In episode 1, Marty says to Rust, "Do you have a chapter in that book on jumping to conclusions? You attach an assumption to a piece of evidence, you start to bend that narrative to support it - prejudice yourself."
There are 2 main theories that highlight this:
- NOT thinking there was a 50/50 chance that Rust and Maggie would fukk
- Believing that Rust and/or Marty were working together against the detectives
I wanna focus on the sex scene because people are actively ignoring the evidence presented.
Let's hop out of the story for a second and just analyze basic man vs woman relations. Why do men have to explain to women, that men and women cannot be friends? Why won't women leave their man alone with their "friends?" Its not about being insecure. Its about not being naive. Its not about a lack of trust. Its about not having to depend on trust. As I said after the diner scene between Maggie and Rust:
@
klutch2381 and @
Type Username Here all focus on this episode as the stereotypical fall off of Rust because he "acts out of character." Well why didn't you guys think that when he opened himself up to Maggie at dinner in ep1? He's with Marty for months, and never delves into his personal life. But he decides to do so hours after meeting Maggie and the kids? How was THAT scene not lazy? Because you believe Rust letting his guard down about the death of his children makes him more masculine/complex than Rust letting his guard down to fukk Maggie…..
Everything about Rusts relationship with Marty and Maggie is "out of character." That's why he has nobody else in his life! Rust lets his guard down and dates Maggies friend because he trust the dynamic he has developed with Marty and Maggie. Rust mows Marty's lawn and chills with the family because he's finally comfortable somewhere. When Maggie suspects Marty of cheating, who does she call to confide in/figure out the truth? When Marty will not leave her job, who does Maggie call to diffuse the situation? Rust has always been Maggies way out of her marriage. She doesn't hide the fact that she thinks he's a better version of Marty either.
Now about that night: As @
fillerguy has keenly noticed (though he's also wrong about the 100% out of character analysis), Rust has put up walls between himself and society. But not all have been by his own doing. That scene is not lazy and not out of character for multiple reasons:
- Rust has been working the 95 case again on his own time. It has ruined his relationship with his girlfriend and with his best friend Marty.
This development means his mental state is already shaky.
- He quit his job. You remember what @
Sensitive Blake Griffin said about Rust "programming" and not being able to commit suicide. You remember how Rust said because of his personality/life, he was made for the job.
Well him quitting, in many ways, is his suicide. Think about how much he hated the people he worked with. Yet he kept coming back and dealing with the bullshyt.
- He's drinking again. Which brings us back to the dinner scene.
Answer this question, why doesn't Rust drink anymore?
Last but not least, you guys keep quoting Maggie wrong. This is what she says at the end of the sex scene:
Rust: *stumbles back* what the fukk are you doing here
Maggie: I'm sorry…you know…it wasn't you. Really I wasn't even sure I could do it. Seventeen years is a long time. You know I almost went with a stranger, a bar. I'm sorry Rust. He'll have to go you see, because this he won't live with.
Rust: Get the fukk out of here
Maggie: This will hurt him. I'm sorry but thank you
Rust: Get the fukk out of here
Maggie: I'm - *reaches for hug*
Rust: Get the fukk out of here.
Translation:
- "It wasn't you" means,"I took advantage of you and forced myself on to you….you're not worse for this."
- The
primary reason she fukked Rust was because she was incapable of fukkn anyone else. She's a mother of 2, who has been faithful and devoted to her husband for 17 years. She probably rationalized it by seeing herself as dirty and a whore by fukkn a stranger.
I rest my case.
explain this coincidence . 7 years later the picture in her bedroom is in the mental hospital where Rust visits? Yeah Maggie supplying the legal dope to these girls and cherry picking them for the cult .
" shyt: because Pizzolatto isn't trying to hide anything. He's not going for some retarded twist or angle. He's fleshing out these characters and the world they live in. He's using a detective story as an interesting canvas to paint a portrait of his views on life. Cats are dissapointed with this episode because it doesn't give them an opportunity to point out some utterly pointless bullshyt like a star in the background of a shot to further a ridiculous theory. And to be honest I love that that's the case. I wish there were more shows like this and Mad Men that really tackled various themes in an intelligent way and challenged the viewer instead of relying on the same played out tropes just because people eat it up. Rust and Marty will most likely solve the case, either officially or unofficially and they'll go their separate ways. Or maybe one of them dies
It's not gonna be some dumb leap like the Yellow King being Rust, Maggie or the pawg from T-Mobile.
this past episode was so so. Marty's family drama is on par with Margaret from Boardwalk Empire and her bullshyt 
get that bullshyt outta here ya'll aint fooling no one, that's strictly for bytches 
I'm still trying to wrap my head around how they could POSSIBLY top the end of episode 4 though 
how could they let something THAT epic go in the middle of the season 
I keep trying to think of something better, but nah... that was the best scene I've caught on tv ever. shyt was Oscar worthy! 
I'm positive this is not her in the hospital but the pic and the wall paint....ummmmm
