True Detective 3: Singles Day Special

Details: Lucy's True Psychology

From 47 minutes 50 seconds to 48 minutes in the third episode, Wayne and Roland take pictures of toys found in the park for Tom and Lucy to identify. Tom looked natural and said he had not seen it. There are some notable details in Lucy's look and movements. She kept shaking her head silently, looking remorseful. She didn't take the initiative to identify those photos, as if she didn't care about the outcome of the case or finding the murderer. Wayne asked her a question, and she just glanced at it casually, without looking closely, she pouted, her eyes were a little flustered, she denied seeing it, and then said that she couldn't remember. Then she closed her eyes tightly and sighed, looking remorseful.

At 51 minutes and 05 seconds of the sixth episode, there is Emilia's book on Wayne's desk. At the bottom of the page on the right, Lucy's name is drawn in many circles, and Wayne hits a five-pointed star to express special It is emphasized that two question marks are drawn next to each other, indicating that this description of Lucy is abnormal.

This text is about Lucy's reaction when Emilia interviewed Lucy. Lucy is depressed, but Emilia discovers that Lucy is convinced that Julie is still alive. Emilia wrote a sentence, but Julie couldn't possibly be alive. Because Julie's whereabouts were not found at all in 1980, no one, including Emilia, believed that Julie was still alive at the time. But Lucy believed that this was abnormal.

Although we can say that a mother will have more obsessions than others, and a mother will feel greater grief for the death of her child, but in the absence of evidence, there is still such a self-justifying speculation, That is, Lucy knew about Julie's whereabouts, but Lucy didn't expect Will to die. She is always sad and annoyed by Will's death, not Julie's disappearance, because Julie's disappearance is an ending she participated in and tacitly agreed to, a deal she recognized (so she has no motive to find Julie, only Distressed by the ill-planned death of Will, and she should consider Will's death an accident). The news that Dan revealed to Wayne and Roland in the sixth episode reinforces this possibility. It just needs to be emphasized that Lucy may not know that what happened to Julie after that is not optimistic. Also, I don't think Julie is Hoyt's daughter. Because the pink room is unlikely to be a serious place, Julie, who was hiding everywhere, was obviously full of fear. No matter how bad Hoyt was, he probably wouldn't harm his illegitimate daughter like this.

Speculation: The Mystery of the 1990 Interrupted Investigation

There is a speculation that it is related to Hoyt's daughter and granddaughter. When Wayne and Roland first investigated Hoyt's company, a picture of a woman holding a girl appeared behind Roland. The moment is the third episode 19:39 second. This should be Hoyt's daughter and granddaughter. Hoyt founded the Children of the Ozarks after his granddaughter died, according to company receptionists.

This clue can lead to a conclusion that Hoyt, who lost his granddaughter, and Hoyt's daughter, who lost his daughter, are particularly sad, so they will hope to get a girl to replace the deceased, and Julie fits this assumption. Audiences, then, will think it's actually out of some kind of human frailty and not outright malice.

I think the death of the granddaughter may also be misleading. It is possible that the girl in this photo is not his granddaughter, but just one of the many girls who were deceived by the Hoyts and his daughters. This photo and the foundation established on this ground are thus a mask of hypocrisy for Hoyt.

Why do I have such malicious speculations about Hoyt? First of all, of course we all found out that the pink room in the basement that Harris strictly controlled was a sinful place. Secondly, I also based on the established fact that Hoyt approached Wayne proactively in 1990, and the investigation was suspended again in 1990.

Wayne in 1990 was full of determination to break the casserole to the end. His focus was on finding Julie. He firmly believed that Julie was alive and vowed to find him and nothing to stop him. belief.

How could Wayne, with such a strong conviction, stop investigating again? The old Wayne was tight-lipped about it.

One of those possibilities, or one of the possibilities, has to do with Hoyt. He failed to discover Hoyt's true face, but was misled by his granddaughter's information and believed that Hoyt was not a bad person.

Around 51 minutes and 50 seconds into the fifth episode, Wayne says Hoyt came to him, "after that happened."

The mystery here is what "that thing" was about, and one explanation that I think is self-consistent is that it was after Harris died, and Hoyt got hold of the cause of Harris's death.

Under this premise, there may be such a wrestling: Wayne hopes to get Julie from Hoyt, and Hoyt holds the handle of Wayne and Roland. And the solution is: Hoyt forced Wayne to believe that what he did to Julie was out of goodwill, he blinded Wayne, stopped Wayne from further investigation, and promised that as long as Wayne did not continue to pursue it, Either side will get a better result, Hoyt is good, Wayne and Roland are good, Julie is good too.

Based on this situation, plus some other circumstances, such as Wayne's family accident, Roland's emotional predicament, and the pressure from Gint and the police station, Wayne made a difficult decision to stop.

Details: Harris first appeared

Harris James actually appeared very early. After the second episode of the Purcell case, a press conference was held in the community. Behind the residents there stood a row of police officers, one of whom was Harris. The time points are at 10:50 and 11:02 in the second episode.

Details: Did Hoyt show up in person?

At 55 minutes and 52 seconds in the sixth episode, Tom drove into the Hoyt company alone. One of the people at the gate was a white-haired gentleman who seemed to be lighting a cigar, and the other was a black man in a suit.

The old man was probably Hoyt.

And this black man may be the black man who drives the brown luxury car the old white man by the park said. Hoyt's blacks drive luxury cars, probably more so than any of the other blacks on the show.

Details: Interiors at Hoyt & Co.

The interior of Hoyt has been shown at least three times.

The first time was around 20 minutes in the third episode. Hoyt's assistant received Wayne and Roland. There was an abrupt telescope on the desk, which was classical and precious. What does a telescope do? Outside the window is a chicken factory. Is it used to prevent workers from being lazy? It's too much of a fuss! At the end of episode 6 we learn that the pink room is inside Hoyt's Co., which suggests that the Ozark Children's Foundation and the Chicken Factory are probably huge blindfolds. Just like the fried chicken uncle in "Breaking Bad", for his own drug empire, he also built his own fast food empire at the same time, and he became a big philanthropist, living under the nose of the police all day long. The chicken factory is the face of Hoyt by day, the pink room is the reality of Hoyt by night, and UNICEF is the supply and storage warehouse of the pink room.

The second time Hoyt appears inside is 21 minutes after the sixth episode, in Harris' office. There's a lot of detail in this scene. All the furnishings are in retro style, which shows the age that the owner here is spiritually longing for. The specific furnishings reflect the owner's taste, guns, western swords, taxidermy (deer, Wayne said he never hunts deer, and Hoyt is the opposite of him, the meaning of this opposition is obvious), globes, nautical drawings, hunting Photos (brutal prey display, it should be a deer). These details show that Hoyt is a hunter and traveler (his real business may be related to cross-sea voyages and child trafficking, but I am only guessing), and his personality is full of bloodthirsty factors and retro complexes. I also have the answer in my heart, let's look at it later.

The third time inside the Hoyt Company came at the end of the sixth episode, the pink room. The deer and zebra specimens stand impressively in the dark, and the tables and chairs are very retro. Displaying taxidermy and classical furniture may have been the preference of early capitalists or colonizers, so these furnishings all draw Hoyt closer to early capitalists and colonists.

A portrait sculpture that appeared on the table is also very retro, and there is also one in Roland's office. This is a foreshadowing and a suspicion. Roland does not look like he has met Hoyt.

In fact, this room is the pink room below, and looking at the furnishings of these several tables, it shows that this may be a secret meeting place, and maybe Hoyt will hold illegal gatherings between evil capitalists here, just like "Eyes Widespread" Of course, it's much smaller than that scene, as shown by Kubridge. Gent may have also been invited. When the capitalists have feasted, they may have to go down to the pink room, pick girls, and do evil things. When Tom walked down the steps and walked down the corridor, there was a sign on the top of the door, written twice in English and Spanish: "No Entry, No Harassment." An online search showed four southern states (Arizona, New Mexico) , Texas, California, and Arkansas, where the show is most of the time adjacent to Texas), has a large number of Spanish speakers, and Spanish is the second most populous language in the United States. From the southern United States down, there are also many Spanish-speaking countries in Central and South America (Brazil is the biggest exception, speaking Portuguese). As everyone can imagine, this was the result of the great geographic discovery of the Americas and the colonial history that followed.

Hoyt's underground private spaces are marked in both English and Spanish, which may indicate that the Hoyts themselves are descendants of the colonists, and the furnishings have such characteristics. Those two statues should be the famous navigators and colonists related to Spain in history. If not, they may be Hoyt's ancestors. According to The Internet Surname Database (The Internet Surname Database), "Hoyt" is a British surname, and the text records can be traced back to the surname "Heyt" in 1275. There are also "Heyte", "Hayght", "Hyght" in the development of surnames deformed. There are indeed colonists with the last name Hoyt in history, the earliest one I've found is called Walter Hoyt, and Wikipedia shows he was the first foreigner to settle in Norwalk, CT and the ancestor of many Americans . As for the connection between Hoyt and Spanish (language) in the play, it is still up to the screenwriter. I am very knowledgeable enough to stop.

Speculation: Carnival Night Mystery

I have always thought the story of carnival night (children going out for trick-or-treating on Halloween) is very interesting. Maybe many of my friends are still confused about what happened that night. In fact, after the second episode aired, I made a detailed guess, not necessarily Yes, let's make a summary today.

To speculate on what happened that night, the two things that I found most useful were the second episode of Little Mike's golden testimony and the way the Purcells went out at the beginning of the first episode. Of course, these are not accurate evidence, but may be useful clues. Anyway, it is not a case in reality.

First of all, let's look at Mike's testimony. You must read every sentence of Mike's words carefully. He outlines the beginnings and endings of the carnival night.

Put a few pictures first, please look at the pictures carefully, or go back to the original drama.

According to Mike, he met Julie at the beginning of the sugar game that night, because he lived on the next block. At that time, Julie definitely had no dolls in her hands. They split up once or twice later, so he didn't know exactly when Julie was given the doll by whom. But at the end of the game, Mike sees a doll in Julie's booty.

Emilia is very smart, and she immediately asked, did you ride your bike (translated as "driving" inappropriately) to another neighborhood that night, or did you just ask for candy in this neighborhood. This question narrows down the route. Mike replied that we were walking, and then he marked the route for sugar on the drawing. And he added that that night he saw two people (surely two people from the phrase "They were two ghosts") teasing Julie under the sheets, but he wasn't sure they were adults, he said It is "Adults, maybe." I can't see any specific and effective information in that picture, maybe some expert can interpret the really useful information. The speculation I can form is that Mike's implication is that the range of sugar they want must be within the Westfinger community. Looking at that picture, the range should be small.

At the same time, I believe that the screenwriter will definitely leave clues that can be traced, so at this time we will use the route that the brother and sister rode before the crime.

During that period of cycling, the brothers and sisters met Mike, Margaret, Woodard, and the Beatles successively. First I want to exclude Woodard. The reasons are: first of all, he lives in the most remote place, and the children may not walk that far; secondly, I doubt Woodard can make dolls. He doesn't seem to be religious, so he probably hasn't been to church or bought dolls. (Actually, the dolls in the carnival night are different from the dolls in the market, and we will talk about this later), and if he is wearing a sheet, so big, can Mike not see that he is an adult? So Woodard and Halloween should be unrelated.

Margaret and the Beatles are left with three teenagers.

I think it's okay to think of two people in sheets. Why did Mike say it might be an adult, and why is he not sure? I think it's because the two people in the sheets look like adults, but they don't look like adults, so those who meet this feature are people who are almost developed, but not fully developed, that is, 16 or 17 year olds. child. The Beetle trio fits this profile. According to the focus of the play, it should be two of the teenagers who have been questioned, one is the Beetle owner, Freddy with long hair, and the other is a flat-headed teenager with a black Sabbath graphic on his chest.

Speculation: The Mystery of the Hay Doll

The doll that Julie got on Carnival Night was supposed to be from Margaret. While I can't make a strong argument, there's a lot of information that points her sideways. First of all, when the siblings ride past her house, the picture shows the pumpkin hanging at her door intentionally, linking her to Halloween, which is not left in other places in the play.

Second, the dolls that appeared on the carnival night. This doll looks like the main body is made of withered grass, it is not delicate, and it is holding a bouquet of flowers. The dolls that appeared at the church fair were made by the craftsman, Mrs. Faber. The materials were obviously different, the lines were clear, and the stuffing in the torso was by no means simple dead branches. So my thinking is that the doll with the bouquet is probably from an amateur.

Of course, it's still too unfair to put the pot on Margaret's head at this time.

Let's look at the next stronger evidence. Will's memorial service has the same two-color wildflowers in the hands of the Withered Doll. Explain that the person who gave the flowers is the maker of the hay doll.

At the funeral, Margaret was there, Dan was there, Lucy and Tom were there. But I think Lucy and Tom should be excluded, because the carnival night begging for candy is going out to beg, so the dolls will not be given by their parents, and Julie has no dolls when they go out, which Mike also proved. Dan couldn't have been there on the night of the carnival, he wasn't a resident here. In the end, only Margaret was left. Although this amateur-level hay doll is simple, it can be said to be unique, and I believe it will not be made by a man.

However, although the hay doll was made by Margaret, the degree of her connection with the Purcell case is not easy to say. She is Lucy's best friend. She may know some of Lucy's thoughts, and may even give her some advice. She knew about Lucy's work experience at the Hoyt Chicken Factory (the two stared at each other at 14:28 in the third episode), but she wondered if Margaret had worked there too.

If Margaret had also worked at the Hoyt Chicken Factory, then her connection to the case could be as small as it was small enough to know no more than Lucy, to the point of conspiring with the Hoyts and their daughters, and fool Lucy. But judging from Margaret's performance in this play, I think she is a bit timid but kind and kind. She is afraid of getting involved, but her ability to disguise is poor. Check out this gif, her body cringes when she makes eye contact with Wayne's searing heat.

Details: Lucy's Shadow Margaret

Margaret appears beside Lucy on at least five occasions on the show. The following pictures are the occasions and moments when Margaret and Lucy appeared at the same time, please compare the pictures and texts or watch the show.

1. The brothers and sisters had just disappeared and Will's body had not been found. The first episode was 34 minutes and 55 seconds;

2. Will's memorial service, the second episode is 18 minutes and 20 seconds;

3. When the letter letter appears, the second episode is 54 minutes and 30 seconds;

4. The second search of Purcell's house, the third episode of 11 minutes and 30 seconds;

5. After the Woodard shooting, episode 6 was 39 minutes and 50 seconds.

Supplement: About the doll

I can't do enough, many conclusions are three-point reasoning, seven-point imagination, and more mysteries I still can't explain. For example, why did Margaret imitate dolls? I don't think it's a coincidence. Also, when Will left home, his bag was full of things, some of them, probably hay dolls, and others, probably those dolls and game toys found in the park. And what is the piece of paper clipped to Will's wheel, the calendar?

Also, let's talk about the one-eyed black man who appeared at the Emilia Reader's Fair. He should be the one who bought the handmade dolls at the fair. I don't think he is the one who usually hangs out with siblings. He should have purchased the doll for others, because he is an employee of Hoyt, and I think the doll was handed over to Hoyt's daughter. The photo of Hoyt's daughter holding the girl hangs in the UNICEF office, indicating that she may be the host of this so-called UNICEF, and the doll is really useful to her. Maybe Julie was her target, so she used the dolls and other toys to play with Julie, and brought Will some boy toys along the way. After gaining Julie's trust and Lucy's approval, Hoyt's daughter carried out an abduction plan for Julie.

Conjecture: The park at the time of the crime

The problem with the plans was that they ignored Will's abilities, a little genius who was very knowledgeable about geography, as illustrated by the topographic map of his room and the Boy Scout Survival Manual and books on the forest.

I think the game they played that day was probably a game of hide and seek (the witness who saw Will in the outer forest that day was Freddy, see his 60 points in the third episode and the 14th point in the fourth episode). testimony). Hoyt wanted to use this game to separate Julie and Will, and took the opportunity to take Julie away, but Will found Julie in time (it should be very unfortunate for himself) and hindered the other party's plan. The fact that Will loves his sister very much can be seen from the words on the note (for the problem of the note, please read the third or sixth chapter of "The True Detective"), he must be desperately trying to get his sister back, hindering the other party, It caused the opponent to take a heavy hand and kill him. But Julie didn't see Will being killed, she thought Will was resting (isn't lying in a cave just resting), and the innocent Julie was taken away.

Conjecture: After Julie disappeared

Julie must have had some misfortune afterwards, and that experience is what happened in the so-called pink house. In 1990, Julie broke away from the clutches of the clutches. She spent time with some homeless boys and girls, and stayed in the shelter run by the monastery. However, she changed her hiding place frequently for fear of being captured. The reason why she was afraid to contact the police was because she thought the police and the people who killed her were in the same group. She must know Harris, even Gint (in the pink room), and that's where the mistrust of the police and the government comes from. Judging from Julie's phone call to the police, she believes that what happened to her was caused by Tom, who was harming her. I think maybe she learned from her parents' quarrel that she might be her mother's illegitimate child before she left home, and Tom might have said something drastic in the quarrel (eg, I'm going to sell her to XX) and then she had misfortune When she thought about the cause and effect, she might have come to the conclusion that it was my father who sold me to someone else. So, Julie escaped and never looked for her father. In fact, Tom, who appeared in 1990, doesn't live on Shupek Road anymore, and when that house reappears, it's in episode 6, and Wayne is here again to investigate. The four walls of the house are covered with graffiti, and many names of people who have visited here are written. There are traces of people sleeping on the ground, indicating that this place was once used as a place for lodging by homeless teenagers. A few letters "HATE" were sprayed in one place, and the name "KOBE" appeared in another place. Maybe the adult Julie has stayed here.

Play is like life, three points of evidence, seven points of guessing, no need to take offense, a game of power.

If you want to go back and sort out the plot, you can check and pay attention to the following Dou column "Detailed True Detective", I have written at least one article in each episode. Not necessarily useful, not necessarily correct, you can figure it out.

"Detailed Detective"

"Details of Mrs Maisel"

"Tell me about a genius girlfriend"

"Detailing Mrs. Wilson"

"The Rabbit Republic"