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Season 1  "The Long Bright Dark"  1x1

Aired 10 years ago - Jan 12, 2014

Former Louisiana State CID partners Martin Hart and Rustin Cohle give separate statements to a pair of investigators about the murder of a prostitute, Dora Lange, 17 years earlier. As they look back, details of the crime, replete with occult overtones, are accompanied by insights into the detectives’ volatile partnership and personal lives.

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In the name of the Father,
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come back to the village. Live the good life.
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A new car says, "Hey, don't touch me, I am a computer,
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There are only three words I can use to describe this place.
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Why would you tell your problems to a woman?
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"Go next door to my good friend, the Number 1 Ladies' Detective,
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Look, I will make us a cup of bush tea.
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and a very short skirt,
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how similar our jobs are.
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I'm of traditional build, and many men like it that way.
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And he began to weep and cry
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I've been thinking,
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There are no other lady detectives in Botswana,
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he told me he was delayed in Maun,
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Where does a man go to find a woman?
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I'm sure there are others you wish to talk to here.
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And my house is far far.
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I want to marry you.
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- That was a good kiss. - I know.
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Does it have to be on all the time?
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or even goes to his aunt's place. But he never came home.
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- Yes, I am. - The daddy of Happy Bapetsi?
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Your very beautiful daughter has a very rare blood type.
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