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Not saying I believe it, Mazzag, but lawnmower man'shalf-sister was a largish unattractive woman who liked "flowers" all over her....

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The two best episodes were the one in which Rust goes undercover with the biker gang and the one in which they confront LeDoux.

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Rust said he taped him up and left him in a ditch.

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It was a great show but the finale lacked in a couple areas IMO. Hard to believe Errol was the main guy in all this and that there isn't some very powerful people involved in this entire ring. Especially after finding the video tape in the reverend tuttles house, the reverend Tuttle getting Rust suspended and Rust telling Hart that he believes the reverend Tuttle was murdered by others who are involved in this ring. Hard to picture Errol being the one who decided to off Tuttle. Wish it would have taken it a little further in this aspect.

If Errol was the furthest they wanted to explore in all this then I at least wish he was a major character in more than 1 episode.

The whole Marty's daughter thing was pretty lame too now looking back at it. There's other ways to show she was being neglected than by making it seem she was somehow involved with the case.


Loved the show though. Sad it's over.

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Imagine a piece of writing that reveals to your mind’s eye hidden truths that are so overwhelming that the reader is driven to despair and insanity. We only have a few hints to the contents of this work since those who have been fully exposed to it are never again in any condition to share with us the terrible knowledge that they have gleaned from the experience. This book is so dangerous that all copies of the French translation were seized by the French Authorities and destroyed. Would you yourself attempt to read it if given the opportunity? For you see, that which is forbidden to us also creates the greatest temptation. Many have done just so and all of them have paid a high price for the privilege.

And in this case, the high price of gaining this knowledge is our doom.



And no, this isn’t the Necronomicon. The Necronomicon only documents events and imparts knowledge. The events we can choose to either believe or not to believe. The knowledge imparted is ours to use or not to use. The Necronomicon allows us the freedom of choice. If we are doomed through the Necronomicon then it is because we chose that doom of our own free will. The work I’m speaking of doesn’t allow us that freedom.

The book I’m speaking of is neither a grimoire, nor a political treatise, or even a religious tract.

This is something that is both innocuous and thus so much more insidious.

It is simply a two act play.

Its name is THE KING IN YELLOW.



The King in Yellow is a collection of short stories by Robert W. Chambers that was first published back in 1895. The first 4 stories of this collection deal with the titular King in Yellow, a fictitious play that supposedly drive mad those who read it’s 2nd Act. Not only is King in Yellow the title, he is also a mysterious figure that appears in this play. The three interconnecting themes in these first four stories are the play itself, the King and the so called Yellow Sign that seems to represent both the King and those loyal to him. These stories hinge upon the conceit that this play is real and that a few copies are still in existence and that seemingly supernatural forces, some how related tot he play, are at large in our world.

These four stories are…

The Repairer of Reputations,

The Mask,

In the Court of the Dragon,

and

The Yellow sign.

What Chamber’s brilliantly, which so impressed H. P. Lovecraft, was to give the reader just barely enough information to make the concept of the play a believable one while holding back such important tidbits such what is the exact plot of play and what exactly about it makes the reader go mad. All his gives us is an occasional mall excerpt or quote from the titular play.

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“Cassilda’s Song: Act 1, Scene 2



Camilla: You, sir, should unmask.

Stranger: Indeed?

Cassilda: Indeed it’s time. We have all laid aside disguise but you.

Stranger: I wear no mask.

Camilla: (Terrified, aside to Cassilda.) No mask? No mask!

Excerpt: Act 1, Scene 2

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That said, I think I’ve made clear that my only interest in the Chambers stuff (Robert W. Chambers wrote “The King in Yellow”) is as a story that has a place in American myth. And it’s a story about a story that drives people into madness. That was mainly it. Beyond that, I’m interested in the atmosphere of cosmic horror, but that’s about all I have to say about weird fiction. I did feel the perception was tilted more towards weird fiction than perhaps it should have been. For instance, if someone needs a book to read along with season 1 of “True Detective,” I would recommend the King James Old Testament. I wouldn’t tell anyone to go buy Robert Chambers. It’s not that great a book.

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it almost felt like two entirely separate conversations

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do you say that because those episodes relied heavily on action or did you just think they were done better than the others?

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Was anyone else a little confused by the exchange between Rust and Marty regarding Rust feeling his daughters love in the afterlife and Marty referencing Rust's stories about seeing the stars in Alaska. I was expecting Marty to make some point that would bring comfort or understanding to Rust, but it just seemed to have no tie in to the story about his daughter.

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Thoroughly enjoyed the show and the ending as well, but there was one thing that didn't quite click with me (maybe I'm just dense). Was anyone else a little confused by the exchange between Rust and Marty regarding Rust feeling his daughters love in the afterlife and Marty referencing Rust's stories about seeing the stars in Alaska. I was expecting Marty to make some point that would bring comfort or understanding to Rust, but it just seemed to have no tie in to the story about his daughter.

Again, maybe I missed something obvious, but it almost felt like two entirely separate conversations and I couldn't see the connection between them.

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Was anyone else a little confused by the exchange between Rust and Marty regarding Rust feeling his daughters love in the afterlife and Marty referencing Rust's stories about seeing the stars in Alaska. I was expecting Marty to make some point that would bring comfort or understanding to Rust, but it just seemed to have no tie in to the story about his daughter.

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beautiful scene of Marty and Rust's relationship right there.

Marty for the first time is truly viewing Rust as a friend. Rust has this major moment breaking down but it's clearly too much for both to handle. Instead of a "let it out, I'm there for you" type of statement, Marty is clearly the kind of guy who wants to comfort his new friend by trying help him not think about the tragic feelings that were making Rust so emotional.

Surely you all have friends/family you know like that. Some are the ones who hold you and say they are there for you. Others help you by trying to take your mind off it. Marty was the latter, and that's completely true to his character.

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