Stars and the wind between the stars - he knew you. Made you like unto the stone and broke you from his body - which is the Stranger to yourself and yet he knows you. " We bandaged our soft selves in hardness and anger. Of this episode, he says to Marty: What do you think the average IQ of this crew is? I see a propensity for obesity, poverty and fairy tales.) It representsĬontempt from the Cohle we know up to this point. Leaning against the tent post is more than disinterest. Cohle and partner Marty Hart are seen at the back But we don't hear the name Jesus until four minutes into the Theriot has a forceful answer to the question Are you there? He is and he is with us every moment. Minute of every hour, every hour of every day is an answer. Every beat of every heart, every second of every minute, every That we had ears to hear, because every moment, every now is anĪnswer. For years, Cohle has been the only person The death of his daughter, Cohle has suffered unrelenting guilt forįailing to protect her. Theriot's sermon is in italics along with my comments. Wisdom and path to inner peace available to everyone with ears to hear. Strictures, admonitions, or rules just the presentation of a higher He both delivers the sermon to and experiences it with the congregationĪs indicated by their frequent, fervent interaction. Note, preacher Theriot is of the evangelical school of Christianity. The series, which reaches a climax at the end of the season finale. Sermon represent a narrative map for the broader story told throughout The entire sequence is available on YouTube and is well worth watching (several times). The seemingly less than sophisticated preacher and an audience of thoseĪt the margins of life in rural Louisiana hide the profound messageĭelivered for those willing to listen. Meanwhile, as the revelations in episode five suggest, that deception oozing underneath the tattered Louisiana landscape could also extend to the cop trying to make sense of it.The most elegant and revealing statement of Cohle's struggle and revelation is, in my opinion, the sermon delivered by Joel Theriot in episode 3, The Locked Room. In his dialogue with Hart, Cohle expressed disgust toward the order of the world and explained that beneath everything, whether it is social order, organized religion or marriage, there were lies. When True Detective started, what made Cohle stand out from the beats of other television cops was his unrelentingly dour outlook on life. However, now that officers Gilbough (Michael Potts) and Papania (Tory Kittles) reveal that the character is a potential suspect in 2012, we are not too doubtful that he has both the psychological trauma and the intelligence to pull off an incendiary double life. ![]() The series had lingered away from capturing Cohle’s demonic-like cynicism to focus on Hart’s hypocrisy and infidelity. This is an incredibly shocking plot development, but it is actually not too far-fetched. The unhinged cop, so attentive to getting all of the details right and so adept at playing the part to capture Dora Lange’s murderer, may have been the bad guy this whole time. It is a fitting visual motif, considering how little we actually know about the enigma that is Rust Cohle. Both men are now married – Elizabeth Reaser pops up in a blink-or-miss-it cameo as Cohle’s police chief belle, likely meaning she will have more to do in future episodes – but the scars of their past are still burning and their careers still on a long road to ruin.Ĭohle is front and centre in this episode, his face often shown in a split lighting arrangement that keeps part of it shrouded in darkness. Through a dazzling transition – Hart’s young daughters separate hands as a black pick-up truck comes up behind him and an older, inked up Audrey Hart steps out – we move into 2002. Hart reaps the reward of becoming a local hero, using it to help mend the wounds of his marriage with Maggie and re-connecting with his kids. ![]() Their decision to go in alone after getting tipped off to the cookhouse location is unchallenged. (Also noticed: a Jesus-like tattoo emblazoned into LeDoux’s upper left bicep looks suspiciously like Cohle.) Even in 2012, both men gloat about the hail of gunfire they faced, a story we soon realize does fit the actual events. After murdering LeDoux and an anonymous cook partner while also catching two young children he may have held captive – one dead, one alive and her disappearance unreported – Hart and Cohle become the darlings of the Louisiana police force.
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