True Detective - Tuttle's Videotape

[@Goalie002]

The fact that even Rust, who takes everything in his stride, stands at the opposite end of the room and stares at the wall tells you everything you need to know about how bad the tape must be

[@craigory8123]

yea fr

[@elkmeatenjoyer3409]

Your fucking right.

[@crashusmaximus]

Only makes the tension worse

[@Dom213]

He lost his daughter. He can’t watch it because he probably thinks what if that was her.

[@ConradKurze]

whe saw it all though...

[@iconoclancy]

Woody Harrelson doesn't get as much praise as McConaughey for this show, but he's fucking brilliant too.

[@Udgrasil13]

I think he is even better, I mean McConaughey is brilliant but still though.

[@TetraSamurai]

ED the Happy Clown mcconaughey is the better actor, and rust is a more interesting character. Marty is the typical, alpha male cop like hank in BB, not as interesting as rust

[@wallaceavin7490]

It's like first and second place medals. Second is still great but gold still gets the most praise

[@Toadspring]

both these actors were fantastic in this and they had great chemistry

[@Kncperseus]

'Tis the way of the world. McC's performance as a eccentric depressed genius stole all the attention.

[@MegaUnclesalty]

This scene is terrifying. This is 2 battled hardened detectives who have just seen the most horrifying proof of evil in the world. And they now realize they are the only 2 who could do something about it. Such a perfect performance by 2 masters of the craft

[@cm2208]

Well said brother. That look on Woodys face at the end; is rage, disgust, pity, horror. Fucking two of the goats putting on a clinic

[@jjohn408]

Epstein’s island. Roman Polanski…

[@T_D_B_]

​@jjohn408 bingo... you think they only did sexual assault? Riiight

[@evangelionl0vr857]

@@T_D_B_I’d be utterly flabbergasted if they didn’t kill any kids who went to Epstein’s island. Maybe there wasn’t the same level of ritualistic torture as was displayed in the TD case but these people still had the same mindset that they were untouchable, could do whatever they wanted and the children weren’t even seen as human to them. Just toys.

[@pajeetsingh]

Does one need proof to feel the evil? Isn’t it apparent in the society by itself?

[@62SG]

"You kill Tuttle?" I love that Marty isn't judgmental, or even accusing. If Rust had told him he'd killed Tuttle Marty would have been completely fine with it.

[@Bballer12ification]

I don’t think Marty even asked it as a question. I think he said it as a statement. I think he was surprised that Rust didn’t kill Tuttle

[@greggoat6570]

I mean Marty killed Reggie so how could he have blamed him. Marty’s immediate reaction last time he was faced with dead children was to execute the person responsible.

[@claymac7895]

I don’t think it was a question. He just assumed knowing Rust.

[@mifune9634]

Don't forget Marty blew Reginald Ledoux's brains out while he was on his knees and handcuffed. So it's not surprising he wouldn't judge Rust if he'd killed Tuttle.

[@solenya4983]

Well yeah, Marty shot and killed ledoux when he found those kids at his meth lab or w/e.

[@Jeudaos]

"nobody, should have this" that line was delivered absolutely brilliantly!

[@rustcohle4886]

Thank you. Thank you very much

[@toni6073]

Who the hell would have this? Sick people...

[@pethrosuriahson6156]

I don't even want to guess what they did to that little girl

[@dope_.x5093]

@@pethrosuriahson6156 ritualistic rape and murder

[@NoneOfTheAbove123]

@Interdimensional Bigfoot why don't you recover it?

[@existenceisrelative]

I love how anyone who watches the tape reacts like a character from the cthulhu mythos. Like they're learning truths that destroy their mind, and it actually makes sense. Because seeing something like that would have to destroy your whole view of the world.

[@surfboardjoker6299]

Funnily enough, the more stuff like that video you see, the more appreciative of the little things in life you become. Its our duty to continue living so we can remember the lost and the damned.

[@Jffeeney3rd]

True, but also…you don’t have to see “a tape” to know what’s going on out there.

[@Docklead]

@@surfboardjoker6299it’s so damn hard when you know people like “the tuttles” run the world though Even if it is fiction

[@transvestosaurus878]

The idea of 'mind-destroying media' comes from an 1895 anthology of horror stories written by Robert W Chambers, which contains a play with the power to drive you mad by reading it. The play and the anthology are called 'The King in Yellow'... _Along the shore the cloud waves break,_ _The twin suns sink behind the lake,_ _The shadows lengthen_ _In Carcosa._ _Strange is the night where black stars rise,_ _And strange moons circle through the skies,_ _But stranger still is_ _Lost Carcosa._ _Songs that the Hyades shall sing,_ _Where flap the tatters of the King,_ _Must die unheard in_ _Dim Carcosa._ _Song of my soul, my voice is dead,_ _Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed_ _Shall dry and die in_ _Lost Carcosa._

[@amandasmith3504]

Nah. I don't owe nothing to the dead.

[@TheChuckers123]

"I won't avert my eyes; not again." Powerful f*cking line!

[@bukeahn7586]

Said after literally averting his eyes to avoid watching the tape a second time.

[@blahblahblah9844]

What I loved most about this scene was Marty absolutely hated and distrusted Rust at this point and didn't want anything to do with him but didn't hesitate to jump on board to help once he saw this tape. "What can I do to help?" True detective.

[@Edison_Trent]

You know, I actually don't think Marty hated Rust at that point. He is a smart man and deep down he perfectly realized that he himself was the reason for his family downfall, not Rust's one-time sex with his wife. Moreover, Maggie admitted to Marty it was her idea so that she could get out of the rotten relationship. So while initially Marty was indeed furious at Rust, I'm inclined to think as the time passed, and Marty settled down, his hatred for Rust just became a front hiding a much deeper feeling - hatred for himself for ruining his life and his marriage.

[@blahblahblah9844]

@@Edison_Trent yeah good point.

[@Edison_Trent]

Nah, the gun was just a precaution, he didn't intend to use it offensively.@@wackfps

[@kaj7135]

That’s the beauty of being born a man, knowing how to let go of the past and just get over it.

[@Luke101]

@@kaj7135 You have a lot of growing up to do with that mindset

[@Jeff-ms6lh]

this one episode shits on everything that is "american horror story" and the modern horror genre. chilling.

[@Jeff-ms6lh]

shouldn't take a tv show to tell you this world is fucked up. surprised you're even surprised that humans act this way, textbook people bullshit. we're all animals in the end. some more civilized than others. Im just pointing out how bad the modern "horror" genre has become, considering a cop drama is much more horrific than the programs that are actually trying to be scary.

[@Jeff-ms6lh]

you ever been around one for more than 10 minutes? whiney little brats. jk of course : p

[@MrShloker]

Electric Boogaloo thats why i support the 2nd. the only person that can be trusted to protect yourself and your family is you. don't trust the people in power, don't trust the civil servants, and don't trust your neighbors with the lives of you and your kin

[@ignaciocastillo8623]

Electric Boogaloo Yep you are all right but i can add that a cop drama could be much more horrific than a horror movie or series its because its storyline is based in things that happens sometimes, in any place of the world and it will happen again cause there is some really dark and twisted ideas deep inside human mind. I think we all have our dark sides but some people can mantain control (because somebody like parents, friends, teaches how to with education, religion, or good beliefs, love and respect, etc and this are the law abading citizens) better than others. Greets from Chile, south america!

[@ColombianThunder]

Aaron Sanders American Horror Story uses real world things and twists them slightly to become fantasy yet it still fails at being scary. AHS sucks. The only clever part about it was the twist that violet was dead,other than that it failed at being scary and tried way too hard

[@sharathsh9987]

I love how Rust gives a bottle of whiskey to Marty. He was almost saying, "You can't handle this shit without it.."

[@saintchito]

truuee

[@jazzyfan20]

Sharath SH there's no almost to it, that's exactly what he was saying. when that happened in the scene, all of us watching took shots. it helped

[@charlesderosas5577]

Weed would be better.

[@Arbitrary_Moniker]

@@charlesderosas5577 Exactly. Probably some antidepressant, actually. Don't see how drinking helps. People get more emotional, more impulsive, less inhibited when they drink. Drinking would make, does make, any emotional reaction to any event more intense.

[@NomadicNorthwoods]

It was a flask, could've been any type of liquor.

[@desktopshorts7411]

One of the most powerful & horrifying scenes of S1. The fact that it gives you a glimpse of the tape, just snippets, and let's you imagine what happened is just repulsive. You actually feel how Rust & Cole feel. Absolutely GENIUS filmmaking. I rate this with the Sopranos & The Wire at this stage.

[@waltwalt3282]

LOL

[@brubs2929]

As a series the sopranos and the wire are untouchable. However as a “miniseries” this is one of the best.

[@brubs2929]

Let me add next to Band of brothers which is the best miniseries created

[@voteZDLR]

HBO has the miniseries game on lock, The Night Of is another great little miniseries they put out not too long ago. It's nothing short of a masterpiece, although it's entirely different story wise.

[@blakeandcamp]

@@brubs2929 Nothing is untouchable. True Detective S1 is right up there along with The Wire and Sopranos easily.

[@williammccormick2802]

Here's the thing about what's on the tape. Marty's reaction just shows you that some REALLY bad shit went down. The imagination of the audience is a far greater and more dangerous tool rather than actually show what is on the tape.

[@fredward7476]

Paul21 Thanks for sharing.

[@FunlandRobot]

Paul21 none of us care dude.

[@mikloonepercenter]

Paul21 wtf

[@pacenpeppers3744]

Paul21 no one ask. Holy fuck

[@imahorsefaceddipshit5300]

THANKS CAPTAIN OBVIOUS!!!!!

[@Thorvald9666]

Rust couldnt even watch it again, but he knew the only way to convince Marty was to show him the horror of what was left unsolved

[@Vinicantstopcrying]

Yap. Rust tried to convinced Marty with info and logic at first but he won't listen until rust showed him the tape.

[@L3SSTH4NL33T]

Marty's reaction isn't just about what's on the tape. Him and Rust could've caught these bastards 20 years ago but they let them slip away.

[@KendrixD]

Nah he reacted like that because it was him who let the true culprits slip away. If he hadn't killed Dewall, they could've gotten the truth out of him, since Rust is insanely good at interrogation.

[@Mau5lex]

@@KendrixD Ledeux*

[@KendrixD]

@@Mau5lex oh right sorry it's been a long time since I watched this show. Welp maybe it's time for a rewatch 🤷‍♂️

[@XIIIphobos]

@@KendrixD i dunno man. it’s one thing with interrogating rank and files or just regular lowlifes, but Reggie and Dewall were Acolytes to the Yellow King.

[@apelincoln1616]

There's no way Rust would get anything out of them during interrogation. Although vile, they are also smart and know mind games

[@willgold9989]

“You shouldn’t have that.” “Nobody should have this.”

[@kurtohrenberger366]

2:07 ...the expression Marty's face is heart breaking. Good god that must've been tramautizing to watch what happened next. Poor Rust had to deal with that alone for who knows how long. Tremendous scene.

[@swish007]

+Kurt Ohrenberger yeah and when rust said(without blinking) he watched the whole thing.. it revealed even more about him. it's chilling in a way. because rust is a man who can stare at the worst kind of evil unflinchingly.. it's almost superhuman. it takes a kind of abnormal human to be able to do that, and I think in many ways that's why he is shunned. Rust could possibly be a kind of savant. and marty in many ways is a coward who can't face it. but at the end of the day they get the job done together. it's a very interesting relationship

[@dfmotat6306]

+Kurt Ohrenberger MCconauguey stole the attention in this show but Harrelson made an incredile acting too

[@MustaWizard]

it's only a tv show lol

[@nikk94boiboi43]

Rust is what we call the Übermensch

[@_Cato_]

Nikk94boi Boi Very much so.

[@billyjaymz]

Tuttle didn't kill himself.

[@Mat-threw]

James Burstedt neither did Epstein

[@billyjaymz]

That's kinda where I was going with that...

[@alexesposito6824]

James Burstedt lollllllllllll

[@sidehustlz]

Clinton Killdepstein

[@y2123-l8c]

Enough, with this meme

[@MrHJW1995]

The thing I love most about this scene and Harrelson’s performance here is that he realises this is partly his fault. He killed Reggie Ledoux before Rust had an opportunity to interrogate him and given Rust’s reputation for getting suspects to talk he could’ve given them the information they needed to arrest these sick animals before they managed to do this. The writing of this series is up there with some of the finest ever produced.

[@GigaChadh976]

Well in Marty’s defense, the Carcosa cult has people in the government and police department

[@Wubzy66]

Marie Fontenot was killed before Dorah Lange.

[@jakebiomask]

The girl in the tape was killed years before Marty killed Reggie.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

It wasn't Marty's fault and I don't think Rust saw it as his fault either. Marty reacted on instinct the same way anyone with even a fraction of a conscience would react to finding 2 children in that condition.

[@bogdanoff2828]

Nah, I don’t think Ledoux would have told them anything. I think Marty was more angry he didn’t back Rust up more 7 years later when he was investigating Tuttle.

[@cjhedberg735]

I'm rarely taken aback by things happening in a film or televison. Explosions? Sure. Decaptations? No problem. But the one thing that really freaks me out is religious cults. And this has to be one of the most unsettling things I have ever seen on screen. The fact that you don't get to actually see what happens on the tape, just short glimpses and leaving the rest up for imagination...I feel sick just thinking about it. And the grainy, old-school picture quality just adds to the realism. I need to go watch SpongeBob now.

[@lucagiraldi7284]

exactly what i was thinking man fuckin hell.. and your pic of Walt is amazing!

[@Impuritan1]

You don't need to see what's on the tape. Marty's face says it all.

[@peterhardie4151]

CJ Hedberg if this is the most disturbing thing you have seen I suggest you watch Irreversible.

[@nitekilla]

It's an alright movie, nothing special though... Gaspar Noe is okay, but most of his fans are pretentious idiots. I enjoyed the rape actually.

[@papadoc711]

"The fact that you don't get to actually see what happens on the tape, just short glimpses and leaving the rest up for imagination..." There is a saying for that, one word, I can't recall what it is but in the glory days of horror this was the case, the director would never explain why someone would do something like this because the brain would come up with something far more terrifying.

[@RobertMorgan]

I've seen this scene so many times, including when it originally aired in the show, but maybe this is the first time it was clear enough to see the girl in the tape was visibly crying and scared. I hadn't seen that before and it makes the scene that much more chilling and disturbing.

[@misters1r900]

How can you tell? I can barely make anything out in that tiny screen?

[@varunc9110]

@@misters1r900 you can see it

[@varunc9110]

@@misters1r900 and I am sorry to say this...but you can also two people holding the girl down and spreading her legs and another guy approaching her with what looks like a knife

[@royfokerpoker1802]

@@varunc9110 Yeah it's a long blade or machete

[@yaboydolphin]

@@varunc9110 bro

[@alexcross5]

I like how at 2:17 you can feel Marty's slow realization that he is partially responsible for what happened to all those children because he killed Dewall before he and Marty could find out the truth. This show truly has some of the best acting I've ever seen in a TV show.

[@enshk79]

That is from watching what he just saw. He is not processing his past and the connection. He was in absolute shock. His reactions were brilliantly acted to convey just how awful it is.

[@johnfranks2661]

A bit of a correction: Marty didn't kill Dewall, he killed Reggie. Dewall died after stepping on his own landmine.

[@BruceWayne-fj9bm]

The only one responsible for what happened is the people who did the crime.

[@carlkamuti]

I'm not sure that he was thinking about that in this particular moment, though I'm sure that thought did occur to him later. Rust lets him know as much more than once.

[@morganbanefort181]

I don't think he would have talked anyway

[@ColemanJRimer]

"And there's a videotape." Marty's reaction to that line is perfect. He knows it's not footage of puppies playing with kittens on there. And he knows he'll have to watch what IS on there. This season was so good.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

Yes but Rust knew Marty has what it takes to handle it. Remember why Marty retired from the force to begin with? Someone put a baby in a microwave. People forget the horrific things cops see on a daily basis.

[@javierbustos5697]

This scene was fucking brutal, man. Such an amazing show.

[@luciferscatmilk]

Why the comma?

[@darrionroberts4100]

Doesn't even have to show you what happened...

[@kutagore]

@@luciferscatmilk Now why, not?

[@y2123-l8c]

@@luciferscatmilk he has good spelling Dumbass

[@darrionroberts4100]

@Young Reem well that's what I'm saying the scene is horrifying even without showing the tape.

[@matchington1148]

Anybody hear about Jeffrey Epstein and immediately think of Tuttle and this scene?

[@scottwyatt1691]

Matchington 1 nope

[@sick0spherean]

Tuttle didn’t kill himself

[@bartledoo9]

Noe you’re probably just thinking about epstein too much.

[@SgtKaneGunlock]

not really Epstein's MO was more hooking powerful people up with underage teenagers than little girls NOT better by any stretch but certainly more accurate

[@andrewhorry9417]

@@SgtKaneGunlock same low life Boat. Deviant sex ring for the rich

[@Rygabo]

Woody deserves an Oscar for this scene. The pain and revulsion on his face...You don't even see what's happening in the video and my stomach still churns every time I watch this scene. As said before, the way Rust hands him the flask and turns away is a stroke of genius too. An amazing TV show and incredible acting throughout by Woody and Matt.

[@JonDundas10]

I think it's also worth pointing out, Marty's reaction is so visceral not only because of the content in the video, but also it hits him that, truly, the case is unfinished. And that in the years it's been "closed", these crimes have been happening time and time again.

[@memby93x]

Marty was clearly watching the Game of Thrones finale. I reacted the same way.

[@devanman7920]

Haha same

[@tashaporter4506]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@cmonmanyouknowthething8200]

Great comment hahaha I had the SAME reaction. 😂😂😂😂

[@JonnySublime]

😂

[@Usul26]

@keepkillingpigs it just didn't make sense..it never will. They really fucked up. They destroyed the whole show with that nonsense

[@alanguillermo3145]

When Marty first meets up with Rust again he tells him how he looks like shit. "Time has his way with us all. Seems you pissed him off. " "You don't look particularly healthy, the way you're talking. Your eyes looks kinda brittle, Rust." I don't think it was time or alcohol that did that to Rust. It was that tape. I don't think even Rust, with his nihilism and low opinion of humanity as a whole could have ever imagined something as horrible as what he saw on that tape. The fact that he has to stand as far away from it as possible and look at a wall while it's playing and the way he says, "Nobody should have this," tells you just how deeply it's damaged him.

[@royfokerpoker1802]

Well yeah. It's basically a child snuff film , child sacrifice. These actually exist on dark web for entertainment for elite clients. Anyway, for those who actually witness it, stories are told on how they are driven to insanity after viewing it. Or people who watched it who weren't supposed to.

[@Stridewise]

@@royfokerpoker1802 oh this doesn't happen

[@burnttoast9890]

​@@Stridewise No, it does , it's not that prevalent anymore

[@Tasis123gr]

the terrifying thing really is that there were humans doing those things.. and those things are inspired by real events unfortunately..

[@akashmajumdar6839]

@ludlow 889 wasn't franklin scandal found out to be fake ?

[@YumYum820]

@ludlow 889 Denny Hastert, fuckin boys

[@MandenTV]

ludlow 889 don’t forget about the Rotherham sex abuse scandal, the police and government knew it was happening for decades but let it happen.

[@newnamestillhumanthough576]

@ludlow 889 don't forget the dutroux affair .

[@IZn0g0uDatAll]

Lol pizzagate. Is anyone fucking stupid enough to believe that shit anymore. The humanity...

[@Impuritan1]

The double meaning of “Nobody should have this” just ads so much more to it. Hands down best series ever made.

[@moniemaker27]

This show is so brutal, it just works. It's a masterpiece, and definitely gives Breaking Bad a run for its money.

[@jolyzomby]

The plot of the show is good, but what makes the show a masterpiece is is the acting of Woody Harrelson and, i can't stress this enaught: Matthew McConaughey! The guy can really act. I just don't know why he chose so many shitty stuff in the past...

[@CollinDUBS]

jolyzomby In response to your last statement, the shitty movies you speak of (oh and they were) also paid a higher wage.

[@HEEEEELLLOOOOOOOOOOO]

This show is amazing, but to say that it gives Breaking Bad a run for its money, I think that's going too far. Breaking Bad is arguably the best written television series of all time.

[@CollinDUBS]

If we are purely taking about writing, my ranking would go as follows 1. The Wire, The Sopranos 2. Breaking Bad

[@MarkSmith-dx3cd]

This show crushes any season of Breaking Bad. BB has longevity....but that longevity exposes a story line to cracks in it's armor. It could happen here too...but for now....THIS IS THE SHIT!!!!

[@davebirney]

theres also that scene where they show the video to the guy on the boat, and they show the boat from half a mile away and you can still hear the guy screaming. half a mile away. you know that shit is serious!

[@buildinit6523]

I CANT FIND THIS SCENE. ARE U TALKING WHEN THEY KIDNAPPED SHERIFF? THEY DIDNT SHOW HIM TAPE

[@rathandevlish2787]

@@buildinit6523 when they confront the corrupt sheriff by luring him to a boat by pretending to go on a fishing trip

[@jstratton1981]

@@buildinit6523 it's when rust sends marty to work over sherriff gerasi, the one rust slapped in the face in 95 and called him "rummy".

[@1olp1]

@@buildinit6523 they did

[@Temporoniii]

I don't see how the second season could even start to top this

[@TastyChickenWing]

+Temporoniii It didn't come close.

[@ValladaoMateus]

It didn't. Sucked balls.

[@d4n4nable]

S2 was great. Not better, just good in a different way.

[@Htheorphanarian]

yeah that different way being, it was shite.

[@BucketOfSuck]

Any other seasons of this show have an almost impossible bar to try and reach. This is one of if not the best season of television ever filmed.

[@DoTheEvoluti0nBaby]

Season 1 is proof, to me at least, that Lovecraft stories and even the Yellow King book, from Robert Chambers, should become a Netflix tv series. There is much to be explored in that kind of horror.

[@TheSm1thers]

Precisely. I'm surprised that there haven't been many TV shows or movies based on Lovecraft's works, apart from a few crap adaptations like Cthlhu and The Color Out of Space.

[@joonasseppala1413]

@@TheSm1thers As multiple other people have stated previousely, it is an extremely difficult of a task to portray something that causes madness to its witnesses. How do you create a concept of something so truly macabre that it makes people lose their grasp on reality. The cosmic horror in this show was extremely simple and bare bone. The show leaned much more towards southern gothic horror and the cosmic stuff was implemented more as spice to bring out the restless and even somewhat unreliable side of Rust as a character. Just like from Martin's point of view, our knowledge of his visions of insanity made the possibility of his partaking in the crimes, even if just little, more plausible.

[@TheSm1thers]

@@joonasseppala1413 I think it'd be difficult to implement when I really think about it tbh, but it would pay off if done well. You'd have to rely upon a lot of suspense, and CGI at certain points, but not show the actual alien/monster fully if at all. The focus would be the monster's effect on people. The protagonist is usually an investigator of sorts, whether they're a journalist, a scientist, a detective, or writing a book. They start off as rational people, perhaps the most rational characters in the town/village they're at looking with a snobbish perspective at the locals superstitious beliefs. There would have to be an alien-like feel to the movie which captures how foreign the place is to the protagonist, how out of their depth they feel and how trapped they might feel. Dream sequences too as many of Lovecraft's work involves dreams as being important to the plot. You'd also need to have great acting from the people turned crazy, some who might have joined a cult who have completely lost their minds and look a bit like zombies. The movie would need to have nihilistic theme to it like in True Detective. In Lovecraft's works you often have the protagonist who is rational but his mental state degrades over time as he's exposed to more questionable scenarios throughout and tries to rationalise it in his head. A skilled actor would be needed to portray this. You also would need a Rust-type character trying to warn the main protagonist, who doesn't take his advice all that seriously until near the end when it's too late. I certainly reckon a Lovecraft movie could be put together excellently.

[@joonasseppala1413]

@@TheSm1thers I would totally support the idea of using Lovecraft as a source for world-building. You kind of hit the nail on the coffin with the monster: the execution of releasing the tension via the alien/great ones should be left out and only implied towards. Now back on the world-building I think Damon Lindelof could be a writer who I believe to have the capabilities of pulling something like this off. One great example would be The Leftovers (TV-series). In case you haven't seen it I would describe its world as uncanny. The people are there but something under the surface just rubs you the wrong way. Adults are trying to keep it together and adolescents are up to their shenanigans, and yet, all their behaviour comes across as rushed, hectic and uncontrollable. Never during the show are you explicitly told why the people are the way they are but you can deduct all that yourself through introspection and that to me was a huge part in making the experience more intimate and personal. Also, I think Lindelof's style of intentionally leaving out crucial information in a meticulous manner (à la Watchmen) would help with building suspense like you mentioned.

[@jeremydaly8293]

My only wish for his series is that it had maintained the implications of cosmicism into the second half of the season. The first third of True Detective is the best Lovecraftian horror ever put on camera.

[@JackOfSomeTrades29]

2:11 that shot of Rust in the foreground is just something else. "Now you see why I can never stop."

[@popamarianalexandru8159]

I think this scene is as strong as ''The Box'' scene in Se7en, we don't really get to see what's happening or what's in there, but we kinda already knew before them

[@Usul26]

I agree with you 100% the moment i saw the blood on the box i already knew..fuck that guy was really a monster

[@romanz9022]

People fail to mention just how much deep shit these two men were in, they weren't up against one man, but a family network connected to high places of power. Rust felt it from the beginning when he talked about the scope of this thing. Scary shiit

[@vivek27789]

True... Very True...I hate conspiracy theories...But after seeing everything happen in the world in last two years...My gut now says such evil pedo ring and sacrifice cult comprising of powerful and dangerous people definitely exists in some form or another in our real world too....we will just never know the real truth.

[@KnightofFunnyJunk]

I would like to remind everyone that the Carcosa Cult is loosely based on the Illuminati primarily the Freemasonry The Freemasonry has something referred to as the Order of the 500. The Order of the 500 is a large multi faceted network of Millionaires and Multi Millionaires whose sole purpose is to keep up appearances and to worship the status quo. The Carcosa spiral is in reference to that with the center of the symbol being the 13 Families, the 13 most financially and politically powerful people on the planet The video tape that Rust stole from Tuttle of them at the sacrificial alter is a Bohemian Grove initiation tape. Tuttle is in reference to either being a member of this group or a stand in for someone like Jeffrey Epstein.

[@TheBigBenzShow]

Fucking terrifying

[@rustcohle4886]

You are telling me man. I had to watch the whole tape

[@jleos0095]

Those kind of people rule the fucking world, the very top echelon of power are filled with people like Tuttle

[@k.more1995]

@@rustcohle4886 how many of the men took their mask off?

[@R2TheM]

Love this show.. So eerie and horrifying without the shock value. Anyone can create a gore fest to bother the viewers but it takes talent to show nothing and still create that feeling of sheer horror. Such a good show and yes, Matt and Woody were stupendous.

[@KalispellBarbell]

Tuttle on the tape: “you’re in the night country now, true detective”

[@evanthebourne]

Knowing that Marty had raised 2 little girls and reacted like that, makes me wonder how Rust reacted when he saw that.

[@goodstuff8156]

That symbol painted on the garage door shows that the writers either did their research or see this everyday. Very reminiscent of the finders group, the one chase made a video about.

[@jacopoabbruscato9271]

The fact that you can't clearly see what's in the tape makes the scene so much more powerful. Only seeing two hardened and jaded men reacting that way makes you imagine what kind of unspeakable horror is going on, and your imagination cannot be matched by anything a screenwriter could come up with.

[@IronsteffL]

The music doesn't get enough praise. The somber tone and the unrelenting rhythm that intensifies even after Marty turned of the tape, telling that the scene went on anyway and got worse - it's just bone-chilling and horrifying. Perfect television right here.

[@jackhallander6706]

The music reminds me of Sinister from 2012. The eerie nature of the music is so similar, coupled with the out of focus, grainy film.

[@X-72]

Song name?

[@jakedowe4565]

this first season always has and continues to be the best show that was ever on television, beating game of thrones etc

[@ovskii96]

I think what makes this scene amazing it that it shows why Rust was acting so different during his interview in the first five episodes. He already watched that tape, and it broke him. It also explains why he needed to drink so bad, besides making his statements inadmissable.

[@Muffbat]

Also he wanted to carve the cans into the scene from the tape to see what the two interviewing him knew. True genius from the creators.

[@dmcrun3572]

@@Muffbat GD…I never thought of that ..he was carving the cans to see if the one of the detectives would recognize it

[@relentlessopinions6731]

I’ll never forget watching this with roommates years ago. When Rust says the line “I won’t avert my eyes, not again” one of roommates actually broke down in tears. I will never forget this show

[@Alan_Page]

This is how I reacted when I watched the first episode and saw what True Detective Night Country was going to be like.

[@CaptPicard81]

Ugh when you can see the girl was crying the whole time, she knew what was happening. Absolutely horrifying

[@mrturtletail3945]

"I won't avert my eyes. *Not again."* -Rustin Cohle

[@carterburkhart4336]

Not only is Rust standing towards the door brilliant in showing the madness of the tape, but also the fact that all he is looking at is the Tuttle cult spiral. Stuck in the that same loop that he wishes to bind shut. Fantastic stuff

[@royfokerpoker1802]

Same symbol that's on police department city/state badge logos all over the country right NOW.. in real life. (Yes this is an "insider show"). The more you know.

[@DLPAgenda]

Imagine watching this, and THEN season 4...and considering them even remotely of the same quality. I want season 5 to investigate how people could possibly do the mental gymnastics to justify the debacle that was Night Country.

[@Leisurelee53]

'You shouldn't have that.' '..nobody should have this.' The theme of the show summed up in two lines. A modern classic.

[@meonkrishnanan5920]

I like that Marty is at first just horrified, but the reality of the situation sinks in at 2:18 and then he gets angry because he realizes that he has some culpability.

[@Luke101]

This moment. Marty watches the tape and immediately is in. The boys are back.

[@jamessm4401]

I love how the tape is treated in this scene. The gloves have a double purpose. They keep finger prints off the tape and the video is so repulsive, so radioactive and evil that it cant be touched without infecting the holder. It is a cursed item.

[@erichoover4640]

James Sm now you’re just reaching 😂😂😂

[@morganfarrell2442]

It’s little details like this that really add to the impact of scenes like this

[@ljp719]

Eric Hoover Eh, I don’t think so. It’s pretty basic metaphorical symbolism. There’s a fuck-ton of poetic details like that in the first season of this show, it’s a Fukunaga staple.

[@el34glo59]

Reaching

[@drakashrakenburgproduction5369]

@@el34glo59 Nah this fits in well with Lovecraft and the symbolism of the show. In Lovecraft, there are objects that mortals shouldn't touch or see. If they do the madness overwhelms them. This tape can be viewed as one of those objects.

[@nightboiii]

easily one of the best 1st seasons of a tv show of all time. just..my lord. still rewatch it once a year and am never disappointed

[@Niels_Mortensen]

Woody is seriously one of the most underrated dramatic actors ever to exist. Everyone wants to hire him for comedic purposes. Sad

[@jeremyhopkins577]

The whole dynamic in this scene is incredible. A man who lives in the abyss inviting another to come down with him.

[@papadoc711]

Reports of missing persons have increased sixfold in the past 25 years, from roughly 150,000 in 1980 to about 900,000 this year. The increase was driven in part by the country's growing population. But the numbers also indicate that law enforcement treats the cases more seriously now, including those of marginalized citizens. An astounding 2,300 Americans are reported missing every day, including both adults and children. 275,000 Britons disappear every year, its not worth thinking about where these people go. Places like Haut de la Garenne and boys town raise the question how many other places are there. Similar events in the southern states inspired Nic Pizzolatto to create this show, and what a show it turned out to be.

[@papadoc711]

gordon sung The world is a fucked up place isn't it?

[@comical9587]

papadoc711 Humans are a fucked up species.

[@Yerfdog1]

papadoc711 What country are you specifying your Stats to? Because based on the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System only 90,000 (Rounded) are considered missing a year. Are you basing your information it only in Ireland?

[@papadoc711]

Eddie S I based it on the "Missing, Key Numbers - Missing People" report from the home office and the National police improvement agency.

[@ilikeceral3]

Yep. Shit like this could happen in poor minority communities and not get investigated for years, if at all.

[@glenncanning8189]

The acting here is what gets all of the praise- and rightfully so; both performances are so nuanced and lifelike that they can’t help but jump right out at you. However, this scene is also a wonderful example of how vital an asset scoring is in filmmaking, too. The subtle bass note that plays when Marty looks at the photos sets the tone, and then the harrowing, pulse-raising piece that accompanies Marty watching the videotape and finally having the horrible truth revealed to him are both picture-perfect for the moment. Subtle additions like these are the difference between good filmmaking and great filmmaking.

[@Rello84]

Fucked up part is there are people in power still doing this shit for real. EDIT: That low key music actually hurts.

[@Tateisadrummachine]

This season is god tier. I don’t think we’ll ever get anything like this ever again... mostly because the powers that be probably don’t want to be outed like this again.

[@Fin_Nash]

The fact this sort of shit goes on in our world is the most frightening part

[@kristopherryanwatson]

and that most of this is very real. the writers didn't just make it up.

[@castleb0y]

the music that plays over the tape is perfect, just haunting

[@Darkmatter105]

I cannot express in words the intensity, masterful writing and acting this show produced. I have to give it up to both woody and Mathew. Amazing actors.

[@logicaldude3611]

Love how Rust puts in the tape and hands a flask of liquor to Marty. Like he’s saying, “You’re gonna need this to numb yourself.”

[@Porcuspine360]

I would pay good money to see that tape

[@stinkystinkypoopystinkypeepee]

​@@Porcuspine360why

[@darrenkey207]

Seeing that tape would've turned me into The Punisher

[@tedthecommenter5364]

@TheGooners11 tinfoil hate engaged

[@buildinit6523]

NOTHING WILL EVER HAPPEN TO ANY OF THESE SCUM BAGS. TRUMP IS PUTTING HIS RUST COLE ONTO THIS BULL SHIT. HE KNOWS WHAT HAS TO BE DONE. LOOK INTO THE EYES OF HILARY CLINTON. PURE EVIL

[@Redfoot555]

you just seen it are you going to do anything about it ?

[@mariuszpudzianowski1743]

@@Redfoot555 that bitch won't do anything because he knows if he met one of us he would shit himself

[@a.t.3192]

@@buildinit6523 Fuck. Off. Trump is a multiple sex offender who was a long-time friend of Epstein. He's no better than any of those elite psychopaths. Hell, I can ignore everything he does in office, and *still* call him out as a trash human. If you're genuinly gonna compare that orange fuckwit to someone like Rust Cohle, you should get your head checked out.

[@bassinblue]

My reaction to season 2.

[@sonofjenova717]

Lmfao

[@icuntbreathe3706]

My reaction to season 3 LMAO

[@killingjoke5625]

David Harrison Season 2 was amazing...just like season 1 just different

[@n.s.7293]

*4

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

I love how Marty is clearly hating every second of having to be here, learning this knowledge, but knows that Rust is right and they're the only ones who can at least TRY to bring these sick monsters to justice.

[@yorickmoran3516]

This is how my reaction was watching Two Girls One Cup

[@Javier-il1xi]

Try "3 guys 1 hammer".

[@yorickmoran3516]

***** thanks for for the warning.

[@MorningStar-nc1od]

3 guys 1 hammer wasn't bad

[@averageo2343]

+Xavi Campoverde 2 guys 1 stump (the porn not the YT video) murdered my abs from laughing so hard.

[@zippymiester6429]

Do not ever watch "1 man 1 pick-axe", worse than all of these suggestions.. so fucked up I cannot even describe it, like what Xavi warned, "For your own sanity"

[@JasperChalks]

The soundtrack does such a great job of selling this scene.

[@Bluemgwes]

And the acting. Holy god the acting.

[@wayneadams9102]

these two are the greatest Arkham Horror Investigators ever... Fantasy Flight needs to build scenarios around this kind of dark cerebral sort of shit.

[@jaaxxone]

I don't know why this isn't praised as the best mini-series of all time. To me it seems like it lasted for a decade and I still want more.

[@babakhanoushii]

I was talking to a friend about how watching this season made me feel filthy afterward, like I needed a shower. I think it's especially true in this scene.

[@rustcohle4886]

Dude u think u felt filthy? I lived this shit

[@mrneutral8423]

Amazing actors, amazing team.

[@Thisisaweirdthing2makeusdo]

This scene will never leave me. These guys fucking kill this role.

[@dragons_of_liberty]

the most chilling part of this is that there were eight dudes in that video (seven visible plus cameraman). i mean, one or two twisted individuals doing depraved things just isn't too shocking- sociopaths are out there, and probably always will be. but how the hell did they convince so many people that doing something so awful was a good idea?

[@Ψυχήμίασμα]

dragonsofliberty Waco, Heaven's Gate, Eastern Lightning, Raelism, Aum Shinrikyo, Twelve Tribes, and now, just take a look at what's happening in the sectarian shit in Iraq and Syria.

[@KvltKommando]

+dragonsofliberty sociopaths have a knack for identifying eachother as they themselves fake most of their interactions and are dead inside, thus they are able to recognize each other. There are a massive amount of cases, not to mention all of the ones I've read about first hand in recent news of families, groups or partnerships or pedophiles, rapists and murderers who work together for their own sick fetish.

[@michaelluciano1980]

Have to love the cinematography at 1:35. Rust literally looking like he is being sucked into a spiral which is a metaphor for how this case has consumed his entire life while Marty is being horrified by the tape. The zenith of American horror imo

[@bldthrstyvgn6248]

I will forever wish I could watch this season for the first time again. Holy Shit!

[@kholemcrae1100]

A Hollywood casting tape for child stars

[@SilasWolfe]

"I won't avert my eyes," Rust is every truth seeker who stumbles upon the terrible reality that shapes the world we live in. He will look into the abyss even at the risk of becoming the abyss.

[@YagrumBagarn]

Over the decades I've watched many movies and TV shows but in my opinion I think nothing beats True Detective season 1

[@syedalihassan8349]

This scene tops all the horror movies I've watched. Sent a deep shiver down my spine the first time I saw this scene.

[@RustCole01]

The 1st time I watched this episode, that scene made my eyes well up. I was a 35 year old man and I can't really remember a TV show or movie ever choking me up before, but Marty's reaction almost made me "ugly cry". The end of Remember The Titans hit me in the feels back when I was 17 and I watched it at the movie theater, with my gf sobbing like a child. But the True Detective Storage Locker scene is my kryptonite.

[@gabe5269]

0:45, all the missing kids postings in the back then the tape, this show really went into a very dark road, they should of kept these 2 amazing actors for the next seasons.

[@BREAKocean]

After rewatching this show after years, my heart sank when he said "There's a videotape" all memories came flooding back. I was thinking might not be it, but when Rust gave him the flask I was like yup this is definitely it.

[@Shiva-kz6tn]

Marty's reacation is pretty much me watching Season 4

[@jameswelsby5734]

Can only echo what many have said in the comments already; this is just so disturbing and never fails to unsettle me whenever I watch this scene/the show.

[@user-fv9mh6zr4k]

People don't realize how this is more of a documentary than a show.

[@ahuxley123]

This is probably one of the best shows I’ve ever ever seen in my life

[@benjaminmorpus4959]

Best series I have ever seen. True masterpiece with Matthew and woody

[@dmitrishebalev4945]

the first season of true detective took me by a complete surprise. i expected much from such a cast, and still, my expectations were completely annihilated by this masterpiece. i still have goosebumps seeing scenes from this season, with an intense feeling of mysticism and fear of the unknown.

[@dylana.9057]

Absolute disgust and loss of faith in humanity is a better representation of the feelings you get

[@mtdouthit1291]

They were soooooo good together, bring them back!!!

[@ethanharmer5151]

This show did something very brilliant, and watching this clip made me realize what it is. Now something that can often drive a story is a good villain. And most good villains in stories, no matter how evil they behave, are compelling and make you even like them. Take the Joker, Darth Vader, Thanos, and Cersei Lannister. They are evil and you want them to go down, but a part of you enjoys them in the story and even finds them relatable. One of the signs of a great villain is that there is a quality that makes them redeemable in your eyes, even if they will never redeem themselves This show did something completely different. They gave us a group of villains that are so evil that they don’t have anything to redeem themselves in the audiences eyes. And this video tape cements that. This is honestly one of the evilest things I have ever seen in a story, and we didn’t even see what they did!!! These villains have no redeemable quality, and you spend every moment after this scene just waiting for our heroes to take them down. And that’s what makes their victory so much sweeter Childress, the Tuttles, and their homies are what real evil people are actually like. They don’t have any relatable backstory or compelling plan that makes you kinda root for them. They are just vile monsters who submit to their most carnal desires. That is what true evil is. Allowing your carnal desires to take hold

[@mkultra2456]

They villains in this show were pedophile satanists

[@ethanharmer5151]

@@mkultra2456 rapists. Don’t forget the rapist part

[@Spanner249]

Once Upon a Time in America does this from the perspective of the Villians. One of the reasons people struggle with that film there are no heroes in it.

[@ethanharmer5151]

@@Spanner249ehh they still made those characters relatable. Even the fucking rapist is complex at the least.

[@louismorello404]

This is the best season of television to ever grace my eyes... every single thing about this show is absolutely fucking amazing

[@claymac7895]

Best part of this scene is the look on Marty's face when Rust hands him the latex gloves to put on. It's cut out of this clip but it's classic.

[@phantommonolith642]

I just watched this clip right now after watching watching TD multiple times over the years, and I won't lie a part of me forgot this scene until I saw it posted here. Maybe my brain completely blocked it out because it scares the shit out of me. But yknow what really occurred to me? Throughout the show we see flaws in both Rust and Marty. You can say that they're both "bad guys" BUT great detectives. The thing that hit me after watching this scene is, sure you can be bad if you do stupid things, but man being EVIL is something else entirely. I felt a lot of guilt in my past for my alcoholism. I always felt awful and bad about it. But man, there are some seriously evil people out there. Damn. This scene is heavy.

[@MelancoliaI]

I want that side-loading TV-VCR combo. What a sweet piece Rust had.

[@Number3boyz]

Great great season, finally watched it. These two did a great job!

[@Novelist1029]

This is the greatest season of a tv show period!