Despite the name True detective It was really never about tying up all the loose ends with a mystery. Sure, the detectives at heart are doing their best, but if you’re here for procedural and ethical policing, you’re probably on the wrong track. This tree is more about catching a glimpse of supernatural terror refracted through the prism of human cruelty and violence.
But if you’re really interested in the mystery and really want a few more answers to the questions that are True Detective: Night Country Here’s everything we’ve left you, summarized as best we can – including some commentary on the mysteries the show wisely leaves unsolved.
[Ed. note: As you might’ve guessed: This post spoils the ending of True Detective: Night Country!]
What exactly happened to the Tsalal scientists?
This is one of True Detective: Night CountryThe best and most carefully unanswered questions. Most of what happened to them we know: They killed Annie, and in revenge the women of Ennis forced them out into the snow, where they froze to death. But after the women left, something else kept them there. We hear a few different people repeat the phrase “She’s awake” throughout the season; It’s never made clear in the series who she is exactly or what that means, but it’s possible that this seemingly supernatural force really killed the scientists too. The only thing we know for certain is that something otherworldly exerted some sort of divine justice on them. And that is so much scarier than a straight answer.
What was wrong with Annie’s tongue?
This is the other side of the coin about the fate of the scientists: the show doesn’t really offer us any explanations, but it certainly strongly suggests that something supernatural and strange was going on in Ennis. We don’t have a single credible clue as to who might have inserted the tongue or why, but the entire Tsalal tragedy revolves around Annie. Of course, it’s possible that the women of Ennis planted the tongue there as a reminder, but how could they have gotten it in the first place – and they deny having anything to do with it.
What happened to Navarro?
Here we start to get into what really matters in the end Nightland. When Navarro goes into the ice, it no longer matters whether she really died or not. She has made peace with the world and her relationship with it. She sensed the call that drew her mother and sisters and followed it after obtaining justice for Annie. We don’t need to know where it leads to know that it brought her story full circle and left her feeling a calling similar to the one her sister described, which Navarro herself could never accept or understand.
Equally important is the fact that Danvers senses or sees Navarro in her final scene of the season. As Danvers appears to be relaxing in a cottage without anyone bothering her, we see Navarro enter the frame and look out on the balcony with her partner. This scene makes it clear that Danvers has finally made Ennis her home and has settled into his strange relationship with the dead. After years of denying the past, literally throwing sentimental items like her child’s teddy bear into the snow and locking it away so he could never do more than scare her dreams, Danvers has accepted the loss.
What does all this have to do with the first season of True Detective?
There isn’t one, at least not really. Of course, there are all sorts of references (including “time is a flat circle”), but there is nothing explicit that makes a connection Nightland to the first season of True detective And until that happens, I think it’s safe to assume that Issa Lopez is just having a little fun with the show’s fans.
The best part of all these questions, from those who Nightland The response to those it seemed to ignore was that they didn’t really matter. Everything important to the story and its characters is perfectly summed up by the things the series tells us, and the loose ends that are left dangling are just as intentional and finely crafted as the rest of the story. Some questions go unanswered and the world gets better that way.
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