RUST COHLE HAIRCUT CODE

He wanted to convince himself that life was all pointless because then it didn't hurt so much to think about his dead daughter and his old life that fell apart. Much of what pessimistic Rust believes about life was true (in my opinion) but that doesn't change the fact that it was still his narrative that allowed him to not crawl into a corner somewhere and have a breakdown. Rust criticized everyone else for having 'narratives they tell themselves to get out of bed in the morning' (religion etc), without accepting that he was doing the very same thing. He wanted a life just like everyone else at one point.Īfter his daughter died, his nihilistic mindset came into the picture as his defense mechanism. At one point he cared to get married and have a child, things that modern Rust would say were silly. He didn't always think life was pointless. Rust never really was a hardcore nihilist. I understand why you feel that way, I relate to Rust as well and he was my main interest in this show, and yeah a positive ending may feel like propaganda that being a pessimist or whatever is never acceptable in the long run, but I think you may have missed certain aspects of it. It has been an absolutely unforgettable experience, immersing myself in this story. I sobbed right along with both characters tonight. I believe that was NP's intention, or if he was instead trying to make a statement about our inherent desire to believe in something to provide us comfort and help explain the unexplainable.īut either way, I am left 100% satisfied with the final product. There is hope for all of you.' This bothered me. But after that final scene, I feel like the message I'm supposed to take from all this is 'See, all you non-believers? All of you who think believing is for the weak? Turns out, even the darkest of men can be pulled into the light. It's been refreshing to have such a loved television character express so casually views as dark as Rust's, and I think he's become a sort of a hero for me and many others in that respect.

I have loved and identified with Rust throughout this season mostly because of his brutally honest sort of nihilistic views on religion and life. Now, another experience has changed him again, and it seems he's back to believing again? Time IS a flat circle. Maybe Rust once believed, but after what happened to his daughter, he became the Rust that we've known. Last scene- It seems Rust is starting to believe, and they are literally sitting in a garden. Last scene- Marty carries Rust in a very similar way.įirst episode- Rust contemplates his own crucifixion in 'that moment in the garden.' The way he describes feeling a 'warmth' and feeling his daughter.all of it points to Rust starting to believe in something.įirst episode- We see a body being carried. The last line Rust speaks is obviously similar to the beginning of Genesis. Rust has his 'moment in the garden' with Marty. Please forgive me if I ramble- I'm still trying to process what I just experienced, but I do have some things I want to discuss while they're fresh in my head.

I started tonight's episode late, so I just finished it. There is plenty of time in the off-season for memes, but only a short window for discussion when the episodes are new. This is to give room for discussion to take place. While the show is on air, some submissions, especially upvoted ones, will be removed if they aren't sufficiently related to True Detective or their quality is low. Trolls, excessively hostile/bigoted users, spammers, bots and so on will be banned.

No requests for or links to torrents/streams/etc. if someone says 'Season 1 question' in the title, then you can't post untagged season 2 spoilers there). Submission titles should not contain spoilers.Īssume all content in this subreddit has spoilers in the comments and the links up to the latest officially aired episode - unless the title indicates otherwise (e.g.

RUST COHLE HAIRCUT CODE

Use the following spoiler code for comments: (#s 'True Detective')

Rust cohle haircut