Now Am Found
- Episode aired Feb 24, 2019
- TV-MA
- 1h 15m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
9.4K
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Wayne struggles to hold on to his memories, and his grip on reality, as the truth behind the Purcell case is finally revealed.Wayne struggles to hold on to his memories, and his grip on reality, as the truth behind the Purcell case is finally revealed.Wayne struggles to hold on to his memories, and his grip on reality, as the truth behind the Purcell case is finally revealed.
Scoot McNairy
- Tom Purcell
- (credit only)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaPremiered on HBO while the 2019 Academy Awards Ceremony took place, during which Mahershala Ali won his second Oscar for the film Green Book (2018).
- GoofsThe only civilian "hand-held" GPS units in 1990 were the Magellan NAV 1000 and the Voyager Loran C. They were about 9 inches by 5 inches and thick. All they could do was receive, and that by logging into three satellites, one at a time, and then calculating the data for an approximate location. They did not transmit.
The "beepers " police used to track cars, etc. were small short-range radio transmitters - no GPS, you had to follow them (ground or air) with a receiver. So, not only impossible in 1990, but almost literally unimaginable. Also, in 1990 the US government, which controlled the GPS satellites, degraded the location accuracy for civilian use until 1999.
- Quotes
Detective Wayne Hays: I never went to college. Or California.
Featured review
S3: Driven by Ali's performance, which covers weaknesses inherent in content and approach
As previous comments will confirm, I enjoyed both of the previous seasons of this show, but at the same time never felt that the first season was this perfect masterpiece that others said, or that the second was as flawed as others would have me believe. So I approached the third season without any great feeling towards the brand, or expectation of what it would do. In common with the first season, this story unfolds over different time periods involving the same characters, and it does so with a brooding darkness that is good for tone but also reminds of the weakness that perhaps it is not all as dark and deep as it is trying to appear.
The third season did remind me of the first in this way, that it takes its time, relies of hints of darkness, and strong performances to get through. It is an imperfect season in an imperfect series in that way; the story is not as thrilling or compelling as it appears, but it is the manner of delivery that helps make it work better onscreen than it would on paper. The design, the tone, the music, and direction are all part of this but in this season I found that it was the performances that did most of the work. Ali in particular is brilliant, and across all three periods he has consistency in his character, which version informed by what we know happened, and how he has lived for so long. Dorff is just as good, although given fewer chances to show it - they are partners, but Ali is the main character of course. The story is better for how we see it impact on him and those around him.
The narrative itself is not quite as strong without this; the case itself seems slow moving and is 'resolved' reasonably straightforwardly - and with more convenience than I would have liked (although that some of it isn't "resolved" is a nice yet cruel touch). There is a 'set-piece' much like in previous seasons, but it doesn't have the technical or sustained impact that the equivalent scenes in the previous seasons had. It all still works well as a slow, steady, drama which has class and quality to spare, but it does feel like it is more style than substance, and if you took Ali's performance out of this, a lot more weakness would be immediately visible.
The third season did remind me of the first in this way, that it takes its time, relies of hints of darkness, and strong performances to get through. It is an imperfect season in an imperfect series in that way; the story is not as thrilling or compelling as it appears, but it is the manner of delivery that helps make it work better onscreen than it would on paper. The design, the tone, the music, and direction are all part of this but in this season I found that it was the performances that did most of the work. Ali in particular is brilliant, and across all three periods he has consistency in his character, which version informed by what we know happened, and how he has lived for so long. Dorff is just as good, although given fewer chances to show it - they are partners, but Ali is the main character of course. The story is better for how we see it impact on him and those around him.
The narrative itself is not quite as strong without this; the case itself seems slow moving and is 'resolved' reasonably straightforwardly - and with more convenience than I would have liked (although that some of it isn't "resolved" is a nice yet cruel touch). There is a 'set-piece' much like in previous seasons, but it doesn't have the technical or sustained impact that the equivalent scenes in the previous seasons had. It all still works well as a slow, steady, drama which has class and quality to spare, but it does feel like it is more style than substance, and if you took Ali's performance out of this, a lot more weakness would be immediately visible.
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- bob the moo
- Jun 2, 2019
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- Filming locations
- 459 N Campus Walk, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA(Wayne's walks to Amelia's class in Old Main.)
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- Runtime1 hour 15 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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