Dark Winds

word of advice ! This clause contains SPOILERS for Dark Winds season 3 , episode 7.The next-to-last sequence ofDark Windsseason 3 revealed that it has been trick us about two key region of the investigations all season long . Dark Windsseason 3 , sequence 7had some major developments for both Bernadette Manuelito ’s ( Jessica Matten ) probe and Joe Leaphorn ’s ( Zahn McClarnon ) and Jim Chee ’s ( Kiowa Gordon ) . Bernadette has been investigatingTom Spenser ’s ( Bruce Greenwood ) traffic ring , while Leaphorn and Chee have been trying to find Ernesto Cata ’s murderer . After several weeks of painstaking investigating , Bernadette , Leaphorn , and Chee all made significant progress in find justice for their victims .

Though there were a lot of reveals inDark Windsseason 3 , sequence 7 , they were n’t exactly what everyone was expecting . For instance , Dr. Reynolds ( Christopher Heyerdahl ) was let on asthe Ye’iitsoh inDark Winds , and Leaphorn figured out exactly how and why he kill Ernesto and is hunt George Bowlegs . Likewise , Bernadette figured out what thepig drawing means inDark Winds , but she also find that Spenser is n’t just smuggling drug , he ’s also traffic people as she ’s expected all along . Those were handsome reveals , but there were two other misdirectionsDark Windshas been using all season long that come as absolute shock .

Dark Winds Season 3, Episode 7 Revealed The Cases Aren’t Connected At All

Ernesto Cata’s Murder Has Nothing To Do With Tom Spenser’s Trafficking Ring

Perhaps the biggest reveal ofDark Windsseason 3 , episode 7 was about the very anatomical structure of the season . When Leaphorn and Chee find out that Reynolds was the Ye’iitsoh and had killed Ernesto Cata , they also subtly confirmed that their case is n’t relate to Bernadette ’s at all . Reynolds was acting on his own when he killed Ernesto , as the boys had discover he was " seeding " his archeologic dig site . Tom Spenser ’s human trafficking ring did n’t divisor into Leaphorn and Chee ’s case at all , and the same was unfeigned in opposite for Bernadette ’s case .

Dark Winds reveal about the true nature of the " Ye’iitsoh " that has been haunt Joe all season reveals an ugly truth about humanity & Joe himself .

The only thing that allow any connective tissue paper to Leaphorn and Chee ’s probe and Bernadette ’s wasHalsey ( Phil Burke ) and the weird Fannie Merritt Farmer . However , Halsey was proven ripe when he suppose he had nothing to do with Ernesto ’s death , and the farmers turn out to be a massive red Clupea harangus . Chee ’s entire trip down to New Mexico was , evidently , just a prospect for him to continue his sluggish - burn romance with Bernadette , and had no tangible shock on his investigating at all . Many viewer were expecting Leaphorn and Chee to work directly with Bernadette in some way , butDark Windsseason 3 obviously never planned for that to happen .

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Both Ivan And Garza Are Working For Tom Spenser In Dark Winds Season 3

Bernadette Had No One She Could Trust In New Mexico After All

The other big surprise out ofDark Windsseason 3 , episode 7 came from Bernadette ’s side of the story . We be intimate thatIvan Muños ( Alex Meraz ) was a dirty copfor several episodes , butDark Windsrevealed that Eleanda Garza ( Tonantzin Carmelo ) was also on Tom Spenser ’s paysheet . Many viewers were belike wonder who Bernadette could trust at Border Patrol , and that may have caused us to bury to consider that there might not be anyone she could incline on in New Mexico . Ivan ’s reveal as a scoundrel also lulled us into a false sense of security that Bernadette had successfully out all the fuzz on Spenser ’s payroll .

Dark Winds Has Been Clever With Its Misdirection All Season

Dark Winds Season 3 Flipped Traditional Crime Thriller Twists & Its Own History On Its Head

Surprise twists are a facet of the law-breaking thriller genre , butDark Windshas managed to make some truly shocking give away notwithstanding , and it did so in a very smart way . Even though viewers were require some kind of surprisal , the case not being connect and both Ivan and Eleanda being on Spenser ’s payroll department were n’t the surprise many of us were anticipating . Dark Windsaccomplished that by countermine expectations of the police procedural genre as a whole and ofDark Windsitself . It ’s not easy to instill genuine surprise in a genre as saturated as the police procedural , butDark Windsmade some virtuoso moves to make its misdirections operate .

Dark Winds Season 3 Release Schedule

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Bernadette Manuelito (Jessica Matten) looking shocked in Dark Winds season 3, episode 7

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Release Date ( 9 p.m. EDT )

Episode 1

Zahn McClarnon as Joe Leaphorn against a background of the Ye’iitsoh in Dark Winds season 3

" Ye’iitsoh ( Big Monster ) "

March 9

Episode 2

Headshot Of Zahn McClarnon

" Náá’tsoh ( Big Eyes ) "

March 16

instalment 3

Headshot Of Kiowa Gordon

" Ch’į́į́dii ( Ghosts ) "

March 23

installment 4

Dark Winds

" Chahałheeł ( Darkness Falls ) "

March 30

Episode 5

" Tsékǫ̨ ' Hasą́ní ( Coal Mine Canyon ) "

April 6

installment 6

" Ábidoo’niidę́ę́ ( What We Had Been Told ) "

April 13

instalment 7

" T’áá Áłts’íísígo ( Just a Small Piece ) "

April 20

instalment 8

" Béésh Łį́į́ ( Iron Horse ) "

April 27

Many viewers likely cognize that Ivan was going to be a villain . Betrayals are fairly common tropes in the mystery story musical genre . However , far fewer expectedbothof Bernadette ’s friend in New Mexico to be dirty cop . besides , manyDark Windsfans expected the cases to connect in some commodious way , just as Chee ’s investigation inDark Windsseason 2 conveniently had him working with Leaphorn again . By using the consultation ’s preconceived whim of what kinds of twists to have a bun in the oven out of a crime thriller likeDark Winds , it was able to craft genuinely shameful surprise .

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