Often beginning to almost preach their gospel when confronted with their involvement or knowledge of the heinous activities associated with the group. Which until now, has been shrouded in secrecy and able to operate freely. We are introduced to multiple characters throughout the show that have been deeply indoctrinated into this ideology. There are seemingly normal people and influential members of the community that have been indoctrinated into this long standing organisation founded on sacrificial ritualism, often pedophilic in nature. As the investigation unfolds, we are introduced to what can best be described as a cult. What I believe is the strongest aspect contributing to the show’s indistinct paranormality is the presence of a strong cult. It’s like there was never anything here but jungle.”Ĭult mentality, expansive indoctrination and mystery: “This place is like somebody’s memory of a town, and the memory is fading. To keep track of Cohles life and his varying states of addiction, employment and religious belief, McConaughey says he 'made a 450-page kind of graph of where Cohle was and where he was coming from'. This dialogue is often metaphorical and aids to shape the cognitive environment of the show further towards the surreal. Stemming from his nihilistic and distorted sense of reality, Rust carries many ideas challenging existentialism and the place of human beings in the universe. Rust evaluates the crime scene of Dora Lange. We’ve all seen Fight Club so we all know what insomnia means for protagonists in movie world – visions, hallucinations and wonderful symbolism. One of many on the tally of psychological conditions Rust has developed is insomnia. Driven by the desire of escapism to remove himself from what he believed would be his self-inflicted demise, Rust has developed a few knocks and bruises on the ol’ brain. Rust Cohle’s hallucinations and ideology:Ĭarrying a great deal of neurological damage and stress from the death of his infant child and subsequent years of heavy-hard drug abuse, during his stretch working undercover narcotics. “If the only thing keeping a person decent is the expectation of divine reward, then that person is a piece of shit.” Much of the season is represented through the lens of Rust Cohle’s perception and ideologies, meaning that the conceptual validity of religion is often put under scrutiny. This scrutiny allows the paranormal tendencies of the investigation to be subdued as the stark contrast of Rust’s ideology in relation to the existence of a higher power or any form of universal mysticism is brought to the forefront. The show takes place in the highly religious southern state of Louisiana and more than often lets you know it. The Crusaders ask him to participate in a robbery targeting a rival gang of drug dealers. Cohle infiltrates the biker gang he was a member of as an undercover officer in Texas, the Iron Crusaders. The presence of truly supernatural qualities within the show is disputed when paralleled with religion. Rust and Cohle visit Dora Langes mother after the murder, and when looking around the house, spot a childhood photo of Dora Lange. Bound, antler’d, adorned with symbols and sacrificed.
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