While each season of True Detective focuses on the two main investigators, there are several other unforgettable characters, and the season 3 death of Amelia Reardon (Carmen Ejogo) is one of the most mysterious parts of the series. Season 3 of the HBO drama shares the riveting story of the disappearance of young Julie and Will Purcell (Lena McCarthy and Phoenix Elkin) from the Ozarks. Amelia is a writer and teacher who falls in love with Detective Wayne Hays (Mahershala Ali), who has been assigned to the case with Roland West (Stephen Dorff). Amelia and Wayne's love story is a bright spot in a tragic and heavy season.
Season 3 of True Detective has three timelines, and in episode 1, "The Great War and Modern Memory," it's revealed that, in 2015, Wayne is talking to Elisa Montgomery (Sarah Gadon) for True Criminal and Amelia has died. The reason for her death isn't shared in these eight episodes,...
Season 3 of True Detective has three timelines, and in episode 1, "The Great War and Modern Memory," it's revealed that, in 2015, Wayne is talking to Elisa Montgomery (Sarah Gadon) for True Criminal and Amelia has died. The reason for her death isn't shared in these eight episodes,...
- 3/11/2023
- by Aya Tsintziras
- ScreenRant
Law enforcement breaks rules to crack cases in True Detective Season 3. Mahershala Ali and Stephen Dorff get under the skin.
This True Detective review contains spoilers.
True Detective: Season 3 Episode 1
"Yeah, of course I remember," retired Arkansas state detective Wayne Hays (Mahershala Ali) says at the very beginning of True Detective season 3 episode 1, "The Great War and Modern Memory." He is giving a deposition, dated May 12, 1990, on a case from a decade prior to that.
It was a full moon on Friday, November 7, 1980, the day Steve McQueen died. Hays and his partner Roland West (Stephen Dorff) were called to investigate two missing kids, a brother (Phoenix Elkin) and his sister (Lena McCarthy). The deposition scene follows an establishing shot of a kid's bicycle tires, complete with a clothes-pinned baseball card rattling the spokes, happily careening up a quiet street on its way to what must be an unhappy destination. It...
This True Detective review contains spoilers.
True Detective: Season 3 Episode 1
"Yeah, of course I remember," retired Arkansas state detective Wayne Hays (Mahershala Ali) says at the very beginning of True Detective season 3 episode 1, "The Great War and Modern Memory." He is giving a deposition, dated May 12, 1990, on a case from a decade prior to that.
It was a full moon on Friday, November 7, 1980, the day Steve McQueen died. Hays and his partner Roland West (Stephen Dorff) were called to investigate two missing kids, a brother (Phoenix Elkin) and his sister (Lena McCarthy). The deposition scene follows an establishing shot of a kid's bicycle tires, complete with a clothes-pinned baseball card rattling the spokes, happily careening up a quiet street on its way to what must be an unhappy destination. It...
- 12/30/2018
- Den of Geek
Tony Sokol Jan 12, 2019
True Detective Season 3 is coming to HBO in January. Here's everything you need to know!
For a long time, it seemed that True Detective Season 3 was in doubt. A rough second season nearly killed off a franchise that seemed poised for greatness after debuting to much fanfare in 2014. You can't keep a good detective out of the game for long, though. Come January, True Detective returns to HBO with new detectives, a new case, and a fresh location.
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Nic Pizzolatto, who also serves as showrunner, is the sole writer of the third season with the exception of Episode 4, which he co-wrote with David Milch (Deadwood), who signed on to help Pizzolatto prepare the third season. Director Jeremy Saulnier (Green Room), was slated to direct three episodes, but according to a report from Variety, left the project after completing two of them.
True Detective Season 3 is coming to HBO in January. Here's everything you need to know!
For a long time, it seemed that True Detective Season 3 was in doubt. A rough second season nearly killed off a franchise that seemed poised for greatness after debuting to much fanfare in 2014. You can't keep a good detective out of the game for long, though. Come January, True Detective returns to HBO with new detectives, a new case, and a fresh location.
read more: Watchmen HBO Series: Everything You Need to Know
Nic Pizzolatto, who also serves as showrunner, is the sole writer of the third season with the exception of Episode 4, which he co-wrote with David Milch (Deadwood), who signed on to help Pizzolatto prepare the third season. Director Jeremy Saulnier (Green Room), was slated to direct three episodes, but according to a report from Variety, left the project after completing two of them.
- 7/31/2015
- Den of Geek
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