Though it wasn’t expected to be, the third season of Truth Be Told was its final one, and it tackled even more tough issues.
In fact, this one felt to be the most grounded in reality. At least as far as the crime that Poppy was inserting herself into. At first, the story was that of a well-to-do missing white girl named Emily, but then it morphed into a missing girl named Drea. Sadly, like most instances in real life, hardly any time or attention was being paid to Drea’s case because she was a black girl who had been in some trouble before. You’d like to think that even if just a tiny bit more attention would have been paid to Drea’s case that she wouldn’t have wound up dead.
All of this leads Poppy to dig more into what was very obviously a death related to sex trafficking. It gets even more real and dire when her friend Markus’ daughter, Trini, gets unknowingly caught up in it. Luckily, she makes it out alive, but certainly not safe and definitely not without scars. She is emotionally still attached to her groomer boyfriend, but is also terrified at the experiences she went through on that fateful first night. Struggling equally are her parents, who just can’t seem to figure out how to help her find her best path forward. Couple that with the fact that this trafficking ring is a lot more complex than anyone initially thought, it makes for a very tense and high stakes season.
Poppy, though not a part of law enforcement, has a lot of good connections and a good enough heart that lots of people are willing to help her work her way through this really dark web. First, she’s got Ames, an actual police officer who is actually concerned with doing good in this world, then she has Markus, a former officer and current private security owner, then she has her dad and his gang. While gang’s are meant to be scary, his is really only looking out for the good of their community, but won’t hesitate to stoop to certain levels to make sure that things happen. This season she also has the help of a former trafficked girl, local principal, Eva. Her story is brutal, though I’m sure all too real for some women.
Though this show has been compelling over the course of its three seasons, there’s always felt to be something missing to make it truly spectacular. Everyone gives strong performances and the stories are interesting, so it’s definitely something worth checking out, but as far as being a favorite show of mine, something is missing to get it there. Still, I would have been down for more seasons, but I’m pleased with what we got.