Spoilers for Season 2 of True Detective - through Episode 7 - follow...
As we head into True Detective's 90-minute Season 2 finale, we thought it might be the perfect time to sort out/shake out all the villains who are at the heart of this year's giant land grab conspiracy. The many glowering faces we met during the first three episodes that made the start of the season feel so overloaded and murky. Think L.A. Confidential, but on horse steroids.
Granted, Season 1 sort of operated in a similar manner, and it even became obvious to many viewers that *spoiler* the lawn-mowing man who Rust spoke to briefly (right before getting called away to take out red herring Reggie Ledoux) was the Yellow King killer. It's just that so much time passed between then and when Rust and Marty picked up the case again that a lot of the story's conspiracy threads had gotten clipped (I still think Maggie's dad was in on it all, dammit!). So Rust and Marty were only left with one bad guy to track down and deal with.
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As we head into True Detective's 90-minute Season 2 finale, we thought it might be the perfect time to sort out/shake out all the villains who are at the heart of this year's giant land grab conspiracy. The many glowering faces we met during the first three episodes that made the start of the season feel so overloaded and murky. Think L.A. Confidential, but on horse steroids.
Granted, Season 1 sort of operated in a similar manner, and it even became obvious to many viewers that *spoiler* the lawn-mowing man who Rust spoke to briefly (right before getting called away to take out red herring Reggie Ledoux) was the Yellow King killer. It's just that so much time passed between then and when Rust and Marty picked up the case again that a lot of the story's conspiracy threads had gotten clipped (I still think Maggie's dad was in on it all, dammit!). So Rust and Marty were only left with one bad guy to track down and deal with.
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