…Jefferson Davis? The President of the Confederacy?

Probably because it only had 13 episodes. If it had 25 or 22 like before it would've had a loootttt more room to breathe, and also time to readjust during a midseason break.

That's exactly what I thought the whole time.

I apologize, I'm on my phone so typing is a pain.

I just don't understand how those dynamics are challenging. Like, for the most part, the characters are transparent. Of course there are nuances, but how you described them is basically how they are. How is that challenging? I mean, just because something's original doesn't mean it's complex or thought-provoking.

I agree with your larger sentiment, but the connection between Girls and True Detective kind of falls flat imo. The difference between those two shows is that the portrayal of Girls' characters seems to be come from the writers' mis-perception of who they are (mainly in highlighting their flaws), whereas True…

Or maybe it's showing Marty's lack of knowledge (and lack of desire to know) about women. That's how I perceived it, anyway.

I'm curious, though, about your statement, "It's the very broken-down-ness that I think makes some people suspect him. I read it as him keeping his contract with himself, at a price higher than most people would be willing to pay."

Yeah, I never logically thought he was the killer either, just wanted to point out specific proof for the discussion. And I think the story wants you to think that as well; it wants to, for a brief lapse, make you feel that insidious feeling that implies Rust is the killer. The same sort of creeping feeling that Marty…

It's hard for me to see Guy Pierce in a movie and not think of him as 'Lenny'.