It makes sense. He wanted a marriage where he could just come home and relax, without putting any effort into a human relationship, and when that failed, he went to an emotionally immature and impressionable woman probably half his age who looked very much like his wife to compensate. The man clearly was pining after a simpler time and a woman much less sophisticated in a way that was childish and self-destructive.

she didn't look like his wife
http://i.usatoday.net/life/_photos/2.../monaghanx.jpg
I'll become yoshi for michelle monoghan

Plus, his wife wasn't exactly guilt free either. She wanted to **** rust brooding self since she first laid eyes on him.

The point is all the women on the show were disposable in some form and generally in awe of ego maniacal males

are there any females on this site who've watched the show? I'm curious what y'all make of our discussion of misogyny lol

I personally know a lot of women think its lame when we go here.

Yes, women have sexual attraction toward men who are not their husbands. That does not make them disposable. That makes them people. But she showed no inclination toward pursuing that until she was trying to get back at her husband, a literal two-timing cheater.

and men are attracted to women who are not their wives

the show is about women being killed, they visit a trailer park whorehouse and as police officers tolerate it, rust tells a women in distress to kill herself....i dunno man

admittedly playing devils advocate, but even true detective season 2 is obviously in response to these complaints

I don't think anyone is advocating the actions of Rust (though his philosophy is hard to debate), but we would still be better off without that particular bitch, even if Rust's "suggestion" was inhumane.

The series was most certainly not celebrating the actions of the two main characters, but putting forth that, sometimes reality necessitates that which we are not comfortable with.

I can't disagree with that.