True Detective

[type-r]

Just watched Ep5 again and it has only reinforced the theory I mentioned above. Hoyt is Julie's father and had an affair with her mother (Lucy). We know Tom isn't the father - Julie herself said so. One scene in Ep5 that really nailed it for me, was when old man Hays was reading his wife's book, he came across a meeting between Amelia and Lucy in which Lucy says "children should laugh" which was almost exactly as written on the mystery note the family received. It seems Lucy herself constructed that in an attempt for her daughter to have a better life, with her real father and "not to go looking for her".

[type-r]

Looks like True Detective is finally cooking.

[Halb]

that very last scene, verrryyyy creepy.

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Is next week the last episode?

[Halb]

it's the penultimate one.


INteresting that, that old one-eyed guy turned up

[Frank7]

About the show, but off on a tangent, my wife occasionally suffers with “glue ear”, plus the characters often mumble in Arkansas accents, so I put the subtitles on for her.
Last night something went wrong and the subtitles were running late, i.e, the blonde TV interviewer was questioning Hays, and the subtitles were showing the conversation between the other detectives, who wanted to kick the crap out of the kids “father.”
I was fine, as I could hear, and get almost all of it, and ignore the titles, but she was going bananas!

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Frank7 said:

off on a tangent

Isn't this always the case?

[type-r]

Halb said:

INteresting that, that old one-eyed guy turned up

One eyed guy
The pink room
The dodgy cop / security guy
Tom's homosexuality
Even saw a picture of the infamous Mr. Hoyt

Did anyone notice the 'gardener' when Amelia went to the convent and she was interviewing one of Julie's friends?? Must be of some significance or just a nod to S1??

[Big Raff]

It's getting very good...but as with S1, it will have to be re-watched

[Scabutz]

type-r said:

One eyed guy
The pink room
The dodgy cop / security guy
Tom's homosexuality
Even saw a picture of the infamous Mr. Hoyt

Did anyone notice the 'gardener' when Amelia went to the convent and she was interviewing one of Julie's friends?? Must be of some significance or just a nod to S1??

Yes, think it's related to what the girl said maybe? "Come and write a book about what happens to the girls up here " which said after she saw him. Could be nothing and we never see him again but the camera seemed to purposefully linger on him.

[Adam B]

I going to have to revert to subtitles I think.

Bored of rewinding every time Wayne is mumbling / slurring in a southern drawl.

Authentic but really isn’t necessary and pees me off

[greengreenwood7]

gotta agree with AdamB....the muttering style has done my head in, if hey ever make another series will pass if the audio is the same, pity as the show is defo worth watching

[R1gtr]

Adam B said:

I going to have to revert to subtitles I think.

Bored of rewinding every time Wayne is mumbling / slurring in a southern drawl.

Authentic but really isn’t necessary and pees me off

Thought it was maybe just me that couldn't understand a bloody word. We have started using subtitles as there were whole sentences we were missing.

[Halb]

never holiday in Arkansas.

[type-r]

Does anyone stay up to watch the simulcast? Starts in just over an hour.

[type-r]

Interesting episode - if only for this:

Michael Rooker's name pops up during the credits (he of Walking Dead and Cliffhanger fame). I was like - I don't remember seeing him in the episode. I had to rewind to be sure. And then it suddenly clicked!

[Shakermaker]

type-r said:

Interesting episode - if only for this:

Michael Rooker's name pops up during the credits (he of Walking Dead and Cliffhanger fame). I was like - I don't remember seeing him in the episode. I had to rewind to be sure. And then it suddenly clicked!

Well I didn't notice that but now you have mentioned it..!

[Halb]

Last one, this MOnday.

[type-r]

Yup. Still so many open questions.

1. How did Will die?
2. Who kidnapped Julie and why?
3. How did she escape?
4. Why did Tom die?
5. Will this case be solved in the 2015 timeline?
6. What is the significance of the dolls?
7. Who is Hoyt?

That is off the top of my head. Am sure there are many more.

[Halb]

I did enjoy the tie-in to S1