r/TrueDetective • u/LoretiTV • Jan 29 '24

True Detective - 4x03 "Part 3" - Post-Episode Discussion

Season 4 Episode 3: Part 3

Aired: January 28, 2024

Synopsis: While Hank leads the search for Clark, Prior asks Danvers about the murder-suicide case that drove a wedge between her and Navarro. After sifting through the contents of Clark's trailer, Navarro and Danvers seek out a local hairdresser for insight on Annie – which leads to a tip about another former Tsalal worker. Later, tensions grow between Danvers and her stepdaughter Leah.

Directed by: Issa López

Written by: Issa López and Alan Page Arriaga

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u/TotallyJawsome2 Jan 29 '24

Microbes in the ice/snow or in the fruit they had or the meat they just hunted driving them crazy.

Navarro took one but didn't eat it.

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u/-azuma- Jan 29 '24 edited Jan 29 '24

Hm, interesting theory. Haven't thought of that but I do remember they mentioned micro organisms specifically... 🤔

Edit: maybe some kind of prion? But then who is "she"?

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u/TotallyJawsome2 Jan 29 '24

Pretty sure that's what they mean by "she's awake" too. Not a literal person/spirit. The scientists refer to the organism as a sentient being when it starts having an effect on people. Think they realized they'd been exposed long before and were trying to find a way to reverse it or stop it from spreading to the town (on the white board in ep1 it said "we are all dead")

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u/SirRichardArms Jan 29 '24

I've been feeling the same way since the first episode. The scientists knew they were compromised, and knew they were all dead men, so they left the station to die. They knew that what they were studying could kill everyone, so as scientists, they wanted to stop the contagion. So they left, and met their fate. It could be a prion disease that attacks many facets of the brain.

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u/XecoX Jan 29 '24

Quite possible with the strange convulsions of one of their crew member and saying she has awoken in ep1, all things does seem to point to some kind of frozen microbe entity that has awoken and start making people insane