“Let’s go talk to the mother,” he said. But he already knew. They weren’t chasing a killer anymore.
The title, "The Long Bright Dark," refers to a phrase from William Blake's poem "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell": "If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite." This theme of perception vs. reality runs through the episode as Cohle and Hart navigate their investigation and personal crises. true detective s01e02 x264
The second episode of the first season, "The Long Bright Dark," continues the story of Detective Rust Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) and Detective Martin Hart (Woody Harrelson) as they investigate the murder of a young woman. “Let’s go talk to the mother,” he said