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Mahershala Ali stars as Wayne Hays, a state police detective from Northwest Arkansas, and Stephen Dorff is his partner, Roland West.
Keep clicking for more photos from the new season of True Detective, which premieres Jan. 13 on HBO.
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Ali with Carmen Ejogo, who plays Amelia Reardon, an Arkansas schoolteacher.
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Ali on a road in the Ozarks, where season 3 is set.
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Ejogo and Ali. Season 3 plays out over three separate time periods.
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Another shot of Dorff and Ali.
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True Detective returns Jan. 13 on HBO.