’s murder, kill him, stage a firefight to justify said killing, live happily ever after for seven years, and then snap back into a reality where, actually, things aren’t fine after all. Oh, so many things - which is hardly surprising, given the scope of this episode. In which we meet (and bid farewell to) Reggie Ledoux, skip forward several years, and contemplate whether time is a flat circle.
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What do Reggie Ledoux’s tattoos mean? Is the green-eared spaghetti monster the most sinister TV villain since BOB from Twin Peaks? And just what the hell is Carcosa? Roll on Sunday, already. As much as anything, the experience has been a reminder of just how many questions Episode 8 has to answer, but it’s also provided some measure of insight into what’s gone before. Yesterday, we re-watched (and wrote way too much about) Episodes 1-4 of True Detective in preparation for Sunday’s season finale, and today we’re getting right up to date with Episodes 5-7.