Dark Winds

Warning ! This clause incorporate despoiler for Dark Winds time of year 3 , episode 2 & Tony Hillerman ’s Leaphorn & Chee novels . The newfangled episode ofDark Windsseason 3 moved the time of year ’s mystery forward in a few fascinating ways , and it also had a bombshell reveal about the Ye’iitsoh that need to be unpacked . Thecast ofDark Windsseason 3has largely been part between two major mystery story - the slaying of Ernesto Cata and the human trafficking at the delimitation - and installment 2 made a mickle of headway into both . Joe Leaphorn ( Zahn McClarnon ) and Jim Chee ( Kiowa Gordon ) lastly got some assistance in find George Bowlegs , and Bernadette Manuelito ( Jessica Matten ) manage to track down the white van and decipher the " cop " drawing off .

As those secret extend , however , they also get more complicated . The arrowhead in Ernesto ’s mouth , for example , deform out to be just a toy , and the anthropologist did n’t have much entropy . Likewise , Bernadette ran into some besotted confrontation from Tom Spenser ( Bruce Greenwood ) , and her investigation may be quite costly . All of those developments - as well as the shocking injury the Ye’iitsoh give Leaphorn - need some explaining .

Why Does Leaphorn Think A Navajo Person Couldn’t Have Killed Ernesto Cata?

Leaphorn Believes A Navajo Person Would Never Put An Arrowhead In Ernesto Cata’s Mouth

too soon on in the sequence , Joe Leaphorn told Gordo Sera ( A Martinez ) that he did n’t believe any Navajo somebody could have kill Ernesto Cata . Leaphorn thinks the murderer was n’t Navajo because they found an arrowhead in Ernesto Cata ’s mouth . As he explained , putting an arrowhead in a all in somebody ’s sass would have been tantamount to profanation for a Navajo somebody - Leaphorn likened it to a Catholic desecrate a crucifix - which he thought was a step too far for any Diné person . If he ’s correct , Leaphorn and Chee should be looking for a perpetrator who is white or of a unlike ethnicity .

put an arrowhead in a deadened person ’s rima oris would have been equivalent to profanation for a Navajo person - Leaphorn liken it to a Catholic desecrate a rood - which he believe was a footfall too far for any Diné person .

Leaphorn , however , may not be right to write off a Navajo person as the killer . Dark Windshas already depicted Navajo people who were n’t touch on with the cultural taboos held by the residual of the Navajo Nation , like Ada Growing Thunder ( Amelia Rico ) , the witch in time of year 1.Leaphorn may have too generous a view of his own people , which could complicate his investigating inDark Windsseason 3 . There ’s still a very good chance he ’s proper , however , as there are more than a few non - Navajo suspects in the subject .

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Why Chee Helps Shorty Bowlegs Find George In Dark Winds Season 3

Chee Has His Problems With Shorty, But He Was Always Going To Help Save A Child’s Life

Jim Chee and Shorty Bowlegs ( Derek Hinkey ) have a tidy sum of bad parentage between them , but Chee still decide to help him out inDark Windsseason 3 , instalment 2 . As Chee previously explained , Shorty used to hector him , and his pa abuse Chee ’s mother . Chee has every cause in the world to hate Shorty Bowlegs , but he approached Shorty and fundamentally beg to help find George . There ’s a bare understanding Chee helped his spoilt opposition : Chee is a good person with a good heart , and he was never going to let Shorty ’s retiring sins stop over him from saving George ’s life .

Do Chee & Bernadette Still Have Feelings For Each Other?

There’s Still Some Fire Between Chee & Bernie, Though There’s Also New Complications

Jim Chee and Bernadette Manuelito have had a complicated , on - again - off - again quixotic relationship since the start ofDark Winds , and the young sequence only lend more fuel to the fire . When Bernadette called to peach to Leaphorn about her Border Patrol case , Chee answer rather , and the two had a tense conversation . Bernie and Chee ’s call culminated with Bernadette say it was nice to hear his voice and Chee staying silent , which seems to designate they still manage for each other . If and when Bernadette hail back to the Navajo Police , she may have a romantic relationship waiting for her .

Dark Windsisn’t done draw out Bernadette and Chee ’s slow - burn relationship yet , though . Later in the sequence , Bernadette agreed to dance with Ivan Muños ( Alex Meraz ) , her coworker at Border Patrol , and even told him that she was n’t miss anyone . Ivan is a trouble for their relationship , but Bernadette ’s boldness may have lead astray her dependable tone : while she was trip the light fantastic , it wait like Bernie was , in fact , neglect Chee . It ’s also worth noting that in Tony Hillerman ’s " The Sinister Pig , " whichDark Windsseason 3 is conform , Chee and Bernadette make their kinship official .

Is Spenser Really Involved In Human Trafficking? Bernadette’s Suspicions Explained

Spenser’s Connection To Roberto Baca Hint He’s Involved In Human Trafficking

Bernadette also amaze into some trouble on her own inDark Windsseason 3 , episode 2.Bernadette cut across the girl ’s pig drawingto Tom Spenser ’s ( Bruce Greenwood ) ranch , and she even discover the white van she was searching for there . The van led Bernadette to trust that Spenser is involved in human trafficking , and she ’s most belike right . Towards the end of the sequence , Bernadette assemble a man named Roberto C. de Baca ( Raoul Max Trujillo ) , also known as Budge , riding in one of Spenser ’s trucks . Budge is the same person who killed the human trafficker at the commencement of the episode .

AMC ’s neo - noir thriller Dark Winds is a breath of reinvigorated air in an era of oversaturated TV , and now the show is fructify to return for a fourth season .

The fact that Spenser has two discrete draw to Bernadette ’s human trafficking slip through the white van and employing Budge mean that he ’s almost certainly the loss leader of the trafficking ring . Bernadette is definitely onto something , but find the trueness could cause quite a few trouble for her . Spenser basically owns the Border Patrol , as he supplies a third of their intelligence and does n’t have his oil tractor trailer inspected , and Bernadette wo n’t have any aid attempt to take down his empire . Spenser may even have enough pull to get Bernadette fire - or killed - by the oddment ofDark Windsseason 3 .

Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon) looking wistful in front of the Ye’iitsoh in Dark Winds season 3

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The Ye’iitsoh Is Real: What Leaphorn’s Revelation Means For Dark Winds Season 3

The Ye’iitsoh Physically Harmed Leaphorn, Which Means It’s Not Just A Manifestation Of His Guilt

The biggest reveal ofDark Windsseason 3 , installment 2 was thatthe Ye’iitsoh that has been haunting Leaphornis tangible . While trying to find George Bowlegs , Leaphorn and Chee accompanied Shorty into an abandon shed . Leaphorn had another terrifying visual sense of the Ye’iitsoh , but this clock time , it really left a physical wounding on his arm in the same pattern as the lesion on Ernesto Cata ’s body . That seems to suggest that the Ye’iitsoh is in fact real , and that there ’s some type of regretful medicine at play inDark Windsseason 3 .

Dark Winds Season 3 Release Schedule

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Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon) and Gordo Sera (A Martinez) look at Ernesto Cata’s body hanging from the culvert in Dark Winds season 3, episode 1

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Episode 1

Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon) looking surprised in Dark Winds season 3, episode 1

" Ye’iitsoh ( Big Monster ) "

March 9

Episode 2

Bruce Greenwood looking out the window in Dark Winds

" Náá’tsoh ( Big optic ) "

March 16

Episode 3

A composite image of Joe Leaphorn looking on seriously in front of the cast of Dark Winds season 3

" Ch’į́į́dii ( Ghosts ) "

March 23

Episode 4

Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon) in front of the Ye’iitsoh in Dark Winds season 3, episode 1

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" Chahałheeł ( Darkness Falls ) "

March 30

Episode 5

Headshot Of Zahn McClarnon

" Tsékǫ̨ ' Hasą́ní ( Coal Mine Canyon ) "

April 6

installment 6

Headshot Of Kiowa Gordon

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

April 13

Episode 7

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

April 20

Episode 8

" Béésh Łį́į́ ( Iron Horse ) "

April 27

It is potential that Leaphorn ’s injuries were from a real individual , and that his guilt - ridden vision of the Ye’iitsoh just co-occur with the attack . Leaphorn had reckon that Gordo Sera was the Ye’iitsoh earlier in the installment , and the same affair could have happened in the shed . However , it seems just as likely that someone is responsible for for Leaphorn ’s visions , and that they ’ve somehow manifested the Ye’iitsoh to penalize him for kill BJ Vines . For now , though , there ’s still a plenty of mystery surrounding the Ye’iitsoh inDark Windsseason 3 .

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