"The Hour and the Day" is the fourth episode of the third season of True Detective and the twentieth episode overall.
Synopsis[]
In 1980, Hays and his partner Roland see a possible connection between the local church and the Purcell crimes. As the detectives search for one suspect and round up another for interrogation, the town turns against war vet and outcast “Trash Man” Woodard.
Summary[]
Cast[]
Starring[]
- Mahershala Ali as Wayne Hays
- Carmen Ejogo as Amelia Reardon
- Stephen Dorff as Roland West
- Scoot McNairy as Tom Purcell
- Ray Fisher as Henry Hays
Guest Starring[]
- Brett Cullen as Gerald Kindt
- Sarah Gadon as Elisa Montgomery
- Michael Greyeyes as Brett Woodard
- Mamie Gummer as Lucy Purcell
- Rhys Wakefield as Freddy Burns
- Jodi Balfour as Lori
- Seth Barrish as Priest
- Candyce Hinkle as Patty Faber
- Joseph Callender as Liquor Store Proprietor
- John Earl Jelks as Sam Whitehead
- Lorenzo Yearby as Neighbor #1
- David T. Anthony as Neighbor #2
- Sasha Morfaw as Neighbor #3
- James MacDonald as Major Blevins
- Greg Bryan as Jay Bunda
- L. Warren Young as Detective
- Bill Kelly as Detective Hobbs
- David Stanbra as Detective Segar
- Myk Watford as Detective Morelli
- Michael Broderick as Special Agent John Bowen
- Tim Griffin as Special Agent Burt Diller
- Brian Oerly as Eddie
- Isaiah C. Morgan as Young Henry Hays
- Kennedi Lynn Butler as Young Becca Hays
- Bojesse Christopher as Detective Richard Kitting
- Bea Santos as 21 Year Old Julie Purcell
- Chad Cline as Sallisaw PD Officer
- Brooklyn Courtney-Moore as Soda Can Girl #1
- Berkeley Courtney-Moore as Soda Can Girl #2
- Mary Kathryn Bryant as State Police Receptionist
- Jon Walters as Officer Davis
Notes and Trivia[]
- This episode marks series creator Nic Pizzolatto's directorial debut.
Soundtrack[]
- Death Letter
- Written by Son House
- Performed by Cassandra Wilson
- Gioconda Caprice
- Written and Performed by Giovanni Lodigiani
- My Foolish Heart
- Written by Ned Washington, Victor Young
- Performed by Bill Evans
- Polly
- Written by Gene Clark
- Performed by Doug Dillard (as Dillard) & Gene Clark (as Clark)
- Blood
- Written by Franklin James Fisher, John Ryan Mahan, Lee Tesche
- Performed by Algiers
| True Detective Season 3 (2019) | ||
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301. The Great War and Modern Memory |
305. If You Have Ghosts | |
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| See also: S1 • S2 • S3 • Night Country • S5 | ||