Inspired By… Series | March 2024

True Detective: Night Country Episode 03

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Inspired By is a collection of tracks that fit the theme of a film or TV show I’m watching. We start with True Detective: Night Country. We’re halfway through, and I wonder how this will all end. In this episode, Hank is shady as fuck. Pete’s marriage gets worse with every episode. I want to believe that Qavvik is a good guy 🙏🏾. Lastly, Demon ‘Your mother says hello’ Lund and the Annie K video - what in the Stephen King is going on? Beware, spoilers ahead!

Episode Summary

While Hank leads the search for Clark, Prior asks Danvers about the murder-suicide case that drove a wedge between her and Navarro; Navarro and Danvers seek out a local hairdresser for insight on Annie.

Tracks

1. Leftfield - Open Up
2. The Prodigy - Breathe
3. Chinx (OS) - Lock & Load
4. Zach Bryan - Something in the Orange
5. Bernard Herrmann - Twisted Nerve
6. Upchurch - Hillbilly
7. The xx - Missing
8. TV Girl - Blue Hair
9. Armand Fra Halden - Bootlegging
10. Jefferson Airplane - It’s No Secret.
11. NSG - Tinder
12. Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson
13. Howard Shore - Quid Pro Quo (feat. Munich Symphony)
14. Brent Faiyaz - Poison
15. Dylan Fraser - Face Tattoo
16. Øneheart & reidenshi - snowfall
17. Broken Bells - The Ghost Inside
18. Yehezkel Raz - Deep Blue Sea (feat. Sivan Talmor)
19. The Doobie Brothers - Black Water
20. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Pointing Bone
21. Nas - The Message
22. RJD2 - The Horror

Hello, Evangeline. Your mother says hello. She’s waiting for you.

— Anders Lund

Noticeable Mentions

• I’m glad that the show is humanising Annie K - It would be too easy to see her as a victim only and not a fully-rounded person.

• Who killed Wheeler? - At this point, there are solid arguments for either Danvers or Navarro killing Wheeler. My money is on Navarro, though. In episode two, she seemed okay with the outcome. |

• Danvers thinking that Pete is a hacker because he’s under 30 and could unlock a phone - I swear this is my whole extended family because they think I must be able to solve every IT problem they have as I use a computer.

• The many layers of Danvers - With each episode, we’re seeing the many layers of Danvers. She did look genuinely shaken when Leah told her about yet another stillbirth. Even though no words were said when she went to pay her respects, it was clear that she understood the pain of losing a child.

• Pete doesn’t believe Danvers's story - He’s so naive at times. But not too naive to believe Danvers about Wheeler.

• The mine is the key? - The water is black, Caribou are flinging themselves off cliffs, and there are lots of stillborn births - is it all because of the mine?

• What was Danvers's ex really like? - I can’t help but notice that Holden is front and centre in her grief. Was her ex responsible for the accident?

• Oranges - If we follow what happens in The Godfather, then does that mean Julia and Navarro are going to die?

• Quid pro quo. Yes or no, Clarice? - In this instance, ‘poor little Catherine’ isn’t waiting. But Qavvik is desperate to get some relationship intimacy with Navarro. I’m rooting for them. Navarro, let him love you, woman! (But I’m hoping he isn’t too good to be true).

• Navarro’s visions - Navarro has to tell Danvers what Holden said. But will Danvers want to hear it? Probably not.

Final Thoughts

Are six episodes enough?

At the halfway point, what screams out is that six episodes are not enough! Considering that previous seasons were eight episodes long, it will be interesting to see how it concludes. What are the chances of all loose ends being wrapped up? How will the last three episodes be paced? So much has happened so far that critical moments could be overlooked. Fingers crossed that Night Country sticks the landing.

We’re all in the shit bowl now.

I’m sad that articles and commentary about the show are driven by the need for clicks and likes. The continued over-the-top and hateful comments about the showrunner, actors, and this season including from Nic Pizzolatto (my guy, were you not responsible for season 2?), proves the internet, especially social media, is a shit bowl. I have never felt the need to expend so much energy on something I don’t like. That is weird.

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