# There's going to be a True Detective season 3

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-going-to-be-a-true-detective-season-3/795229>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 1, 2017, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-going-to-be-a-true-detective-season-3/795229 "2017-09-01T05:00:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-going-to-be-a-true-detective-season-3/795229/1 "2017-09-01T05:00:14Z")

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Let’s hope that it’s more like season 1 than season 2.

> **['True Detective' Season 3 is a go, and we've got plot details](https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2017/09/01/true-detective-season-3-plot-details-mahershala-ali/623654001/)**
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> The HBO show is heading for the Ozarks.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-going-to-be-a-true-detective-season-3/795229/2 "2017-09-01T14:40:23Z")

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Link doesn’t work for me.

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**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-going-to-be-a-true-detective-season-3/795229/3 "2017-09-01T17:32:41Z")

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You’re right. That’s weird. I did a “copy link” from the browser.  
I’ll try again.  
[http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2017/09/01/true-detective-season-3-plot-details-mahershala-ali](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2017/09/01/true-detective-season-3-plot-details-mahershala-ali)

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**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-going-to-be-a-true-detective-season-3/795229/4 "2017-09-01T17:37:40Z")

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That still doesn’t work. It looks like it’s trying to redirect to some merchant. Very strange.

Google usa today true detective. You can get to it that way.

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-going-to-be-a-true-detective-season-3/795229/5 "2017-09-01T17:49:40Z")

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First link works for me. Second does not.

I watched both seasons, and I vividly remember lots of stuff from the first, and not just Alexandra Daddario’s boobs, but I recall absolutely nothing about the second season.

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**Author:** ![Tarwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@Tarwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarwater)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-going-to-be-a-true-detective-season-3/795229/6 "2017-09-01T18:50:36Z")

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I posted about this earlier [here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=835139) I thought that season 2 confirmed that Pizzolatto sucks as a writer and that season 1 got by on the strength of the directing and the two leads. With David Milch, Jeremy Saulnier, and Mahershala Ali involved this time around, I’m hesitantly optimistic.