AKA The big pictorial list of easter eggs / symbolism / questions that need answering / red herrings / coincidences

Feel free to submit any I have missed :)

Now I know some of these may be considered ridiculous, but let’s just all get lost in Carcosa for a moment enjoy the possibilities ;)

In no particular order:

1. The mural on the wall of the hospital where Rust goes to see Kelly is the same as the framed drawing in Marty’s bedroom.

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2. The ‘masked’ figure in Audrey’s drawing (a lot of talk surrounding masks in the show). Not to mention it looks oddly similar to the mask in one of the cult photos.

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3. The scene with the girls and the crown. Also - its streamer colours are quite similar to Dora’s antler crown.

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4. The arrangement of dolls that Marty’s daughters are playing with. Also, their conversation before he interrupts:

“You don’t have a mummy or daddy anymore. Yours just died… in an accident.”

“How?”

“In a car accident… Someone ra-” *Marty enters

If this is indeed a red herring, it’s a mean one! And is it just me, or do two of the dolls look suspiciously like Marty and Cohle?

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5. The intro scene and Audrey (earring). There are also plenty of other cross appearances.

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6. The spiral drawing in Marty’s house

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7. Stars everywhere. The girls have black stars on their doors etc, however lots of young girls do so I chose to omit those.

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8. The recurrence of 5 (this one, I believe is significant… 5 high powers in the 'cult’).

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9. Yellow (there are more, I know).

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10. Flowers, women (and children?). Again, definitely more of these throughout the show.

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11. The True Detective Facebook page uploaded the first photo, only to later remove it and post the one from the episode with a horribly photoshopped face (middle row, second from the left). See more on this photo.

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12. The wolf (The Big, Bad Wolf?) on the TV when Cohle visits to mow Marty’s lawn. I personally find this one quite funny in addition to Marty flipping out. “I just don’t ever want you mowin’ my lawn, all right?” Woops!

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13. What’s with the owl? There may be just general bird symbolism throughout the show (the bird spiral that Cohle sees, crows etc).

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14. Marty coincidences (I DO NOT think Marty is involved - Please don’t think I do, I believe these ones are just red herrings or coincidences.)

Hart: The word “hart” was used of a red deer stag more than five years old.

Cohle asks Marty if he’s ever been hunting. He says he shot a ten point buck. This is what Dora’s antler crown was made of.

The poster - cutting off Marty’s head at the crown.

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All in all, in anticipation of the last episode, I am going to drop all conspiracies and thoughts in my head (bar one) and enjoy it immensely. I then assume this will be followed by an empty, ominous pit that the end of a season brings… Especially one of this caliber.

But why dwell in the pit of life. Time is a flat circle, baby. Any episode we’ve ever watched, we’re gonna watch over, and over and over again… Forever.