Love it or hate it, the season finale of True Detective’s inaugural run was one of the most talked about hours of television so far this year. Hopefully you’ve been keeping up with Allison’s recaps, but even if you’ve been obsessed with Nic Pizzolatto’s series this year, there’s a good chance you missed a few things. Like, remember when Matthew McConaughey’s moody character, Rust Cohle, temporarily found love again with Elizabeth Reaser’s Laurie Spencer? Did you ever wonder what happened to split the two of them up (or why Reaser had one total line all season)? Well, now you can find out in this newly released deleted scene from the HBO series. Hit the jump to check it out.

Take a look at the deleted scene from True Detective below (via Variety):