True Detective
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This week, even the series side players pass the endless night by looking backward.
Elsewhere, Hank tells Pete about how he heroically fished his son from the ice-cold water as a boy.
And then theres Qaaviks friend Kenny, who decodes Annies spiral tattoo for Navarro.
Hooligans like him would even crack the ice on purpose.
But the same symbol arrived to Annie in a dream long before she met Raymond Clark.
How unexpected then to see someone gingerly attend to Julia.
A metal drawer softly closed into a furnace.
The gentle tick of an egg timer.
Its some of the most elegant and evocative TV writing Ive ever seen.
More than usual, Danvers and Navarro are on different paths in Part Five.
While Navarro mourns, Danvers heads to the Lighthouse, where Otis Heiss is in withdrawal.
His colleagues followed a screaming on the ice that Otis resisted, but he doesnt know how or why.
Shes awake, Ray told Otis.
I have to hide.
Silver Sky might be the most powerful force in Ennis, but its also fighting a multifront war.
Navarro, in turn, punches the cop because this woman is not in the right line of work.
While Navarro plays Leahs hero, Danvers opts for tough love.
And yet they understand each other better than you might think.
I still havent given up on you, Leah eventually tells her stepmom; theyre all each other has.
At long last, theres a breakthrough in his financial investigations.
Unfortunately, because Danvers has no guile, she immediately advertises this intel.
According to the Anchorage forensics team, the scientists died in a flash freeze resulting from a slab avalanche.
This time, though, Connelly doesnt back her up.
Hell keep her secret; shell forget Tsalal (quid pro quo).
You carry her now, Navarro tells her.
As a parting gesture, she springs Leah from the clink.
For a while now, weve been speculating about why John Hawkes was cast as Danverss incompetent deputy.
Its because Hanks a snake and a liar.
Danvers cant carry Annie K. She cant carry those small bodies, smaller than even her Holden.
She drives back to headquarters and grabs heroin for Otis from the evidence room.
Your father only seems like an idiot, Danvers tells Pete.
Eager student and impatient teacher.
Wheeler, you see, was left-handed.
Thats the evidence Hank stole from his sons computer and delivered to Connelly.
And it still wasnt enough for Hank to wrest the big job from her.
Theres a difference between moving a dead body and making one.
But if Hank had any reluctance before, hes definitely going to kill Otis now.
Hell, he might just kill Danvers.
A reclusive madman whos spent the last few weeks hiding in ice caves.
Their only hope of finding him?
The reclusive madman presently getting high in Danverss bathroom.
What could go wrong?
Well, just about everything.
An undeniable act of aggression, you’re able to almost see the gears grinding in Hanks head.
Maybe he can take care of Otis and punish Danvers in one swoop.
He shoots Otis twice, unaware that his son is within earshot.
Hanks still holding Danverss weapon when Pete walks in and points his own gun at Hank.
Think, Danvers tells him, think.
This is your dad; this is your career.
Pete fires, killing his dad.
Hes sobbing on Danverss shoulder when Navarro walks in.
The more the merrier at this complete shitshow.
Lets do what Navarro and Danvers would never: take a minute to digest.
What is Hank thinking when he points the gun at Danvers?
and then herself after realizing what shed done?
Its not perfect, but its tidy enough.
And its easy for me to believe Hank would assume Petes loyalty.
He thought Kate McKittrick would take care of him.
He thought a Russian babe was going to run off the plane from Saint Petersburg and into his arms.
So she brainstorms her own story.
Lets say Hank snatched Otis, just like Hank professed to be doing when he walked through Danverss door.
Maybe something went bad, and Hank had to shoot him.
Maybe, while Hank was destroying the evidence of that murder, there was an accident.
Lets call it a slab avalanche.
People disappear and ghosts return.
If Pete isnt agitating for more answers about his dad, who else will bother?
Meanwhile, Danvers and Navarro set out on their own errand.
