Structurally, True Detective is following some of the same patterns in season two as it did in season one. Both times, the fourth episode ended with a big action set piece. The preview for Sunday’s episode suggests a jump ahead in time, just as episode five did last season.
Both are interested in unseen powers manipulating events — and there was a further hint in “Down Will Come” that they could be the same powers. Before the shootout detectives were tracking Ledo Amarilla. His name may hold clues for the detectives. Amarilla is Spanish for “yellow,” and his last name is two letters short of “Ledoux”, who was suspected as being the Yellow King in Season 1.
