#TRUE DETECTIVE SEASON 1 REDDIT SERIES#

Everything gets tied up in the end (any loose ends are implied to be in the hands of the new detectives) and Marty and Rust get their man. Did it ever really matter? To be certain, the story was great, if not phenomenal. Then, take a moment and look at the story arc, and the case, and the killings, and the Yellow King. Now, take a few minutes and meditate on Marty and RustвЂ™s individual character arcs. The вЂњendвЂќ is only secondary to everything that leads up to it. Rust breaks down crying in the wheelchair, under the stars, not because heвЂ™s engulfed in darkness, but because of the warm beautiful lightness that he experienced. But, in the end, he too has his own revelation, that darkness is not all there is, that the overwhelming presence of darkness can only exist with the existence of light. His story, much like many real-world people that battle depression or existential struggle, is exactly that of a flat circle, one that is cyclical, self-feeding and seemingly only destined to destruction when our own lives are over. Rust is deeply troubled, haunted by his losses, and delves into substance abuse in order to combat the overwhelming existential void (remember his hallucination in Carcosa?) that can never truly be filled. HeвЂ™s obsessed with death, heвЂ™s immersed in all of the negativities of humanity, and he views the world through a heavily tinted lens. Rust, on the other hand, goes through life seeing only darkness.

#TRUE DETECTIVE SEASON 1 REDDIT SERIES#

Through the series we watch as Marty ignores these problems, distances himself from his actions, and ultimately (the hospital scene where he cries) feels the pangs of regret and the revelation that he has indeed taken for granted all that makes life wonderful, and worse yet, the revelation has come when he has almost nothing left. Marty goes through life cheating on his wife, living as a pawn of his own human impulses, and largely taking for granted all the personal connections that (ultimately) make up the most important of lifeвЂ™s gifts. We the viewer watch as these two characters struggle through time, change, trials and tribulations, and at the end of the season, we can see the totality of their arcs. Rust struggles with the idea of death, the idea of life, and the significance (or insignificance) of humanity in the larger scheme of things. Rust dwells on that which is beyond our common world. All of these things are pillars of socialized life as we know it, and many of us struggles with these things ourselves. Marty, despite his вЂњtypicalвЂќ socialization, struggles with human connection, relationships, love and responsibility. The struggles that each of them men face on their own revolve around their own battles between the realms in which they work (society for Marty, ant-society for Rust). We have Marty, a man who is socialized, that is part of society, then we have Rust, a man who distances himself from society, but attempts to be part of (or at least understand) that which is beyond society (death, fate, existentialist struggles, etc.). Then we have the two character arcs, and this is where things get much more interesting. The case drives the story forward, and Marty and RustвЂ™s actions within the case drive the plot. The case is the main story arc, everything is based around the killings, the kidnappings, the missing children, etc. What are the main forces at work in True Detective? Obviously two of the main forces are the two main protagonists, Marty and Rust, and then we have the case itself. If we take a step back and look at True Detective as a whole, we can see that there are three main arcs that run the course throughout the series. HereвЂ™s a terribly loaded question, one that is grossly applied to various pieces of art (films, television shows, paintings, songs, etc.), but nonetheless can lead to some great discussion: What is the point of True Detective? While thereвЂ™s certainly no single concrete answer, we can certainly use it as a catalyst for further discussion.

But, the problem with this letdown doesnвЂ™t rest in True Detective.

If you feel let down, then you feel let down, and thereвЂ™s nothing anyone can do to make you feel differently. A lot of people are bummed that there wasnвЂ™t some mind blowing, face melting revelation where all of the pieces fall together and we all walk away saying вЂњMy goodness, I canвЂ™t believe MartyвЂ™s daughter was the Yellow King the entire time.вЂќ Now, IвЂ™m not going to come in here and tell you that your feelings are wrong. By this point, thereвЂ™ve been plenty of articles and comments posted around the web eluding to some great letdown with regard to the season finale of True Detective.

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