Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime

Offering Reality Check for TV Mystery

True Detective is the popular HBO crime drama created and written by Nic Pizzolatto, a University of Arkansas graduate of the M.F.A. program in creative writing. The show’s third season features the Academy Award-winning actor Mahershala Ali, but for local residents the real star is Northwest Arkansas, both the stage for the filming and the setting for the story in which the characters portrayed by Ali and co-star Stephen Dorff investigate the disappearance of two siblings, a boy and girl. Brooks worked with the show’s production team during filming in 2018. The director and others relied on him for accuracy in their depiction of police procedure and criminal investigation.