True Detective Looks to Rediscover Its Mojo in Its First Trailer for Season 3

The HBO drama’s next iteration, premiering in January, stars Mahershala Ali

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Few shows in recent memory have managed to hit both the euphoric highs and dismaying lows of HBO’s True Detective. Creator Nic Pizzolatto followed the show’s critically-acclaimed debut season in 2014, which starred Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, with a frustrating Season 2 a year later (starring Colin Farrell, Vince Vaughn and Rachel McAdams), which Adweek called the most disappointing TV show of 2015.

After a lengthy hiatus, HBO and Pizzolatto hope they have rediscovered the show’s mojo with the upcoming third season, which stars Mahershala Ali, who won an Oscar for Moonlight, as an Arkansas state police detective.

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