![]() ![]() The criminal couple, after talking with the hired bewildered botanist, take their conversation inside. Frank Semyon and his wife Jordan have hired a gardener to examine the trees on their property that are mysteriously dying, acting as a living metaphor for both their ability to have a child and Frank’s career. “Down Will Come” picks up right after last week’s car arson. Each character has a moment of sympathy, able to pull us through the byzantine plotting as a break in the Ben Caspere leads to a violent climax that, in turn, negates all of that accrued good will by forcing our perspective to one of horrifying objectivity. For the first time this year, the action and character drama are perfectly balanced and coherent, allowing all four primary characters their own substantial and compelling screen time. The fourth hour of True Detective season two, “Down Will Come,” is remarkable in illustrating this concept. ![]() All of our super important personal shit can be all consuming, and it helps us stay blind to the idea that we live in a chaotic world in which bad things happen for absolutely no coherent reason. ![]() What we can understand occurs on the personal level, one where a person has a name and fits into a narrative, but when we are asked to pull back we lose ourselves to ideas of insignificance that we can’t truly comprehend. You don’t remember them, they remember you. ![]()
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