S3E6
Hunters in the Dark
True Detective · 2019-02-10 · 56 min
FLICKFEEL
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from 12 comments
COMMUNITY
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nobody yet
YOURS
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…
what happens
Wayne and Roland revisit discrepancies in the Purcell case that were hidden or forgotten over the years. Among those being reevaluated is Tom Purcell, as well as Lucy Purcell’s cousin, Dan O’Brien. The glitter of Amelia’s book release is tarnished by a voice from the past.
how it went
Left to right is this episode — its opening to its closing minutes. This is the one span the comments were always describing.
FUN
0
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
0
how much it moved you
Two separate readings, not parts of the score — the score says how much of it held you, these say what kind of watch it was.
Read from 12 comments — 4 said when.
Not enough to put a number on. The shape below is drawn from what there is, with the widest uncertainty band we use — it is the start of an answer, not one.
Not enough people said when to name this shape. The line is what the evidence draws, not a finding.
Hover the curveDrag across the curve to see what people said at any point.
- height
- how intense it got, 0–100
- gold above
- how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
- tension rail
- how much was still unresolved
- grey haze
- how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it
what people actually wrote
Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.
“Ali's portrayal of elderly Hays struggling with it is crushing.”
In_My_Own_Image▲ 784about 75–100% inread it ↗
“Those last ten or so minutes we panic inducing.”
Yobe▲ 679about 85–100% inread it ↗
“that last scene was so intense... I just kept thinking ''that giant metal door is gonna close, and it isn't ever going to open again''”
EikenTheAnime▲ 241about 90–100% inread it ↗
“That cutaway as Harris appeared behind Tom actually got an exasperated exhale from pretty much everyone in the room.”
In_My_Own_Image▲ 236about 75–85% inread it ↗
who made it
- directed
- Daniel Sackheim
- written
- Graham Gordy, Nic Pizzolatto
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
Sarah Gadon as Elisa Montgomery
Lee Dawson as Officer Martin