AMC and AMC+ announced today the premiere date for Season 3 of the hit noir thriller series, Dark Winds. (Hooray!) Check out the teaser trailer.
This news was an awesome way to start my weekend, as I have been waiting for word about when we can expect Season 3 of Dark Winds, one of the most engaging and entertaining crime dramas on telly today.
Now we know.
Dark Winds: Season 3 premieres in the US on Sunday, March 9, at 9pm ET/PT, on AMC and AMC+.
The first two seasons — both of which have perfect 100-point scores on Rotten Tomatoes — shot into Netflix’s top ten most-watched series in the US after the show landed on the streaming service after AMC Networks made a deal for a dozen of its series to screen on Netflix for one year, starting August 19, 2024. (Go binge Seasons 1 and 2 of Dark Winds on Netflix now if you haven’t already. I’ve watched them twice already.)
The “Navajo noir” series stars Zahn McClarnon (The Son, Westworld, Fargo) as veteran cop Joe Leaphorn; Kiowa Gordon (The Red Road, Roswell, New Mexico) as Jim Chee, an undercover FBI agent/police deputy-turned-private investigator; Jessica Matten (Rez Ball, Tribal, Burden of Truth) as Navajo tribal police sergeant Bernadette Manuelito; and Deanna Allison (Accused, Edge of America) as Emma Leaphorn, Joe’s wife.
Picking up six months after the events of Season 2, the expanded Season 3 (eight episodes instead of six) follows Lt. Joe Leaphorn (McClarnon) and Jim Chee (Gordon) as they investigate the disappearance of two boys, with only an abandoned bicycle and blood-stained patch of ground left in their wake. Meanwhile, Bernadette Manuelito (Matten) attempts to settle into her new life with the Border Patrol 500 miles from home, but stumbles across a conspiracy involving human and drug smuggling with far-reaching implications.
Guest starring in Season 3 are Jenna Elfman (Dharma & Greg, Fear the Walking Dead) as FBI Special Agent Sylvia Washington, Bruce Greenwood (The Fall of the House of Usher, The Resident) as Tom Spenser, Raoul Max Trujillo (Mayans M.C., Blue Beetle) as Budge, Tonantzin Carmelo (La Brea, The English) as Border Patrol Agent Eleanda Garza, Alex Meraz (The Twilight Saga: New Moon, The Walking Dead) as Border Patrol Agent Ivan Muños, Terry Serpico (Law & Order SVU, Yellowstone) as Border Patrol Senior Chief Ed Henry, Derek Hinkey (American Primeval, Americana) as Shorty Bowlegs, Phil Burke (Hell on Wheels, Rabbit Hole) as Michael Halsey, and Christopher Heyerdahl (Under the Banner of Heaven, Hell on Wheels) as Dr Reynolds.
In addition, guest star A. Martinez (Longmire, Days of Our Lives) reprises his role as Scarborough Police Department Acting Chief Gordo Sena.
Based on the iconic “Leaphorn, Chee, & Manuelito” novels by New York Times best-selling author Tony Hillerman, Dark Winds is created by Graham Roland (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, The Returned, Almost Human, Fringe). John Wirth (Hell on Wheels, Hap and Leonard) serves as showrunner. The series is executive produced by Roland, Wirth, McClarnon, Robert Redford, George R.R. Martin, Chris Eyre, Tina Elmo, Jim Chory, Vince Gerardis, and Anne Hillerman.
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“Leaphorn, Chee, & Manuelito” novels by Tony Hillerman
