You're doing the exact bullshit Hart warned Cohle of in the first episode. You're twisting shit to fit your chosen narrative. Let's suppose Hart's the Yellow King, or involved somehow, whatever. First off, everyone described Dora's new man, the Yellow King, as a tall motherfucker. Woody's not that tall. Why did Hart not dump the case off on the rigged task force when Quesada gave them the chance, especially when he knows Cohle's a smart detective with hard-on for this particular case? To keep tabs on him or something? If that's what he's worried about, why not easily take the opportunity to kill Cohle at the Ledoux compound? Shit, why even kill Ledoux instead of Cohle if he's your rapey-murdery-culty partner in crime? Why even tail Dewall all the way to the compound? Why not just say "well shit Rust, I lost him." Why go through the trouble of tracking down Weems and sticking a gun in his face to find out about the Iron Crusaders? Why almost get yourself beat to shit at the biker bar? Why bother saving Cohle and Ginger from the projects?