The funny thing is that I just finished the rest of the episode, and while 2015 Wayne acts as if there was no racism in 1980's or 1990's, the 1980's Wayne feels it like a chip on his shoulder, after he accosts Roland about not reining in his "tribe" per se. It's hard to tell what's his memory and what he's just glossing over.
(I might have missed some nuance, but I didn't really grasp overt racism in those scenes per se incidentally; it seemed more about administrative positions vs the guys out on the beat trying to make things happen and happen well.)
Definitely the girl's room.
yeah, I just read some recaps, so that seems to be the room.
And yeah, it could've been the uncle, but I'm mainly hesitant about the uncle being guilty of anything because it seems too easy an answer. Tom's parents did however mention that there had been speculation about Julie being an illegitimate child conceived when Tom was working offshore.
yes. That got shot down real fast by the grandfather but the question lingers as to who the real father might be, if not Tom.
BTW, I think Tom is great. Some of his performance was a little one-note angry, but the script gives him much better play halfway through the episode, like the scene at the tool shop + his conversation with the detectives in the car. It's how he deals with grief. At least, that's what we think, depending on whether he's involved... But he scans at least in those sequences as the bereft and agonized father who has nothing without his kids because it was the only connection he had in life (as he didn't really know his wife). he's completely floating free in the universe now, without any mooring, and it frightens him as well as strips him of everything.
Is her own father involved in the abduction? Doubtful, that wouldn't explain why Will died and the necessity of the dolls.
Yeah, I think it pretty unlikely. The only question I have about that is the allusion to
Did Lucy sleep with her cousin, making her pregnant with Julie? Incest isn't a strange theme in True Detective, and Lucy's cousin Dan said something strange when questioned by the detectives. "I mean, my opinion? Lucy always needed like a strong male."
It's definitely a possibility. He didn't seem like an awful guy but definitely there's a lot of stuff not being said there.
Errol Childress also made his first appearance in the third episode of season 1 as a seemingly insignificant character. Keep your eyes peeled when watching the next episode.
It's been a few years since I watched Season 1, where did he appear? The recaps weren't saying, at least the ones I read. I did catch the allusions to Season 1 stuff / related topics, though.
This is my feeling too. I enjoyed these two episodes but season 1 was lightning in a bottle and can't be recaptured just by using the same building blocks.
I would say one of the differences is the severity of Wayne's memory loss, it throws a unique kink into things.
One thing I like about TD is how there are red herrings -- it's at least trying to suggest how difficult and exhaustive police work actually is. Most TV shows seem to make police work look easy or intuitive, but so much of it is laborious chasing down information and leads and THEN having to sift through it and decide what is relevant or irrelevant. TD usually offers a number of possible leads and most will go nowhere, which is frustrating for both the cops and the viewers but is part of the difficulty in investigative work. i also like how the episode alludes to certain things being true (like the pedophile rings) some of which was later determined IRL to be false. Fact and hearsay often gets muddled, so "true things" end up being blown out of proportion or give rise to conspiracy concepts. This is exacerbated even more today with the internet.
Another thing I liked about Episode 2-- the conversation between Wayne and Amelia at the bar. They might be very different, in their background and even their politics, but both seem to immediately be very open with each other. IOW, they like each other, and they seem to be very honest and WANTING to communicate even if they both have different styles. It's obvious they are in sync with each other and want to connect. It was a great conversation. I also picked up on the heroes that Wayne likes and they seem like two that would resonate with his character.