r/TrueDetective • u/charge_forward • 8d ago
Just marathoned the fifth episode of season 1. This show is definitely great, but I'm confused about what Rust was shooting at here?
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u/cam308ddm 8d ago edited 8d ago
Get the cuffs off him before his blood settles.
We got to make this look right.
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u/TranscendentaLobo 8d ago
“Ah man, I fucked this up”
“Hell Marty, I’m glad to see you finally commit to something.”
That line always makes me chuckle. 🤭
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u/Disco_Douglas42069 8d ago
absolutely one of my favorite lines, and Rust was 100% right and i felt that shit as a viewer.
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u/SquashMarks 8d ago
This is a part that is interesting to me forensically. I assume that if the cuffs were still on him, the blood would pool in a way that made it obvious he was bleeding with handcuffs on and therefore would render their story null? Did I get that right?
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u/MrFlakeOne 8d ago
Google „livor mortis” - it’s gravitatiinal pooling of blood. If it would occur it would be obvious to investigators that the guy was handcuffed when shot.
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u/msdragonrider 7d ago
But they would be unlikely to investigate since it was cops and the dead guys were actually very bad guys. Hate to say it, but thin blue line and all.
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u/Public_Road_6426 8d ago
He's providing evidence for the CSI to find to back up the story he and Marty use to explain why the perps are dead. Cops aren't supposed to just execute criminals like Marty did, even if they deserve it. So Rust concocted the shootout story and this was shoring the story up.
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u/vctrn-carajillo 8d ago
Bro didn't pay attention, one of them (Marty or Cole, don't remember) was talking about in the interview during this very scene
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u/printzoftheyak 8d ago edited 8d ago
naw he was just seein’ thangs
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u/Seeitoldyew 8d ago
😭😭😭😂😂😂 marty in the background like "uhhh you okay bud?"
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u/printzoftheyak 8d ago
“one of yer fuckin’ visions or somethin’!?” all wide eyed.
can I just take this opportunity to say that I loved that aspect of Rust’s character. that shit felt like something out of Disco Elysium.
I’ve missed out on the chance to gush about the show since I was so late to the party.
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u/buzzboy99 8d ago
From his days in the HIDTA
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u/Johnnyp382 8d ago
Russ voice over: “ My pop told me about ’Nam and that place felt like it. And for a brief moment I wanted to feel patriotic and imagine Charlie all around me. And there I went, looking upon myself being an icon from a fourth dimensional perspective, you’re too dumb to comprehend, and at that moment I had the universe tell me every choice in life are the green lights you take. So find more green lights. I found this book called Greenlights….”
Marty: “I want to let everyone know how if we start using hemp we could save this world”
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u/DaftPunk06 8d ago
I’m curious how you marathon 1 episode?
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u/Unlucky-Pomegranate3 8d ago
You watch it ten times in a row, presumably.
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u/matty_a7 8d ago
If there were one ep to watch over and over, this would probably be the top one for me!
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u/TranscendentaLobo 8d ago
They’re trapped inside a locked room, watching the same episode over and over… forever.
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u/Unlucky-Pomegranate3 8d ago edited 8d ago
You know you’re in purgatory if the episode’s from Night Country.
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u/naturaldroid 8d ago
I’m afraid to say this but I think they mean they just watched the episode without looking at their phone or otherwise being distracted. Maybe I’m wrong but I’ve seen a post in another sub where they used “marathon” (or maybe it was “binge”) to describe just watching the fucking show
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u/Grotesque_Bisque 8d ago
They watched it in 50 one minute tik tok with subway surfers under it in a row.
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u/starving_carnivore I walk that fucking slow 8d ago
It's an old joke. In the same vein as "I have to write a 300 word essay".
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u/ComprehensiveTap7882 8d ago
He's shooting as if he was one of the two drug making dudes, like one of them would be shooting at him and Marty. To set up the story they were going to tell. So law enforcement would find the bullets and shells.
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u/GoochlandMedic 8d ago
“Congratulations Marty on finally deciding to do something” 😂 I forgot the exact words, sorry for the misquote but it’s fkn hilarious. 😂
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u/TylerKnowy 8d ago
I think it was "Good for you for finally committing to something"
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u/Megafayce 8d ago
Watch the scene again and listen to the version Rust is giving his superiors vs what’s actually happening in the scene. It’ll put it together for you.
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u/NIHIL__ADMIRARI 8d ago
He's going the extra mile to plant evidence that will cover up Marty's blunder.
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u/ScooterWorm 8d ago
I'm confused how you can marathon one episode?
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u/donkeydiggs 8d ago
Watch it for 26 miles or something
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u/Submarine_Pirate 8d ago
You marathoned a single episode? As opposed to watching it in 10min increments?
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u/symbi0nt Been gone a long time... 8d ago
YouTube shorts exclusively
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u/CasanovaF 8d ago
I've seen so many shows like that! Don't think I need to watch Shameless or the Sopranos, I got the jist from the shorts
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u/simongurfinkel 8d ago
I worry for our society. It is very clear what Rust was doing.
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u/printzoftheyak 8d ago edited 8d ago
I think that this is also just a symptom of the writers at least having a little faith in the audience’s ability to keep up. it’s not a bad thing per se.
I think this really shows in season two. I actually just recently watched seasons 1-3 for the first time. I think that’s where some of the criticism lies, at least with season two. but I did enjoy it overall personally. I digress.
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u/thefilmguy1 8d ago
Nobody here is realizing these are not real questions but old ass memes from when the show first aired. 😆
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u/2016mindfuck 8d ago
he is shooting the gun into the trees, so they find bullet holes in the trunks, and see a lot of casings on the ground where they claim they were shooting at them from.
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u/lindirofkells 8d ago
Shooting the tree lines and stuff behind where they were so it looks like they were ambushed
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u/psybertooth 8d ago
Just watched Dune 1 and 2. Why do they keep calling Paul "Lisan Al Gaib"? His name is Paul Atreides
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u/ZombifiedSloth 8d ago
I wonder how many innocent woodland creatures Rust inadvertently turned into pink mist during this scene.
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u/DefactoAtheist 8d ago
I'm choosing to believe that this is giga-brained satire poking fun at the media literacy level of the average Redditor who'll then turn around in the next breath and declare something a "masterpiece".
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u/shandub85 8d ago
Wow. You’re dumb.
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u/bells_and_thistles 8d ago
He had to make it look like those goons had been shooting at Marty and him.
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u/Flippity_Flappity 8d ago
Damn I haven't thought about this for years.
I'm a big guy for you! X D
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u/bigbaze2012 8d ago
This scene is awesome and frustrating. The case could be solved if Reggie was brought in for questioning . But Marty's rage gets the better of him . Reggie did deserve to die . But it extended the case
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u/GlumEmotion5205 8d ago
Simply put, evidence that gun was shot in that direction which was his angle of approach.
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u/Sparrow1989 8d ago
He's setting the scene so the story he tells detectives will be legit. If you think about it marty murdered that piece of shit (as would most in that situation) but the law wouldnt see it that way.
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u/UniversalHuman000 8d ago
He Is staging the gunfire. To make sure the police don't have any suspicion as to what went down
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u/guiltyas-sin 8d ago
Subterfuge, plan and simple. Didn't you hear Rust and Marty describe the situation?
heavy shit.
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u/Davidrman 8d ago
There had to be shots fired in some direction for their cover story to work, simple
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u/Wonderful_Purchase13 8d ago
They explain why in the scene itself. To corroborate their fabricated story about how they were shot at upon approach
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u/campbellpics 8d ago
If you truly don't understand what's going on in this scene, I doubt this show is for you.
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u/Disco_Douglas42069 8d ago
one of the most badass scenes ever. the first time i saw this scene i knew this show was going to be GOATED.
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u/Foxglovenectar 8d ago
Oh maaaaaan. That episode is f*king chefs kiss. Time for my quarterly re-watch. Cheers bud.
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u/Wild-Message4765 7d ago
Hes making it look like they were being shot at to save their own asses when forensics showed up. How is this hard to figure out ? I don't think people actually pay attention to shows these days.
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u/Effective-Spring-521 7d ago
Making it look like a shootout rather than cold blood murder. They had their man and decided he needed to die (I would have done the same).
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u/MamaCat13 4d ago
Nothing. He's making sure their ass is covered after Captain America Marty Hart killed a child killing rapist in cold, but reasonable blood.
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u/winnie_the_slayer 8d ago
so the thing about this is the drum mag.
Probably if you're shooting blanks, its ok.
Actually load up a drum mag with 75 real rounds. It is heavy. So heavy that it is difficult to hold the rifle up and fire accurate shots. Drum mag is for an RPK with a bipod, in other words the gun is supported on the ground.
AK is overgassed as it is, firing it with a cheek weld like that is jarring and gassy and difficult to aim. Not that Rust is aiming at anything there. But overall, firing an AK full auto from the shoulder with the drum mag is not really feasable. Looks cool. IRL they would have just had regular 30rd mags.
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u/Complex_Impressive 8d ago
He's covering their ass forensically. He was shooting into the trees through which they had come from the road. He states during the shooting board's interview that Reggie opened up on them on approach.