True Detective's Hidden Philosophy Explained

An analysis of True Detective's thematic and philosophical elements. Don't worry, it's not as dry as it sounds. Hope you enjoy it! Oh yeah and spoilers for the entirety of season 1.
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0:00 - Opening Skit
0:48 - Intro
02:04 - Rural Decay and Powerless People
03:31 - The Reality of Louisiana
05:48 - Marty Analysis
06:44 - Rust Analysis
08:26 - Only Symmetries
10:15 - Who Goes There? Analysis
11:58 - The Yellow King & Cosmic Horror
14:31 - True Detective's Hidden Philosophy
15:35 - Making Of True Detective
17:00 - True Detective's Impact on TV
17:35 - Outro
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[@derekbidelman2442]

Season 2 and 3 were not horrible, it's just that Season 1 set the bar so high it was inevitable that 2,3 had no chance.

[@puekawNEpuyrruh]

I agree.. season 3 was real good... I actually really like season 2...it's just like everything goes to hell. Good Stuff... but Season 1.. had the Biggest case and Finale...it was good stuff...the Best.

[@derekbidelman2442]

@puekawNEpuyrruh the other thing also is that Nic Polatizzo had years to develop and wrote that script and he only had 6 months for each of the following seasons because they had to get it in production and shoot it. Nic himself said something to that affect in an interview. With it being an anthology it'd a new cast new story entirely each season so it's hard to develop and endear characters to the audience with such a small amount of screen time.

[@rottensquid]

@@derekbidelman2442 Apparently, he wrote Season 1 in six months too. But Season 1 was pure inspiration, and that's not something that just comes because the channel has a schedule to keep. Seasons 2 and 3 show flashes of the man's genius, but neither was built on an inspired foundation. Instead, they seemed to be chasing inspiration, hoping it would emerge. It never did. Still, it sucks to have to follow up your own best work. Everything pales in comparison.

[@derekbidelman2442]

@rottensquid if he did write it in 6 month, I still thought I saw an interview that he had kinda had this idea for a show for a long time. If you come out your first show and do so well,it's gotta be tough to follow it up.

[@rottensquid]

@@derekbidelman2442 Yeah, I see your point. Something that's been in the hopper for years can come together in weeks. And also from the interviews, it's clear season 1 was very personal.

[@brucewayne823]

I watched Season 1 NO LESS than 15 times. Possibly over 20. It was so freaking deep. Honestly, it is an accurate depiction of our world all the way down to the News denying that Errol Childress was of any relation to the Governor and covering up the massive conspiracy. Just an isolated incident with a crazy guy.

[@jeffandersen7397]

It really is far superior to anything in it's genre.

[@msaad8053]

Same I watch it every year

[@alexjones1027]

I just watched it again over the last two nights (hard to believe it's almost 10 years old!), probably still the best single season of television ever, that I've seen at least.

[@nospoon4799]

Then you missed most of the show. One and two are just as good. Everybody ignores it in favour of brownnosing season one.. I don't get that tbh.

[@pajeetsingh]

How was Ted Bundy managed to get away so many times? Wasn’t told so wasn’t known.

[@Tomj382]

What was so amazing to me personally was how each character visibly grows and evolves over the course of the 17 years. Plus McConaugheys depiction of grief and how its effect bleeds into every aspect of life and perception of reality is spectacular and should honestly be studied.

[@rottensquid]

There's no denying that Nic Pizzolatto is brilliant. The notion that there is no such thing as opposites, there's only symmetry? That's brilliant. But I think the fate of the True Detective series shows the dangers of brilliance. Nic is a novelist who wrote a TV show, and he came to blows with Cary Fukunaga, the director of the series. Because as a director, Cary was thinking cinematically. Prose and film are two fundamentally different media. Prose dives into the interiority of characters and world, while cinema can only imply it. That's what's so magical about cinema, especially something like True Detective. We're profoundly intimate with Marty and Rust's inner lives, as well as the underpinning meaning of the Louisiana environment, the sense of apocalypse, of eternal decay. And yet, all of this is created through implication. It's done through the nuance of performance, cinematography, even makeup. But Nick is used to having total control over all that, every word being part of his craft. So it's my understanding that, when Cary started cutting unnecessary dialog, or changing scenes because they didn't work in the film medium, Nic freaked out. He thought the point of the show was to realize his vision, not collaborate. Except film is a fundamentally collaborative medium. Season 2 shows us Nic's unfiltered vision. And it's wordy and rambling, with very little of its shaggy-dog narrative leading anywhere meaningful. What it needed was an editor, someone to challenge Nic and say "What's the point of this line, or this scene? Where is it all going?" It's almost as though Nic was so determined to prove that the brilliance of season 1 all came from him, he ended up turning off his own inner critic. The doubt that his collaboration with Cary awakened led him to overcorrect, treating every half-baked notion as gold. And the result is a rough draft that should never have gone before the camera. Even the opening credits are a disaster. Everyone loves Leonard Cohen, but that particular song is so utterly lacking in atmosphere, it fails to serve its primary purpose. It's heartbreaking, because the Nic Pizzolatto who wrote True Detective Season 1 is still in there somewhere. Both seasons 2 and 3 show flashes of brilliance. What they needed was more time in the oven, more refinement, more cinema, everything Cary brought to season 1. Nic seems like he's become a victim of his own ego, no longer able to refine his own work, and yet unable to collaborate with anyone who dares point out where it needs improvement.

[@derekbidelman2442]

So true, with written narrative, everything has to be said to paint the picture. With cinema, emotions can be implied with a look or with body language. Nic relied on having to get his thoughts and move the story with spoken word, and he struggled letting the director do his job and drive the story. The casting director and executive producers did an absolutely amazing job with every choice they made. The actor who played Erol is a tremendous actor and has done other work with HBO before he is a very versatile actor.Going back to written word vs body language to convey thoughts,motives and intentions, the cadence and accents that Erol uses show the depth of his madness and evil in a way that could never be achieved by simply speaking.

[@rottensquid]

@@derekbidelman2442 Absolutely. This reminds me of the Good Omens adaptation. The best thing about it wasn't from the book, it was the charming screen chemistry between the two main actors. That's something the written word can't capture. Everyone loves to sing the praises of the written word, especially writers. But actors and performance bring something writers can't. Great actors bring a whole universe of subtext in those things you talk about, cadence, accent, body language, micro-expressions. And two actors working off one another can increase this exponentially. That's what I think chemistry is, actors communicating with one another through that subtext. If they aren't reading and understanding one another on that level, there's no chemistry. This is why Robert De Niro says the most important skill of an actor is listening to other actors. It's reading their subtext and reacting to it. We love the idea of great auteur directors with singular visions, but what makes film so unique is the collaborative aspect of it, they so many people come together to (ideally) serve a single vision. It's the community of a film that I think gives it its power.

[@derekbidelman2442]

@rottensquid I think we are seeing it more also with actors getting behind the camera. They understand what it's like to be on the other side. Like Clint Eastwood or Mel Gibson with Passion of the Christ OMG talk about transcending the written word Jim Chevsel made me feel like I was actually watching Christ be crucified. I'm not a religious person, but I was sobbing at that scene along with pretty much everyone in the theater. Michael Mann also with Heat. The way he let Deniro and Pachino dialog the diner scene and the way they look at each other, you can sense that these guys are exactly the same if there path had been altered slightly, they could have changed positions and either one could have been a cop or a criminal. They liked each other, but they also knew that they could and would kill each other, even though they didn't want to. It is one of the most underrated scenes of all time. Even though it is not a drama, Grumpy Old Men with Walther Matthau and Jack Lemmon is a perfect example of chemistry between two actors.They have been in films together for years, and you can sense that Just their expressions and looks like they give one another.

[@bovinejoannie9429]

I prefer season 2

[@derekbidelman2442]

@bovinejoannie9429 that's interesting, did you watch them in order or did you watch the 2nd season first? Like we had kinda talked about the reviews for the 2nd season were not as good because the 1st season set the bar so high. It was also the season of McConaughey, that was around the time he was winning every acting award possible with True Detective and Dallas Buys club so that enhanced the first season popularity. Have you watched the 3rd season?

[@simonhadley8829]

Rust never mourned the loss of his daughter. He never let the hurt in so he could come to terms with it and that ate him up. Throughout the show we see a guy on the edge of mourning but never letting hit happen, not until the end.

[@derekbidelman2442]

I think he was not able to. It was so painful that he just died right then and there. He knew there was no way he could ever come to terms with his daughters death. He knew that for the rest of his life, he would never be OK. Like he said ( I lack the constitution for suicide but , I tell myself I'll bare witness)( but obviously, it's just my programming).

[@BAGG8BAGG]

In a way you are right and wrong, He built a whole philosophy around protecting his daughter, He destroyed any chance of happiness by building a world view where dying in the circumstance his young daughter did would exclude her from pain. He took all his pain and painted a world view that would torture himself so as to keep her safe. He mourns her everyday by living in the nihilistic world he has created, is he wrong? maybe? but his character mirrors the sacrifice he makes in life for what he did for his daughter. it's beautiful nearly.

[@simonhadley8829]

@@BAGG8BAGG Well said.

[@kaj7135]

That intro was golden. There’s nothing more insufferable than a Netflix adaptation.

[@colasrtney]

What was that he was watching?

[@theeloquentweiner7054]

@@colasrtney the live action cowboy bebop show

[@sillygrill]

@@theeloquentweiner7054hahaha

[@delilah5366]

Once I watched this show, I became hooked on Matthew McConaughey as an actor. Good stuff.

[@kateapple1]

@@theeloquentweiner7054man I liked it!

[@vincentshadetree]

11:45 Agreed with this part, they had the camera following the whole time, but there was so much going on all at once, you really get the impression that some of these violent crimes, there's an element of luck to you surviving it, cause you just can't account for everything when planning and when the plan switches like this one did....damn lol

[@vincentshadetree]

CHEF'S KISS on that intro with Marty being disgusted by the Netflix Cowboy Bebop 😅

[@koan__23]

The ending really got more to it. The last episode is titled "Emptiness and form" and it's a direct reference to a Buddhist idea of emptiness - "form is emptiness, emptiness is form" (Heart sutra). Emplying the Absolute is reflected in each particular, and visa versa. Rust desrcibes his NED as feeling true and eternal love (the most genuine of which, to him, is of his deceased daughter). Much like the Gospel says "God is love." During the interview, Rust speaks of being doomed to a cyclical repetition of time. But after, in the hospital, he realizes there is something beyond the time-cycle. Much like Hindu and Buddhist religions teach liberation (moksha/nirvana) from samsara (the sorrow of repeated birth and death). Rust, the pessimistic skeptic, basically met God by sacrificing his life in defending the innocent from pure evil. The writers made a point to potray it plainly, with no grey areas. It's evil p3dos preying on innocent children. Unlike the characters who have a grey area of moral struggle, the case they deal with is a matter of light vs dark. In response to Rusts' NED experience, Marty, who was a religious hypocrite (hiding his despicableness behind religion) now takes a knee to hear Rusts' "Gospel." This a personal take, but in the end Rusts' resembles renditions of Jesus marchinh at his crucifixion - worn down, having a hard time carrying the weight placed on him. Rusts' conclusion leans towards a Gnostic take, focusing on the battle between light and darkness (also present in John's Gospel).

[@samichjpg]

form and void are directly out of Genesis 1 as well

[@gxkdykxiyx1985]

As a final addition to Rust's "redemption", go back to the last episode at 43 minutes 29 seconds and look at the shape of the light shining on Rust's head

[@drendansmada]

Fantastic analysis

[@jonnowocky8179]

Would love to see further discussion of Maggie; like everyone else she’s deeply flawed, and in a way catalyses the entire third (fourth?) act. She has moments of strength and weakness, and I love how in the final scene, huge engagement ring from her forthcoming second marriage on her finger, her and Marty find some sort of transparent appreciation for each other, maybe for the first time

[@Duzykutas]

She's not that flawed. Probably my fav female 'wife' character.

[@mustardbiscuits9750]

@@DuzykutasHer flaws are implied and hinted at rather than explicitly shown and explored, like with Marty.

[@Duzykutas]

@@mustardbiscuits9750 Curious to hear what her flaws were in your opinion.

[@mustardbiscuits9750]

@@Duzykutas Her parents consider her a “ball buster”, as does her husband. She is entirely insensitive to the plight of her husband working an extremely traumatic job, and expects him to have the time and attention that an office worker could provide. She considers him a “chickenshit” for changing after his father died only a year ago, a man who Marty claims to have been close with. None of this excuses Marty, however. She is portrayed as a normal person with normal flaws, which is what I love about the overall dynamic with them all.

[@Duzykutas]

@@mustardbiscuits9750 I've watched the season like 7 times already and got a totally different pespective to you. One could make the argument that she has just an much of a traumatic job as Marty, but you don't see her cheating on him or acting out in other ways. Is it being a ballbuster holding people to a certain standard? I've seen plenty of ballbusting women on tv but she certainly isn't one of those, despite her clueless mother's opinion (if that is even legit and not just Marty's projecting of straight out lying). I think she considers him a chickenshit for other reasons, not sure where you got it from that it refers specifically to Marty's dad dying. I liked Marty in the show, but I gravitated much more to Cohle, who I consider one of my fav tv characters of all time. Now there was a man with principles, who was willing to make a sacrifice.

[@OntarioAtOrion]

The way the FBI declassified that exact spiral as a symbol for that same kind of ring featured in season one, and the ties to politicians, police, schools and churches all rings true to life now

[@calex5591]

Hey man great video. Just popped up on my broken feed. Resonated a lot with things I’m facing today then this video came along to remind me of the circle vs the sphere, the continuum of it all, and where it needs to go, we all must do everything everyday and every moment for that future to come to pass or for better or for worse, NOT to come to pass. Thank you.

[@ricksgrandauditorium8790]

It was your video analysis thats pushed me to watch this mini-series, and I've watched a few. Very well done. Sub earned.

[@srendanbchaub8601]

It needs to be said that Cary Joji Fukunaga deserves more credit than pizzolatto for making s1 so refined and compelling, we got to see what pizzolatto without Fukunaga was like in s2

[@ShaneMichealCupp]

season 2 is underrated. people don’t understand that season and how every character is actually dead.

[@srendanbchaub8601]

@@ShaneMichealCupp please elaborate, I may have read about this theory forever ago and forgot but even if that were true I doubt that explanation would make the show a better watch, I remember them saying they were going for a Lynchian vibe for s2 and I love Lynch style and all they managed was some Lynchian camera angles the rest was drivel but I'd still hear you out or watch a vid if you have a link

[@Verboten-xn4rx]

Fukanaga is a nobody - reason he was selected for no time to die turkey. The show is Nick.

[@Verboten-xn4rx]

@@Shakenmike117 no script no film. Exactly what is Fukanaga famous for? Nothing. Pizalatto made it clear he called the shots F didn't like that. Also no other writers was the stipulation very unusual for a US show . It's a total fake theory that because F... wasn't doing Season 2 it was a dud it's totally different from TD 1 with or without F. Like Peckinpah said there are only 2 directors in Hollywood the rest are just atmosphere.

[@Verboten-xn4rx]

@@Shakenmike117 you sound like an AI bot troll. Others on YT have answered that question about Fukanaga - in hours and hours of posts and comments. 9 years since TD1 Fukanaga isn't an autuer he's just a director - and their 2 a penny. As for me I am a nobody takes 1 to know one. Fukanaga was just lucky to get the contract. His views are very woke nothing remotely Cohle or Bond about him.

[@martian_turtle4070]

Holy shit I can't believe you have less than 100 subs! This video was excellent. Just subbed myself, will watch your other videos, and look forward to whatever is on the horizon. Just watched True Detective for the first time about a week ago. Immediately started rewatching it. That palpable constant sense of dread is a large part of why I love the show so much. It always feels like there's some greater evil at play Just out of view

[@dunglifemovement]

good video man and analysis. i watched this show back in 2014 and just recently bought the season 1 dvd a month ago, and am rewatching it with my girlfriend. shes never seen it before and its so great to sit alongside someone who is viewing it for the first time. also, there are so many things that i didnt notice the first time i watched that i was able to notice the second time around. such a great show.

[@sarthakkhanna9903]

I can’t believe you used the Silent Hill Tears Of… so perfectly in the beginning. Man of culture - love it!

[@leonefurlan137]

I like your vid a lot! Good work! Subbed + liked. P.S.and yeah, s01 is the best season of any series ever,a masterclass,i watched it 10 times,and more... The characters ,the story,the filming,dialigue ,all is perfect,well crafted & executed! Carcosa...

[@zeitgeist5134]

I am grateful for the clips from Pizzolatto's interviews. Enlightening, especially accompanied by your own analysis. I will tell friends new to True Detective that they must watch this video. I'll be taking a look at the videos listed in your channel.

[@zuttoshow]

Much appreciated! Thank you for your comment, the recommendations and for checking out the rest of the channel 👍

[@ckel1579]

Great video on a great series. Never seen such an incredible analysis.

[@zuttoshow]

Thank you for the kind words!!

[@shawnintheclouds]

Great video. I love your outlook on this story. Liked and subscribed.

[@LondraCalibro9]

great channel, thank you for the hard work. your pearl video was superb too.

[@zuttoshow]

Thank you so much for watching them both!

[@bowieupland6112]

I just saw this a few days ago, my mind was blown. I also love that it was shot on Film, for that gritty feel.

[@davew.7115]

For people that liked this show , I strongly suggest watching a trilogy called Red Riding 1974 , 1980 and 1983 it is very well done , not low budget a British crime drama although under rated it doesn't disappoint . The films were put out by IFC that does some outstanding work .

[@kameronbasseri1953]

Very very Well done video! You just got a new subscriber!!

[@victoriadiesattheend.8478]

Few people can appreciate the genius that was the first season of True Detective. I realize now, even more than the first time I saw it, just how extraordinary it is, for unlike many other things it does not lose its bloom, nor it's meaning, over time. Thank you for this. Will be subbing.

[@kaybh9743]

Ah yes, only “few people”. That’s why most people jack themselves off over how “brilliant” this show is.

[@WaltWht]

Thanks for creating this video. TD 1 is incredibly deep. 👍🏻

[@StruggleoftheOutsider]

Season 2 is way under rated... you gotta be in the right state of mind.. but s'really solid. ✊

[@Michele-cl3dz]

NO WAY i was looking everywhere for that first clip edit of the cowboy bebop live action. amazing. thanks

[@grandmasterautistwizard4291]

Only 77 subscribers? This was really well put together.

[@zuttoshow]

Looks like 78 now thanks to you! Much appreciated

[@shyboy2112]

Season 1 is a wonder of television, a true masterpiece and the gold standard of its genre.

[@dylanbenjaminwalter2896]

Great vid man. Thank you

[@TheCmascagni]

This is tremendous. Great video.

[@zuttoshow]

Much appreciated!

[@danielberg5049]

Of all the Alan Moore inspired works, this would be one of my favorites.

[@melindamartin9765]

This is my favourite series ever....True Detective Season 1 is amazing from start to finish 👍🙏

[@zuttoshow]

New video dropping within the next day or two, hope you all enjoy it!

[@raulalejandrolucerogarciar4326]

Nice touch, putting a silent hill melody on the background. Cheers!

[@zuttoshow]

Hey thanks for noticing that! They really went hand in hand tbh

[@Jasen-Richie]

Enjoyed this. Thanks.

[@melissae1116]

I need to watch this. Good video.

[@Auroraswolfpack]

Great explanation!!!

[@IDontBuyIt50]

I didn't come to this quite so late, but certainly well after it was big. I have always been sort of similar in philosophy to Rust. I relate strongly to his overall idea about the future of humanity, which is why I think your breakdown of all the rest of his traits that go with that one are really solid. I agree across the board, though I would argue even though I think he does seem more like he's trying to convince himself, its possible to be where he is and not be doing that. I don't have the excuse of a major personal loss for feeling the way that I do, but consequently that also means there is nothing I am psychologically masking or trying to fool myself out of facing. Aside from Rust, my other favorite guy along these lines is The Comedian by Dean Morgan. Great quote...what happened to the American dream? "Are you kidding? It came true!! your looking at it."

[@VG-fk6nk]

They were both proven wrong, if you actually watched and understood the stories being told. Should make you reconsider a thing or two about yourself. Not that it will. It's far more comfortable to just go on as you are, and live in denial.

[@IDontBuyIt50]

@@VG-fk6nk thanks for stopping by to add absolutely zero substance, but like every douche in the post 2020's you managed to bring all the negativity and accusations used on a stranger u know nothing about. Then you have the sheer balls to pretend you are superior.

[@IDontBuyIt50]

@@VG-fk6nk not sure if I ever noticed this before, maybe I had an appropriate response and it was deleted. Just in case that wasn't what happened.....wow, you are a first class jackhole.

[@Skipjack7814]

One reason 1 is so great is the cast, and by that I mean all the supporting actors, even the peripheral, only seen once characters are completely believable. Just brilliant.

[@thommybepunkt7111]

The Silent Hill Soundtrack fits perfectly!

[@LakrimaProject]

And now we got season 4 that makes seasons 2 and 3 retroactivly great somewhat. Also I love that "Tears of ..." Silent Hill game soundtrack.

[@arcanosam]

Indeed, a great video. thanks

[@retro-ronin]

True Detective with Silent Hill's soundtrack is just 💋🤏🏻 *chef's kiss*

[@rosstrue3010]

I watched season 1 in a shitty hotel room while working in rural Louisiana (Coushatta) for two weeks, and it looked/felt EXACTLY like it does in the show. Easily the creepiest part of the US

[@VanirTraditionalist]

Ancient, haunted land.

[@FALANDOFINANCEIRAMENTE]

loved the Cowboy Bebop reference

[@mattheweast4392]

Sometimes I think I'm the only person who liked season 2.

[@MadScientist81]

It’s not that bad but Season 1 set the bar too high.

[@PhilP8980]

It's not bad but season one is one of the best seasons of a television show ever. It's hard to live up to.

[@restoreupscale1521]

Hey! It's not bad at all!

[@Dapryor]

I rewatched it recently and it comes across as satire on the noir genre. It’s just too over-the-top.

[@MarkDaleADV]

I loved it! Even more damaged characters than the first season, played just as brilliantly. Not watched the third season, can't imagine it can top the first two?

[@MrAjmay1]

Saw TD, S1 for the first time a month ago. Cannot recommend enough...maybe the best series I've ever seen. At any level (visceral/literal, allegorical, metaphysical...), and it's all enjoyable. The mere tease of the Yellow King worked great. Harrelson is great, but McConaughey ascends to the levels of Oldman, Bale, Washington, Theron, etc.

[@zuttoshow]

Once in a lifetime performance for sure, gets better with each rewatch

[@darlapeelman1610]

I know, absolutely amazing.❤️🔥😎

[@markburckhard553]

Best series I ever saw...

[@mydaddyatemyeyes]

I loved this breakdown. TD season 1 is one of my fav miniseries/show of all time. Other seasons don't even come close. Hope you do more shit like this bc I'm subscribing. Saw another vid of yours, and I'm not big on anime, but one of my favorites is the Hellsing Ultimate OVA. Just me flinging an idea like a monkey flings a piece of shit. Wish you luck on your endeavors bro. Keep producing content and I'll keep tuning in.

[@zuttoshow]

Thanks for the praise and the sub man, really glad you liked the video! The next one will be non anime for sure since I'm aiming to give the channel some variety.

[@nornor-hg9rm]

14:09 what song is this? It's beautiful@@zuttoshow

[@zuttoshow]

@@nornor-hg9rm It's the end of Silent Hill Theme - Akira Yamaoka and leads into Ustulate Pathos - Shinji Hosoe 👍

[@AlbertoBalsalme]

Great analysis, this season will forever be one of my most beloved work of television. What is the beautiful instrumental playing before the part about the behind the scenes? 14:36

[@zuttoshow]

Thank you! The background music is Ustulate Pathos - Zero Time Dilemma OST.

[@derekbidelman2442]

The scene with Nic Polattzo when he is the bartender in the strip club is great when, Marty breaks the 4th wall kinda and says ( why do you make me have to say this shit).

[@moniqueengleman873]

I enjoyed your commentary

[@zuttoshow]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it 🙌

[@torimorgenstein5498]

I enjoyed this. I love hearing about how people process and interpret S1. Albeit S2 would have great had it not followed S1. Given another name that True Detective, S2 would be considered a great show. Because how could Anthing follow S1 and Not fail to meet expectations. Thank you for the video. I enjoyed it

[@borabuke1967]

whats that song starting at 1:35? also great video mate!

[@zuttoshow]

Thanks for watching! It's a karaoke cover of the show's main theme - Far From Any Road by The Handsome Family. I used it to skate copyright a bit but I think it sounds nice in its own way!

[@gobblegobble831]

Opening got me good lol

[@michaelh1832]

True Detective Season 1 can be understood by two concepts: 1) the sum is greater than the parts 2) one hit wonder I mildly enjoyed the show almost solely because the later version of the McConaughey character uncannily nailed my dad to a t: a long haired, cigarette obsessed scientist who knew his stuff, a societal outsider due to his nonconformity, and consumed by grief over the death of his son (my brother) in a car accident. This enjoyment has been somewhat overshadowed by the inanity and inflated egos of the two writer/producers who carefully followed, paint by numbers style, some How To book on scriptwriting, but then embarrassingly bought into the mistaken notion that they reinvented the wheel.

[@chadrogers507]

I liked season 3 too. Season 2 was just ok, but seasons 1 & 3 were great. Now I’m excited for season 4

[@yehboi6646]

The opening true detective theme, did you mix that?

[@kraseidon]

What was the intro about? Why did it get cancelled?

[@pajeetsingh]

The next phase of Rust Cohle is to realise he is just chasing after small fishes in a pond and Tuttle is just another big fish of that pond. Would you have any motivation left after that? You vanish and cease to exists knowing nothing was worth the effort.

[@uvindukulathunga3860]

Marty cant resist the pain of his childhood getting ruined Dont care about the time line

[@shiargch]

You should watch the essay by Shiva's Left Foot he did a great Essay about the philosophy of the flat circle vs spiral

[@Vmt0408]

Whats the name of the music that starts at 7:02

[@GnarStark]

That opening is meme perfection.

[@prometheus705]

what is it from?

[@Franpowah]

It's sad that the one person Rust really connected with ended up using him for her own revenge.

[@miken.bulaong3233]

In the poker game of life, women are the rake.

[@starwaving8857]

Good vid

[@frodomindset]

Whats the music at 1:45?

[@williamswilliams5617]

Im here to say season 2 has the best characters and character development in the series. Season 3 is all around incredible. All have great visuals. And thanks for not using an ai voice 😂

[@Antnee659]

Love the silent hill ref

[@dommyboysmith]

Interesting you didn't like the casting of Glenn Fleshler as Erol because of Barry. I think of him almost exclusively as the proud Chef that cooked for Mason Verger in Hannibal and had no qualms about preparing human meat for consumption. He's arguably more terryfying in Hannibal with how nonchalant he is about describing the way he's going to prepare different human dishes. I loved the casting choice of him for this exact reason.

[@treyhayden]

Imagine watching Barry when your introduction to Glenn Fleshler was in Carcosa with the Little Preacher.

[@nettewilson5926]

I think this series was partially based on a the real case of a detective who investigated the torture-murders of several young girls by two psychopaths who had recorded the murders. The tapes haunted the detective and he eventually killed himself because he just couldn’t live with it. Sad stuff. Humans are horrific. But maybe not. Maybe this similarity is coincidental. Also the Greenman mythology is reflected in this series I think.

[@RustCole01]

I don't think Nic P ever cited a specific case, but I remember finding one that was pretty similar. Some former Reverend or Preacher in a small town down south, basically started a cult. They started off by dabling in some satanic nonsense in the attic of an old church. I forget all the details, but someone from the group brought back a runaway/drifter, and that was the 1st ritual murder that they carried out. They began luring in drifters and prostitutes, offering to let them join their church and giving them food and shelter. They murdered and mutilated something like 13 people. And they weren't in any real danger of getting caught. Apparently, the group killed a small child that belonged to one of the members and this led to the leader of the cult showing up at a state police station and confessing everything. The crime scene photos of the church had a lot of the same symbols that were in TD and are associated with the Satanic. Triangles, the all-seeing 3rd eye 👁, the spirals etc. I'm sure the info is still online, but I looked all of it up like 6 or 7 years ago

[@nettewilson5926]

@@RustCole01 that’s damn disturbing. Wtf is wrong with humanity

[@RustCole01]

@@nettewilson5926 If it's worth anything to you.... the world is probably safer and more civilized than it has ever been. We may flinch at the thought of some of these crimes that are exposed. But imagine the type of vile sh1t that people were getting up to decades and centuries ago. Even up until about 1950, there were full fledged p3do$, who would be charged with "Buggery". Buggery is just an old-timey word sodomizer. And it wasn't all that rare of a crime either. It's a strange paradox tho. Life is safer for the average citizen of a 1st world country, but we have way too much access to news that comes in the form of tragedy porn. Just gotta find that balance of knowing the ugliness that exists out there in the world, but appreciating the fact that we are far more insulated from that ugliness than ever before.

[@Rawdiswar]

Louisiana looks humid as hell.

[@zuttoshow]

I don't envy Nic Pizzolatto growing up there in the slightest 🥶

[@monchiscastorena8768]

I like season 2 like them both

[@DocsChannel]

10:45 who is it?

[@samsamsamsamsamanilla5281]

Is there a book for season one or transcripts of the episodes?

[@Raumplestomp]

Why?

[@samsamsamsamsamanilla5281]

@@Raumplestomp enjoyable read

[@DTportfolio]

What music did you use in the background?

[@zuttoshow]

Hi there! I've sadly lost the music list for this one but I mostly used songs from True Detective OST, Silent Hill 1/2 OST and Zero Time Dilemma OST. Thanks for watching ✌

[@ianleonard3264]

The stash house scene was all one take

[@geoffhennessy275]

A total team effort. Worthy of some prize

[@thebaneking4787]

I loved season two. 3 wasn’t bad. I was hoping for a more direct connection to season one but they’re still good.

[@shakyywarrior]

What is the track that begins at 14:33 please

[@zuttoshow]

Ustulate Pathos - Zero Time Dilemma OST A great soundtrack for a weird game

[@sabojezles]

GOD DAAAAAMN! That Intro!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@MagashiSaizen]

The choice to play silent hill tracks for this was the perfect choice 👌

[@alexanderliaptchev8485]

The yellow king is the skeleton at the end where the final fight happens.

[@recession81]

It's not even a TV show to me it's edited so well it's like you're watching an 8 hour movie

[@lifeisberserk9566]

I really was to harsh on S1 when I first watched I said it was 7/10, then a year later I decided to rewatch and holy shit was I blind it definitely deserves all it's love and is easily one of the best seasons of TV ever and some of the best acting and horror mysteries ever. That's why I absolutely LOVE rewatching shows I usually get so much more out of them

[@countandy123]

what's the song at 11:59 ?

[@zuttoshow]

Silent Hill - Akira Yamaoka It's the opening theme for the first game

[@XeroFailGames]

Bro that intro

[@noobovsky420]

I got the tattoo. That’s how much I love season 1 TD.

[@Rawdiswar]

The fore arm tattoo?

[@noobovsky420]

@@Rawdiswar yes sir. Done by the legend Josh Lord at Graceland tattoo in NYC. Designer of the tattoos in season 1 and credited

[@Rawdiswar]

@@noobovsky420 Cool, it's a dragon?

[@noobovsky420]

@@Rawdiswar it’s a raven.

[@Rawdiswar]

@@noobovsky420 Raven, even better

[@AERallert]

This video - its topic, soundtrack, humor, etc. - is made by somebody with a truly fucking good taste.

[@bigjavi2681]

I just finished watching this show and really enjoyed this video you really explain the show pretty good although the second season wasn't that bad obviously the first season is the best The third season was crap though in my opinion and the fourth season coming out it looks crappy too maybe because the two main characters are not familiar actors for me

[@neoxanimator6579]

2:20 song?

[@donaldreid4193]

It’s too good

[@thaisplouvier5403]

"There's no such things as opposites. There's only symetry."

[@LakrimaProject]

That makes me think, imagine Fukunaga and Pizzolatto making Silent Hill movie heh

[@Cbart23]

Aluminum. Ash.

[@gracepetersen3012]

Rust. Coal.

[@RizztrainingOrder]

Don't feel bad, my tastes are usually dictated by others too.

[@354Entertainment]

Silent Hill Music for TD! 🤤😃