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Spoilers below forTrue Detectiveseason three.
All of that calls into question the veracity of what Wayne thinks he knows.
Hes a (mostly) honest man, but a terribly unreliable narrator.
What if, Amelia asks, theres another story?
UltimatelyTrue Detectivenever says whether Amelias theory is correct.
Like Waynes issues, those demons are intertwined with the case shes working.
Camille doesnt have dementia, but she is a raging alcoholic and an expert avoider of confronting family issues.
Sharp Objectsis slightly less ambiguous thanTrue Detective.
Its also clear that Camille knows all that, too.
What we dont know is how Camille will cope with what shes learned.
Her understanding of the story has changed again, one last time,as the credits roll.
A number of docuseries and true-crime shows have posed this question, too.
Both seasons ofAmerican Crime Storyretraced significant cases from the 1990s the O.J.
(The Jackson family hasdenouncedthe allegations, and the late singers estate hassuedHBO for $100 million.)
What bothLorenaandLeaving Neverlanddo, essentially, is turn us into Wayne Hays.
Were the ones realizing we overlooked or forgot important details.
True Detectiveand other memory-driven fare arent necessarily trying to teach us a lesson.
