The Man With The SCARS! | True Detective 1x7 Reaction

[@SpartanandPudgey]

OMG! CANT BELIEVE HE WAS UNDER OUR NOSE THE ENTIRE TIME!! Watch Band of Brothers AND The Haunting of Hill House EARLY & UNCUT over on Patreon! www.patreon.com/spartanandpudgey

[@thischannelsucks3471]

I recommend Midnight Mass very interesting show

[@o-henry]

So a couple missed connections regarding the names and families: - The guy they're holding captive is Steve Giraci. He was a detective in Marty and Rust's homicide unit in 95. We saw him when he got into an argument with Rust and Rust bitchslapped him - Before working in homicide, Geraci apparently worked for Sheriff Ted Childress in another county. Childress was the dude who told Marty and Rust about the spaghetti monster and swept Marie Fontenos disappearance under the rug. - The name Childress is newly introduced and important. It was one of the names the old black maid told Rust and Marty about. Childress is one of the branches of the Tutle family - Also important detail: Childress was also the name of one of the guards who were in charge of the junkie in 05 that killed himself after he mentioned the Yellow King to Rust.

[@aphextwin5712]

The guy who Marty and Rust spoke in ‘95 about the spaghetti monster and Marie Fontenot was Sheriff Tate, the (or a) successor to Sheriff Childress. Note, Marie Fontenot disappeared five years prior to that while Childress was the sheriff.

[@ginofactap]

@@aphextwin5712 correct!

[@marwynthemasterful6369]

Pretty sure the older cop who was always walking around with Tuttle in the station in ‘95 was a Childress. Edit: To be even more specific, in episode 1, a old cop looks at Marty and his boss through the office window while Marty is talking to his boss about how he thinks Rust is good at the job. This cop enters the boss’ office as soon as Marty leaves. I believe he is a Childress. In the same episode, Marty’s boss does a presser, with Marty and Rust on stage. This cop is also on stage, staring at them, not the crowd.

[@RoboSteave]

Glad you pointed all this out and saved me the trouble.

[@aphextwin5712]

@@marwynthemasterful6369 I think you are talking about Commander Speece played by Don Yesso.

[@dolebludger]

Tbh this was one of those shows where watching for a second time was just as good. So much goes over your head

[@Tobe-rt5ru]

Over the past 10 years I've rewatched it many a time and still find hidden messages layered

[@user-vc5rp7nf8f]

yeah. i was so captivated first time seeing it. but watching it again and again you notice a lot of stuff. a lot of its subtle, and most people won't pick up on everything first time through

[@prateeksharma4884]

I strongly agree with you!!

[@OpeningsOpenings]

This 1st season is the tightest story arc ever Maximum tension and build up and catharsis… The characters are so well fleshed out, the mystery compelling, the cinematography is top tier... I mean, truly, this is one of the best seasons of any show ever.

[@benguensche]

almost too tight! I couldve watched many more episodes of rust and marty

[@rrael]

Easily. This is some of the greatest writing of all time, across all mediums. Marty and Rust are incredible characters.

[@tealsquare]

A Childress was also one of the prison guards when that guy in took his own life after talking to a lawyer

[@pabloc8808]

One of my favorite lines in this episode is when Marty says "you shouldn't have that" about the tape and Rust replies "nobody should have that". I've always interpreted it not as "this tape is bad and nobody should own this" but rather as "this is proof of an evil so dark, it shouldn't even exist, yet it does". Almost as if Rust is telling Marty if this evil exists and they're the only ones who can do something about it, they have to.

[@themightymufin]

couldn't agree more . ..

[@Micah_4D]

So now is a good time to drop this bit: In True Detective you've been introduced to the concepts of the Yellow King and Carcosa. IRL, in the late 1800s, Robert Chambers published a collection of stories called "The King in Yellow", where at the center of the stories is a play called The King in Yellow. Anyone who reads the play eventually goes insane and meets a horrible fate. In one such story, a man takes refuge in a church after reading The King in Yellow. However, he is unable to escape his fate and the King appears to him and transports him to Carcosa. To this end, True Detective S1 is firmly planted (IMO) in the genre of "weird fiction". There are other tidbits that carry this tone, like when Farrar recounts finding the old book "The Letters of Telios Delorca" written by the (imaginary) Franciscan mystic. This is a nod to the Necronomicon as imagined by the author of many weird fiction and cosmic horror stories, H.P. Lovercraft. In his stories, the tome was written by the "mad Arab Abdul Alhazred" (a mystic?). To cap this all off, H.P. Lovecraft is the creator of Cthulu, a gargantuan, cosmic being with a tentacled face, sometimes depicted with green skin. So, a green spaghetti-faced giant if you will.

[@Trepanation21]

Unsurprisingly, you're late to the party. People have talked about and told them these references in the comments (and not just on YT) all throughout the show.

[@patrickwaldeck6681]

Not showing anything explicit from the tape is brilliant. When Marty, a veteran homicide detective, almost immediately freaks out and turns it off you just know it has to be unbelievably horrific to shake him that badly.

[@pabloc8808]

It plays on the way fear/horror works in our minds, nothing you see can ever be scarier than what you don't see, because when we don't see something our minds imagine something bad, then something worse, then something even worse, and keep exaggerating it to the point of abstraction; where you no longer know exactly what you're afraid of, but you're certain it is the literal worst thing in the world (whatever that may be). We never see the tape, but we can't help but think "that girl was obviously gangr*ped by the cultists". Then you go "ok but, horrific as that is, it's also kinda common. What could be worse than that?" And that's when your mind goes to that place of abstraction, where you just know whatever you can imagine, it's worse.

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

Also, given what we know is likely being shown, I can't imagine therm actually trying to film it. That's something no one needs to see.

[@Timeisaflat_O]

When Rust talks about "tying it off," he's not talking about the case. He means he's planning to self-delete.

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

You mean kill himself?

[@TheGoIsWin21]

Yeah, I think Rust had reached the end of his willingness to keep on living, to keep "bearing witness", but he just couldn't do it knowing this case remained unsolved in his mind

[@robert___t]

​@@TheGoIsWin21It's also hinted at when Rust, after talking to the old woman, says, "I sure hope she ain't right… about death not being the end." That's his fear, that ending himself wouldn't end himself at all.

[@androsram641]

I am glad you noticed the lawnmower was the same one from episode 2. Also he was mowing the lawn in a circular pattern just like the symbol marty and rust found in the first ep. The details

[@pabloc8808]

After all, "time is a flat circle"

[@Trepanation21]

Time is a flat lawn mower. Or something.

[@lethaldose2000]

Yes Pudgey, this series is a chef's kiss. It keeps building and building. ------ Now it's time to meet the yellow King. He was hiding in plain sight this whole time.------- Hold on to your knickers this next episode is going to shake your soul to the core.

[@Grizzly_6623]

Aside from this show being one of the best shows ever, it’s also one of the most rewatchable shows of all time. It’s just so good every single time

[@lethaldose2000]

Hey Spartan and Pudgey, "10 Minutes is all I need to know if someone had done it. How long does it take you." -------- If Rust had only gotten that 10-minute interview with the lawnmower man back in episode 2. What a world of difference it would have made. ----------- My man Rust only needs those 10 minutes to know something is off. But Marty blew that horn and pulled him away before he got to match wits with the true monster among monsters of this season.

[@pabloc8808]

Idk if it would've worked on the Scarred Man, just like idk if it would've worked on Ledoux had Marty not smoked him. Remember Dewall "made" Rust in under 2 minutes, not as a cop, but as something to be avoided. The cultists are on a different wavelength, so much so that all of them affected Rust in some way.

[@lethaldose2000]

@@pabloc8808 fair point, but that 10 minutes would have put Childress on his radar. He wouldn't be hiding in plain sight.

[@csgXIII]

Back then when they met the scar man,he had cut grass on his face ,that's why we and the detectives didn't see the scars!!! The Sheriff is the guy That Rust slaps for being drunk on the job

[@Blackd0nuts]

Also it's the episode where they say Rust knows instantly when a witness/perp is lying. But he didn't have enough time to talk to him because Marty called him

[@TheGoIsWin21]

It also looked like the scar dude had a bit of a scruffy beard (probably due to growing through scar tissue). Between that and the length of time between the interaction and Rust picking up on the scarred man's significance just made it impossible for him to put it together

[@kdizzle901]

He has a scruff beard as well

[@kdizzle901]

@@TheGoIsWin21he absolutely did

[@Kieran-k1n5c]

I remember that reveal at the end sending shivers up my spine at the time. It’s such a good show that when you watch it again you realise clues and bits you missed or didn’t understand at the time. Great show

[@kobarsos82]

I think the most logical explanation about cultist beliefs and ideologies directly about this episode, since you guys are discussing it, and this is completely spoiler-free and just my opinion, is that people that have grown around this type of groups of people, basically almost consider it like part of their normal lives, and they look at it from a different perspective one which people outside of it can't ever understand. You can call it brain-washed if you like but you get the point. If you do this for enough years, with all the things you see etc, you end up believing it is true. For a person that grows old under these people and circumstances, no wonder they would sound weird when talking to them about it.

[@archstanton664]

The reason they showed the river at the end is because Rust theorized a few episodes ago that the killer probably uses the river for transportation/hunting ground.

[@jademonolith]

yeah, spot on with the 2 episodes to focus on the present. This show has perfect pacing.

[@blommiiz]

32:58 The boat is probably some sort of coastguard looking for missing persons or what not. They got VERY close to the real monster behind most of those missing in that area.

[@I_ll_beer_back]

David Wiegand of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote at the time: “The dialog is eloquent, descriptive and provocative, and it contributes to the series' gruesome mood.” Director Cary Joji Fukunaga makes excellent use of the Louisiana locations, giving them the same importance in terms of the plot as the characters Cohle and Hart. All the performances are terrific, but those of McConaughey and Harrelson are in a class of their own.” Personally, I was blown away by McConaughey's performance, he plays so superbly. 🤩 Outstanding series.

[@Tigermania]

Very few ppl probably catch all the clues on a first watch. The first time watch does allow you to get a gut instinct for characters choices, and watching YT reactors they often spot small things you missed before.

[@user-vc5rp7nf8f]

love the slow, investigative, realistic nature of the show. such dark subject matter too.

[@timothyhedrick5295]

@27:59 you saw the Sheriff in this scene back when he worked with Rust and Marty at the Louisiana State Police. He said something smart to Rust about "doing his own leg work" and Rust slapped him in the face.

[@lethaldose2000]

What gets me in this episode is that after all this time Rust believes he owes a debt to his victims and future victims of the Yellow King and his acolytes. -------- Rust worked the shadows for more than a decade to track the tall man in green with the scars. ------- He's terrified grown men, little kids, family members, since his cruelty know no bounds. -------- If Chole was a different man the Yellow King would have carried on his rampage of murder and torture to turn this world into Carcosa. -------- Thank God Rust Chole is a relentless task master at dissecting the clues. All praise to the Taxman, his ledger is never closed.

[@michaelgunn2284]

great reaction guys...this show was a revelation when it came out . masterful acting from Mathew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. this show stayed with me well after it was over

[@lynnettapierce1741]

This is definitely the best season of this show, but I would recommend you watch the other seasons of True Detective too. Even if you don't react to them. I think you'll like them. I became a Colin Farrell fan after season 2, and that's the "worst" season IMO. They are all very different and would be more highly acclaimed if they hadn't followed such an amazing season.

[@tealsquare]

Season 2 is better t-an Season 3 for me.

[@tonyhoable]

Get on to something else = self deletion

[@jeffrogers2180]

When rust said he was ready to tie things off, he meant end his life. He wants to solve this case and be done.

[@lethaldose2000]

As I reflect back on the detective work in this series, I am flabbergasted by the incompetence of so many of Rust and Marty colleagues. ------- The new detectives (Papnia and Glibough) literally have the Yellow King in their sights and were so dismissive of the real clues. ------- They committed all their energies to framing Chole for their own simplistic achievements. -------- Which is why the Tuddle, and Childress families were able to pursue their demonic torture and murderous predilections of 4 decades straight, uninterrupted. -------- What a travesty!!!!

[@pabloc8808]

"Remember what I said, about the detective's curse?"

[@TheJerbol]

Guys... Rust saying he wants to 'tie his life off' means he's planning on killing himself after finishing the case.

[@KayLeighHarlow]

I was really surprised they missed that. Rust has shown signs of being suicidal throughout the whole series--he smokes like he's actively trying to give himself lung cancer, he's a heavy alcoholic, he worked a high risk job and took special assignments undercover, the drugs and he even mentioned earlier in the season when Marty asked him why he bothers going on if he feels everything is pointless, that he "lacks the constitution for suicide." He's clearly contemplated it in detail and wasn't able to go through with the actual act at the time.

[@vvsparis]

yup

[@deanhibler3117]

27:09 In the United States it's very common for police officers and sheriff's deputies (and the sheriff himself by extension) to carry their firearms 24 hours a day. As a matter of fact some police departments require it. So it's not unusual for him to actually have his firearm in his possession at this time even during a social event.

[@Mike90317]

12:48 hold that thought 👀

[@paellaking9007]

the shadows lengthen in Carcosa...I like a description I saw once about the show: 'Drunk Detectives fight Eldritch God worshippers' LMAO

[@MannerdDesert7]

"Had to do this, before getting on with something else" Pretty sure he meant he was going to kill himself but wanted to do this before he did.

[@alexflorea4879]

Awesome reaction guys!!! The next episode is TV PERFECTION ❤

[@jeremyv3470]

"So Ted's the guy." "Ted's the man." If you know, you know!!

[@Timeisaflat_O]

"No, no, no, what if I gave you a HJ, man? I mean, what if I GOT you a HJ."

[@jeremyv3470]

@@Timeisaflat_O 🤣😂

[@feudist]

The word that you keep hearing from people being interviewed that is written on the wall of Rust's storage locker is "Carcosa". The other term you keep hearing is "Yellow King", also written on the wall. Pudgey is right. Both words evoke a superstitious fear response to the people in anyone who has grown up in the area.

[@jeremylevey5194]

Yessss!!! Been waiting for the reaction to this episode! The storage unit reveal is absolutely nuts!!! Getting ready to watch Aussies freak out! Don’t crap in your budgie smugglers 🤘😂😆

[@derps0n839]

The boat at the end could have been a real boat and they just kept it in the shot. In this area, boats are about as common as cars because some places you can only get there by boat.

[@MichaelPower212]

5:56 Pudgey: "Can't win them all guys." True but you did win where it counted on forecasting with the Game of Thrones.

[@AndyP998]

You are wrong, that guy who Marty talks now is Steve Gareci one of detectives along them in episode 1 atleast. Its they guy who Rust slapped in first or second episode inside police office

[@cmcgccjsl]

Also check the name of the officers working at the jail where the guy killed himself after telling Rust they never caught the killer. One of them is named Childress I believe.

[@Tobe-rt5ru]

If you watch that guy's eyes in that entire scene you'll see who he's looking out for outside of the room, as well as that sheriff's body language in the room when rust and Marty are discussing their ep5 encounter to the board, little details like that to associate him as a Childress was immaculate

[@GenghisDon1970]

you two arguing at 35 or so is funny...you are BOTH correct indeed, the characters are just crazy or not all there (even Russ has insights along these lines) HOWEVER all of the cosmic horror comes directly from old literature...the yellow king, Carcosa, all of it so yeah, it can absolutely be interpreted as valid mystical supernatural religious alien etc. HP Lovecraft took those and ran with them (hence they still influence many people even today); the dark philosophies, linked to madness, all of it So...either or both

[@petespythons5885]

You guys are great. I really enjoyed the chat at the end. All of what your experiencing is exactly the way I was feeling. People are so used to cookie cutter shows that are stamped out on an assembly line that when a show like this comes along most of the time they can't compend what they are watching. So much of what Marty & Rust experience has that authentic vibe, true to life if you will. If the movie Se7en was ever make into a series True Detective would be what it looks like. Good news is they have 3 other series, bad news Marty & Rust are not apart of them.

[@Alvan81]

Spartan Bro, let her have her theories. If she's wrong it will come out in the end right?🤷🏽‍♂️ Guessing wrong is occupational hazard, when we all try to solve the mystery ahead of the flow of the story. Enjoy your reactions

[@Micah_4D]

"To tie it off" == end things. As in, his life.

[@kdizzle901]

It’s quite pathetic that u have to explain that to them

[@74gould]

Yeah, like you guys & others have said, this is one of those shows that’s just as good on rewatch, because you notice so many little details and it all makes much more sense. Very intricate, careful storytelling - very easy to miss a lot of plot points on first viewing. (I missed a ton!)

[@gregclifford7368]

How did you guys miss the scars connection? Its like the whole basis of the suspect link and a reoccurring theme?

[@davidwilkins5932]

The way this show was structured, each season is sort of a “mini-series” But I would have eagerly watched 3 or 4 seasons of Marty and Rust. It’s a rare example of onscreen magic. Looking forward to the finale with you. One of the great strengths is the regional location, which is steeped in weirdness and mystique. One feature film that carries some of that element, and would make a very good choice for reaction during the Halloween season (or any time of year) is ‘Angel Heart’ (1987) with Mickey Rourke and Robert DeNiro. It’s set in 1950s Louisiana, and it reeks of atmosphere and voodoo. It has rarely been reacted to, and certainly not by your caliber of channel. Highly recommended.

[@_Coffee4Closers]

You are correct that this series need a rewatch, or two, in order to put all the complex pieces together. This is a very complex a tight script, and it is easy to not take it all in the first time through.

[@spazalicious]

I cannot wait for the finale, so good

[@RoboSteave]

There are two lines in this show where I think the actors flubbed the dialogue and they just left it in. One is here where Rust talks to Maggie. He says that it never sat right with him "you asking me to lie to you about him". What?! That makes no sense.

[@mikeity2009]

It makes sense, she wanted rust to keep feeding her the lie that he was just "out" and not actively cheating on her to make herself feel better. That's the whole point. There are no flubbed lines.

[@RoboSteave]

@@mikeity2009 Might make sense if she didn't actively try to find out if Marty was cheating on her, checking his phone for instance. She wanted the truth, he lied on his own.

[@arifeannor9573]

30:29 being done with this case so he can die and be done with it all.

[@SLAPERZZ1]

I CAN’T wait for the next episode🙏 you gunna love it

[@PoppieLand]

What was that un Rust's belt when they are interviewing the mechanic?

[@geraldarsenault275]

shits and giggles a local brewery named a beer that

[@kdizzle901]

Rust slapped Geraci in the face……and they showed a tugboat cuz it’s called cinematography

[@pfang32]

So it seems it was a short story in 1886 that then pervaded the back woods louisiana. There are escaped slave based religions/witch doctor type stuff and it is insinuating that Carcosa, the realm outside time, was also something the back woods stuff like this gravitated towards. I actually couldn't find any actual historical connection but it does follow the theme of those cult like religions

[@atuuschaaw]

I'm already dreading the end of these reactions. Great reactions to a great series! ♥

[@whxres]

Waiting on your Peaky Blinders!

[@dquanissavage6287]

Spartan & Pudgey Such A Awesome Video Today!!🔥🐐🐐💎

[@PatriotRebel]

Are you going to post your re-watch of the series? 😁

[@karolswieboda1781]

Game of Thrones spoilers. The scene where Marty watches the tv, someone edited it in a way that had Marty watch Stannis defeat vs Boltons 🤣

[@IlyassBendaoud-r5v]

That guy is f*cking pure evil

[@Strider91]

That baby in the Microwave story is a real one out of California. It's shown up few times in movies and shows. . .but, it's the kind of sick shit cops see everyday. . .

[@CremeCorpChannel]

Nice one Season 4... nice one ;)

[@kaltwies]

Great reaction y’all! Pudgey is certainly correct about the people acting possessed, and they very well may be. Her Husband shouldn’t be so dismissive about the depths of evil that unfortunately 💯 exists and which certainly opens the doors of demonic activity and possession. If I had to guess I’d say Pudgey has had a very real Christian experience and is probably familiar with Spiritual warfare. That war is older than time itself.

[@Chippa33]

O man LFG!!!! 👌🏼

[@WaldenPondering]

What a show

[@joeyboogenz]

Great observation. This season is one of best TV crime dramas in modern times . Season 2 is a letdown , season 3 picks back up , but still nowhere near this one .

[@ahmaranwar1488]

And season 4 ten mins in was the worst

[@joshscott6914]

True Spartan & Pudgey

[@fuzzy__dunlop]

Spartan, I sent you a list of all of the American football games for this coming week. If you would be so kind as to make your picks of who will win, I'll go ahead and make bets on the exact opposite. A guaranteed money-maker. Thanks, brother.

[@AndyBestHP]

Watching the season for the first time through, it almost diminishes the experience and story to go back and double check things. The show is about the transience of time and memories, about uncertainty, and our obsessive losing fight against it, to the point where we feel everything is repeating, but nothing is real.

[@stone7858]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Cenforge]

Bravo.

[@TheGoIsWin21]

I dont know if "trust" is the right word for what Rust is feeling towards Marty at the reunion, here. I think its more a sense of righteousness backed up by the fact that he has leverage against him. He knows Marty well enough that he'll bend to the concept of duty, but is also enough of a coward that he won't let the truth of what happened in 95 come out, risking his comfortable safe life. He knows hes got Marty by the balls, both legally and personally, and he's willing to twist

[@RegTarg011]

finally.. e.e f f s

[@kj34sdf4]

I blocked so much of this show from when I watched it years ago.

[@rundownthriftstore]

Rust put a lot of trust in Marty. If Marty was still bitter about the past then he could have had Rust arrested for kiddie corn

[@nomadman5288]

I think someone would have to be more than just bitter to do that. They'd have to be a complete psychopath and not the kind where people just say "you're a psycho," but a legit one.

[@Robb7e]

:)

[@Blackgrimreaper2024]

Idk I would give the show like 7.5 out of 10 I don’t think it felt like a complete season of all that happen but just flashbacks mixed with some present day storytelling

[@ahmaranwar1488]

Please list the shows you would give a 9 or 10s

[@mikeity2009]

Wow, what a moronic statement.

[@kevinkruger1686]

Can y'all please react to the shows Peacemaker, The Sandman, & Interview With The Vampire ?

[@puppetmaster8551]

The Steve guy Marty went and saw was the cop who called Rust a rat fuck after he called them out for drinking and then Rust walked over and slapped him in the face and said “say it again rummy”, then Steve said fuck you tax man. Very memorable scene tbh.