True Detective
(2014– )
Hart and Cohle share the spoils of a solved case; Papania and Gilbough confront the detectives with troubling new intelligence.
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Title: The Secret Fate of All Life (16 Feb 2014)
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| Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Matthew McConaughey | ... | Detective Rust Cohle | |
| Woody Harrelson | ... | Detective Marty Hart | |
| Michelle Monaghan | ... | Maggie Hart | |
| Michael Potts | ... | Detective Maynard Gilbough | |
| Tory Kittles | ... | Detective Thomas Papania | |
| Kevin Dunn | ... | Major Ken Quesada | |
| Elizabeth Reaser | ... | Laurie Spencer | |
| Jackson Beals | ... | Detective Mark Daughtry | |
| Christopher Berry | ... | Guy Francis | |
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Gracie Bott | ||
| Joe Chrest | ... | Detective Demma | |
| J.D. Evermore | ... | Detective Lutz (as JD Evermore) | |
| Dana Gourrier | ... | Cathleen | |
| Charles Halford | ... | Reggie Ledoux | |
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Michael Hartson | ... | Examiner #2 |
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Unable to make a deal with the Iron Crusaders, Cohle and Hart follows one of them to their meth cookhouse. Rather than call it in and request backup, they decide to raid the operation on their own. They face little resistance but after Hart finds two children living in abhorrent conditions, they kill the only two men they find there, one of whom is their main suspect Reggie Ledoux. Before the review board, they claim to have come under heavy fire and ended up fighting for their lives. In the process Reggie Ledoux and the other man were killed. They are commended for their bravery. Things subsequently got better for both of them, at least for a few years. Hart was promoted to Detective Sergeant and reconciled with his wife Maggie. Cohle received a commendation for bravery and got a girlfriend, Laurie. In 2002 however, Cohle gets information that the killer may not have been Ledoux. In the present day, Detectives Gilbough and Papania are told the same story given to the board 17 years ... Written by garykmcd
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overalls | looking at oneself in a mirror | man carries a child | man slaps a woman | man wrapped in a towel |Parents Guide:
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Matthew McConaughey (Rust Cohle) talks about viewing space and time from different dimensions. The concepts brought up by his character are key to a film in which he is the star; Interstellar (2014). See more »Goofs
In a scene set in 1995, Reggie Ledoux is wearing a towel with 'My Little Pony' characters from the 2010 'My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic' reboot. See more »Quotes
Dewall: I saw you in my dream. You're in Carcosa now with me... He sees you... You'll do this again... Time is a flat circle.See more »
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16 February 2014 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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If you thought True Detective couldn't maintain the tense atmosphere so cleanly engineered in the last episode - you were wrong. TD has followed one pinnacle with another and this episode is all what the previous episode was, plus more.
That said, I can go on and on about what is good about this episode and this series as a whole. The writing is impeccable, the acting spotless, the music perfect and the cinematography pristine. The combination of these provide for an excellent hour of television in which you are transported through the screen and into the drama.
Like the previous episode, you can cut the tension with a knife here. Especially, in the initial and final portions. Additionally, there have been some excellent juxtapositions in this episode. I really liked the shooting-board one - where Rust and Marty present there version of the events, intercut with footage of what really happened.
Again, a lot of new territory is covered. There have been subtle 'Rust: The Killer' references throughout this series, and this episode brushes away the dust and follows up on this storyline. Suddenly, all that has been done up till this episode has come to naught. True Detective starts again, delving deeper into dark, unchartered waters.
Desperately waiting for more.
P.S: This episode had a nice little concept of quantum physics, effortlessly assimilated in the dialogues. I daresay, it was enjoyable.