Even if it ended with similarities, this show is already way, way different than Top of the Lake.

The oil refineries are symbolic of the blackness dredged up from the depths of the earth.

Ya, no shit huh? And it's not even the writers fault, just all this hype built up.

I was confused too. But I think for good reason. Generally this show plods along within the main mystery, but then, abruptly IMO, steps outside to an unrelated, isolated case.

Shit. And people will pay that. Not me. What was that link?

Is this like a psychologically proven thing?

Yeah, sorry, I didn't actually see it. I just assumed it was silliness and not drama. My B.

"Ah, that was some good adultery"

Rust is pretty virtuous. He has a temporary lapse with Marty's wife, but he is the True Detective. He's sacrificed everything to track down the people responsible for killing the innocent. Though I wouldn't call him kind.

To play devil's advocate one last time, anyone see "The Hunt" with Mads Mikkelson (Hannibal)? Fantastic, he gets falsely accused by a little girl who just randomly saw her brothers looking at porn on an ipad or something.

Good point.

Plus you get the very real feeling that Rust and Marty have NOT seen each other in the long years they say.

Ha, no shit. Especially AFTER he's already on the shit list. Hey, maybe you should NOT leave your phone with ass pics lying around.

Yeah, those little angel/devil statues reminded me of the angel drawings on the walls last episode (even though those were the creepiest angels I've ever seen).

I think McConaughey does what he wants. He seems kinda crazy and doesn't seem to give a fuck. I mean, he was arrested for smoking weed naked while playing bongos.

But the drawings, the daughter said some girls dared her to.

Man, as much as I want to disagree, I can't. He's a dick to him.

I'm leaving it open for a possibility, but my take on it was more Marty's infidelity and sexual machismo, consciously or subconsciously being projected onto his daughter.

Do we even know if either of the girls have been molested? I keep hearing this but haven't seen any solid evidence.

Ha, I didn't even make that connection. They sure placed that busted tail light in the foreground.