The Philosophy of True Detective - Wisecrack Edition

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  • @WisecrackEDU
    @WisecrackEDU  5 років тому +271

    Hey everyone, a quick correction. The photo we used for David Benatar is incorrect. Thank you to everyone in the comments for pointing this out!

    • @sherwinloire
      @sherwinloire 5 років тому +2

      What’s the name of the background music in minute 11:30?

    • @luiscuellar685
      @luiscuellar685 5 років тому +2

      Philosophy of
      Code Geass
      3%
      Dexter Morgan

    • @RobSomeone
      @RobSomeone 5 років тому +3

      Could you do a Deep or Dumb: Cloud Atlas? I barely understood what the main theme was and it feels a little flat.

    • @argexpertarge3853
      @argexpertarge3853 5 років тому +3

      Philosophy of Code Geass
      I bet you won't regret it
      Probably it will have to be a 2 parter
      The entire series has many ideologies and philosophies
      Especially Lelouch and Suzaku
      Please make it happen

    • @TheSquad4life
      @TheSquad4life 5 років тому +2

      not a popular request but would love if you tackled the philosophy of Hannibal the Nbc series with Mads Mikklessen

  • @colemarie9262
    @colemarie9262 2 роки тому +794

    "What is that, Nietzche? Shut the fuck up. "
    The best and most telling line in the whole season.

    • @alejandropreciado1814
      @alejandropreciado1814 2 роки тому +56

      That is also my reaction to hearing Nietzsche quotes.

    • @angelvalentinov4824
      @angelvalentinov4824 Рік тому +24

      Nice hook Marty!, i liked that one better, or if the only thing keeping a person decent is the expectation of a devine reward, then brother that person is a peace of sh*t.

    • @ИванИванов-у2ъ2ш
      @ИванИванов-у2ъ2ш Рік тому +21

      @@angelvalentinov4824 ''You must have the hubris it takes to yank a soul out of non-existence into this meat'' is also cool.

    • @logancoleman4507
      @logancoleman4507 Рік тому +1

      @@angelvalentinov4824 I think that quote is just plain wrong tho, Christians aren't doing good things to get into heaven, as no human's acts will reward them with a divine reward, idk that quote's always bugged me

    • @TheIronyoshi
      @TheIronyoshi Рік тому +6

      @@logancoleman4507yes they do, they follow the word of god and the prophet Jesus. Jesus preached kindness and forgiveness onto one another. The general dogma is to follow the word of Christ in Christianity or you’ll go to hell.

  • @theDiReW0lf
    @theDiReW0lf 5 років тому +856

    Rewatched season 1 and it haunts me. Makes everything else on tv look like garbage.

    • @Mmmmilo
      @Mmmmilo 4 роки тому +16

      Why? I'm legitimately curious. I thought the acting was fantastic, but the season was narratively meandering, stakes-free, inconsistent nonsense with no storytelling thrust. The philosophy was intro course-level.

    • @reubenler7784
      @reubenler7784 4 роки тому +5

      @@Mmmmilo Same! I literally thought the same thing when i watched it

    • @artisanmage5378
      @artisanmage5378 4 роки тому +34

      @@Mmmmilo I like detective shows and they just don't make 'em like this.

    • @blairbrown3455
      @blairbrown3455 3 роки тому +47

      @@Mmmmilo Are we talking about the same True Detective season 1?

    • @azieznugroho5948
      @azieznugroho5948 3 роки тому +37

      @@Mmmmilogenuinely would love to know what tv series you deemed amazing with this standard. Because True Detective satisfied me enough

  • @bascal133
    @bascal133 5 років тому +618

    I love how Matthew McConaughey Just randomly entered sage mode one day and is this terrific actor in he best projects now.

    • @Dan1elAndrade
      @Dan1elAndrade 5 років тому +44

      He always was a good actor.
      He just did rom coms because why not?
      money and stressless I guess

    • @ministryoftruth8499
      @ministryoftruth8499 5 років тому +5

      @@Dan1elAndrade Agreed. I was introduced to Matthew McConaughey with Contact 20ish years ago. One of the few movies I ever bothered to watch at a cinema. Absolutely loved it. Carl Sagan's writing is just so brilliant. It's still the best hard sci-fi around imho. Everything is plausible. Nothing is out of place. The themes are deep. There's believable, meaningful conflict. It gets you thinking and feeling at the same time. Jodie Foster was so expressive. Some of her best work. Although I didn't particularly like the char McConaughey had to play (not much I could identify with), I think he did a good job, and I have kept track of his work ever since. I'd say that it's not that he's a bad actor, because he isn't. He's a good actor. He just doesn't seem very selective about which roles to play, unlike other actors who only accept the very best roles they're offered and refuse everything else. Maybe he's right. Actors get to be famous and make more money than most, but at the end of the day it's a job.

    • @fuzzydunlop7928
      @fuzzydunlop7928 5 років тому +1

      You ever see him in Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation? FUCKING TOUR DE FORCE! Look it up. You wont regret it. BYEOOOOOOOOO

    • @neburarieiv
      @neburarieiv 4 роки тому +5

      watch a time to kill with samuel l jackson, or amistad with anthony hopkins, he has always been a great actor.

    • @SDCDIABLO
      @SDCDIABLO 2 роки тому

      @@Dan1elAndrade This was like the part of that transition, I mean I tihnk mud was right before this and it was fantastic maybe lincoln lawyer too lol

  • @codynunez5246
    @codynunez5246 5 років тому +788

    I don't think Cohle was contradicting himself in the end. His character transformation and paradigm shift about existence changed when he almost died and saw or "felt" the afterlife. It's a beautiful and rather optimistic element from a rather dark show.

    • @fuzzydunlop7928
      @fuzzydunlop7928 5 років тому +103

      Exactly - how did these guys somehow mistake a character completing his arc for some sort of hackneyed contradiction. It's the last goddamn line in the show before a cut to black, and the writer wasn't going to hone it and make sure it was important to both the character and to the narrative?

    • @thecolumbopause4961
      @thecolumbopause4961 3 роки тому +22

      ​ @Fuzzy Dunlop @Cody Nunez Unfortunately this is a writing trope among pessimistic writers. Readers do not tend to like or enjoy depressing or cruel endings but pessimists still want people to continue to read and learn from their works. So they often leave a single purposefully hopeful line or paragraph at the end as the sugar to help the medicine go down. In the same way that humans will focus on the 1 critical comment even if it follows 1000 positive comments, humans will focus on a singular line or paragraph which brings comfort even if it follows 9 hours/1000 pages of existential dread, doom and horror.

    • @Cirdan.the.Shipwright.
      @Cirdan.the.Shipwright. 3 роки тому +4

      The analysis on the UA-cam channel ‘Shiva’s Right Foot’ helps to clarify this point.

    • @aufhebenx3662
      @aufhebenx3662 3 роки тому +15

      @@thecolumbopause4961 i read the ending as the movement from a shopenhourian pessimism to a nietzscheian pessimism. Or as ligotti writes in the conspiracy against the human race a pessimist who learns to live with a knife in the gut rather than a resignation

    • @j.prt.979
      @j.prt.979 3 роки тому +13

      @@aufhebenx3662 Learns to live with a knife in the gut, eh? That’s a bit on the nose in context of the show.

  • @ObservableObserver
    @ObservableObserver 5 років тому +708

    I always thought that the ending of the first season meant that Rust has overcome his pessimistic worldview. His closing words ("Once there was only dark. If you ask me, the light is winning.") felt to me like a realization. The realization that not his lacking constitution for suicide was the reason he lived, but his choice to fight for the light. A choice he subconsciously made a long time ago and that kept him going. I'm saying this because, especially through the development of Rust Chole as a character, I see a strong theme of existentialism in the first season.
    Existentialist believe that there is no inherent meaning to the world and therefore no inherent meaning to our lives. Every human has the responsibility to create his or her own meaning, through the choices she or he makes. Like Sartre said: "Life has no meaning a priori […] It is up to you to give it a meaning, and value is nothing but the meaning that you choose."
    I would argue that Pizzolatto tried to convey that the world truly is a cold, uncaring and dark place and that it would be easy to give in to the darkness, but that doing so is our choice. We are also free to choose the light instead.

    • @Spartain14
      @Spartain14 5 років тому +30

      Well said. The value of choice.

    • @rkrokberg
      @rkrokberg 5 років тому +65

      So much yes, the ending makes season 1 a masterpiece in my mind. Reminds me of a quote from another piece of media with cosmic horror elements called Night in the Woods: "I believe in a universe that doesn't care and people who do".

    • @sweetviolents29
      @sweetviolents29 5 років тому +8

      Yeah, Pizzolatto said as much himself.

    • @ObservableObserver
      @ObservableObserver 5 років тому +7

      @@rkrokberg that is a beautiful quote. Are you talking about the video game Night in the Woods?

    • @rkrokberg
      @rkrokberg 5 років тому +4

      @@ObservableObserver Yes. Such a profound game.

  • @hollandscottthomas
    @hollandscottthomas 5 років тому +1920

    Ah yes, the first wave of the Matthew McConaughaissance.

    • @johnnycanuck2
      @johnnycanuck2 5 років тому +67

      True Detective S1 is the standout butttttt the McConaughaissance started justtttt before this with The Lincoln Lawyer 🙂

    • @alexma1
      @alexma1 5 років тому +12

      You should put subtitles for him though

    • @model84
      @model84 5 років тому +7

      @@johnnycanuck2 what about Time to Kill?

    • @hollandscottthomas
      @hollandscottthomas 5 років тому +1

      UnderSun Yeah, still in that first wave tho.

    • @colleennoble1756
      @colleennoble1756 5 років тому +2

      @@hollandscottthomas Killer Joe

  • @humanbass
    @humanbass 5 років тому +657

    I love how the series shows how hard is to actually solve a complicated even for the two smart characters, unlike some CSI where everybody is super genius and there blood and semen everywhere.

    • @streetlawyer
      @streetlawyer 5 років тому +40

      If the man had ejaculated, and then punched you in the face, we'd have a real good shot at catching him

    • @jasonmgrady
      @jasonmgrady Рік тому

      You, uh, you''ve got some semen on your shoe.

    • @Justin1an
      @Justin1an Рік тому

      Ah i hate CSI, they treat us like a child.

    • @celiacresswell6909
      @celiacresswell6909 Рік тому +2

      In fact they solved it by relating a ‘green eared spaghetti monster’with a house painter who might have accidentally painted his ears green! Only a show this good can be forgiven for shit like that!

    • @injinerconev
      @injinerconev 7 місяців тому

      I was rewatching s1 yesterday and when the green eared spaghetti monster to green painted house link happened, my automated reaction was 'well, that's a bit of a stretch' but then I paused for a sec and thought about how there are many real life stories that have even more insane details. Sometimes you hear how the police caught someone or something else that sounds so ridiculous that, if it were fiction, it would just be bad writing. So I decided to give the spaghetti monster a pass based on that. 😅

  • @johndoe-ox7ns
    @johndoe-ox7ns Рік тому +19

    Nic Pizzolatto stated in the Inside the Episode of True Detective that the reason Rust says the “light’s winning” at the end is because that is actual physics and not just optimistic opinion.

  • @babyboomer6272
    @babyboomer6272 5 років тому +414

    Why do people hate the ending of the first season?
    In the end of true detective, Rust knows that the world is not a fine place, it's filled with inescapable horror & evil, vile people. But there are moments in life that bring light in this dark world. And at the end of the day, that's worth fighting for.

    • @osareafallire
      @osareafallire 4 роки тому +27

      Nice Se7en tie-in.

    • @mammontustado9680
      @mammontustado9680 4 роки тому +16

      You just came from Lessons from the Screenplay, didn't you?

    • @gobbie5665
      @gobbie5665 4 роки тому +1

      People didn’t enjoy not having a satisfying ending although i did enjoy the ending

    • @Bilboswaggins2077
      @Bilboswaggins2077 4 роки тому

      Broken Tv season 1 had a great ending and season 3’s ending was terrible

    • @LArbongo
      @LArbongo 4 роки тому +39

      Because they reject the conclusion Rust came to. The world is full of mundane people who trick themselves into justifying their mediocrity through an infantile surface level embodiment of pessimism and nihilism. The initial outlook of Rust is what drew them to him, and his character's conclusion forced them to look inward.

  • @VARUN20X
    @VARUN20X 5 років тому +460

    This show is alright alright alright

    • @akshan2310
      @akshan2310 5 років тому +10

      This meme is dead dead dead.

    • @evilsexyhamlet6399
      @evilsexyhamlet6399 5 років тому +4

      @@akshan2310 oh yeah yeah

    • @akshan2310
      @akshan2310 5 років тому +1

      @Atheos B. Sapien That's a dangerous reply to type on UA-cam comments. Sets you up pretty bad.

    • @wiseauserious8750
      @wiseauserious8750 5 років тому

      I like them child torture/murder victims.. I get older, they stay the saaame age

    • @krish7628
      @krish7628 4 роки тому

      You are cringey

  • @koan__23
    @koan__23 Рік тому +9

    I think in the ending Chole trully was "born again" or "seen the light." The light for which he was fighting for from the beginning, against the forces of darkness.
    He seemed to use pessimism and words and phrases as a coping mechanism for loss and suffering. But his NED revealed to him a sense of eternity and transcendence found in true genuine love. Love for humanity. Love for which he was willing to die.
    The title of the last episode "Emptiness and form" seems like an obvious reference to Buddhist "emptiness is form, form is emptiness." Which is a profound spiritual realization about the inter-existence of the cosmos.

  • @marleneg7794
    @marleneg7794 4 роки тому +109

    Season 1 remains one of the most well acted series in history.

  • @benzur3503
    @benzur3503 5 років тому +426

    It’s cool of you to take responsibility of your endorsements wisecrack

  • @not_imy
    @not_imy 5 років тому +331

    I feel like Cary Fukunaga really made the difference in season 1.

    • @Jagonath
      @Jagonath 5 років тому +53

      Fukunaga spent like 3-4 years writing S1. S2 was written in 1 year because Hollywood wanted quick cash.

    • @scrotor189
      @scrotor189 5 років тому +4

      @@Jagonath I honestly loved the second season though, maybe not as much as the first but still an enjoyable crime epic.

    • @PaulGLarsson
      @PaulGLarsson 5 років тому +16

      @@Jagonath fukunaga wrote for s1? thought he only directed

    • @Jagonath
      @Jagonath 5 років тому +1

      @@PaulGLarsson I'm pretty sure he spent ages writing it and then directed as well. But he only had a fraction the time to come up with the story for S2. Edit: that's what I was told, could be totally wrong.

    • @clasifi1
      @clasifi1 5 років тому +27

      @@PaulGLarsson He didn't. Nic Pizzolatto wrote ep 1, 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 of Season one. Fukunaga directed them. Reason why season 2 was mediocre is mainly because Pizzolatto had little time to work on it. Doesn't matter how good you are as a writter, when you have too much pressure, not enough time to work a film project (or tv series), quality will take a major hit.

  • @antoineminjoz8318
    @antoineminjoz8318 5 років тому +150

    I'm pretty sure the idea behind the show is that we do live in a god forsaken awful shit -hole of a world, but we might do something to make it just a little less dreadful. It won't make our lives any less deprived of meaning in the grand scheme of the universe but that's all we can do : face the darkness, accept it, and poke tiny holes where light could pass through.

    • @nikos29911
      @nikos29911 5 років тому +11

      Exactly that, pessimism is in the end not a fact but a choice

  • @hasanmertsk
    @hasanmertsk 5 років тому +1015

    Rust: i am a pessimist
    Wisecrack: what is the philosopy behind true detective?
    I'll take my chance and say its pessimism

    • @SaintMu
      @SaintMu 5 років тому +50

      I see what you did here, but dig this: not all of us are well-versed in this subject as you might possibly be.
      I absolutely loved season 1 of True Detective, but not gonna lie: I always felt like there was a layer of deep, complex thinking behind it that I didn't really manage to get to. After watching this, I feel like I understand a whole lot more about that piece of art that I love, and I'm grateful for it.
      However, I also get why your comment was tempting.

    • @ussishkingang7194
      @ussishkingang7194 5 років тому +11

      Yeah but the ending subverted that tho

    • @MidTierVillain
      @MidTierVillain 5 років тому +8

      Eaque Johnson I gave you a like, simply because the phrase; _”dig this:”_
      I can dig it, quite groovy.. hope I didn’t harsh the mellow, man.

    • @sparkpenguin
      @sparkpenguin 5 років тому +1

      i'm just happy everyohne's so posi round here i liked alla y'all

    • @MidTierVillain
      @MidTierVillain 5 років тому +3

      Julien Lefebvre right on, right on. Ain’t no jive talk when I say I dug what you dig, you dig me.

  • @SpeedOfThought1111
    @SpeedOfThought1111 5 років тому +14

    The "disturbing doll" scene you mentioned is part of demonstrating the principle of the psychosphere and how the crime/s negatively influence the people around.

  • @KarlMeyer
    @KarlMeyer 5 років тому +108

    The conspiracy against the human race is an absolute masterpiece. Highly recommend!

    • @davidwren4838
      @davidwren4838 5 років тому +2

      @@thotslayer9914 yes it's a book. Pdf is free online

    • @TheTrueJuan
      @TheTrueJuan 5 років тому +1

      Last year they reproduced it with a new forward for people looking for a physical copy.

    • @matthieufernandez6871
      @matthieufernandez6871 5 років тому +8

      Ligotti's fiction is also excellent.

    • @charlescole1766
      @charlescole1766 5 років тому +1

      @blindwillie99 Alive, you mean?

  • @oof-rr5nf
    @oof-rr5nf 5 років тому +145

    Great episode.
    I am also very pleased to see that that you are promoting avenues for better mental health. That is amazing.

    • @AndromedaImagination77
      @AndromedaImagination77 5 років тому

      But in the end, what this video isn't getting is what storytelling is about: a character's transformation. He goes from nihilist to "we are all connected" he died and came back, with a whole different perspective. So it is a positive transformation.

    • @xiupsilon876
      @xiupsilon876 5 років тому

      Better help is only a scheme to suck money out of people. I unsubbed.

  • @Anarcath
    @Anarcath 5 років тому +49

    When I had my two children and watched them grow as they pulled themselves by their bootstraps from the swamps of nothingness, one day I felt this dread, and a voice echoed in my brain: you have committed a crime against humanity by bringing your children into this gutter. I have never been able to shake off that dread. My children are 13 and 10.

    • @ObservableObserver
      @ObservableObserver 5 років тому +25

      Well, they are here now. The point of no return is crossed and nothing can ever change that. You shouldn't concern yourself too much with things you can't change. You should focus as much energy as possible on the things you can influence instead. In this case it means, being the best parent you possibly can be for them. Thats is just my humble opinion.

    • @Relesy
      @Relesy 4 роки тому +7

      I’m glad you’ve come to that realization. But yes, they are already here. All you can do is love them and try to help them be happy and have the best life they can

    • @joeyjojoshabado5064
      @joeyjojoshabado5064 4 роки тому +5

      Please don’t kill your kids

    • @rajyavardhansingh4491
      @rajyavardhansingh4491 3 роки тому +4

      Oh stop being so dramatic.

    • @uvindukulathunga3860
      @uvindukulathunga3860 2 роки тому

      @@rajyavardhansingh4491 Best Cope ever
      🤓

  • @Ikneeslp
    @Ikneeslp 5 років тому +41

    “It’s all one ghetto man, a giant gutter in outer space” that essentially became my motto when I was going thru a really rough low in life

  • @iv0rysh0es39
    @iv0rysh0es39 5 років тому +21

    The most philosophical tele series of recent time. Brilliant and existential. I recommend reading, Conspiracy Against the Human Race.

  • @Mrfox2025
    @Mrfox2025 5 років тому +96

    Love the first.. and third season is looking great

    • @SaintMu
      @SaintMu 5 років тому +7

      I know man, Hersh Ali was such a brilliant choice as lead...
      I've got episode 4 waiting for me, I'm trying to refrain from watching it right now and wait for more episodes, but this is hard af, I'm jonesin like a motherfucker lol

    • @__kiri
      @__kiri 5 років тому +1

      @@SaintMu can't agree more. the acting has been outstanding

    • @Despair505
      @Despair505 5 років тому +2

      Absolutely. Ali kills it in any time setting and Dorff is doing an excellent supporting role.

  • @joeybrujah
    @joeybrujah 5 років тому +61

    Antinatalism is how peak ethics looks like.

  • @fyreantz2555
    @fyreantz2555 5 років тому +2

    Thank you for: having the integrity to check out the issues with Better Help, the courage to address them in this venue, the compassion to express it as you have, and the balls to make a stand about it. Holy shit you guys rock. *bro hug*

  • @vinayaksidharth5088
    @vinayaksidharth5088 5 років тому +17

    What the doll scene shows is Marty's denial as rust said is the difference btw him and Marty. If Marty instead of denying it talked to his daughter maybe she wouldn't have drawn that picture in the class but he denied it's seriousness again while Maggie was still worried. Eventually, when his daughter gets caught with two boys Marty gets pissed off and beat up the two boys denying he could have stopped it. Think how different would be Maggie's or Rust's reaction would be if the saw their kids do the exact same thing with the dolls.

  • @Diegopaess
    @Diegopaess 5 років тому +1

    Really appreciate the openness in discussing your sponsor. Didn't even know about the issue really, but I am glad to see this level of ethical concern with what you associate your channel with. We need more of this, everywhere. Thanks.

  • @Mantooth1000
    @Mantooth1000 5 років тому +184

    Well, once there was only dark. You ask me, the light’s winning

    • @odolwa099
      @odolwa099 5 років тому +1

      For now. Muhahahahah!

    • @theslyngl
      @theslyngl 5 років тому +14

      I cringed at that ending

    • @BihagDave
      @BihagDave 5 років тому +3

      @@theslyngl me too. High level cringe.

    • @user-uq4gr5nl5o
      @user-uq4gr5nl5o 5 років тому +22

      @@theslyngl You cringed? What are you? 10?

    • @0ld_Scratch
      @0ld_Scratch 5 років тому +3

      give it time, eventually every star will fade from existence

  • @Jarod-te2bi
    @Jarod-te2bi 3 роки тому +1

    “There’s good in this world mr Frodo and it’s worth fighting for” Samwise said this and the quote always stuck with me, The saying it’s a part of my world view and I’ll continue to believe what Sam wise did no matter what.

  • @sandoiatse232
    @sandoiatse232 4 роки тому +75

    2020: this isn't a planet, it's someone's memory of a planet.

    • @manco828
      @manco828 3 роки тому +8

      Memories fading...

    • @samsung4360
      @samsung4360 3 роки тому +3

      🔫,, What's that Nietzsche ? Shut the f*ck up!"

  • @MuchKoku
    @MuchKoku 4 роки тому +4

    I remember the first time I finished the series, I had a similar outlook about the ending. I found it frustrating that so many questions were left unanswered. Then, some time later, I re-watched the entire thing in a binge session, and I had my mind blown. Rust says it himself: "This is a world where nothing is solved." Concluding the story with a satisfying ending, all neatly wrapped up with a bow entirely defeats the story's message.

  • @-----------g-
    @-----------g- 5 років тому +6

    YES! This was a long time coming. Season 1 is easily some of the best drama I've ever watched. Season 3 not half bad either so far. I don't think Rustin and Martin can be outdone as characters though.

  • @Alex.In_Wonderland
    @Alex.In_Wonderland 5 років тому

    Jared, this is not a part of the true detective video, but instead; I wanted to recognize your sponsorship better help. I'm genuinely proud of you for bringing them up. I have not used them, nor do I need to. I just wanted to recognize you for owning up to something you believe in and took action to address! Mad props Jared!! Much respect!

  • @rustecohle591
    @rustecohle591 5 років тому +92

    Ligotti is truly an underrated author

    • @beatnik23
      @beatnik23 5 років тому +6

      He is fantastic. Antinatalism is horseshit, but he's still a great writer.

    • @hanshintermann1551
      @hanshintermann1551 5 років тому +33

      @@beatnik23 No, it's not. We are not doing any sentient being a favor by creating it.

    • @theslyngl
      @theslyngl 5 років тому +29

      @@beatnik23 How is it horseshit. Look at the world and antinatalism should be self-evident to you lol.

    • @beatnik23
      @beatnik23 5 років тому +14

      Well it's subjective innit. I look at the world and it's a paradise, punctuated with extreme horror. We're not here to experience joy.
      We are here to experience EVERYTHING.

    • @Benhorrible
      @Benhorrible 5 років тому +9

      Ligotti is everything I wanted LoveCraft to be. 🙌

  • @natsoray
    @natsoray 5 років тому

    I appreciate y'all taking responsibility for your sponsors, and being direct with your audience about your relationship to them.
    I'm not familiar with Better Help, but I tried Talk Space, and that platform is pure garbage. Every 'therapist' I interacted with was either rude, unreliable, or just kind of bad at their job. The software was buggy, the billing was misrepresented, and the customer service was next to useless.

  • @AndromedaImagination77
    @AndromedaImagination77 5 років тому +205

    "Who are we kidding... IS ALL SEASON 1" HAHAHAHA!!! I'm watching closely season 3 and it's alright... but I can tell already, nothing will beat Season 1 Evah.
    Let's just watch it again for consolation

    • @quentinlahure4262
      @quentinlahure4262 5 років тому +2

      Andromeda, i agree with your theory and wish to subscribe to your newsletter, but i think ill keep watching season 3, it might get better

    • @tedthecommenter5364
      @tedthecommenter5364 5 років тому +16

      You will watch season 1 again. Time is a flat circle.

    • @benjaminzeledon7626
      @benjaminzeledon7626 5 років тому +11

      I'm actually really liking Season 3. But that also might be more Ali and the themes of memory is pretty good

    • @benjaminzeledon7626
      @benjaminzeledon7626 5 років тому +5

      @@quentinlahure4262 3 is pretty good though. It's just not as super depressing but more about time

    • @jeffii9890
      @jeffii9890 5 років тому +10

      In my opinion, season 1 is good, but is impacted by the all too common overreaction by the internet as being this untouchable masterpiece. One could say that Nic only had one good story in him, or the team that made subsequent series aren't the same, including many directors for season 2, none of whom was Cary Fukanaga who directed all of season 1. However, the way I see it, season 1 was praised for it's tone, but those same people dissatisfied the ending's vague conclusions. They then turned around and hated on season 2 because it wasn't as "mysterious," then wrapped everything nicely. This is art, so it's subjective, but I would wager that people who never heard of True Detective and watched season 2 first, followed by season 1 would enjoy both and the preference for the better one would be more even. Another option is if people were shown season 1 called True Detective and season 2 called "Dirty California" or something we'd see more people that like both because they wouldn't compare them. They're anthology series with no ties to each other, but people can't stop linking them. I think we don't see as much of the same reaction from AHS and Fargo because they don't have the same production value and and more importantly, they keep something that carries over from each series to the next. With AHS is most of the cast and the horror theme, while with Fargo the general ambience, right down to the settings.
      I think season 1 only stands out for three reasons: it was something "different" from a mainstream perspective, no one expected McConaughey to be that good and people would have rather seen season 2 be a continuation of season 1 to see if they were right about their own hypotheses regarding the ambiguity of season 1. So I don't think people will ever be satisfied with whatever they do from here on out. If season 4 came back with the same cast/crew and tied the story together, people would complain. If they told a different story with the same cast/crew, people would complain. Personally, both season 1 and season 2 were well acted and told interesting stories with interesting characters. In fact, I cared more about the characters from season 2 and more about the story from season 1. But really, I think if people are being consistent and analytical, they would admit that the first 4-5 episodes of season 1 started with an intense excitement that the rest of the entire show doesn't quite live up to. I've still enjoyed everything, because I keep it all in perspective.

  • @jamesward1210
    @jamesward1210 5 років тому

    I appreciate you guys being very honest and explicit about your sponsorship with better help rather than jumping ship. Just wanted to let yall know that

  • @ajm20151
    @ajm20151 5 років тому +75

    Doing god's work, Wisecrack

  • @BREAKocean
    @BREAKocean 3 роки тому +2

    I rewatched all of TD with my mom and I think s2 deserves a second watch and that vince vaughn is underrated IMO. He just can't escape the shadow of the bulk of his career

  • @crippletime
    @crippletime 5 років тому +25

    I liked the ending of season 1. Season 1 was so good it made me like Matthew McConaughey as an actor.

  • @johncarroll5087
    @johncarroll5087 2 роки тому

    As a retired police detective from Jersey City NJ..True Detective is without doubt the most thought provoking and entertaining police drama I've ever seen..My experiences were never that demanding of one's soul. Most cases were very "solvable".. criminals were usually guilty as sin..and there were no existential questions involved. Even though I hoped there sometimes would be. It's sure there are plenty of investigators that have ot had at least one case

  • @dgawd2k
    @dgawd2k 5 років тому +3

    I'd say the whole point of season 1 is that we should not exist but yet we do and we are looking for a tiny spec in the abyss to latch onto and find some meaning for existence. For rust that was solving the 1995 murder amidst the abyss that is corrupt politicians and their consoiracies. The reason they opened the case again was to catch their guy not expose the illuminati of louisianna. After they have accomplished that rust feels a sense of fullfilment for the first time since his daugters death sparking a sense of futile optimism

  • @wezzlyn
    @wezzlyn 5 років тому +1

    Props to being transparent about your sponser.

  • @wezzy9437
    @wezzy9437 5 років тому +4

    One thing I realized on my 5th or 6th rewatching of True Detective was Rust's character is very similar to other characters who are the protaginists in H.P. Lovecrafts universe where they usually suffer from hallucinations and sleep problems. Anyway after looking at that and the fact that the yellow king in carcosa is in their world I'm 100% certain true detective, at least season 1, is set in a Lovecraftian universe.

  • @mfits
    @mfits 5 років тому +2

    Bless you, Wisecrack Team, your videos are always insightful and thought-provoking, every time I watch I make notes and write down books you talk about. No other channel on UA-cam gives such satisfaction and at the same time such thirst to learn more. Thank you very much for your fantastic work!

  • @elguason6594
    @elguason6594 2 роки тому +4

    True Detective Season 1 is the BEST TV series of all time.

  • @thejackanapes5866
    @thejackanapes5866 5 років тому +1

    Excellent take on the show. It was an interesting show, that ended with the predictable failure to deal with the effects of terror management theory's implications.
    Philosophical pessimism is not simply "an unwillingness to move beyond the worse."
    I am a pessimist and I enjoy as much pleasure as I responsibly can.
    At its core it is an ontological inference that natural aversion and attraction states are asymmetrical and asymptotically weighted toward aversion.
    In other words: natural life is pain, and optimism is a gambler's fallacy/selection bias that distorts our already flawed (problem of induction) model of the world.
    It's not that the glass is half empty. The glass is always full. It's simply, naturally, almost entirely full of poison that will kill you no matter what you do.
    It's a form of non-naive, or representational realism.

  • @meatyay
    @meatyay 5 років тому +17

    Second season of True Detective is actually rich with philosophical meaning, and that meaning comes from the East. There was subreddit about perceiving Second season through the lense of Bardo Thodal, Tibetian Book of the Dead.

    • @Domas04
      @Domas04 5 років тому +5

      they clearly underrrate season 2.

    • @mayatrash
      @mayatrash 5 років тому +1

      Can you post it?

    • @atenasgarcia632
      @atenasgarcia632 5 років тому +1

      Finally someone speaking up for S2!

    • @meatyay
      @meatyay 5 років тому

      @@mayatrash www.reddit.com/r/TrueDetective/comments/6wlztq/true_detective_season_2_and_the_eastern_book_of/

  • @renae2242
    @renae2242 5 років тому

    Hey that’s my comment in the video! I was so excited to watch it! Fantastic job! I loved seeing y’all’s take on this show. Thanks for making this! And including my comment!

  • @Wingedmagician
    @Wingedmagician 5 років тому +4

    This is my favorite show of all time.
    Of course I’m not including the second season, I hope that goes without saying.

  • @evanphillips118
    @evanphillips118 5 років тому +1

    This is my favorite show, and my birthday was today. Best gift ever

  • @steveejohnson7932
    @steveejohnson7932 5 років тому +5

    I really appreciate the level of time and thought put into explaining the sponser.

  • @simmthingler
    @simmthingler 4 роки тому +2

    Here's the thing Rust wants to be nihilistic, but can't stop fighting for good. And the light wins out in the end. That says something true about life itself. When all is said and done we will find that life was a bunch of mediocrity punctuated by a few moments of true bliss and happiness. Those moments of connection with and in service of other people. This is always possible if you seek it out. Hope and light are like a quiet music constantly playing. You can move away from the music and cover your ears and find darkness and deceit but eventually you wander back.

    • @maxanderson9293
      @maxanderson9293 Рік тому

      It's just that even after all that Rust doesn't win only the main culprit is caught, people like Tuttle escape shot free even though they are just as guilty

  • @blabla7855
    @blabla7855 4 роки тому +4

    Maybe not related but i love how people think they have something in control and planned like caring for a child when nothing you do is in your control and everything can kill you

  • @wade_says
    @wade_says 2 роки тому +1

    Single best season of TV I’ve ever seen.

  • @ghastlyguts
    @ghastlyguts 5 років тому +17

    the prophesized video... It has arrived.

  • @moronisanchez3657
    @moronisanchez3657 4 роки тому +2

    I’ve watched this video over and over again.

  • @ThatOneGuy7550
    @ThatOneGuy7550 5 років тому +23

    THEY FINALLY DID IT.

    • @piratedgenes
      @piratedgenes 5 років тому

      Ikr, was waiting forever for this video.

    • @Max25670
      @Max25670 5 років тому

      But will the mad man Jarred do an official video on the entire Metal Gear series?

  • @milascave2
    @milascave2 5 років тому

    Nietzsche of course never said, "Time is a flat circle." He did talk about "the external reoccurrence," the idea that everything happens over and over in exactly the same way over vast periods of time. However, it is not clear that he meant this literally. More likely, he meant that we should embrace our lives so much that we could we be happy if even if we knew that all of it would happen over and over, suffering and all. He referred to his philosophy as "strong pessimism," the ability to recognize how difficult life can be, and how meaningless it ultimately is, and still embrace it.

  • @Galantski
    @Galantski 4 роки тому +18

    _"Hi, welcome to Better Help. I'm Rustin, and I"ll be your therapist today."_

  • @jivenhoe
    @jivenhoe 7 місяців тому

    Watched many of these True Detective analysis videos, this one is probably the most comprehensive. Well done!

  • @RATM101101
    @RATM101101 5 років тому +5

    I would recommend if you like True Detective to try out The Knick. It's really well done, but it seems like a lot of people passed it by. It's directed by Steven Soderbergh, stars Clive Owen, Andre Holland and Michael Angarano. Takes place in the early 20th century and is about the brink of modern medicine, so naturally quite bleak and dark like True Detective. A quote Thackery says in episode 1 reminds me of the philosophy expressed by Cohle during the ending of True Detective. Thack says "and many strokes, though with a little ax, hew down and fell the hardest timbered oak." I always think of the "Once there was only dark." bit that Cohle talks about. Both shows embrace a seemingly crushing pessimism, but line it with a small feeling of hope and progress along the way.

  • @Tony-jw8vj
    @Tony-jw8vj 5 років тому +1

    Thank you for touching on the cosmic horror aspect this show. No one else seems to pick up on it. You forgot to mention that Colin Farrell's character actually goes to carcosa in season two where he meets his father.

  • @CallofBear
    @CallofBear 4 роки тому +5

    I think poverty is also a theme running through season 1.

  • @dantebad
    @dantebad 5 років тому +1

    I don't think I've met a character like rusty on any tv series so far. Is amazing how the character is shown by the actor and completely made people fell in love of him even though he (as a character) doesn't show any kind of characteristics to like. I loved 1st season. left the series at the first 3 eps of the 2nd, but thinking about coming back to the 3rd.

  • @li_celly
    @li_celly 5 років тому +4

    Coming from a person who have lived in Louisiana most of my life, I feel offended yet agreeable in their terms of an "outdoor asylum".

  • @AlexandreSilva-mi5wc
    @AlexandreSilva-mi5wc 4 роки тому +2

    I think the point of not knowing everything ties in with what was said in the finale, that's someone else's business, they caught their guy, all they can do now is hope someone else does the same job they did.
    Just like in the real world, we'll never be able to fix everything ourselves, we do what we can.

  • @mrmhj9925
    @mrmhj9925 5 років тому +19

    To me I think, this show season 1 is really a true art of cosmic horror.

    • @ThePatank
      @ThePatank Рік тому

      I agree, the best part is that all of the supernatural stuff that happens in the show can be explained by rust's drug taking during his undercover years.

  • @WormholeJim
    @WormholeJim 5 років тому +1

    It says a lot about this series that an analysis of it should end with a help-hotline for borderline suicidals. It also says a lot about why cosmic horror is so popular in this society, build on christian mythology and filosophy.

  • @jmanzew4146
    @jmanzew4146 5 років тому +10

    Do the philosophy of Mr. Rogers.

  • @noobpullup
    @noobpullup 11 місяців тому

    Thank's to those in the comments who recommended this show. I binged the first season the other day and it was unbelievable. Amazing. Rust is hard

  • @JuiceLabs
    @JuiceLabs 5 років тому +5

    I always thought the doll scene with the daughter was meant to represent another one of Marty’s ongoing decisions to not take a more active roll in his families life. This is also represented in the lawnmower scene with Russ, when Marty is reminded of things he is not managing at home, then responds with anger. Marty says in the interview at some point that he never changed, at least not in the right ways. He chose not to talk to his daughter about the sexual scene she acted out with the dolls, then when she acts on those fantasies at age 16, Marty responds with violence

    • @06hAnBan26
      @06hAnBan26 3 роки тому +1

      Hey JuiceLabs I love your channel 😊

  • @Iamnotabug
    @Iamnotabug 5 років тому

    That part at the end was solid. Really honest and genuine. I really appreciate that kind of business practice.

  • @FirstLast-ie6tm
    @FirstLast-ie6tm 5 років тому +55

    The McConaissance😎

  • @mayadelaneys
    @mayadelaneys 5 років тому

    Season 3 was filmed in my area, Northwest Arkansas! Seems like everyone I know is watching just to see who/what/where they recognize. Thank God season 3 is so much better than season 2.

  • @talibanana
    @talibanana 5 років тому +6

    Give my boy Peter Wessel Zappfe some credit jeez

  • @bloom2887
    @bloom2887 10 місяців тому

    I thought they ended season 1 in an excellent way. Cohl overcomes his pessimism after his brush with death and finally sees the light winning out over the darkness. A very fitting character arc for him.

  • @reidwallace4258
    @reidwallace4258 5 років тому

    So glad you are back to recommending better help! I know others will likely jump down your throat over it, but fuck... over blown fears and expectations of the impossible are NOT a good reason to hate on a company that has helped so many people. Normal therapy does not work for everyone, we can't expect the first major online provider to be better than the traditional option they are trying to emulate...
    Better help, better than NO help.

  • @PopCross
    @PopCross 5 років тому +109

    Ughhh, I both love and hate when one of your videos comes out while I'm at work. Love because I know I have something awesome to watch after work, but hate because I have to wait XD

  • @AmritZoad
    @AmritZoad 5 років тому +1

    Who would be a better sponsorer than betterhelp on a video on topics like pessimism, antinatalism and intertextuality.

  • @Relesy
    @Relesy 4 роки тому +2

    So glad you talked about antinatalism. It’s the most ethical philosophy

  • @PrecambrianLullaby
    @PrecambrianLullaby 5 років тому +2

    "time is a flat circle" 00:32 that dude rocks every time i see him.

  • @kaiseosa
    @kaiseosa 5 років тому +14

    The Benatar’s face around 13:00 is not his. He has never shown his face on media.

    • @theslyngl
      @theslyngl 5 років тому +1

      The face is what you get from a simple Google search. That guy made a youtube about antinatalism and why he's not an antinatalist lol

    • @Anekantavad
      @Anekantavad 5 років тому +3

      @@theslyngl No, I am *far* from being an antinatalist :-)

    • @charlescole1766
      @charlescole1766 5 років тому

      @@Anekantavad Hay there!

  • @jordanbooth7952
    @jordanbooth7952 5 років тому +1

    You guys need to do an episodes on “Vikings”, and Ragnar’s character in particular, over both the reverence and skepticism of religion.

  • @Brains-GPTt
    @Brains-GPTt 5 років тому +39

    Yes, we must have the antinatalism discussion!

    • @fabioribeiro4627
      @fabioribeiro4627 5 років тому +10

      Perhaps, but the problem is that the areas that have more problems with overreproduction (India and Africa, for example) are the areas where such concept isn't vilified. It's downright unthinkable.

  • @sabojezles
    @sabojezles 4 роки тому

    The Philosophy of True Detective Season 3 could be good. I've seen this several times, it is that good. Thanks, guys, stay healthy.

  • @soyoungsogone
    @soyoungsogone 5 років тому +5

    Thanks Wisecrack for convincing my husband to finally check out True Detective after me recommending it to him for 2 years without success.

  • @Chikara31011
    @Chikara31011 5 років тому

    mad respect for that Better Help segment. We need more creators like you

    • @Anekantavad
      @Anekantavad 5 років тому

      I hope he is more careful with the photos next time. That is *me*, not David Benatar at 13:00. I am not even an antinatalist.

  • @gnarlin4964
    @gnarlin4964 5 років тому +61

    There's no point in killing ourselves. We'll die anyway without putting in the effort.

    • @hanshintermann1551
      @hanshintermann1551 5 років тому +14

      Duh. The "point" is that it can be better to die sooner than later.

    • @gabbar51ngh
      @gabbar51ngh 3 роки тому

      Yeah, rust's character speaks lot of word salad but at the end of the day he's a person who's suicidal but doesn't have the will to commit to it. So he comes up with his own theories on trying to explain the Universe. While it looks and sounds interesting. His character is deeply flawed

    • @justaperson9155
      @justaperson9155 3 роки тому +2

      @@gabbar51ngh how does this make him deeply flawed?

  • @tobiaskyon5383
    @tobiaskyon5383 4 роки тому

    There's actually light in discovering the truth below all illusion, knowing that even the truth itself is hollow, but aware of it.

  • @dodgers4275
    @dodgers4275 5 років тому +20

    We need a philosophy of The Maxx. This message was approved by Kemosabi

    • @naveedclifton
      @naveedclifton 5 років тому +4

      "Greetings, Br'er Lapin."

    • @kemosabi986
      @kemosabi986 5 років тому +1

      @@naveedclifton We need more support to get this video to happen, If you like it comment on videos. See yea in the outback my friend

    • @satansjihad6353
      @satansjihad6353 5 років тому +1

      YES

  • @qmThatDUDE82
    @qmThatDUDE82 3 роки тому

    They called it. I rewatch this video once a month.

  • @UmDevoto
    @UmDevoto 5 років тому +11

    You need to make a videon bashing supernatural the best/worst serie i've seen

    • @ConriDubhghail
      @ConriDubhghail 5 років тому

      I second the hell out of this. Is it still ongoing, and if so how bad is it these days?

    • @UmDevoto
      @UmDevoto 5 років тому +2

      @@ConriDubhghail Man its so bad that is funny its just something like new star wars, you know? Its something like "we love to like him and laught at it" sobrenatural destroyed himself with the 10/11/12/13 seasons...bringing back people(obviously making us feel nothing about their deaths)...Idiot jokes out of nowhere...corny characters like, god doing nothing new Bobby. Goddamn man i've started to see season 14 cuz people told me "its like the early seasons" and i like ok. Man you know Zelda? Yea Theres something like a dark world in sobrenatural with the same people but different, you know that dark world usual stuff. I dropped the series in season 7 and say to you, if we start a conversation about *what went wrong* and about all the cringes...........................

    • @ConriDubhghail
      @ConriDubhghail 5 років тому +2

      @@UmDevoto I dropped it in Season 8, I think. I just got tired of the general lack of progression. I'll give the newer stuff a watch and see if I can laugh at it. Thanks for reminding me of it. Those first three seasons were really enjoyable.

  • @sanderpleijsier6292
    @sanderpleijsier6292 5 років тому

    My god, how much research has gone into these episodes? I'm 7 minutes in and I've already taken in so much information, amazing!

  • @jonathanyaloussa
    @jonathanyaloussa 4 роки тому +6

    I thought this comment section would be "a place for silent reflection."

  • @jumpyboi7784
    @jumpyboi7784 8 місяців тому

    I live in North Louisiana and having been to those southern rural towns deep in the South the show got it right

  • @a-aron4148
    @a-aron4148 5 років тому +9

    I used Better Help and I had better luck venting to a small child in a Thanos mask on Omegle

  • @seen921
    @seen921 5 років тому +1

    Excellent video essay. Great homework. And great execution.
    Season 1 kicks ass start to finish.

  • @AlexVermaak
    @AlexVermaak 5 років тому +4

    Now roll credits (I'm mostly just looking for the music you used)