“True Detectives” returns to the small screen
Starring Oscar winner Mahershala Ali and created by Emmy nominee Nic Pizzolatto, “True Detective” returns for its third season in the New Year with two episodes debuting backtoback on Monday January 14 at 9am, with a same day encore at 9pm. Single episodes, six in all, will be screened on Mondays at the same time and the series will be available in Thailand on HBO GO via AIS PLAY and AIS PLAYBOX.
Playing out in three separate time periods, the third season tells the story of a macabre crime in the heart of the Ozarks, and a mystery that deepens over decades. Ali (Oscar winner for “Moonlight”) stars as state police detective Wayne Hays, with Stephen Dorff (“Somewhere”) as Roland West, the detective who investigated the case with Hays, and Carmen Ejogo (“Selma”) as schoolteacher and writer Amelia Reardon.
In 2015, retired detective Wayne Hays, his memory failing, looks back at the disappearance of 12yearold Will and 10yearold Julie Purcell, recalling the days and weeks immediately following the 1980 crime, as well as developments in 1990, when he and his former partner, Roland West, were subpoenaed after a major break in the case.
Filmed at locations throughout northwest Arkansas, the new season of “True Detective” was written by series creator Nic Pizzolatto, except for the fourth episode, which he wrote with David Milch (HBO’s “Deadwood”), and the sixth episode, which he wrote with Graham Gordy. Pizzolatto is also making his directorial debut with two episodes. Other directors are Jeremy Saulnier (“Hold the Dark”) and Daniel Sackheim (HBO’s “Game of Thrones”).
