True Detective

Here we are.

First day of school all over again.

I don't want you to go.

I don't wanna go.

But I'm doin' it anyway.

- What I'm gonna do without you? -(CHUCKLES)

You're a tough guy. You'll be fine.

You don't know that.

Dad, come on. Let's get me moved in.

You'll feel better once you're Iiftin' something heavy.

Boy, you got my number.

Since I was two.

Why didn't you call?

I left you messages.

Wayne, there was a man at my reading, and he...

- Where are the kids? - In their rooms.

Henry's on Nintendo.

But there was this man at my reading.

He was a black man with one eye.

You saw a man with one eye?

He was aggressive and rude, and...

And he was asking if I knew where Julie was now.

Wayne, I think he was the guy from back in '80.

The one y'all were looking for. The one who bought the dolls.

You didn't get a name? Any other way to find him?

No...

But he's out there, and he's looking for her.

I think he's the reason that she ran away.

Tom Purcell killed himself.

What?

How?

Blew his brains out.

After Roland and I went at him.

Why'd you do that?

Did you ever think it was possible

Tom didn't commit suicide?

That was the ME's call.

Man had plenty of reasons for doing somethin' like that.

The ME's report noted a swollen contusion at the base of his skull,

as if he'd been struck there.

His skull was blown apart.

The whole thing was one big contusion.

We had an independent ME evaluate the report.

She said the gunshot wouldn't account

for a particular bruise and blood clot.

You're suggestin' that somebody brought him up there, unconscious,

then did him in that way?

In any case, it effectively ended the second investigation.

It's like 1980, isn't it?

A sudden act of violence,

a dead man,

and the case is closed.

Guess I never thought of it that way.

It's like 1980 again. They gonna hang it on a dead suspect.

Suspect?

That was us, man.

We did that.

Drove him to it.

We didn't make that phone call.

We did our job.

If we hadn't, someone else would've.

And you said it.

They would've eaten him alive.

We need to keep goin'.

The missin' prints, the man with one eye.

- What Dan was sayin'. - Take a fuckin' minute.

A good man's dead 'cause we pushed him.

Knowin' we didn't like him for it, seein' how he was takin' it.

You sure that's what happened?

You figure Tom for a typist, write a little three-line note like that?

You ain't worked a case in 10 years.

For fuck's sake, Purple.

What do you think this is about?

Why do you think I pulled you in here?

To find a girl and solve what happened.

You don't think there's better detectives around?

Hey, we find the girl, great.

We clear it, great.

But how of ten's that happen?

Ten-year-old case?

This was me helpin' you get your career back.

You understand? It was a favor I did.

'Cause I'm such a hard-luck case.

Keep talkin'.

Keep talkin'.

I'm gonna put you back on public information,

or highway cleanup for the next 10 years.

HOW'd that be, huh?

Roland, we need to keep goin'.

If it wasn't Tom, don't let 'em...

What do we got?

You wanna go back lookin' for any one-eyed black man in Arkansas?

For what? 'Cause your wife saw one?

It's somethin'.

- And we got other evidence... - Stop.

Let go. This is ourjob.

It ain't here to make you right.

It's not the place you work out your shit.

You been drinkin' this mornin'?

Fuck you, Wayne.

Tom. What's doin'?

I'm gettin' the fuck outta this place.

Lucy's gone, and Julie's...

Yeah, Julie's...

You know, I thought if...

If there was a chance, but...

Y'all say she's dead.

So I'm gettin' lost.

What do you aim to do?

Whatever it takes to stop feelin'.

I mean, there's no point.

Ain't nobody left to feel anything for.

I don't think those children'd want you hurtin' yourself, Tom.

No. No, they don't want anything at all now.

How could I get hurt worse?

Ain't nothing could happen to me that wouldn't be a relief.

Where you goin'?

Nowhere.

I'm gonna need you to move your car.

I don't feel quite right about that.

Well, I ain't your orphan, Detective.

Let me go out.

I'm gonna give you my personal number here, too.

You get into trouble out there,

you get jammed up,

you use it.

Hey.

You don't need my help.

But the day may come...

And if it does, you got it.

I make these for Decoration Day.

This one's for Tom.

I don't understand why he would do that now.

He got through so much.

So, what'd you want to talk to me about?

Really?

Well, you being her best friend,

did you ever know Lucy to have an acquaintance,

a black man with one eye?

No.

I mean... (CHUCKLES)

There were other men,

but I never knew her to...

Well, you know, not a black man.

What are you drivin' at?

It seems...

It looks like this man with one eye gave Julie a doll

at Halloween in 1980.

And there's some thought that he might've been the one to take her.

I... I don't know anythin' about that.

Did you say Halloween?

Hold on.

All right.

See now, these were developed

after what happened.

Look, I took their picture when they came by.

Do you know who these people are?

The two ghosts?

No, I don't think so, no.

The farmer back then,

he said he saw a mixed-race couple a few times

near his house, on the other side of Devil's Den.

Could I borrow this picture?

No, I... I'd rather that you didn't. That's mine.

Just to make a copy. I could bring it right back to you.

I would rather that you didn't.

Hey.

If I let you borrow this picture, you'll come back?

Tomorrow?

Yes, I will. Tomorrow.

Do you ever think about moving to town?

Why would I?

Somebody's got to stay.

Somebody's got to remember.

There was talk initially

that your wife was writing a sequel to her first book.

She eventually decided not to do that.

She had other stories to write.

Were you sharing information with her during the second investigation?

- Just the way a husband and wife talk. -(KNOCKING AT DOOR)

Tell each other what's...

- Hey, Henry. - How you doin', Mr. West?

-...what's goin' on in their lives. -(DOOR CLOSES)

Did any of her research suggest a larger conspiracy?

Like a cover-up?

I don't think so.

Do you have evidence of somethin' like that?

What do you got? Car's in the lot.

A '78 Mercury Capri.

Missouri, Echo-Echo-Oscar-6-7-9.

- You talk to the clerk? - Mmm-mmm.

Paid up through the week.

Anybody come around askin' about this guy?

Just you two.

Stay here.

Dan?

You hear anything? See somethin'?

No. Nothin'.

You work last night?

Who else mans the desk?