HBO's True Detective

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coug said:
Figured that out. He's not the Childress they were talking about though. That was a sheriff. Did we ever see Sheriff Childress?
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Technically in the story there are two Sheriff Childress', one was the sheriff of Rust and Marty's department BEFORE 1995, and then his relative, the new Sheriff Childress that they took hostage on the boat. I believe we saw him before earlier in the season when he hadn't been promoted yet. Another childress you might have missed was one of the officers on duty the night the tweaker killed himself in jail, no doubt another family member doing the Tuttle's bidding.
 
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MercyPercy said:
Technically in the story there are two Sheriff Childress', one was the sheriff of Rust and Marty's department BEFORE 1995, and then his relative, the new Sheriff Childress that they took hostage on the boat. I believe we saw him before earlier in the season when he hadn't been promoted yet. Another childress you might have missed was one of the officers on duty the night the tweaker killed himself in jail, no doubt another family member doing the Tuttle's bidding.
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I don't think the guy on the boats name was Childress.
 
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BigZiti09 said:
I don't think the guy on the boats name was Childress.
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You're right, the sheriff on the boat was Steve geraci. Ted Childress was the sheriff who covered up the Marie fontenot murder back in 90 along with Steve, that's how Rust and Marty caught him in a lie- he said he knew for a fact Marie went to live with family when of course they saw the tape of her murder. And Steve's involvement in the cover up most likely led to his current promoted position. I wasn't mistaken about the officer who was in charge of guarding the tweaker though, he's no doubt related to Ted.
 
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coug said:
The yellow king will end up being a character we haven't seen on the show before. The lawnmower man could be in with the bad guys but I'm thinking he's just the creepy dude the audience is supposed to be suspicious of.
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I believe there is no Yellow King (as a person). The Yellow King is just who they worship (this group's so-called God). Even if the Yellow King is a person, I believe it is a title passed down.

I would be shocked if lawnmower man wasn't in with the cult (for lack of a better word). He is a Childress, has a connection to the school, they used a pretty good actor to play him (Remus from Boardwalk Empire), and they made an effort make the spaghetti monster important. I don't believe he is a ringleader. He is only in it due to his family. At most he is the brute of the bunch, or part of the muscle that captured the kids (along with Reggie Ledoux).

BigZiti09 said:
Read more: Matthew McConaughey Not Returning for 'True Detective' Season 2 | Movies News | Rolling Stone
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They said before the show started that none of the actors would be back in season 2. It would be like American Horror Story, but without the actors returning. Not sure why Rolling Stone acting like that is news now (well trying to get more press out of their Oscar coverage).
 
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Also didn't we see the Sheriff Childress that we are all talking about in a flashback in episode 1 or 2. It was when they first talked about the Marie Fontenot disappearance.
 
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Vol Karma said:
Also didn't we see the Sheriff Childress that we are all talking about in a flashback in episode 1 or 2. It was when they first talked about the Marie Fontenot disappearance.
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I think you are referring to Tate. He replaced Childress as Sheriff. That's who they met with. During the fontenot case (pre 1995), Childress was sheriff and Geraci (guy on boat) worked the case. However, in 1995 when hart and cohle go to talk to police about fontenot, Tate was the sheriff and Geraci was working out of the same precinct as Hart and Cohle.

Rust slaps Geraci in episode 1 when they get into it in the office. That's why in episode 7, cohle says Marty should talk to him. "He always liked you better."
 
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Vol Karma said:
They said before the show started that none of the actors would be back in season 2. It would be like American Horror Story, but without the actors returning. Not sure why Rolling Stone acting like that is news now (well trying to get more press out of their Oscar coverage).
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I was just posting it because it had news about season 2. I've been anxious to see what kind of path it would take. It appears hbo is going to pick up another season and I read today that the leads are rumored to be female.
 
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So excited and sad for the last episode. It really seems like they could do 2-3 more episodes. I'm interested to see how they wrap it up.
 
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Vol Karma said:
Great article that tells you where the idea of the story came from (based on a true story), and it seems like a lot of the series was meta-fiction

How True Detective Will End




MM has always been a great actor (see him in early roles like Lone Star and Contact). He just made some really stupid choices in picking movies over the years (anything that was a romantic comedy). That said I had given up on him until the Dallas Buyers Club.
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BigZiti09 said:
Where did you find that?
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Read the article linked above. I think that guy nails it. Then we'll get to see for sure who all the sick *****s were in the last episode.
 
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I went to dinner last night with a friend and his girlfriend. Here is part of our conversation.

Me: Are you guys caught up on True Detective? Sucks that the last show is Sunday.

My Friend: I think we are a couple shows behind. But honestly I think the show is boring as sh!t so far. Very slow and hard to get into.


I was speechless. Questioning whether we can remain friends after such mindless blabber.
 
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RDU VOL#14 said:
I went to dinner last night with a friend and his girlfriend. Here is part of our conversation.

Me: Are you guys caught up on True Detective? Sucks that the last show is Sunday.

My Friend: I think we are a couple shows behind. But honestly I think the show is boring as sh!t so far. Very slow and hard to get into.


I was speechless. Questioning whether we can remain friends after such mindless blabber.
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Kick your friend to the curb. :loco:
 
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RDU VOL#14 said:
I went to dinner last night with a friend and his girlfriend. Here is part of our conversation.

Me: Are you guys caught up on True Detective? Sucks that the last show is Sunday.

My Friend: I think we are a couple shows behind. But honestly I think the show is boring as sh!t so far. Very slow and hard to get into.


I was speechless. Questioning whether we can remain friends after such mindless blabber.
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I haven't talked to a single person that wasn't absolutely obsessed with it. The people that I've talked to that haven't seen it have said it's next on their list to watch. Your friends are out of their minds.
 
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RDU VOL#14 said:
I went to dinner last night with a friend and his girlfriend. Here is part of our conversation.

Me: Are you guys caught up on True Detective? Sucks that the last show is Sunday.

My Friend: I think we are a couple shows behind. But honestly I think the show is boring as sh!t so far. Very slow and hard to get into.


I was speechless. Questioning whether we can remain friends after such mindless blabber.
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It's a cover up. Your friend is the yellow king.










Sorry this show has taken over real life for me.
 
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Haha! Luckily my husband loves it as well.
 
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RDU VOL#14 said:
I went to dinner last night with a friend and his girlfriend. Here is part of our conversation.

Me: Are you guys caught up on True Detective? Sucks that the last show is Sunday.

My Friend: I think we are a couple shows behind. But honestly I think the show is boring as sh!t so far. Very slow and hard to get into.


I was speechless. Questioning whether we can remain friends after such mindless blabber.
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In defense of those people that find the show boring/slow, I can see where they are coming from. If you take an audience that normally watches shows like Breaking Bad, Justified, Banshee, The Walking Dead, hell even some of the network shows like Castle, The Blacklist and sit them in front of True Detective it's just a different type of show. It's a great show but even I'll admit some of the earlier episodes were just slow. This type of show is very heavy on writing, story line, character development and just fantastic acting.

This format(spending an entire season of a show on one case) was also done on the AMC show The Killing.
 
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coug said:
In defense of those people that find the show boring/slow, I can see where they are coming from. If you take an audience that normally watches shows like Breaking Bad, Justified, Banshee, The Walking Dead, hell even some of the network shows like Castle, The Blacklist and sit them in front of True Detective it's just a different type of show. It's a great show but even I'll admit some of the earlier episodes were just slow. This type of show is very heavy on writing, story line, character development and just fantastic acting.

This format(spending an entire season of a show on one case) was also done on the AMC show The Killing.
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I would say fans of Mad Men, The Wire, The Sopranos, Carnivale, Deadwood, and Treme have the perfect temperament for True Detective. That said someone who thinks shows like Walking Dead, Dexter, and Sons of Anarchy (I would also include some House of Cards fans in this group too) are the best on TV not so much. I do disagree with you about Breaking Bad viewers. Maybe the ones that came on late just for the hype, but the real Breaking Bad fans (who been there since day 1) should enjoy this.

Still despite having issues with getting my friends into shows like Mad Men or The Wire all of them are into True Detective. So I think True Detective might be a show like Breaking Bad that can cross over to different groups.
 
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You have to watch it with focus and attention. That's what makes it fun. If you are on your phone or whatever and half ass watching, it wouldn't be fun.
 
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Vol Karma said:
I would say fans of Mad Men, The Wire, The Sopranos, Carnivale, Deadwood, and Treme have the perfect temperament for True Detective. That said someone who thinks shows like Walking Dead, Dexter, and Sons of Anarchy (I would also include some House of Cards fans in this group too) are the best on TV not so much. I do disagree with you about Breaking Bad viewers. Maybe the ones that came on late just for the hype, but the real Breaking Bad fans (who been there since day 1) should enjoy this.

Still despite having issues with getting my friends into shows like Mad Men or The Wire all of them are into True Detective. So I think True Detective might be a show like Breaking Bad that can cross over to different groups.
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See, I watched Breaking Bad from the beginning and even it(at least to me) was a little more dynamic than True Detective. Regardless though, I'm a fan of True Detective.

Spartacavolus said:
You have to watch it with focus and attention. That's what makes it fun. If you are on your phone or whatever and half ass watching, it wouldn't be fun.
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This I'll definitely agree with! It's not a show you can watch while you're multitasking.
 
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