[Ronin]

Originally Posted by kristianhay

Loved the shift in perspective that I'm sure most of us knew was coming, but now there's no BS. The more I think about it, the more it makes sense, but that seems far too obvious to me.

Spoiler!

If Rust has covered up the crime scene like he did this episode, who's to say that it hasn't happened multiple times before? And why was he studying the artifacts at the end so intently? Seems a bit strange.

I kind of think that Rust, being super obsessive, got too deep into the case and it drove him off the deep end. The characters keep referring to the Yellow King, but knowing sort of the mythos behind that, I feel as if the Yellow King may be a cult symbol and not an actual person. The prisoner they interrogated suggested there were "big people" involved, which would support that idea. If that was the case, Rust may have spent all this time searching for someone who doesn't exist. Maybe a cult has been watching them, and played them all along? Who knows, just spitballing here haha.

Only time will tell I guess. Anyway, this is a good piece on i09 a friend recommended to me a few days ago. Gives you a little more info on the "Yellow King" bit, and might give you some ideas as to where the show is heading.

The One Literary Reference You Must Know to Appreciate ?True Detective

So fucking cool that it has ties to a weird, real book.