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The only symbolic significance to the crucifix in Cohle’s otherwise spartan room is in his use of the cross as a means of meditation-he likes to contemplate the moment in the Garden and the idea of blessing your own crucifixion. “A realist, in philosophical terms: a pessimist… means I’m bad at parties”. On the car ride back to the office, Hart questions Cohle’s philosophic viewpoint on the world to which the latter replies that he considers himself: Meanwhile, Hart and the rest of the state troopers attempt to understand the gruesome scene.Īfter, Hart invites Cohle to dinner with his wife and the Taxman accepts-despite the fact that it is his (dead) daughter’s birthday and the Dora Lange scene has clearly disturbed him to some degree. Cohle takes meticulous drawings and notes within his ledger-an enormous notebook that earns him the nickname “Taxman”.
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The next morning, Detectives Marty Hart (Woody Harrelson) and Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) arrive upon the scene to investigate the murder:ĭora Lange is shown brutally murdered: her skin discolored, her hands fastened in a gesture of prayer against the tree, a crown of antlers adorned upon her skull, blindfolded, and the mark of the Yellow King tattooed upon the small of her back. “The Long Bright Dark” opens with the shadow-obscured outline of the series’ killer. The killer affixes the corpse of the victim-who will soon be known as Dora Lange-in a kneeled praying position to a tree, then sets fire to one of the bird traps, before then setting fire to the surrounding brush-allowing for an expansive shot of the fire across the Louisiana horizon. Season 1, Episode 1: “The Long Bright Dark”