True Detective Season 3: Everything You Need To Know

5. The Trailers

To hype the new season, HBO have released a number of trailers, with the first teaser arriving back in August, and a couple of full trailers coming since then.

Mahershala Ali is front and centre of them all, although the trailers aren't really interested in giving another away. True Detective is a mystery series, after all, so these trailers are designed to leave us with more questions than answers.

They do give us some hints as to what we can expect from Season 3 though. There are some hints as to the dark past of Ali's character, and how the mystery and crime will stem out from what happened back then. More than that, though, there's a clear emphasis on the tone and atmosphere of the new season, which is trying to sell its new story while evoking strong memories of the first season's weirdness and brilliance. And you know what? It works!

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