True Detective
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Like I say, she replies.
Wayne first shoots his partner Roland a brief, Can you believe this shit?
look, but its tame compared to the death glare he gives Patty on the way out.
Any connection she has to the Purcell crimes is almost certainly limited to that transaction.
It does not, however, crack the case open.
Alis giving such a strong performance that its all the more alarming when the material lets him down.
I have a mental handicap, he tells her.
Maybe he knows already that he loves her.
Flash forward to 1990, and Wayne and Amelia cant stop fighting.
Youve got some major cognitive dissonance, he tells her as their fight turns into midafternoon lovemaking.
This season has a bit of that as well.
All this raises a question: Is this season ofTrue Detectives fractured chronology working for it or against it?
The cryptic 2015 and 1990 references to what went on before sometimes deepen the mystery.
When did Wayne and Amelia start to drift apart and what did it look like?
Why do Waynes kids feel so, at best, ambivalent about him?
Woodard, it seems, has been preparing for just this moment.
The priest raises Rolands suspicions, but then so apparently do all priests.
(Man signs up to go without fuckin for life.
Either he dont know himself for a liar or hes some jot down of limited-edition psycho.
I mean, everybodys fuckin somethin.)
He also has an alibi for the crime.
This also puts Roland on the defensive.
In 1990, Roland has advanced while Wayne has stalled out.
Hes the boss now, sure, and he wants everyone to know it.
Thats not a dead end.
And, elsewhere, Amelia and Roland separately open up leads by exploring the Purcell marriage.
Wayne, and those around him, are inching toward the truth across three timelines.
Will this pay off or end up feeling like padding?
Thats a big TBD, but one that could ultimately shape how this season is remembered.
This episode is directed by a young up-and-comer making his directorial debut, one Nic Pizzolatto.
(That, and Id venture that this episode has more uses offuckthan any preceding episode.)
Rolands short flirtation with a churchgoer named Lori might seem like a comic grace note, but its not.
Thats Jodi Balfour, late of CinemaxsQuarry.
(She also played Jackie Kennedy onThe Crown.)
That probably wouldnt be the case now, but makes sense for 1980.
I took his bike.
He was a nerd.
Prison might be too good for Freddy.
