True Detective - Season 3
Main Cast
Character
Actor
True Detective Mahershala Ali as Wayne Hays and Stephen Dorff as his partner Roland West, two state police detectives from Arkansas investigating a macabre crime involving two missing children across three time periods (1980,1990 and 2015). Nic Pizzolato, who wrote all eight episodes of Season 1 , scripted all eight episodes of Season 3, with David Milch and Graham Gordy assisting him in scripting two, and several episodes were directed by Jeremy Saulnier as well as by Pizzolato. Season 3 premiered on HBO on January 13, 2019.
The following weapons were used in Season 3 of the television series True Detective
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Pistols Glock 17 Detective Henry Hays (Ray Fisher) is seen carrying a Glock 17 as his sidearm with the Arkansas State Police in 2015.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 3rd Generation Glock 17 - 9x19mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Detective Henry Hays (Ray Fisher) is seen carrying a Glock 17 as his sidearm with the Arkansas State Police in "If You Have Ghosts" (S3E05). Revolvers Colt Python Detective Wayne Hays (Mahershala Ali ) and other members of the Arkansas State Police are seen carrying a Colt Python as their sidearms in 1980.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Python with 4" Barrel and factory wood grips - .357 Magnum Error creating thumbnail: File missing The revolver on the table in in "The Big Never" (S3E03). Error creating thumbnail: File missing At the left, Detective Wayne Hays (Mahershala Ali ) draws his revolver in "The Hour and the Day" (S3E04). Error creating thumbnail: File missing The revolver on the table in "The Hour and the Day" (S3E04). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Detective Wayne Hays (Mahershala Ali ) holds his Colt Python in "If You Have Ghosts" (S3E05). Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Colt Python is drawn by Detective Wayne Hays (Mahershala Ali ) in "If You Have Ghosts" (S3E05). Error creating thumbnail: File missing At the right, the Colt Python is held by Wayne Hays (Mahershala Ali ) in 2015 in Season 3's finale "Now Am Found" (S3E08). Colt 1862 Navy In "Hunters in the Dark" (S3E06), what appear to be two decorated Colt 1862 Navys are seen displayed on the desk of Harris James (Scott Shepherd).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt 1862 Navy - .36 caliber. Error creating thumbnail: File missing In "Hunters in the Dark" (S3E06), what appears to be a Colt 1862 Navy is displayed on a desk. Error creating thumbnail: File missing In "Hunters in the Dark" (S3E06), the Colt 1862 Navy is seen. Smith & Wesson Model 10 M&P (Nickel) What appears to be a Smith & Wesson Military & Police nickel revolver is pulled on Brett Woodard (Michael Greyeyes ) in "The Big Never" (S3E03).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model 10 "Military and Police" revolver - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Smith & Wesson M&P nickel revolver is pulled on Woodard in "The Big Never" (S3E03). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Brett Woodard (Michael Greyeyes ) is threatened with a Smith & Wesson M&P nickel revolver in "The Big Never" (S3E03). Smith & Wesson Model 13 Tom Purcell (Scoot McNairy ) appears to use a Smith & Wesson Model 13 to threaten Dan O'Brien (Michael Graziadei ) in "Hunters in the Dark" (S3E06).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model 13 with 3" barrel - .357 Magnum Error creating thumbnail: File missing In "Hunters in the Dark" (S3E06), Tom Purcell (Scoot McNairy ) holds the Smith & Wesson Model 13 on O'Brien. Error creating thumbnail: File missing In "Hunters in the Dark" (S3E06), Tom Purcell (Scoot McNairy ) enters a room in the Hoyt residence armed with his Smith & Wesson Model 13 . Smith & Wesson Model 19 Snub Detective Roland West (Stephen Dorff ) of the Arkansas State Police carries a Smith & Wesson Model 19 as his sidearm in 1980.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model 19 Snub Nose, Nickel - .357 Magnum Error creating thumbnail: File missing Detective Roland West (Stephen Dorff ) aims the revolver at a fox in "The Great War and Modern Memory" (S3E01). Error creating thumbnail: File missing At the right, Detective Roland West (Stephen Dorff ) draws his revolver in "The Hour and the Day" (S3E04). Error creating thumbnail: File missing West draws his nickel snub Smith & Wesson Model 19 in "If You Have Ghosts" (S3E05). Error creating thumbnail: File missing At the left, the nickel snub Smith & Wesson Model 19 is held by Roland West (Stephen Dorff ) in 2015 in Season 3's finale "Now Am Found" (S3E08). Smith & Wesson Model 19 Special Agent John Bowen (Michael Broderick ) of the FBI carries a 4" Smith & Wesson Model 19 as his sidearm in 1980 and uses it in the shootout in "If You Have Ghosts" (S3E05).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model 19 Combat Magnum - .357 Magnum Error creating thumbnail: File missing Special Agent John Bowen fires his 4" Smith & Wesson Model 19 in "If You Have Ghosts" (S3E05). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Special Agent John Bowen goes down while holding his 4" Smith & Wesson Model 19 in "If You Have Ghosts" (S3E05). Smith & Wesson Model 15 An ASP officer in 1980 is briefly seen armed with a Smith & Wesson Model 15 in "If You Have Ghosts" (S3E05). In "The Final Country" (S03E07), Detective Wayne Hays (Mahershala Ali ) is seen using a Model 15 instead of his Colt Python in a continuity error.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model 15 with factory target grips - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing An ASP officer in 1980 is briefly seen armed with a Smith & Wesson Model 15 in "If You Have Ghosts" (S3E05). Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Mode 15 aimed at Harris in "The Final Country" (S3E07). Assault Rifles M16 In "The Great War and Modern Memory", Hays and West inspect a photo of US soldiers in Vietnam with their M16 SP1 rifles. In "Now Am Found" (S3E08), it's seen with Hays while he remembers his time as a LRRP soldier in the Vietnam War.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M16 aka SP1 (flat "slab side receiver") with an A1 "birdcage" Flash hider, used to resemble the M16A1 in many Vietnam era movies. This version has a 20 round magazine - 5.56x45mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hays examines the photo in "The Great War and Modern Memory" (S3E01). Error creating thumbnail: File missing While in Vietnam, the M16 is slung across the back of Hays in Season 3's finale "Now Am Found" (S3E08). AKM In Hays' hallucination, NVA and VC soldiers are armed with AKM rifles in "The Hour and the Day" (S3E04). In the same episode, Brett Woodard (Michael Greyeyes ) pulls out an AKM when confronting some men in his home. (Note: if the battle in S3E04 happens in 1980, then the AKM must be some rare bring bang firearm that Woodard acquired as a Vietnam Veteran. No civilian models of the AKM were available to the American public until 1983. All other communist based firearms were individual bring backs until the importation restrictions on Combloc weapons was lifted for a few nations with special trade status in 1983 - most notably China and Yugoslavia. In 1983, Egypt (aka Maadi) was able to import their own domestic versions of the AKM).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing AKM - 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing In Hays' hallucination, NVA and VC soldiers are armed with AKM rifles in "The Hour and the Day" (S3E04). Error creating thumbnail: File missing At the right, an NVA soldier holds an AKM rifle in "The Hour and the Day" (S3E04). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Woodard pulls out an AKM rifle from his bag of weapons in "The Hour and the Day" (S3E04). Ruger Mini-14 GB Brett Woodard (Michael Greyeyes ) pulls out a Ruger Mini-14 from a bag of weapons in "The Hour and the Day" (S3E04). This is historically correct since the Mini 14 was introduced in 1973.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ruger Mini-14 - 5.56x45mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Ruger Mini-14 is also seen in Woodard's bag of weapons in "The Hour and the Day" (S3E04). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Brett Woodard (Michael Greyeyes ) places his Ruger Mini-14 by the window in "The Hour and the Day" (S3E04). Error creating thumbnail: File missing The scoped Ruger Mini-14 is held by Brett Woodard (Michael Greyeyes ) in "The Hour and the Day" (S3E04). Carbines SKS In Hays' hallucination, an SKS rifle is held by a VC fighter in "The Hour and the Day" (S3E04).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian Simonov Type 45 aka the Russian SKS rifle - 7.62x39mm. This example has a hardwood stock. Error creating thumbnail: File missing At the near right, the VC fighter holds an SKS rifle in "The Hour and the Day" (S3E04). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Closeup of the SKS. Muzzleloaders Springfield 1861 What seems to be a Springfield 1861 is seen in "Hunters in the Dark" (S306).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Springfield Model 1864, AKA Model 1863 Type II - .58 caliber Minie ball. Note straight hammer and spring-retained barrel bands. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Roland examines the rifles on display in "Hunters in the Dark" (S3E06). Sniper Rifles Remington Model 700 The Remington Model 700 is seen in a photo in "Hunters in the Dark" (S3E06).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Remington 700 BDL rifle with no iron sights and scope (current production) - .308 Winchester Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Model 700s in a photo in "Hunters in the Dark" (S3E06). Shotguns Ithaca 37 The Ithaca 37 is seen in "The Hour and the Day" (S3E04) with a vigilante going after Woodard.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ithaca Model 37 riot version - 12 Gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing The hoodie-wearing vigilante with the shotgun in "The Hour and the Day" (S3E04). Remington Model 870 A Remington Model 870 is seen in "The Hour and the Day" (S3E04) with a vigilante going after Woodard.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Photoshopped Remington 870 Police Magnum with a sawed-off stock - 12 gauge.Error creating thumbnail: File missing The cap-wearing vigilante on the left with the Remington 870 in "The Hour and the Day" (S3E04). Grenades M26 Hand Grenade An M26 hand grenade is seen being rigged by Woodard (Michael Greyeyes ) on a tripwire at the end of "The Hour and the Day" (S3E04).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing M18 smoke grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing The M18 smoke grenade is carried by Hays while in Vietnam in Season 3's finale "Now Am Found" (S3E08) on his web gear. Other M18A1 Claymore An M18A1 Claymore is seen being rigged by Woodard (Michael Greyeyes ) at the end of "The Hour and the Day" (S3E04).
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