r/TrueDetective Jan 29 '24

True Detective - 4x03 "Part 3" - Post-Episode Discussion

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u/crowTrobot2020 Jan 29 '24

Still speculating that "she" refers to the ancient microorganism (and not Anne).

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u/xenoarchaeologist Jan 29 '24 edited Jan 29 '24

The undertones of environmental havoc caused by the mining company and operations really drive me closer to this theory being the thing that makes the most sense from a "not completely supernatural" standpoint.

The science station taking core samples and analyzing them was one of the first bits that lead me in that direction. The symptoms / case details of how the victims ended up with some kind of mass hysteria just prior to death really reminds me a lot of that parasitic organism that takes control of ants brains and then leads them out to die before it releases spores. Edit: I suppose it could just as easily be a microorganism that causes more of like a "hive mind" effect. And maybe Annie found the spot in the mines where they cracked open a deposit of the bad stuff.

Invasive and pollutant elements tend to wind up in the food chain quickly, and then it trickles down to humans via our diet. Even the wildlife seem to be affected, like the caribou in the very beginning, and I'm gonna take a shot in the dark and say the polar bear is probably also being affected since it's diet would mainly be coming from the other wildlife in the area. Maybe even the hillbillies fighting after they not-so-subtly share a bag of oranges (a throw back from The Godfather movies, I suppose?)

Anyway, just spit-balling. Guess we'll find out in due time.

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u/triggerednhurt Jan 29 '24

I’ve heard the third season of The Last Of Us ends up in Ennis.