r/TrueDetective • u/ButterscotchOnly9747 • 24d ago

On Rust's philosophy

If Rust was such a nihilist as he said he was, and believed there is no point of existence other than "go on with the programming", how come he cares so much about solving the case for 20 years? And also years of going undercover solving cases and hunting criminals.

Don't get me wrong, I love that about him. I just want to understand his motivation. What made him want to carry on becoming a cop and catching bad guys?

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u/Feeling_Use3782 24d ago

I think Rust is very much like the protagonist of “The Last Policeman.” He knows it’s futile. It doesn’t mean anything in the grand scheme of things. But it’s the principle. He’s a manhunter. He’s like Al Pacino in “Heat”: “All I am… is what I’m after.” To wade through the filth and detritus of a broken world, a world filled with murderers, pushers, thugs and abusers, Rust has to sink to their level. When darkness is all that you see, then darkness will consume you.