It's been more than 10 years since the first time I watched this season. Since then, I've re-watched it several times. Only after 5 or 6 times did I notice that I gave a 9 to this episode "way back". But that was unfair. The sixth episode encompasses, almost exclusively, many of the most memorable scenes/dialogues that I keep to this day.
As usual, characterization, ambience, tension, acting, script,... Everything is totally on point. No false notes in my view.
No heavy spoilers here, but I have to go scene by scene to really understand how big this episode is. It puts the cards on the table by dealing so many hands it is hard to fully grasp in the first viewings. Those who have watched the episode at least a couple of times will realise which scenes are these and will have them in their memory.
1) Marty and those two boys
2) The 2 detectives continue to throw it at Marty
3) Rust is digging old things. Dialogues with Guidry and Reverend are the most realistic ones I've ever seen. The latter is on a level of its own as it is longer and so revealing
4) The 2 detectives start to throw it at Maggie
5) Marty and the tampons
6) Charmaine
7) Chief and Marty confront Rust ("Type the * report, man")
8) Visiting Kelly. Speechless.
9) Rust catches Marty
10) Maggie I...
11) Rust meets Tuttle
12) Marty really is an a-hole
13) Chief really confronts Rust
14) Maggie II... Oh boy
15) 2002's knot is untied
Fantastic series, fantastic episode.
10/10.