Truth Be Told
Descend into the world of true-crime podcasts. New evidence compels podcaster Poppy Parnell (Octavia Spencer) to reopen the murder case that made her a media sensation. Aaron Paul stars as the man she may have wrongfully put behind bars.
- Metascore46
- 2019-2023
- 3 seasons
- MyNetworkTV
- Suspense, Drama
- TV-MA
Descend into the world of true-crime podcasts. New evidence compels podcaster Poppy Parnell (Octavia Spencer) to reopen the murder case that made her a media sensation. Aaron Paul stars as the man she may have wrongfully put behind bars.
Season 3 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2023
Episode 1
Unto the Sweet Bird's Throat
Fri, Jan 20, 2023 44 mins
Poppy focuses her next podcast on the neglected issue of missing Black girls in Oakland as she tries to locate a friend's teen daughter.
Episode 2
Her, Armed with Sorrow Sore
Fri, Jan 27, 2023 52 mins
Poppy takes the investigation into her own hands and grapples with whether she can trust Eva, a Black female principal of the local high school. The show makes a startling turn when the vice principal, Eva, starts to use the dating app Questeur as "BOTTOM2TOPENERGY" to try to find out what is happening to these black girls. It turns out that Eva was "trafficked" by a Stanford Law student who promised to get her mother a green card. Poppy finds love letters to her late mother Elinor from an "Alexander" whom she learns is her birth father upon showing Shreve, who confirms that Elinor was indeed pregnant with her some time before meeting Shreve. He explains that four years after he and Elinor married, she had left him to return to Alexander Michael Troy, but had ultimately decided that Shreve was the better man to be a father to her and Alexander's illegitimate daughter: Poppy.
Episode 3
Here She Shall See No Enemy
Fri, Feb 3, 2023 46 mins
Markus tries getting to the bottom of a shocking discovery. Eva makes a startling confession to Poppy. It is revealed from the raid of a pimp house that Trini's boyfriend, is videotaping himself and Trini having sex. Trini is wearing a bra with the colors of the Jamaican flag.
Episode 4
Never Take Your Eyes Off Her
Fri, Feb 10, 2023 46 mins
Trini ends up at a music recording studio with her boyfriend Aubrey. He threatens her for the first time after Trey attacks him. Trey is shot and killed in a back alley when Poppy shows up with the cops. In actuality, Aubrey is manipulating his girlfriend into wearing a satin lingerie, having sex and taking drugs with him again.
Episode 5
Freedom Is Never Given; It Is Won
Fri, Feb 17, 2023 43 mins
Poppy reveals her suspect to Markus-and risks her career with a bold tactic. Shreve's confrontation with a politician leads to an arrest.
Episode 6
From My Hand the Poisoned Apple
Fri, Feb 24, 2023 48 mins
Markus and Zarina wait for their nightmare to finally end. Poppy weighs having Eva on her podcast to help expose the suspect.
Episode 7
The Luxury in Self-Reproach
Fri, Mar 3, 2023 46 mins
Eva bares her soul to Poppy. Markus spirals out of control. Poppy and Aames uncover more evidence about the suspect in custody.
Episode 8
Darkness Declares the Glory of Light
Fri, Mar 10, 2023 45 mins
Poppy finds her relationship with Eva hanging in the balance. Markus and Poppy make a discovery that challenges their theory.
Episode 9
Only Little Secrets
47 mins
To find the girl from the blackmail tape, Poppy turns to Eva. Aames shares troubling information about the crime scene surveillance tape.
Episode 10
A Kiss Not Mine Alone
Fri, Mar 24, 2023 40 mins
Reeling in the aftermath of the attack, Poppy sets her sights on locating a suspect on the run. Meanwhile, Markus seeks help from Shreve. Later on, Poppy hears from Markus that Alexander Michael Troy may have been found. Poppy contemplates meeting her long-lost biological father.
