2002
Marty and Rust are diverging at this point already, as indicated in the previous episode, and this week we see the events leading up to their split. A lot of characters from the first half of the series pop up again, creating a symmetry to the series.
Cohle
Cohle is still digging for information to see if the Yellow King killings are still covertly happening, and still pissing off everyone within the state of Louisiana. He questions
1) Father of a missing boy Rust suspects may be another victim of the Yellow King. The boy went to a Tuttle school which causes Rust to look into further
2) The, now former, currently alcoholic, tent revival preacher we saw in Episode Three, who lets him know he parted ways after finding photographs indicating boys are being "interfered" with, which the leadership (Tuttle) decided to handle internally, i.e. not handle.
3) The surviving girl who they pulled out of Ledoux's hideout in Episode Five. She is now mostly catatonic, but she responds to Rust enough to indicate there is a third man, a giant, who was the worst of all when it came to torture. This makes Rust think more than ever that the Yellow King is still out there.
3A) Cohle gives his theory to Marty and the major, linking Tuttle schools to the murders. The major tells him to steer clear of victims families. No need to create murders where there are no murders. Which Cohle technically follows. But, he goes and sees
4) Tuttle, who we saw trample on the original investigation under the guise of pulling it under the umbrella of anti-Christian crimes back in Episode Two. Rust speaks to Tuttle under the auspices of digging up some records he was unable to find from the individual administrators of the Tuttle schools. Rust knows he's not doing to get anything of use from Tuttle, and confirms this when Tuttle pretends to offer a clerk to help him under the caveat that they conveniently lost some records to flooding. Rather than be there to get records, Rust is probably there to get a read on Tuttle
When Cohle, having done the opposite of the spirit of the major's orders, is suspended for 30 days and 30 hours of counseling, which even Marty thinks his harsh. Rust goes on hiatus from the Five O.
Marty
Marty beats up the boys his daughter was with, telling them prison is not going to treat them well.
Living the family life and running running family-type errands, he runs into the girl from the Bunny Ranch back in Episode Two, now a sales associate at T-Mobile, and looking remarkably like Lisa. She sees him at the bar across the strip mall, probably not coincidentally, which leads to them talking, catching up, and banging.
His brand new T-Mobile phone accepts pictures because its 2002. Unfortunately it does not have a keyguard and Maggie finds the pictures after she becomes suspicious about Marty washing his own clothes. She goes to revenge bang some dude in a bar. She can't go through with it.
Final Countdown
Rust gets a confession from a mother who keeps killing her kids. He helpfully suggests she commit suicide, as prison will not treat her well.
Maggie settles on revenge banging Rust instead in a setting that recalls Rust mowing the lawn. She tells Marty.
Marty attacks Rust, currently suspended, in the parking lot. They have it out. The post fight breakdown in the major's office concludes with Rust resigning.
2012
We get a POV from Maggie as well, as the detectives try to get to the root of the Rust-Marty split. She doesn't provide any information. Nor does Marty. The only thing Maty gives the detectives is he mentions a case that may speak to Rust's state of mind (the aforementioned mother). It seems like the sort of thing that may be plausible enough for a cop to believe, without giving them any useful information.
We find out that Tuttle overdosed in 2010, following two unreported break ins at his residences.
Marty winds up leaving the interview unimpressed and tired of these detectives. Rust catches up with Marty on the side of the road and they go off to get a beer.
Thoughts
- Marty and Cohle have been together in the past and separate in the future. At this point in the story, that is reverse, as their partnership ends in 2002, and they meet back up for the first time in 2012.
- I think 2002Marty's daughters are watching The Simple Life (Dumb blondes in cracker country) EDIT: Probably not, that show debuted in 2003
- Marty gave the girl (Beth) at the Bunny Ranch $20, which Rust posited was a down payment. Turns out, that was the case. She clearly feels indebted to him, along with some other issues. Beth is aware of Marty's family because of his errands
- Two very clear shots of devil and angel figurines in Beth's apartment
- We as the Tralmafadorians viewing this get to see Rust's suggestion to the SIDS mother, something no one else is aware of besides Rust. We don't know if the mother followed through or not, but it brings to mind the secret phone call that leads to the Yellow King informant-wannabe killing himself (which the 2012Detectives believe Rust made).
- Where do they find these girls?
- I hope we get to see The Giant. Perhaps a nod to Twin Peaks?
- Sad to see the captain replaced by the major. Big fan of the actor,Kevin Dunn. But there needs to be someone who likes Cohle even less to jump to the suspension.
- Man, Marty got that mad about Rust mowing his lawn. No surprise he lost his mind.
- Rust's tailight which was broken during the fight with Marty is still broken, ten years later, when we see him drive off at the end of the episode.
- Those wounds are still open
- Reggie Ledoux is not even mentioned by name.
- Rust could actually think he is looking out for the SIDS mom in a twisted way. But there's also always been a premium placed on saving kids in this series, and this could be just an unforgivable sin in Rust's eyes, wanting to exact justice, her death, in some direct way.
- They way he says it is so unexpected
- Both Beth and Maggie order dirty martinis. Maggie's is "extra" dirty
- Will the show stick with this format, telling the story entirely through interviews with Marty and Rust?
- So far, but if we wrap up the old case next week I wouldn't be surprised if there's a shift afterwards.
- Would not be surprised is Marty walks out of the interview. He seems more uneasy with everything. Cohle seems to be more at peace and willing to stick to his story, even as they catch some lies, willing to accept whatever consequences come his way...even though he's the one they're looking at.
- Turns out it is Cohle who walks out once he sees the thin file and learns he is a suspect. Nothing more for him to gain. Cohle went in there with a specific objective, and accomplished it
- Marty and Rust have both ended the interviews. Maggie is interviewed, but not taped, so we don't get a date stamp. She's as reticent as Rust and Marty to tell them anything they don't already know, including her relations with Rust.
- Who is the mean looking old man uniform cop? He stormed into the major's office (through Marty who muttered "...dick...") and slammed the door, stood prevalently at the press conference and ushered the reverend around.
- Still unnamed, but he is in the room when Rust is suspended. It's unclear his actual rank, but his pull and political positioning is enough to put him there, unquestioned by anyone.
- This is the second time he's popped up in a situation directly related to Tuttle.
- I've been wondering what he's said to the captain when he ran in after Marty, and now I imagine it was something about Tuttle.
- Did Marty and Rust arrest the right guy?
- Didn't arrest anyone. Shot the dude.
- Looking more and more like a big 'no'. And by arrest, we mean murder
- What caused the split between Marty and Rust after a seven year partnership?
- Ultimately, the fist fight in the parking lot, directly spurned from Maggie banging Rust and telling Marty, spurning from Marty banging Beth. spurning from him giving her a twenty seven years prior
- What happened with Rust to put him where he is now?
- See above. Also ingesting drugs, chemicals via his undercover and narco work.
- I'm sure eating all those drugs with the biker gang didn't help
- Ending his partnership with Marty, frustrated at the roadblocks to what he believes is a case that should be reopened
- Where is Marty's wife in 2012?
- Not with Marty, fo sho.
- What's the revival minster's involvement with the task force?
- Working for the Tuttle school/task force is spurned by Tuttle. They ended their relationship shortly after due to the photos he finds, and the Penn State-ish investigation
- What evidence has Rust gathered over the last ten years?
- What did Tuttle know and when did he know it?
- Was the boy found at Ledoux's connected to the Tuttle schools?
- Just how Penn State are the Tuttle schools?
- What is the connection between the Yellow King and Tuttle?
- Did Rust murder Tuttle?
- More from last week's episode, but what was it that happened with Marty's daughter to result in the drawings, Barbies and now the dudes in the car?
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