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'True Detective' season 3: Why Scoot McNairy's Tom Purcell is the most underrated character on the show

Tom Purcell, a character who wears many hats emotionally and actually is even more complex and realistic than the rest in the roster, remains an underrated man. 

There's no denying that every performance on 'True Detective's new season has been spectacular. With a cast like Mahershala Ali, Carmen Ejogo and Stephen Dorff, we didn't really expect any less, did we? But, while the ones on the forefront slither back and forth out of the three timelines, there's one man among them who is most certainly an unsung hero in the mix. Tom Purcell, a character who wears many hats emotionally and actually is even more complex and realistic than the rest in the roster, remains an underrated man.