AMC’s Dark Winds is back, and it’s bringing reinforcements. Season 3, arriving March 9, 2025, isn’t just returning; it’s super-sizing itself with eight episodes, a bump up from the previous six. A teaser trailer gives a look at what’s in store, but let’s be real, cryptic is the name of the game here.
Six months after the events of Season 2, Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon) and Chee (Kiowa Gordon) are on the case of two missing boys, a mystery as intriguing as it is grim, given the only clues are a discarded bike and a blood-soaked patch of dirt. Meanwhile, Manuelito (Jessica Matten), now stationed with the Border Patrol, stumbles onto a smuggling operation – because clearly, working for the Border Patrol means inadvertently becoming a one-woman investigative task force.
Returning alongside the main cast is Deanna Allison as Emma Leaphorn and A. Martinez as the ever-reliable Acting Chief Sena. The newcomer roster is extensive, to say the least. Jenna Elfman joins the fray as an FBI agent, along with Bruce Greenwood as Tom Spenser, Raoul Max Trujillo as Budge and Derek Hinkey as the fabulously named Shorty Bowlegs
Whether Dark Winds can maintain its momentum with an expanded episode count and a sizable influx of new characters remains to be seen. Or, let’s be honest, whether AMC’s marketing efforts will do a better job of conveying exactly what the show is to potential new viewers is a whole other question entirely.
Dark Winds is an AMC Studios production for AMC. Executive producers are Graham Roland, George R.R. Martin, Robert Redford, Tina Elmo, Vince Gerardis, Zahn McClarnon and Chris Eyre.
