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True Detective has some new company. Deadline reports Carmen Ejogo has joined season three of the HBO TV show.

As reported earlier, the new season of the anthology drama will center on “a macabre crime in the heart of the Ozarks and a mystery that deepens over decades and plays out in three separate time periods.”

On True Detective, Ejogo will be playing “Amelia Reardon, an Arkansas schoolteacher with a connection to two missing children in 1980.” She joins lead Mahershala Ali, who is playing police detective Wayne Hays.

HBO has not yet announced a premiere date for season three of True Detective.

What do you think? Are you a fan of True Detective? Will you watch season three?