Dark Winds EP Is Bullish on Season 3 Renewal, Says We Haven’t ‘Hit Our Stride’ Yet
This weekend, Dark Winds is wrapping up its six-episode sophomore run, with a finale now streaming on AMC+ and airing Sunday night on AMC proper.
Should fans of the period crime drama look forward to a Season 3?
We won’t get into specific Season 2 finale spoilers here, but the episode “Hózhó náhásdlii (Beauty Is Restored)” left viewers with a good amount of closure. There was resolution to the Blond Man/B.J. Vines arc, Joe and Emma sought much-needed “balance” for their household, and at least three characters made career decisions.
Executive producer Chris Eyre, who directed this season’s first two episodes and then the finale, believes there many more tales to tell — and hopes Dark Winds gets to tell them.
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“I don’t feel like we’ve hit our stride with this series,” Eyre told TVLine when asked about Dark Winds‘ future. (Dark Winds scored its Season 2 renewal just two weeks into its freshman run; AMC has no Season 3 updates at this time.)
“There are 18 [Leaphorn & Chee] books by Tony Hillerman and there are five by Anne Hillerman,” Eyre noted, “so there’s enough detective/Navajo police drama” to continue bringing to the small screen.
Of note, Eyre’s experience with the source material dates back to direting Skinwalkers: The Navajo Mysteries, a series of PBS Mystery movies based on Hillerman novels.
“Somebody at my gym mentioned this to me, that ‘I just want to see what happens to the characters now,'” Eyre related. Following a showrunner change for Season 2, “It feels like we’ve gotten the show on its feet. And now that it’s on its feet I want to know what happens to the characters, too.
“I think that their evolution could be a long time coming — and a great journey,” the EP avowed.
Do you, too, hope the Dark Winds journey continues?
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