Yet Neylan observed that Cohle's actions are not motivated by misanthropy, rather a drive to challenge "those who try to either disguise or manipulate this frailty of humans for their own benefit."
Ipak, Neylan također ističe i da Cohleovi potezi nisu motivirani mizantropijom, već njegovom željom za izazovom "onih koji se pokušavaju sakriti ili manipulirati ionako krhkim ljudima, a sve zbog vlastitog benefita".