Last night’s episode of True Detective gave us more insight about how Wayne (Mahershala Ali) came to be the man he is today.
Another small clue to Wayne’s life comes right at the beginning of episode seven, where we witness a college-aged Rebecca (Deborah Ayorinde) being dropped off at school by her father. Amelia (Carmen Ejogo) is not with them, which begs the question, when did Amelia pass?
We’ve always assumed it’s later in life, and that Wayne’s son is telling his father the truth when he says Wayne has not seen Rebecca since her mother’s funeral. But all these assumptions could be false.
It’s possible that Wayne and Amelia divorced when Rebecca was a child—certainly the way this couple interacts every time the topic of conversation turns to the Purcell kids is enough to warrant a split. But with tension now mounting because of Wayne’s proximity to Hoyt (Michael Rooker), Amelia may have become a casualty of this case sooner rather than later.