True Detective Finale Point of Order

SPOILERS AND SUCH BELOW.

Because people are always going to people, there are those out there who hated the True Detective finale.  Whatever their reasons, both dumb and not dumb, though mostly dumb, they were expecting a foundation-shattering experience that has never happened in any TV finale ever rather than just having the satisfaction of most of the story's questions answered.

Early in the series, it seemed that True Detective was going to be something on a plane (OR CIRCLE) above a buddy cop drama, but it turned out to be ONLY a buddy cop drama with spectacular writing, acting, directing, cinematography, and everything else filming related.  So yes, HOW TERRIBLE.  WE GET THOSE ALL THE TIME, RIGHT?

While there were some jumps that seemed a bit much (the green ears from painting the house) and questions raised but never answered (who is Maggie married to and why did they show that enormous ring at the end in the hospital), we got eight weeks of a great show and a finale that included 10 terrifying minutes, with Rust and Marty stalking Lawnmower Man through the labyrinth of Carcosa.

Which brings me to my only real point in all of this.  How did Rust and Marty go charging into a maze of tunnels, which were filled with those freaky stick formation things, bones, and tattered remains of clothing, carrying only a pistol on their person when they also knew at the end of the maze was a large man who had butchered dozens and dozens of people and now wanted to kill them?

There are only two ways I'm going into Carcosa after a mass murderer, neither of which rely on a pistol and my quick draw ability.  While separate in their intensity, both ways include making a phone call right away to people who have more than a single pistol.

The first way is calling in Arnold's commando team from Predator and having them lay waste to everything in sight, as they do to the village of rebels and then the jungle where the Predator has just killed Jesse Ventura.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Lrw1jU5-oxg?rel=0

They key to this plan is Jesse Ventura's gun, which, by my calculations, could wipe out 100 acres of jungle in about 20 minutes.  Employ these guys with Ventura's gun, and Carcosa is a pile of rubble in less than five minutes.

The second option is stand back, like pretty far back, at least on the other side of the road, and call in air support.

HOW'S YOUR MASK FIT NOW, YELLOW KING?

And that's it.  Those are the only two ways I would only remotely consider going into Carcosa to hunt a physically strong and experienced killer, who has a successful history of stabbing people to death.

Would it make for good suspense?  Perhaps not, but explosions are awesome and way more fun than getting stabbed in the stomach or hit with a hatchet in the chest.