Dark Winds: Get Premiere Date for XL (!) Season 3, Watch Trailer

It’s a very big day for Dark Winds fans.

We now have a premiere date — Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 9/8c — for the acclaimed AMC drama’s third season, which we now know will span eight episodes (as opposed to the usual six).

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What’s more, you can check out the first Season 3 photos (below), as well as press play on a teaser trailer (above).

TVLine readers gave Season 2 a rare average grade of “A+.”

Season 3 picks up six months after the events of Season 2 and follows Lt. Joe Leaphorn (played by 2023 TVLine Performer of the Year finalist Zahn McClarnon) and Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon) as they investigate the disappearance of two boys, with only an abandoned bicycle and blood-stained patch of ground left in their wake.

Meanwhile, Bernadette Manuelito (Jessica Matten) attempts to settle into her new life 500 miles from home with the Border Patrol, but stumbles across a conspiracy involving human and drug smuggling with far-reaching implications.

Series regular Deanna Allison is back for Season 3 as Emma Leaphorn, as is A. Martinez (Longmire) in the guest-starring role of Scarborough Police Department Acting Chief Gordo Sena.

New guest stars for Season 3 include the previously announced Jenna Elfman (Fear the Walking Dead) as FBI Special Agent Sylvia Washington, Bruce Greenwood (The Resident) as Tom Spenser, Raoul Max Trujillo (Mayans M.C.) as Budge, Tonantzin Carmelo (La Brea) as Border Patrol Agent Eleanda Garza, Alex Meraz (Animal Kingdom) as Border Patrol Agent Ivan Muños, Terry Serpico (Law & Order SVU) as Border Patrol Senior Chief Ed Henry, Derek Hinkey (American Primeval) as Shorty Bowlegs, Phil Burke (Rabbit Hole) as Michael Halsey, and Christopher Heyerdahl (Hell on Wheels) as Dr. Reynolds.

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