something that just came up while talking about the show with a co-worker:
they've done a great job of showing how judging a book by the cover is wrong...like @
TheGodling said....you can tell rust is at peace with himself, even though they give the preception that he's all fukked up...everything he's talked about that's happened to him/in his life, he's still at peace and accepts who he is....and it's the exact opposite for marty...
they give the impression he's living this storybook life, great family man, etc.; but you can tell he's not at peace with himself and all fukked up...even in the present day, you can tell he's still not at peace and is conflicted with himself about who he is, life, etc...