True Detective Season 1 Review: Drunk Cops Fight Elder Gods

I talk about one of the best seasons of television ever put out by HBO. Along with the other seasons that are kinda mid, but not terrible.
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[@Jef_Jingles]

I've been shot at three times in my life, and everytime it was in Louisiana, so I'd say this show portrays the setting perfectly

[@SethHMG]

Twice for me in NOLA

[@ennbee2051]

What?! But it's perceived as such a party city?!

[@Flint-Dibble-the-Don]

Maybe it's you.

[@Jef_Jingles]

@@Flint-Dibble-the-Don 🤓

[@camerakungfu]

Give Iowa a chance, though you may have better luck in Missouri.

[@GigaChadh976]

Marty and rust are kinda realistic friends. The “i cannot believe I have to work with this asshole.” Dynamic. Makes that scene of them talking of what they’ve been doing since the fight hit hard

[@SingingSealRiana]

Would Not call them.friends . . .

[@CHEESEpuff69]

Except thats exactly what they are​@@SingingSealRiana

[@phatnana2379]

"Drunk cops fight Elder Gods" is absolutely perfect

[@The_Gallowglass]

Part of me hates that they didn't continue their story into the next season, but another part of me is glad. The longer a good story goes on the tendency is for it to fall flat or tank.

[@theoutrageparticle6469]

I hope they never continue it. It's perfect because it ended. If they even mention anything that happens after the ending, I personally think it will only take away from the show. The ending dealt with the hope that their cycle would break, so if they continued their story somehow... well, like it's said in the show, then things really do happen again. And again. And again.

[@NousSommesduSoleil]

Old showbiz saying : " Always leave 'em wanting more " .......

[@erikjimenez8671]

Two drunk detectives fighting elder gods, it reminds of me of my delta green campaign with friends sometime ago.

[@fiel81]

Reminds me of disco elysium

[@Death_Korps_Officer]

Sounds straightout of Lovecraftian Mythos

[@wobblertv8083]

The single tracking shot at the hells angel club house is fantastic.

[@Michael-ep7fp]

Thanks to this video I just binged the entire first season on my off night. I stopped before I got to the spoiler section. Also fun fact, in Call of Cthulhu there's a specific reference to a police raid on a voodoo cult in Louisiana. Further inspiration most likely

[@thrice2565]

I’ve read that the originally ending had Rust and the killer disappear showing that the cult was actually right…

[@David-rm3rr]

The inverted cop buddy trope? Yeah, smashed right into an existential void. Almost every verbal exchange between Marty and Rust is barbed and cutting. Hostility is always brewing. It's a thing of beauty. LOL When their friendship reaches it's epic crash and burn, Rust finally drops him a compliment. "Nice hook, Marty." The writing is just devastatingly badass.

[@jentaro]

Your retrospectives/analysis videos are solid. Down to the calm narration, without being artificially slowed down for time, no excess fat on the scripts, having a point that leads somewhere, a conclusion derived here and there with the video having almost always a culmination and not just a wiki plot read with a video edit. We appreciate you.

[@YelløwKing666]

As crazy awesome as this show was, it happened to be mostly filmed in a small town in st Charles parish Louisiana. Very small population but I’m from there. My aunt was an extra in the tent revival scene 😂 the little banh mi shop they were eating at outside is actually a snowball (Italian ice) stand. I remember them filming at certain spots around town and actually seeing the story on screen was so profound and beautiful. Such an amazing story.. and you’re right.. s2 and 3 were mediocre.

[@noravanguard]

the ties to the governor of the state reminds me of the two boys on the track case in arkansas

[@Mister_Clean]

The Silent Hill tracks really fit the highlights of this show

[@fiel81]

Big true

[@nak3dxsnake]

Season 1 is one of the greatest edge of your seat existential thrill rides ever. Wish these 2 would do a follow up season with these characters again.

[@nak3dxsnake]

Also thank you. I needed something good to watch. Posted a ridiculously long video in honor of you on my page recently if you wanna check it out. A Berserk AMV.

[@MrHorse-kv4iy]

As much as I'd like that too, I dont see them doing it. Choles days of being undercover would be a good mini series.

[@jac1207]

no, I wouldn't want them to touch Season 1 again. It's pretty much apparent with Season 2 and 3 that the main writers behind the series lost their magic or peaked in season 1.

[@MrHorse-kv4iy]

@@jac1207 I'm really trying to be optimistic for season 4 but idk man.

[@H_P_Lovecraft]

In addition to references to The King in Yellow, as well as the first season taking place in Louisiana, in “The Call of Cthulhu”, there was a discovery of a cult dedicated to Cthulu in the Louisianan swamps in 1907. There, the New Orleans police discovered the existence of Dagon-human hybrids as well as a small totem of Cthulu, which butterfly effect-ed its way to the awakening of Cthulu. Just something to think about

[@Senator-Wary]

I gotta watch this show also BUSSY KING BRIDGET FOREVER

[@grandarkfang_1482]

The next chapter of the culture war begins.

[@gunnernwp8392]

The trap wars have begun

[@Senator-Wary]

The troons will suffer

[@kikrinman1450]

@@Senator-Wary execute order 41%

[@seg162]

you guys need to get a grip

[@whatandwhere2815]

Brilliant video. Well researched and fair. Season One of True Detective truly changed the landscape of contemporary television drama. So many people forget or just neglect the importance of Fukunaga’s directorial touch and blindly praise Pizzolatto - who absolutely deserves the praise, but certainly has his own creative inabilities. Keep up the content!

[@Gannoh]

His creative inability is just not being able to work under a deadline. HBO wanted more seasons, and that got to him and affected the quality of the story. You could tell he worked for years on the first season of the show, and it was very close to him.

[@GigaChadh976]

@@GannohI think having Cary iron out his pretentiousness helped

[@elidasilva5558]

The Silent Hill of TV series, every season has diferent levels of quality and cant seem to surpass the quality of it's best entre.

[@marquisobscurite9104]

Thank you Loli! Remember Time is a Flat Circle.

[@nettewilson5926]

I think this story also includes elements of The Green man mythology. Also a real life case where the detective who investigated the torture and murder of several young girls. The tapes of the murders haunted him, and he ended up not being able to live with it. Depressing stuff.

[@sinjin1259]

Time Point 8:00 Cohle isn’t crazy, remember this is the Lovecraftian universe. Cohle has been studying and meditating on so many wonky subjects that he is essentially a self made Shaman. The spiral in the last episode was Errol Childress’ ever opening gateway to his ascension. It was slowly opening and a few more sacrifices it would be fully open. Only an acolyte or a person with an enhanced awareness could see it and feel it. Cohle’s awareness was such that he saw it and even felt the presence of his daughter and father. That’s why Childress said “Take off your mask”- he knew that Cohle was more than a lawman.

[@flintsky7706]

Exactly. Cohle saw a glimpse of the portal into Carcosa.

[@DarranKern]

This comment section is fascinating. I have NEVER met a fan of the show who interpreted Cohle’s hallucinations as literally real. But here you guys are. Hundreds of you. So weird

[@Truffle_Pup]

I think the only part you have wrong is that Carcosa was not "a tomb built by settlers centuries before hand", it is instead an old Civil War Battery/Fort, which happens to be on the Childress property. All in all great video, and one of my favourite shows ever. I've lost count how many times I've seen it. Maybe 3 times a year at least since release.

[@brickmatt6776]

Also that Childress isn't the Yellow King - Childress worships the Yellow King

[@DarranKern]

I am surprised at how many things TAL got wrong in this review. They were small mistakes but they were oddly inexcusable mistakes. Just pulling stuff out of his butt a couple times

[@Boxmediaphile]

alexandra daddario Is a reason to watch

[@sternonisoil]

2 big reasons

[@ringkunmori]

Have you tried watching Fargo, which is also a seasonal anthology crime drama?

[@rengsn4655]

"you just need characters who believe it's real" is right. cohle and hart missed this aspect of dora's murder. they dismissed her diary entries as drug induced. which of course may be the case in the natural world but she, childress, ledoux, and possibly the tuttles were operating on a supernatural level and that's what connected them. cohle and hart stopped at the druggie due to a lack of (supernatural) imagination. we see this natural vs supernatural theme in cohle as well. his substance abuse, hallucinations, and ramblings are attributed by him and others as mental health issues, grounded in the physical natural world. cohle seems to give "logical" explanations for human behavior, citing evolution and psychology. at the end, however, his worldview changes in a way that is more supernatural, talking about feeling his daughter's presence. it's in the supernatural where he finds some kind of redemption. interestingly, that final scene brings the natural and supernatural together when cohle uses the physical light and dark of the night sky as a metaphor for the supernatural light and dark

[@LadySienna1]

"Marty!...this is the place." Favorite. Show. Ever.

[@PalestineSkatingGame]

The background music in the video is from Akira Yamaoka's Silent Hill 2 soundtrack. masterpiece of a game. Track titles: "Alone in the town," "True," "World of Madness," and a few others. "Promise Reprise" is amazing.

[@that_heretic]

I think you misread the character of Rust. He was the only self-governed, self-driven character in the show. Everyone else needed the church/community/family/a debt to stay decent and on-task. He did not. He was a hero archetype. Just a non-traditional one.

[@DarranKern]

Disagree

[@SingingSealRiana]

Yeah!

[@FlymanMS]

Very good review, thoroughly enjoyed it. One of the reasons Season 1 is so good is because it's very focused and clear. No surprise since Pizzaman been writing the scrip for a long time, it turned out his magnum opus. Season 2 is all over the place, too many characters, too many interactions, antagonists are bleak and forgettable, despite its early play with Lynchean themes like in Mullholland Drive it eventually turns into a plot about some robbery from ages ago. It has many good things and overall a good show but it could've been so much better. I think they should've taken more time to polish the script. Season 3, as you said, focuses very hard on one detective instead of two, it provides some twists and turns out to be not what people expected, it's different and good in its own way. I am excited that they are making Season 4, Alaskan setting and female lead might turn out very interesting.

[@DarranKern]

Season 3 is quite arguably worse than 2. And 2 was quite bad.

[@Euph0rical]

A quick question I just thought of for watching your video was why was Dora’s diary filled with the references to the yellow King and Carcosa? Did they allow Dora to keep a journal of the references to carcosa?

[@theengineer9910]

silent hill music makes everything better

[@leighsimmons2663]

Love this show. Seen it several times and always catch new things. There is a link between water and carcosa that is only eluded to. There’s a specific scene that shows a boat at the end after discussing carcosa. And its the reason why so many people go missing near water. The boats were probably used to transport. We actually never see the yellow king too which I love. Even childress isn’t the true big evil. They were all worshipers and he was close to ascending before being killed by hart. They born a monster that came back to haunt them. “You know what they did to me…”

[@STREY34]

Have no idea how I saw this show some years back but I remember it being soo awesome and pretty dark. That ending ...

[@amberscott8008]

The only thing I know about season 2 is the bully scene which is what got me to watch the first season 😂 I was so surprised when I found out about the paranormal stuff

[@LadySienna1]

"...and like a lot of dreams... sometimes there's a monster at the end."

[@Caloomi2000]

*Your music choices here are IMMACULATE*

[@Thor-Orion]

8:00 I disagree that it’s the drugs that cause the hallucinations. I have the type of insomnia that makes specialists worried and excited at the same time. The type they think will get them in a journal or something. And when they tell you your genetic tests have come back negative for a disease with 100% mortality, their disappointment is palpable. I also have extensive drug use history (you would too if you slept as little as I do). It’s the insomnia, not the drugs that cause Rust’s hallucinations. And they’re what first got me into the show. I don’t keep a lot of friends, I have a very few very close friends. Because for me to be close with you I have to trust that I can trust you when I can’t trust my own senses. And that type of trust isn’t easy to come by. Because people who deserve it aren’t easy to come by.

[@Thor-Orion]

Season 1 is THE season. Watch season 2 to appreciate season 3. Don’t go from 1 to 3, please. 3 deserves to be viewed in full context of what it achieved for the show as a whole. And season 2 hits some cool highs, but don’t expect season one from anything else ever again. It’s just something beyond time and space.

[@brendancronin3796]

The scene at the end where Matthew is in the wheel chair just broke my heart . also when woody asked Mathew if he'd taken easy it on him when they'd fought each other ...that made me laugh The was he displays his emotions is exceptional

[@EbonKim]

Rust saw his death coming. Errol told him to "Take off your mask." Rust, like in the beginning of "The King in Yellow" short story, "The Mask", wore no mask. Rather than choose death, which was what he wanted, he chose life, in order to stop Errol and save Marty. A mask represents someone portraying a character. When the character wears no mask, the script, or fate, or program... the cycle of Carcosa (or Samsara), cannot continue. It cannot repeat. Like the repeating darkness, the light blocks it's way.

[@radiozelaza]

Inspired by a story by Karl Wagner in an HPL-tribute collection. The story was titled "Sticks".

[@thetracktor]

this show is a fucking classic, hope more people check this out because of this video. my best friend and i love to crack jokes by pretending we're Rust

[@Naz-xk6hq]

I've noticed how in the middle of each season there's always this giant gunfight/ action set piece. They vary in quality. But my ranking of them would be 1. Biker raid from season 1because of the cinematography and flow of the scene makes it so rewatchable and the realism drives home the effect. 2 Woodard shootout from season 3 because its quick, Loud , brutal and not too flashy. Really caught me off guard. 3. Would be the meth raid from season 2. Not a bad scene but there were moments that made me question the plot armour of some individual characters and it was way too chaotic even for true detective standards.

[@BigSmiley0TV]

Fully agree that of you had started at season 2, then 2 and 3 would or could be see as very good shows, but the first season had the best story, setting, and of course, nothing against the other actors, but season 1 had seriously great acting, and brought it to movie level. The unsettling horror vibe, and supernatural overtones were also a hige part that made the mind imagine things, and contemplate weird philosophies that were not again present in the other seasons, and fully set apart from your standard murder mysteries

[@deadwar2012]

Yes! I’ve been waiting for this one ever since you mentioned it on stream. Always a good time with you sir. Keep up the good work!

[@NASkeywest]

At the end Rust enters the ritual sacrifice site and sees the portal they opened there. Rust was a psychic/ prophet almost who could see through the vale.

[@DarranKern]

Or he was hallucinating due to years of isolation and extremely heavy drug use. Synesthesia and intermittent hallucinations are a common disability suffered by people who abused LSD for long periods of time

[@kaiju2296]

My old man kept telling me that he couldn't wait to show me True Detective because "everything Rustin says made him think of me." I couldn't have been much older than 13 or 14 at the time. He's a good dad.

[@rust1181]

One correction, the Yellow King is the entity that the cult worships, thats why the old black lady that lived with the family referred to him as "He who eats time", and the criminal that killed himself said that name to Rust because "Big people" know about the Childress murderer, not because Childress himself is the king.

[@flintsky7706]

All these videos always get that part wrong. They think Childress is the Yellow King. Childress WORSHIPS the Yellow King. The Tuttle Cult were worshippers of that entity, Childress was just another cultist.

[@sean5558]

7:19 Cole was even able to smell it at the locker room lol

[@354Entertainment]

Superb video. One of my all time fav. shows combined with my fav. game soundtrack! 🥰

[@Shamino1]

Season 2 has this moment where Detective Bezzerides confronts one of the millionaire investors at the lodge's sex-parties and accuses him of his crimes, and he openly laughs in her face and declares rather plainly that the majority of these women are legal U.S citizens and choose to be paid for a party lifestyle than to pay for one, and that the sort of corruption and scandal the cops were looking into were, ultimately, white-collar crimes of accounting-fudging and party girls getting a little too messed up. It's a way angrier and edgier version of 'The Wire' in its Season 2 outing with the murdered prostitutes in the cargo-container. When Bezzerides appears shocked, that scene to me seemed like it was a direct message from the Season 2 writers to the audience that "We're dropping the supernatural pretenses and interconnections of this show and this season is just about plain old corruption and bad people." and Bezzerides's reaction is the audience's reaction as well- pure shock that it really is that simple.

[@DavidCore42]

the soundrack for season two was amazing. Lera Lynn was a tremendous find.. She was the lounge singer in the dive bar.. VERY talented lady. I had the chance to go see her live in concert. If you can, go check her out.

[@HauntedHemo13]

The 1st season was amazing. I just loved watching Russ. I don't talk about season 2.... and the end of season 3 took it down a notch for me but up until that point I thought 3 was great too

[@Flavorful_Chunt]

I never saw it as Errol was the Yellow King. I’m pretty certain that the yellow king is the robed skeletal figure in carcosa.

[@torturedmasterpiece8105]

Man the score from RE7 fits so well with this season.

[@tyw2675]

The resident evil 7 save room theme is a particularly nice touch 👌

[@xrphoenix7194]

The connection between the video tape and play is amazing

[@ATBatmanMALS31]

The first season of True Detective was an instant classic, that every adult should probably watch.

[@manfredwilson4475]

Thank you this is something I've been waiting to watch for a long time

[@arcticm0n5t3r7]

Thank you for putting me onto this it has quickly became one of my favorites.

[@rogerwhittaker4189]

Both woody harrelson and Matthew mchauneyhey are reason why i got hooked watching true detective and Vince Vaughn and Colin Farrell as well, because they all have great chemistry with each other and yes they do get into fights and arguments at times but at the same time they care for each other.

[@hunterironside9969]

Listen to everything, trust no one.... absolutely godamn right.

[@palix5925]

True Detective season 1 was perfect television. There was no way they could have ever topped it.

[@JamesVanDeWaal]

Great video. I would add that like brilliant weird fiction, the show leaves room for the Yellow King/Otherly entity to be real. The spiral black star cosmos Rust was shown sits between the explanations that he's hallucinating again, and that he's actually seeing the other side of all this child sacrifice and torture. It leaves you with a chilly sensation later on, in the post film thinking period, where you can conclude: oh my god, what if there is something to all this? What if all this horror, the robbing of youthful energy, does summon an elder god ?

[@DarranKern]

It “leaves room” in the weakest way possible. The supernatural doesn’t need to be real at all for the story to make sense and resolve. The visions Cohle sees are strongly influenced by his life experience, and Ledoux shook him so very badly, and said things to him that resonated with him. Thus the hallucinations, which are influenced by Cohle’s personal bias throughout the ENTIRE show, are easily explained thusly. I conclude that nothing Cohle saw was explicitly real

[@JamesVanDeWaal]

Interesting take. Not so sure if it's enough that the black stars comment from Ledoux could lead to seeing exactly that. The spiral though, was pervasive throughout. Overall it works to leave it in a nexus of both or many possibilities. Just for that apparition anyway, not the plot overall. I say this because a strictly material plot where everything has to be explicitly explainable is too rigid, it doesn't leave room for that otherly sensation of uncertainty or outright bewilderment that exists for people when this on the edge of the symbolic order, or, normality. There's no need for the supernatural for the plot to make sense mind you. It doesn't bare that burden.

[@iansmith9125]

An unimpeachable classic! It was brilliant to hear the lyricism & simultaneously stoic & verbose dialogue from Rustin cohle. Unfortunately in season two; everyone talks like that 😞

[@aroccoification]

They explain in the show that he is not crazy he has synesthesia which has nothing to do with mental faculties. That being said it was Cole who said that so that could be his justification

[@slurve0h]

The second I started playing RE7 it made me think of True Detective season 1 as well, nicely done.

[@jasondehn2024]

This one, and the wire stand out to me.

[@QuestionThings123]

Both great shows for their own respective reasons. Ironically, I got into both True Detective and The Wire at the exact same time, as a coworker had both shows downloaded and gave me a flash drive with them both and heavily encouraged me to give them a try. To this day, I'm extremely grateful I did and that he randomly gave me that flash drive! Same guy got me into Hotline Miami and Call of Cthulhu also strangely enough. Was and interesting dude. No clue where he is now.

[@mortifiedpenguin8626]

Love that you used the RE7 theme, with both taking place in Louisiana. Love it.

[@5050TM]

I've been watching your 24hr Berserk video and can't believe I missed this.

[@edd5883]

Watching this post Jeffrey Epstein makes it 100000x creepier

[@sean5558]

They actually referenced the cult in Season 3 when reporters commented there was a cult of pedophiles that used a spiral as their symbol

[@brucewayne2255]

Waiting on True Detective Epstein season

[@lindseyormsbee]

The Resident Evil theme fits this very well. There are a lot of parallels if you exclude the supernatural elements. Then there's the shot of them driving up the long road that matches the opening of RE7.

[@Halfbreedmofo]

The beginning of the video with the title card and guitar part gave me last of us vibes

[@JiiWoon]

i watched season 1 like 8 times and i never ever got bored of it it's just genius .

[@vivectelvanni]

Mmm--Nietzsche's Thought of Eternal Return. "What's that, Nietzsche? Shut the fuck up!" is a quote I use from this show on a regular basis lol.

[@HuffdrewPaint]

Using music from a game about creepy environs in the bayou is not lost on me. 👍

[@neame-bh3uq]

Childress wasn’t the Yellow King, the Yellow King was the Eldritch being influencing Childress through the skeleton in Carcosa

[@npc1172]

Beasts of no nation is a fantastic movie. Shit blew my mind.

[@mortalman24-7]

The Philosophical and intellectual nature of Rust's nature changed my view on life itself. Its a helluva thing for fiction to influence real life beliefs so poignantly

[@Sophnar0747]

Now do season two, you coward.

[@TheAlmightyLoli]

Vince Vaughn is my spirit animal.

[@GigaChadh976]

@@TheAlmightyLoli “My sister has been through a lot..” “..of dick.”

[@gavinwheeler2331]

I had a buddy who had his IROC camaro used in season 3.

[@Luciana_McC_99]

I loved the first season of true detective but I also loved the second season. I don't understand why people don't like it.

[@Avollo]

Just watched the first season and absolutely loved it! Subscribing to your channel has been one of the best decisions of my life!

[@joogullae3456]

I love season 2. Just think of it as a different show, because it is. Differdnt themes, charscters ect

[@doublestarships646]

The first season felt like I was watching a powerful novel.

[@JimMilton-ej6zi]

Rust is the one that made the show for me, without him it doesn't feel like true detective.

[@pitchblackgrue]

Season 1 is like one of the few shows I'd call "legacy TV" like The Sopranos, and then after that you just have shows that know they can't live up to it so they at least try to be something that, out of context, still works.

[@Wingedmagician]

This is one of my top favorite shows… No pieces of media. Of all time. I’d pair it with Silence of The Lambs for some reason.

[@SosiskaTheHorrible]

Rachel McAdams as Stabby Woman was excellent I thought

[@KenobiStark1]

True Detective was a rollercoaster ride I wasn’t ready for.

[@parkerhuff9995]

That re7 save room music for the intro was a solid pull.

[@songs481]

This probably one of the most perfect reviews i have ever watched. I liked that your judgement was just because season one is a masterpiece, therefore the other seasons suck by virtue of not being as good. Thats also how i tell people to watch the show. If you are just going to watch one episode then it should be se1. If you are going to watch all 3, then the order should be se 2, se 3, then se 1. You would appreciate the other 2 a lot more. They are still good and worth watching. Se 1 has one of the best story arcs i have ever seen comparing it to pretty much anything series or movie.

[@gunnernwp8392]

Thank you. This is not a request but an honest question, can you review video games or is that very different than movies and shows?

[@daniellegraves5614]

Every time I watch this show I get a Warm fuzzy feeling inside this show is so good

[@HeyTexasItsMe]

Love love love this series!! Great recap/review!!!

[@ruarihutchinson8230]

Pronunciation of 'Eyre' in "Jane Eyre" is 'air'

[@TheAutistWhisperer]

Season 1 of True Detective was great.

[@mysteryman4915]

Hot Fuzz should have been a season of True Detective.

[@CYI3ERPUNK]

100% agreed , absolutely some of the best shows ever created ; also masterful outro TAL , well done , i mean the music btw , im not buying ur fukn tshirts XD , still giving u a thumbs up tho XD

[@ashleymeggan]

“The first one is such a fascinating and spooky look at why Cajuns are not real people.” I’ll let you know when I find some Evangelical Cajun fans of Lovecraft. One thing about the diocese down in the bayou, the priests are not letting anyone else prey on their vulnerable victims.