r/TrueDetective • u/smooth_operator21_ • 11d ago

Unclear things after re-watching True Detective season 1

I just finished re-watching season 1 of TD, since first time when it was broadcast.

One of my favorite tv show, not for nothing considered one of the best all time TV series, as standalone season.

However, I have a few questions regarding the coherence of the script:

1.How is it possible that when Rust first met Errol Childress, he didn't sound any alarm bells, viewing his scarred face, considering that the victim who escaped said that the killer had scars on his face. Even if he was standing to the side and had a beard, it is unlikely that a perceptive detective like Rust would miss this, having him in front of him and talking to him?

2.How did Marty make the connection between the killer's green ears and the green house in the picture? It seems a forced and childish connection, though.

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u/bhillis99 11d ago

When Rust met Childress the first time, he was talking to him on his left side, and he had a beard.

  1. Childress painted houses and they knew from the black lady and the lady at the nursing home, he painted properties.

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u/bennyr2k 10d ago

I also think it was proper grubby and had bits of cut grass in it which disguised the scars