True Detective S1E6
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| Cohle plays shadow puppets |
WARNING: This review contains spoilers.
After two back-to-back action-oriented episodes, True Detective slows down with some character development. But a needed change of pace to show why Hart and Cohle split up in 2002.
A lot of stuff that has happened as this miniseries heads toward the penultimate episode. The internet has been abuzz with wild theories about what the show's two main protagonists have been up to for the past 10 years. And a lot of those theories were squashed with this episode's revelations. There is no supernatural (as of yet) stuff going on; this is a character-driven drama about the price that homicide detectives pay as they investigate some of the most horrifying crimes that humans commit.
Maggie, Hart's wife, has taken the philandering Hart back. And everything is peaceful in the Hart household. But Marty, on a maxipad run for the women in his life, stops in to the T-Mobile retailer for a new cellphone. A pretty young girl helps him find his new device. And as he's walking back to his vehicle, he spots the Fox and Hound bar. Holding a bag of maxipads, he gives in to temptation and has a drink. As he is sipping a beer, the young lady who sold him the cellphone comes in, and approaches Marty. Turns out its the young prostitute from the Hillbilly Bunny Ranch that Marty gave money and advice to back in 1995 when he and Cohle were investigating the Lang murder. A few drinks later, and the young salesperson is flirting with Marty. Marty gives in to his weaknesses, and ends up bedding the young lady. But he makes the mistake of washing his clothes when he gets home, arousing the suspicion of Maggie, who searches his cellphone and finds a selfie of the younger woman. This girl was apparently on the cutting edge of sexting.
Maggie decides to explore her value on the singles market. She visits a local bar and flirts with another patron. But she does not close the deal, instead showing up at the apartment of a hammered-drunk Cohle, where she seduces him and they have quick, rough sex. Cohle, in a moment of clarity, figures out what just happened and throws Maggie out of his apartment. Maggie, mission accomplished, promptly returns home and waits for Marty to arrive, so that she can tell him that she just cheated with his partner. Marty does not take this news well, and briefly chokes his wife before regaining control of himself.
Cohle is warned by his new boss to back off of the Dora Lang investigation. But Cohle decides his best career move is to confront Billy Lee Tuttle, after tracking down Theriot and finding out that some hinky stuff was happening years earlier with children at the Tuttle Ministry. Cohle interviews Tuttle, and a tense scene ensues where Cohle lays down a veiled challenge to the Governor's cousin. Cohle's boss, after getting a complaint from Tuttle, suspends Cohle. Cohle comes back to the office a few days later, and a fight breaks out between the two partners.
Flash forward to 2012, and Maggie is being interviewed. Paponia and Gilbough ask a lot of questions about Cohle, but Maggie maintains that Cohle is an honorable man, and she does not understand how her interview can help their case.
Meanwhile, Hart has had enough of his interview with the 2012 detectives, as he figures out that Cohle is their prime suspect. He leaves the interview, and is flagged down by Cohle, still driving his old F-150. Cohle invites Marty to have a beer with him, and the episode ends on this cliffhanger.
The penultimate episode is coming up, and we only have 120 minutes left with McConaughey and Harrelson. We are now caught up to 2012. Looking forward to how this show concludes. I am just enjoying the ride.
Random Thoughts:
- Cohle looked like he let Marty beat him pretty bad before he defended himself.
- Still don't know who the man with the scars is.
- Tuttle makes a "Its hard to trust a man who can't trust himself with a beer" remark. The Police Commissioner was there when they found the kids and killed the LeDouxs, and I remember as scene where they pour whiskey for Hart and Cohle, and Cohle declines. And Marty is seen out drinking with his co-workers. So its common knowledge on the state police force that Cohle doesn't drink. Is the Police Commissioner the eyes and ears for Tuttle?
What did you think?
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