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Dwight “The General” Manfredi ( Sylvester Stallone ) has spent the last 25 years in prison, taking the fall for his friends in the New York mafia. He ain’t no snitch; he’s good at keeping his mouth shut, working out, and brushing up on his reading (Faust, Shakespeare, The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene ) while he waits to reap the rewards for his loyalty. “I married this life, and I’m gonna see if it married me back,” Sly growls in reedy voiceover.

But his exit from the frying pan leads him right back into the fire: Rather than take his former place in the organization, the don’s son has taken his place as capo. They send him off to start criminal operations in a whole new frontier: Tulsa, Oklahoma. There’s gold in them thar hills, they might say (albeit with pinched fingers), but for Dwight, it feels like he’s being put out to pasture. Doesn’t matter, though; if there’s anything Dwight’s good at, it’s adapting. Well, that and breaking skulls.

There’s a lot to like about Taylor Sheridan ’s “Tulsa King”—clearly his next step in his plot to dominate the easy-chair demographic after his smash-hit Western drama “Yellowstone.” Most of it lies in its light, effervescent tone, with the wiseguy-in-a-strange-land appeal of something like “ Get Shorty ” (book, film, and TV show). When Dwight arrives in Tulsa, he steps out of the airport only to be immediately smacked in the face by a grasshopper “bigger than [his] cock.” No matter, with all his smooth-talking precision, it’s not long before his driver (Jay Will’s Tyson) becomes his erstwhile sidekick as he shakes down a local weed dispensary (run by Martin Starr ’s spaced-out Bodhi) to start his first protection and money laundering racket. By all indicators, Tulsa couldn’t have possibly seen him coming.

There are glimmers of threats to come in these first two episodes, to be sure, and there’ll come a time when Dwight can’t bluster or bludgeon his way through a situation. As a last-minute scene with Max Casella ’s heretofore-unintroduced character indicates, he may not be the only mafia game in town. And what’s more, on his first night out, Dwight sleeps with a divorcee bridesmaid ( Andrea Savage ) who turns out to be an ATF agent hot on his heels. But for now, Sheridan and showrunner Terence Winter (“Boardwalk Empire”) are content to let us luxuriate in the delight of watching Stallone do his thing in a decidedly unfamiliar climate: the West.

When “Tulsa King” coasts on its winking, knowing comedy, it’s gangbusters. Stallone, for all his failed attempts at starring in explicit comedies (“ Rhinestone ,” “ Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot ”) is, when he wants to be, a really funny guy. Dwight’s a perfect conduit for his particular combo of affable aggression, like Joe Pesci ’s character from “ GoodFellas ” if he were as tall as he truly wanted to be. He talks fast (well, fast for Sly) and makes friends at the edge of a knife, spending scene after scene warming up to or dressing down the show’s honky-tonk cast of characters.

There’s admittedly a certain red-state appeal to a man’s man like Stallone riffing on the perceived cosmopolitan nature of 21st-century life. Dwight is a man not just out of space, but time; having spent a quarter century in the big house, he’s perplexed by smartphone apps, legal weed, and all these goddamn pronouns . “I feel like Rip Van Winkle,” he confesses to Bodhi after accidentally getting high in the backseat of a car.

But these moments of political incorrectness don’t read as rebukes of the advances of society, not in the way the average “Yellowstone” fan might respond to them. Rather, Dwight’s confused and lost about his place in the world—about the years he sacrificed to a mentor who repays him with exile or the daughter who won’t talk to him anymore. He’s a man alienated by his circumstances, forced to rebuild himself in a world that no longer shares his values.

That’s Dwight, and that’s also Stallone: Television, it seems, is his Tulsa, and the big-screen legend consciously bristles in his new confines. But the 76-year-old shows no signs of slowing down, and on the small screen he seems, if anything, even larger than he did before. Under Winter and Sheridan’s pen, “Tulsa King” is both mafia dramedy and Western, Sly sitting somewhere between Chili Palmer and John Wayne ’s Ethan Edwards in “ The Searchers .”

It’s a fitting space for him to occupy, both as aging action star and wizened character actor. The show around him occasionally struggles to keep up— Garrett Hedlund , Dana Delaney , and Annabella Sciorra are barely present, despite occupying significant space in the credits and press materials. But it’s worth sticking around to see what role they’ll play in Sly’s most interesting ride into the sunset.

First two episodes screened for review. Tulsa King comes to Paramount+ on November 13th.

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Tulsa King review: Sylvester Stallone stars in Grumpy Old Grand Theft Auto

Stallone is a goodfella gone west in a silly drama that could turn into a low-key comedy.

Yes, Sylvester Stallone asks, "What the f--- is with the pronouns?" And yes, Dwight Manfredi, the mobster Stallone plays in Tulsa King , has other thoughts about what's going on with this country in general nowadays. "GM has gone electric, Dylan's gone public, a phone is a camera?" The New York enforcer just finished a 25-year stint in prison. He's also high as a kite for this Rip Van Winkle monologue. Stallone gives great stoned, which is a nice surprise in a career's seventh decade. When he laughs, he snorts. The Paramount+ show is a ridiculous drama that could become a wry comedy. But is its star the main problem, or the saving grace?

No question, Stallone's the draw: At last, Tango does television! The Paramount+ series, premiering Nov. 13, begins with Dwight leaving the penitentiary. The 75-year-old expects a hero's welcome. Instead, he gets an assignment. Ailing boss Pete (A.C. Peterson) has ceded control to the next generation, including his son Chickie ( Domenick Lombardozzi ) and wild-eyed capo Vince (Vincent Piazza). The middle-aged kids want Dwight to open up a crime outpost in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Not okay, says Dwight. "I made my bones when you were in f---ing diapers," he complains. "Well, now you're wearin' diapers," responds Vince. "Punch!" says Dwight. Actually, he just punches the jerk. Dwight does that a lot.

The concept here is simple: One fish out of two waters. Dwight's a man from the past — da friggin' hell is with these talking crosswalk signals? — and a Brooklyn bad dude in the buckle of the Bible Belt. But in a lame non-twist, this unfrozen caveman gangster does just fine. Right off the plane, he meets a trusty cabbie named Tyson (Jay Will), who becomes his full-time driver. His first stop is a dispensary owned by Bodhi ( Martin Starr ). Tough to imagine a weedier word jumble than "Bodhi (Martin Starr)." Dwight walks in, threatens violence, demands 20 percent of the weekly income, grabs dollar bricks from a safe, and leaves. Crime pays and is easy.

There are sad moments. Dwight lost touch with his daughter and speaks longingly about his late barber dad. You sense some autobiography, since Stallone's own father was a hairdresser. Certainly, it's autobiographical when an attractive young woman walks up to Dwight and says, "Excuse me, are you famous?" Then her friend Stacy (Andrea Savage) asks Dwight to show her his mini-bar. But Stacy freaks when she finds out Dwight remembers when JFK got shot. "This is not an age gap," she declares, not getting her clothes back on fast enough. "This is an age canyon."

Stallone does not look like he was in prison for 25 years. He does not even look 75. Burgess Meredith looked 75 in Rocky III . Whatever supplements and regimens the real-life Rocky has applied to himself make him look only like himself. The last time he sorta disappeared into a part was, coincidentally, 25 years ago. Cop Land starred Stallone and his wonderful belly as a loser Jersey sheriff facing NYPD corruption. That great movie's excellent trick was how Stallone, three Rambo s deep, came off like a believable never-was. The presence of Harvey Keitel, Robert De Niro, and Ray Liotta brought extra-cinematic tension: Scorsese's guys vs. Planet Hollywood. Tulsa King needs legit threats like that. So far, the bad criminals are vain weaklings, and the Tulsans think Dwight's awesome. And there's a big twist with Stacy which is funny in the wrong way, though it gives Savage a chance to show off her screwball comedy chops.

Creator Taylor Sheridan made Yellowstone . Paramount would like him to make a thousand more of that. I wonder, though, if he's sensitive to allegations that his Manly-Man output leans arch-conservative. Tyson is the Black chauffeur for a white man named after President Eisenhower, and at one point Dwight actually tells the younger man: "Someone's gonna slap some good grammar in your mouth." Geesh. But in the same episode, a local dealer won't let Tyson buy a car, so Dwight pays the man a visit. "You see a young Black guy with a mountain of money and right away you say, 'Oh, he's gotta be a drug dealer'," he says. "But I walk in, a nice suit, and you're not afraid anymore." And that's how racism works , Dwight does not say, though he does punch the salesman. Later, he punches a guy who's being too grabby with a woman.

You sense an urge to star-polish Dwight's rough edges. Tulsa King 's showrunner is Terence Winter , who worked on The Sopranos before creating Boardwalk Empire . One of those was a masterpiece about an awful man's moral downfall, and the other was a gorgeous vulgar goof. I had high hopes for Boardwalk Goes West , but Tulsa 's a bit of a diet beverage. Garrett Hedlund pops up as a nice barkeep with money issues. Dwight goes to Mickey Mantle's house to talk about how great Mickey Mantle was. You keep waiting for someone to challenge his toughness, or for one just-punched victim to call the cops. The one moment of genuine drama comes in that pronoun monologue. The camera cuts to Bodhi, who is supposed to be afraid that Dwight will get him killed. Starr's visible anxiety channels a deeper fear: Is this the scene that gets me canceled?

The Tulsa location is distinctive. Stallone is never not interesting, so the best moments are his quiet ones: Dwight ordering ribs at a lonely bar, Dwight wearing his reading glasses while he types. An upcoming Cop Land reunion with Annabella Sciorra is enough to keep me watching. The question for Tulsa King going forward is whether it can complicate Dwight's archaic act or sanctify him as a boomer bull in a millennial china shop. Right now, it's a frictionless fantasy about making instant friends, attracting younger women, and instantly knowing everything about the legal pot industry. Imagine a show that zeroed in on the comedy potential of Starr and Stallone as odd-couple criminals in the burgeoning cannabis space. Who wouldn't watch Yellowstoned ?

Grade: C+

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‘Tulsa King’ Review: Stallone Embraces the Absurd in Quirky Taylor Sheridan Series

If you’ve made your way to Paramount+ and are even considering checking out “Tulsa King,” you already know what you’re about to get. “Yellowstone” and “1883” creator Taylor Sheridan has proven extremely effective at delivering entertaining tough-guy series helmed by grizzled elders, and his newest is no exception, although far less in ambition and polish than his other Paramount hits.

Despite the prestige pedigree of the co-showrunners — Sheridan wrote the Oscar-nominated screenplay for “Sicario” and Terence Winter created “Boardwalk Empire” and wrote “The Wolf of Wall Street” — there’s a distinct straight-to-DVD quality to Tulsa King, but that shouldn’t turn off anyone who’s excited for a mob series starring Sylvester Stallone in his first series regular TV role. Sly’s dialogue is harder to comprehend than ever, and we don’t waste much time in setting up backstory before getting straight to the meat of the premise: A Long Island mafia capo, Dwight “The General” Manfredi, gets released from prison after a 25 year sentence, and in short order, he’s dispatched by his boss to Tulsa, Oklahoma to create some business in an unlikely and very underserved market.

“Tulsa King” is as much a fish-out-of-water comedy as it is a mob drama. From the moment he rolls into The Sooner State, he starts to collect a ragtag band of friends, starting with his taxi driver Tyson (Jay Will), whose use of the word “gangster” as a slangy compliment shocks Manfredi. That’s just the first of many Austin Powers-esque gags that has Manfredi reckoning with the fact that time has marched on while he’s been away from society (he’s blown away that there are apps on phones that can call cabs).

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At least judging from the first two episodes, this isn’t a particularly gritty mob drama (apparently by design courtesy of Stallone ). Manfredi’s assignment in Tulsa turns out to be somewhat low stakes, at least at first. He barges into a medical marijuana dispensary run by Bohdi (Martin Starr) and offers “protection” no one asked for in exchange for laundered cash — even though he is, of course, the only threat. Although Manfredi talks tough and isn’t afraid of punching several faces, we learn he’s a mafioso with a heart of gold. He takes a break from establishing a crime ring to punish a racist car salesman and protect a bachelorette party from handsy dudes in a strip club.

It’s all absurd but quite a bit of fun — no more absurd than the budding romance between Stallone and Andrea Savage (“I’m Sorry”) as one of the revelers from the bachelorette party. Of course, Stallone isn’t at the top of his game, but he doesn’t need to be, and it’s clear he’s having the time of his life.

It doesn’t really matter that “Tulsa King” doesn’t do drama or comedy particularly well — your dad or grandpa will love it.

‘Tulsa King’ Review: Stallone Embraces the Absurd in Quirky Taylor Sheridan Series

Sylvester Stallone plays a mob boss released from prison and sent to Tulsa, OK in Sheridan’s latest Paramount+ show

Sylvester Stallone as Dwight Manfredi of the Paramount+ original series TULSA KING. Photo Cr: Brian Douglas/Paramount+

It doesn’t really matter that “Tulsa King” doesn’t do drama or comedy particularly well — your dad or grandpa will love it.

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Following his release from prison, Mafia capo Dwight "The General" Manfredi is exiled to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he builds a new criminal empire with a group of unlikely characters. Following his release from prison, Mafia capo Dwight "The General" Manfredi is exiled to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he builds a new criminal empire with a group of unlikely characters. Following his release from prison, Mafia capo Dwight "The General" Manfredi is exiled to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he builds a new criminal empire with a group of unlikely characters.

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‘The Sopranos’ meets ‘Yellowstone’ in Stallone’s likable crime comedy ‘Tulsa King’

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It’s 2022, for a little while yet, and Sylvester Stallone, 76, is starring in his first scripted television series, the likable crime comedy “Tulsa King,” premiering Sunday on Paramount+.

Stallone plays Dwight David Manfredi, “a mug lately out of the jug,” in Frank Loesser’s immortal phrase . Dwight, a Mafia panjandrum, has spent 25 years in prison, having taken the rap (as far as I can figure) for his boss “whacking a guy I actually liked who didn’t deserve it” — so complicated, the mob life — and refusing to rat out anyone to reduce his sentence. His wife has divorced him; his daughter is estranged. But instead of receiving some cushy sinecure for his sacrifice, he finds himself exiled to Tulsa, Okla. to “plant a flag.” This is framed as a gift — the only one under the tree — and Dwight determines to make the best of what he imagines will be a bad thing. But not before laying out cold a disrespectful young capo and thereby painting a target on his own back.

“Tulsa King” was created by Taylor Sheridan , once again framing a series around a venerable screen icon, after “ Yellowstone ” (Kevin Costner) and its prequel “1883” (Sam Elliott), with Harrison Ford set for the upcoming sequel-prequel “1923.” His co-showrunner is Terence Winter, who created “ Boardwalk Empire ” and spent several seasons on “The Sopranos,” and “Tulsa King” feels like the chemical bonding of their interests and backgrounds. (Sheridan is from backwater Texas, Winter a child of Brooklyn.) Or those old ads in which chocolate and peanut butter collide to make a Reese’s Cup.

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Dwight lands in Tulsa, to be greeted curbside by a grasshopper, a woman with holy water and Tyson (the appealing Jay Will), a jovial cab driver who, before the bags are even out of the car, has been hired as Dwight’s driver and given a wad of cash to buy a Lincoln Navigator. But even before that happens, Dwight has him stop at a nice, peaceful pot dispensary on the way into town, run by Bodhi (an eye-rolling Martin Starr, at his driest and most acerbic). Dwight causes a stir and offers him a deal he can’t refuse.

“I’ll protect you from the gangs,” says Dwight, who only wants 20% of the profits.

“What gangs?” wonders Bodhi.

“And the law.”

“It’s legal.”

Nevertheless, Dwight is not to be trifled with, especially once he learns that Bodhi has half a million dollars sitting around the office. And like Dorothy in Oz, but with muscle, he adds another companion to his party.

Next to be introduced is Stacy (Andrea Savage), whom Dwight meets at a local cowboy bar he will return to regularly. After they sleep together, she’s shocked to learn he’s 75 — she figured him for “a hard 55” — and makes a quick, embarrassed exit. (Kudos to Sheridan and Winter for making Stacy as uncomfortable about this as the viewer himself might be, and for not making Stallone actually play a hard 55. Or 70, for that matter.) As if that weren’t enough, it turns out that Stacy’s a federal agent, and at work the next morning she discovers that Dwight is something more than the fit old guy she picked up the night before. “At least he’s got integrity,” she says, when she learns they were never able to flip him.

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Goodness knows, the viewing public has a fondness for mob types behaving badly, and Stallone is convincingly tough, not just for a septuagenarian. Still, there are the customary clues designed to show that Dwight, like the boy in the Shangri-Las song , is good-bad but not evil. Whom he chooses to punch, for example — a racist car dealer, a drunk bothering a woman — and the fact that he seems a lot smarter and nicer and more sensitive than his old criminal associates. “I want to be your friend,” he tells Bodhi, and he might well believe that to be the basis of their relationship. He’s chivalrous. He misses his daughter. (Fatherhood is emerging as a bit of a theme.)

Accordingly, the show is at its best when it steps away from the criminal plotlines and lets Dwight, who expresses some regret over his career path, show his softer side: conversing with bartender Mitch (a winning Garrett Hedlund) at the Bred 2 Buck Saloon; eating ice cream with Tyson; teasing Bodhi while accidentally high; or trying to make sense of a world in which “GM’s gone electric, Dylan’s gone public, a phone is a camera, and coffee — five bucks a cup! And the Stones, bless their hearts, are still on tour.”

Happily, once the expository formalities are out of the way, “Tulsa King” (based on the two episodes available for review) concentrates more on character and comedy. Stallone may not be the world’s finest thespian, but he’s got charm and presence and comes with a lot of cultural capital, and he’s surrounded by expert players, including Max Casella as a mob expat and a-yet-unseen Dana Delany as a rich lady with a horse farm and wildlife preserve. I would be happy enough were Dwight, who finishes the opening episode declaring, “from this point on this city and everything in it belongs to me,” were to content himself comparing boots with fellow barflies and grabbing snacks with Tyson. And that is why I’m not a screenwriter.

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‘Tulsa King’: Stallone doin’ fine in Oklahoma as a transplanted N.Y. mobster

Movie star is perfectly suited for the instantly engrossing paramount+ series from the creator of ‘yellowstone.’.

Fresh from prison, veteran mob capo Dwight Manfredi is dispatched to Oklahoma to run new territory in “Tulsa King.”

“Let me paint you a picture. You see my shoe? Now, I’m going take the heel of my right shoe, which is very sharp, and stomp it very had on the top of your left foot, breaking at least three or four metatarsals. It’s excruciating, I don’t want to do it, so let me ask you again…” – Representative sampling of the type of dialogue Sylvester Stallone’s Dwight Manfredi engages in every day.

In the premiere episode of the instantly engrossing, darkly funny and dramatically impactful mob drama “Tulsa King” on Paramount+, Sylvester Stallone’s Dwight “The General” Manfredi initiates three separate confrontations — winning two by knockout, the other by T.K.O.

Rocky can still pack a punch. And even though Stallone is 76 and the character he’s playing is 75, we have absolutely no problem believing this guy can level men half his age with a single blow (or, in one case, by hurling a metal juice container at an overmatched security guard).

With the prolific and greatly talented Taylor Sheridan (“Yellowstone,” “1883,” “Mayor of Kingstown”) writing the pilot and the Emmy-winning Terence Winter (“The Sopranos,” “Boardwalk Empire”) taking the reins as showrunner, “Tulsa King” is a classic fish-out-of- water story that plays to Stallone’s strengths.

Stallone has played myriad tough guys, soldiers, cops and criminals over his 50-year career. But he’s never played a mob boss — until now.

The result is the perfect marriage of actor and material, with Stallone relying on his trademark formula of charisma, intimidating physicality and clever dialogue uttered in a low, often self-deprecating growl.

“Tulsa King” opens with Stallone’s mob capo about to be released from captivity. “This is USP Canaan, a federal prison in northern Pennsylvania,” he tells us in voice-over. “Definitely not a great choice for a destination wedding. I subsisted in hellholes like this for the last 25 years, and, to keep what’s left of my brain from deteriorating, I read some very good books and wrote some very bad poems and tried to avoid getting shanked for a second time.”

In the foreground of Dwight’s cell, we see a stack of titles, including Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s “Faust,” Nietzche’s “Thus Spake Zarathustra,” George Eliot’s “Middlemarch” and Robert Green’s “The Laws of Human Nature.” Way to tackle some challenging material, Dwight! I was thinking he was reading the likes of “Chicken Soup for the Soul,” but Dwight ain’t messing around.

Dwight expects a big party at the Scores strip club in New York City, a hero’s welcome and a high-ranking position with his old outfit. Instead, he finds himself in a house in the sticks that looks like it could be down the block from the Sopranos’ family manse, getting the news that times have changed, there’s no longer a place for Dwight here, and he’s being assigned to the wide-open, new territory of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Go west, old man!

Cue up “Too Much Whiskey” by Marcus King as Dwight and the series relocate to Oklahoma. (The show was filmed in the Tulsa and Oklahoma City areas.)

It takes about 15 minutes for Dwight to make his presence known in Tulsa. He hires a cabbie named Tyson (Jay Will) as his full-time driver and assistant, and he offers “protection” to a cash-cow marijuana dispensary managed by Martin Starr’s Bodhi in exchange for 20% of the shop’s earnings.

He also becomes friends with a fellow ex-con, Garrett Hedlund’s Mitch, who runs a bar called the “Bred2Buck Saloon.” He even hooks up with an attractive, 50ish woman who is going through a divorce. Only after they sleep together does she realize Dwight might be older than “the hard 55” she had him pegged.

“How old are you?” she asks.

“Why don’t you just just say, ‘Hey, Dwight, where were you when JFK got assassinated?’ ”

“All right. Where the f--- were you?”

“I was a senior in high school.”

“Seriously? That would make you …”

“Seventy-five.”

You’ve never seen a woman move so quickly to gather her things and say goodnight, much to Dwight’s amusement.

An ATF agent (Andrea Savage) wonders what Dwight is doing in town.

Dwight isn’t the most subtle of operators, and his movements attract the attention of an old associate, as well as the feds. The always wonderful Andrea Savage plays an ATF agent who becomes aware Dwight is in town and is determined to find out why, even as Domenick Lombardozzi’s Don “Chickie” Invernizzi, who’s running things back East, keeps tabs on Dwight.

“Tulsa King” also has the almost obligatory story of Dwight’s family, including an ex-wife who wants nothing to do with him and a daughter with whom he hasn’t spoken in 18 years.

Muscle and heart. That’s always been the classic one-two combo for Sylvester Stallone.

‘Tulsa King’ Review: A Surprisingly Fun Mob Drama

What happens when a New York mafia capo is released from prison after a 25-year sentence and finds himself with a bewildering new assignment that forces him set up shop in the currently unestablished, unassuming city of Tulsa, Oklahoma? With Sylvester Stallone at the helm as Dwight “The General” Manfredi, the Paramount+ Original series Tulsa King answers this question and then some.

I had a chance to watch the first two episodes ahead of the show’s premiere this Sunday. Coming into this series, I had no doubts that it would be another quality piece of entertainment from Taylor Sheridan, but I still admittedly wouldn’t have necessarily positioned myself as Tulsa King ‘s target demographic. However, I was thrilled to find more than enough reasons to backpedal that statement before the first episode, “Go West, Old Man,” was even finished. Now, I’m all in and entirely invested in whatever else is in store for the show’s first season.

Tulsa King of course has ample audience draw off the bat — after over five decades in the film industry, Stallone is finally front and center in his first starring role in a television series, and he’s in fine form as he makes this character his own. Dwight may indeed be a mobster with a colorful past, but Stallone brings depth to him with humanity, sincerity, and surprisingly enough, even humor as well.

That all goes to say that when it comes down to it, Tulsa King just isn’t your stereotypical crime/mob drama, not in the least. Rather, it outright challenges what we’ve come to know from the genre and pivots in a unexpected direction by placing its main character in an entirely unprecedented situation. Dwight Manfredi’s days of working as a gangster alongside his mob family in a bustling city are over — now, he’s been forced entirely out of his depth as he grapples with both a new way of life in an unfamiliar new city and all of the technological and societal advancements that he’s missed in the past two decades.

Sylvester Stallone as Dwight Manfredi and Garrett Hedlund as Mitch in Tulsa King

Dwight’s complete and utter displacement from the environment he used to thrive in and the world he once knew is where much of the show’s dry humor ends up being sprinkled throughout, punctuating the drama with a fantastic reality check or two along the way. We’re essentially watching a rough-spun gangster in his mid-70s discover baffling concepts like smartphones and legal weed dispensaries while he tries to bring a New York mafia vibe to Tulsa’s laid back, tame lifestyle. As Dwight faces these challenges, it becomes clear how self-aware and witty the writers of the show are as they successfully manage to craft a mafia story that can somehow still be described as fun. And it works, it really works.

Stallone’s strong presence, the effective writing that’s at play, and the overall production quality aside, there’s also an incredibly talented cast at work that truly brings everything together. Andrea Savage plays a formidable opposite to Stallone’s Dwight as ATF agent Stacy Beale, and she’ll undoubtedly have much more in store as the episodes unfold. Domenick Lombardozzi dishes out a tenacious performance as Charles “Chickie” Invernizzi, de facto head of the Invernizzi crime family. Both Jay Will’s Tyson and Martin Starr’s dispensary owner, Bodhi, are two absolute standouts thus far, brilliantly contributing to some of the show’s more comedic moments. Meanwhile, Garrett Hedlund’s Mitch Keller, an ex-bull rider/bartender whose amicable manner contrasts with his tarnished past, promises to be a very intriguing player in this story.

Overall, Tulsa King is shaping up to be a fresh, compelling, and wholly entertaining new take on the concept of a mob drama, and it’s not to be missed.

Catch Tulsa King when the series premieres exclusively on Paramount+ this Sunday, November 13, and make sure to around for our weekly episodic recaps!

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And it’s not a bad thing! New Paramount+ series “Tulsa King” lets Sly show off his comedy chops as a mafioso adjusting to modern criminal life after spending 25 years in prison.

Nick Schager

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Taylor Sheridan is television’s reigning macho melodramatist, and Tulsa King fits neatly alongside his Yellowstone and The Mayor of Kingstown as another soapy crime drama led by a marquee movie star. In this case, that’s Sylvester Stallone , who in his debut small-screen role demonstrates that even at 75 he’s got more charisma than most.

More unexpected, though, is that Sheridan’s latest is less grim and brooding than corny and amusing—a shift that suits Stallone, who’s always been an underrated comedic presence, as well as lending the Paramount+ series (which premiered Nov. 13) its own agreeably distinctive personality.

Simultaneously premiering on the linear Paramount Network, Tulsa King ’s first two episodes are co-written by Terence Winter and directed by Alan Coulter, both celebrated Boardwalk Empire veterans who were ostensibly brought aboard by Sheridan to lend the material some gangster authenticity.

Early returns, however, suggest that such contributions are relatively minimal, since the show is less a slice of authentic mob life than it is a borderline-cartoony saga about a mafioso out of water. Culture-clash goofiness is frequently the order of the day, all of it elevated by its headliner, who carries himself like the most self-possessed badass on the planet, and whose intimidating, no-nonsense attitude is punctuated by a sarcastic streak that elicits most of the early laughs.

Stallone is Dwight Manfredi, who after keeping his mouth shut in prison for 25 years, walks free and, for his loyalty and silence, is unceremoniously told by his Italian mafia godfather Pete (A.C. Peterson) that he’s no longer welcome in New York. His new home will instead be Tulsa, an Oklahoma metropolis that’s supposedly ripe for criminal exploitation.

Domenick Lombardozzi and Sylvester Stallone in Tulsa King .

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While he isn’t happy about it—and lets it be known to Pete, his underboss son Chickie (Domenick Lombardozzi), and capo Vince (Vincent Piazza), the last of whom gets knocked out by Dwight for talking smack—Dwight accepts his post and, in the blink of an eye, is touching down in the Sooner State. Upon arrival, he instantly locates a driver in cabbie Tyson (Jay Will), who’s eager to ditch his day job and offer guidance to Dwight, a poised heavy who’s unfamiliar with this new 21st-century world.

Much of Tulsa King ’s maiden installments revolve around Dwight’s acclimation to an American society he doesn’t recognize. He bristles when Tyson affectionately calls him a “gangster.” He marvels at Apple stores and pedestrians on scooters. He’s astonished that some businesses won’t accept cash, and he’s frustrated when a bank requires ID verification in order to set up an account that will net him a debit card.

And in a second-episode scene that feels tailor-made to please Sheridan’s conservative-skewing fanbase, he finishes off a rant about the country’s evolving landscape (and his feeling that he’s now akin to Rip Van Winkle) with the declaration that his pronoun is “It. As in, it can’t take this shit anymore.” As with Kevin Costner’s Yellowstone paterfamilias John Dutton, Stallone’s protagonist longs for—and represents—the good ole days, when men were men, women were women, and thuggish crime paid handsomely.

With regards to the last of those, Dwight discovers that things haven’t changed all that much. Hearing that medical marijuana is now legal, Dwight has Tyson take him to a dispensary run by Bodhi (Martin Starr), a mild-mannered stoner who’s forced to fork over 20 percent of his profits for protection—this despite the fact that there are absolutely no threats to his ramshackle (if lucrative) operation.

Sylvester Stallone and Martin Starr.

Dwight strong-arms his way into the weed trade, sets up residence at a swanky hotel, and visits a honky-tonk saloon, where he meets ex-bull rider bartender Mitch (Garrett Hedlund). Mitch is a fellow ex-con who respects Dwight’s ability, regardless of his outsider status, to get along with the locals. While out, he also charms Stacy Beale (Andrea Savage), although their one-night stand ends badly once she finds out Dwight’s age.

Tulsa King swiftly sets up its forthcoming conflicts, which stem from Stacy’s job as an ATF agent, Vince’s desire for retribution against Dwight, and a local farmer named Manny (Max Casella) who’s perturbed by Dwight’s appearance in this out-of-the-way locale—likely because he’s in hiding (perhaps via witness protection).

Concurrently, it concocts a raft of underlying father-child frictions involving Dwight, Mitch, and Tyson that are supposed to deepen the characters but mostly come across as standard-issue hang-ups. No one is tuning in to see Stallone cry over his parental mistakes, and those moments are thankfully brief, overshadowed by Dwight’s efforts to establish himself as a big fish in a small pond, where he stands out thanks to his designer jacket, dark sunglasses, and hulking frame.

Vincent Piazza and Sylvester Stallone.

Stallone is clearly enjoying playing Dwight, who’s been imagined as the coolest, toughest, and smartest guy in any room. Introductory shots indicate that he spent his time behind bars reading Middlemarch , Faust , and Othello , and he routinely surprises others with his astute intellect and cultural and historical knowledge, be it a reference to the “Rubicon” or tangents about Arthur and Henry Miller.

More important still, he has “integrity” because he’s the kind of guy who punches out louts who disrespect women and then gives those ladies the coat off his back. He’s basically America’s classiest and most honorable gangster, and Stallone embodies him with a dignified bravado that’s more funny than fearsome.

Landing in Tulsa, Dwight is promptly greeted by an enormous grasshopper that causes him to exclaim, “That thing’s the size of my cock!”—a comment that earns him a spray of holy water by one of the Bible Belt’s myriad true believers. Regardless of its grittier gangster-saga pretentions, that’s about as serious as Tulsa King gets.

At least at the outset, such an approach serves Stallone and the series well, its joviality alleviating the story’s clichéd elements. It’s not yet clear if Sheridan intends for levity to be the proceedings’ driving force, or merely an embellishment for a formulaic tale of a bad man making good in a foreign environment. Yet given that Stallone is a natural at being not only commanding but sardonic and self-deprecating, leaning into the lighthearted certainly seems like the most promising path forward.

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Tulsa King Reviews Are Here, See What Critics Are Saying About Sylvester Stallone’s New Crime Drama

Sly Stallone on the small screen!

Sylvester Stallone is well-known for his work on the big screen, having starred in classic franchises like Rocky and Rambo . So while it’s unexpected to see the 76-year-old actor leading a television series for the first time, it does make sense that the project is Taylor Sheridan’s creation Tulsa King . The Yellowstone creator is set to bring a new drama to Paramount+, with Stallone starring as Dwight “The General” Manfredi and leading an impressive cast of acting vets. Critics were able to screen the first two episodes ahead of Tulsa King ’s November 13 premiere , and the reviews are in to give us a better idea of what to expect.

Tulsa King will see The General being released from prison after a 25-year sentence and swiftly shipped off to Oklahoma, where he has to hire a crew in order to establish a new criminal empire. Let’s see what the critics have to say about Sly Stallone’s foray into television. Alex Maidy of JoBlo rates Tulsa King an “Amazing” 9 out of 10, calling the series Taylor Sheridan ’s best project to date. The first two episodes are funnier than the critic expected with a great performance from its star. More from the review:

Tulsa King is off to a solid start with two episodes that establish Dwight Manfredi as one of the more interesting characters on television as well as one of Sylvester Stallone’s best performances in years. This series is equal parts funny and entertaining and never treats the New York or Tulsa characters as cliches or stereotypes. Taylor Sheridan and Terence Winter deliver a series that is as layered as The Sopranos, as richly dramatic as Yellowstone, and somehow the funniest crime series in recent memory. This show is a winner on all levels and worth every bit of the hype surrounding it.

Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times agrees with the above assessment, calling the Paramount+ series “instantly engrossing, darkly funny and dramatically impactful.” The critic says the actor and material are a perfect match, rating the premiere episodes 3.5 out of 4 stars:

With the prolific and greatly talented Taylor Sheridan writing the pilot and the Emmy-winning Terence Winter taking the reins as showrunner, Tulsa King is a classic fish-out-of- water story that plays to Stallone’s strengths. Stallone has played myriad tough guys, soldiers, cops and criminals over his 50-year career. But he’s never played a mob boss — until now. The result is the perfect marriage of actor and material, with Stallone relying on his trademark formula of charisma, intimidating physicality and clever dialogue uttered in a low, often self-deprecating growl.

Clint Worthington of RogerEbert.com calls the series “charming,” saying that Sylvester Stallone seems at home in his debut TV role as a man alienated by his circumstances. The critic says:

That’s Dwight, and that’s also Stallone: Television, it seems, is his Tulsa, and the big-screen legend consciously bristles in his new confines. But the 76-year-old shows no signs of slowing down, and on the small screen he seems, if anything, even larger than he did before. Under Winter and Sheridan’s pen, Tulsa King is both mafia dramedy and Western, Sly sitting somewhere between Chili Palmer and John Wayne’s Ethan Edwards in The Searchers.

Not all the critics are so taken with Tulsa King , however. Darren Franich of EW grades the first episodes a C+, calling it a “ridiculous drama.” The critic wonders if Sylvester Stallone’s character is going to eventually become deeper than the “boomer bull in a millennial china shop.” More from this critic:

You sense an urge to star-polish Dwight's rough edges. Tulsa King's showrunner is Terence Winter, who worked on The Sopranos before creating Boardwalk Empire. One of those was a masterpiece about an awful man's moral downfall, and the other was a gorgeous vulgar goof. I had high hopes for Boardwalk Goes West, but Tulsa's a bit of a diet beverage.

USA TODAY ’s Kelly Lawler rates the first two offerings 1 star out of 4, saying the series’ issues begin with its concept, and if Sylvester Stallone is the king of something, it’s not Tulsa. The critic continues:

The crime drama, about an old gangster forced to move from New York to Oklahoma by his bosses, is a mess, with moments so poorly written they're cringeworthy. It's part half-hearted Western, part fish-out-of-water comedy and part mob-movie knockoff, with bad wigs and worse accents. It's all a bit embarrassing, to be honest.

Critics’ inability to come to a consensus on the new Paramount+ series is reflected in its Rotten Tomatoes score, which stands at 56% from 18 critics’ ratings. It’s clear that some are very excited about what Sly Stallone is bringing to the small screen, so if you want to check out Tulsa King , you can stream the first two episodes with a Paramount+ subscription beginning Sunday, November 13. The first two episodes will also air Sundays on the Paramount Network, following Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone . Check out our 2022 TV schedule to see what else is premiering soon.

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Tulsa King: Season 1 Reviews

Sheridan’s latest is less grim and brooding than corny and amusing—a shift that suits Stallone.

Full Review | Jan 30, 2023

Once again Taylor Sheridan reimagines classic genres to deliver a detective story full of humor and self-awareness. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 28, 2022

Tulsa King is the landing of the Rambo actor on television who meets all the expectations that a show can generate with his presence. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 28, 2022

Stallone finds one of his best roles yet and feeds it with his own cinematic history and his vital and exciting presence. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 27, 2022

The show is a wild and fast-moving spectacle. I honestly can’t tell if it’s good good or bad good, but I do know that I love watching it and I can’t wait to see what absolutely buckwild things happen as the season progresses.

Full Review | Dec 12, 2022

Look, I want to like Stallone... But I do wish writers Taylor Sheridan and Terence Winter could have exploited all this in a storyline that didn’t leave such a nasty taste in the mouth.

Full Review | Nov 30, 2022

Comes from creator Taylor Sheridan, showrunner Terrence Winter and star Sylvester Stallone. The combination of the three absolutely should not work, but like peanut butter, Nutella, and bacon, Tulsa King is messy and terrible for you, but also delicious.

Full Review | Nov 29, 2022

Predictable stuff, but it’s a bit of a laugh.

In between moments of somewhat cartoonish violence, Sly’s wisecracking about a world that is unfamiliar in just about every way imaginable allows this to tick along nicely.

Full Review | Nov 18, 2022

The biggest question mark hovering over Tulsa King at this point is how deep and dark it's capable of going, and whether Stallone might be pushed outside his comfort zone into some truly vulnerable territory.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Nov 18, 2022

Stallone isn’t the only thing sly about Tulsa King. There’s a wry sense of humour sprinkled throughout. It’s in the dialogue, and in the attitude. This is a surprisingly funny drama, with other actors cast who can also find the funny.

Making his television drama debut at the age of 76, the former Rocky and Rambo star displays a heady mix of vulnerability, machismo and magnificent comedic timing.

Tulsa King is off to a solid start with two episodes that establish Dwight Manfredi as one of the more interesting characters on television as well as one of Sylvester Stallone’s best performances in years.

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10 | Nov 18, 2022

I’m not convinced “Tulsa King” can avoid the diminishing returns that tend to plague a TV series where the audience is asked to tag along, waiting and waiting for the endgame to unfurl. But there’s plenty like here as well...

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 17, 2022

Adequate, semi-engaging, mildly charming, somewhat funny, and feels like it has potential.

Full Review | Original Score: C+ | Nov 17, 2022

Tulsa is the perfect contradictory setting for a show like Tulsa King, where Sly is playing a character who’s trying to comprehend new social mores and the Internet and simple things like taking an Uber. You can tell he’s enjoying this gig...

Full Review | Nov 16, 2022

Whether or not it can reach the heights of Taylor Sheridan or Terence Winter's past successes remains to be seen. For now, though, Tulsa King promises to be a royally good time – for fans of comedy and mob drama alike.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 16, 2022

A dramedy that is implausible, corny and yet quite enjoyable.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 15, 2022

The series has clearly been tailor-made for Stallone, playing to his particular brand of mealy-mouthed charisma.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 15, 2022

It knows exactly what it has to work with and doesn’t threaten to frighten anyone with innovative tricks or boundary-pushing.

Tulsa King Review: Mobster Sylvester Stallone Wanders Around Punching Everyone In This Dull Comedy-Drama

Dads rejoice! There's a new show where an older guy wanders around complaining about stuff and punching anyone who gets in his way! And that guy is played by none other than Sylvester Stallone. Stallone is the titular "Tulsa King," a mobster who gets out of jail and gets relocated to Oklahoma. The series is the latest from Taylor Sheridan, the man responsible for the ubiquitous "Yellowstone" franchise. "Tulsa King" will likely appeal to the same dads who love all-things "Yellowstone," especially since the thrust of the entire show seems to be Stallone's annoyance at all things modern.

His character, Dwight "The General" Manfredi, has been in prison for 25 years. As a result, the outside world is a mystery to him. He carries cash instead of a credit card! He doesn't have a cell phone! He doesn't understand why a coffee shop gives him a paper cup instead of one made of glass! In Dwight's eyes, it's the world and its progress that's annoying, not his insistence on his old, stubborn ways.

After finally getting out of prison, Dwight expects some compensation from his fellow mobsters. Instead, they ask him to head to Tulsa to set up shop — and kick-back money to New York when he does. Dwight is horrified at the idea — he expected more, and he expected to stay in the Big Apple. But he's a good soldier (or capo in this case) and agrees to head to Tulsa. Almost as soon as he's off the plane, Dwight begins setting things in motion.

Punch first, ask questions later

This entire setup isn't bad , per se. But it's nothing we haven't seen before. It's essentially every fish-out-of-water story ever told. It also feels beholden to more recent shows — it's basically "Schitt's Creek," but with mobsters. Again: fine. You can work out something good from that premise. But "Tulsa King" feels like it's going through the motions. It also takes way too many shortcuts. As soon as Dwight leaves the airport he recruits a taxi driver named Tyson (Jay Will) to be his personal chauffeur. Then, Dwight learns about a medical marijuana place run by Bodhi (Martin Starr), a wimp who lets Dwight essentially take control and insist on a 20% kickback. It's not entirely clear why Bodhi goes along with this — his business is legal. There's an insinuation that Bodhi is skimping on his taxes and therefore Dwight has him over a barrel. But would anyone really put up with some random dude who wandered into your store and started bossing you around? Especially in Tulsa, where there's no other mob presence?

A pattern begins to form. Dwight heads to one spot after another, gets into a confrontation with someone, and proceeds to punch them right in the face. And, at least in the two episodes given to critics, absolutely no one reports him. It's like the police simply don't exist in Tulsa. However, there is a local ATF agent (Andrea Savage) who ends up in a one-night stand with Dwight before she learns who he really is.

There are folks in town sympathetic to, or at least friendly with Dwight, like a local bartender, played by Garrett Hedlund, who is willing to shoot the breeze with the gangster whenever he wanders in. But "Tulsa King" seems much more interested in dishing out things, and people, who annoy Dwight so much that he has no choice but to punch away. It's a male fantasy writ large — all you need to get by in this crazy world is your fists and a tough attitude. Don't take no s*** from nobody, as Dwight might say.

Stallone is good here

The real draw here is Stallone, in his first starring role on TV. The actor, with his beefy frame and mumbly voice, is amusing and entertaining as Dwight, even if I started to get sick of watching him punch everyone. Stallone brings just the right amount of humor to the part while also leaning into a certain melancholy. After all, Dwight has been away for a long, long time, and now he's stuck in the middle of nowhere. He's also saddened that he hasn't spoken with his daughter in 18 years, and of course, he carries around an old birthday card she sent him and gazes at it with regret.

Still, "Tulsa King" should be better. While the basic premise is that Dwight is out of his element, he seems to adapt to his new life almost immediately. I get wanting to speed things along, but shouldn't it be slightly difficult for Dwight to get up and running? Instead, he's got an operation going mere hours after his plane touches down. "Tulsa King" features some stellar behind-the-scenes talent, including writer Terence Winter ("The Wolf of Wall Street," and "The Sopranos") and director Allen Coulter ("The Sopranos"), but they're not able to elevate the show to something stronger. Perhaps that's fine. Perhaps the point-and-shoot nature of "Tulsa King," coupled with the fantasy tough guy act will be all the intended audience needs. So dads, kick back in your armchairs, crack open a brew, and get ready to watch Sylvester Stallone give multiple characters a punch in the face.

"Tulsa King" premieres on Paramount+ on November 13, 2022.

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It seemed to be inevitable that Sylvester Stallone was going to do a streaming series; the only question would be what kind of Stallone character would he play. In Tulsa King , he plays a savvy and well-read mob capo who is just coming back to the real world after a 25-year prison stint. How does the “family” reward his loyalty for doing that stretch? By sending him to Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Opening Shot: Shots of a prison. A voice says, “This is USP Caden, a federal prison in Northern Pennsylvania.”

The Gist: Dwight “The General” Manfredi (Sylvester Stallone), is a New York mafia capo who has been serving a 25-year prison stint for a murder ordered by his boss, Pete Invernizzi (A.C. Peterson). During his entire stretch, he’s done a lot of reading and never flipped on his boss.

When he goes to meet Invernizzi, he finds out that not only are his son Chickie (Domenick Lombardozzi) and Vince Antonacci (Vincent Piazza), kids back when he went away, are now capos, he also finds out that he’s being sent to Tulsa, of all places. Of course, Dwight feels that’s a slap in the face given his loyalty to Invernizzi, and doesn’t have a problem punching Vince’s lights out when he gets in his face. “He’s not a capo to me,” he tells Chickie.

The idea is that he can pretty much build out an empire there and send back the family’s cut every week. Of course, Dwight is not happy with the exile, but tries to make the most of it. He hires local cab driver Tyson (Jay Will) as his personal driver. And when they drive by a local weed dispensary — a concept that’s foreign to a man who’s been in prison since the ’90s — Dwight figures it’s a good place to start his empire.

He walks in, sees the stoned hipsters behind the counter, and demands to see the boss, Bohdi (Martin Starr). Seeing that he’s keeping hundreds of thousands in cash in his safe, Dwight offers him “protection” for 20% of the store’s profits. Bohdi doesn’t quite know what Dwight is going to protect him from, but he’d rather pay the 20% than have Dwight break his foot.

Dwight does see his newfound freedom as a way to reconnect with his daughter, with whom he cut off communications 18 years ago, but he’s not quite sure how to go about it yet, especially from so far away. So he gets an Uber (something he has no concept of; he also has no idea what an app is or that cell phones have them now) and goes to a local honkytonk run by Mitch Keller (Garrett Hedlund), who has also done a stretch of prison time.

There he runs into a bachelorette party, and one of the attendees is a smart, attractive woman, Stacy Beale (Andrea Savage), whom he takes back to his hotel. After sleeping together, Stacy, who’s going through a divorce, is horrified to learn that Dwight is 75 years old. Later in the episode, we see that her job will put her in direct conflict with Dwight. But despite both of those things, she’s still drawn to him.

What Shows Will It Remind You Of? Take The Sopranos , transfer it to Oklahoma and add Sly Stallone, and you have Tulsa King .

Our Take: There are three huge names attached to Tulsa King : Stallone, Paramount+ uber-producer Taylor Sheridan and Sopranos writer Terence Winter. It should lead to a fish out of water drama that has a bit of a sense of humor, a fair amount of cursing and violence, and a bit of emotional drama around Sly’s character Dwight trying to reconnect with the life he left when he went to prison. After the first two episodes, it’s not there yet. But by the end of the second episode, there are signs that it could get there.

The first episode has too much of Stallone barreling through his scenes, being about as subtle as a sledgehammer. It leans too hard on the fact that he’s been in prison for a quarter-century, where he takes offense at Tyson calling him a “gangster,” he has no idea what a smartphone is, and he somehow manages to shake down a very legal weed business.

It’s that scene, and another one where he punches a car dealer for assuming Tyson was a drug dealer because he is Black, that made us say, “Welp, this here New Yorker is going to tell these country bumpkins what’s what” in a very snarky tone while watching. It’s a very east-coast view of what is derisively called “flyover country,” and something that we don’t expect coming from Sheridan (Winter, on the other hand, is fully capable of looking down on a place like Tulsa).

The second episode, where Dwight, Bohdi and Tyson go to Bohdi’s supplier out in farm country, is a bit better, mainly because Stallone’s performance is a bit toned down. There is still a bit too much of the “Rip Van Winkle” aspect to Dwight (he even mentions that very character), because he’s confounded by the whole pronoun thing, and the fact that some places don’t take cash anymore. It’s not very subtle, and seems to be a dog whistle to the core demographic for many of Sheridan’s shows.

What we hope is that, as we get to know Dwight and his crew, as well as Stacy and Armand Truisi (Max Casella), who is getting sweaty at Dwight’s presence in town, a lot of this unsubtle stuff will fade away. There certainly is enough talent in front of and behind the camera to make Tulsa King an enjoyable series. It just needs Winter to go back to doing what he does best, which is crafting compelling characters that aren’t as one-dimensional as what we see in those first two episodes.

Sex and Skin: The sex between Vincent and Stacy is inferred; even when he takes the group Stacy is with to a strip club with a “Live Nudes” sign outside, the dancers aren’t nude.

Parting Shot: Dwight looks out his hotel room window, and his voice over says, “From this point on, this town and everything in it belongs to me.”

Sleeper Star: The more we see Martin Starr, always one of our favorites, play against Stallone, the more we like the pairing. Stallone is over the top, and Starr is his usual sighing, monotone self, and they go together well. We’re also looking forward to seeing Dana Delany, who isn’t in the first two episodes. Our guess is that she’s a love interest for Dwight.

Most Pilot-y Line: When a bug hits Dwight as he leaves the airport, he asks what that was. A woman holding a bible tells him it’s a harmless grasshopper. “That thing was the size of my cock,” he says. Oy.

Our Call: STREAM IT. The second episode of Tulsa King gave us hope that the series can be an enjoyable series with a bit of a sense of a humor about its fish-out-of-water conceit and that Stallone can turn down the Sly schtick. But there were still a lot of issues that make us think that the show could end up being as nuanced as a plate of spaghetti topped with ketchup.

Joel Keller ( @joelkeller ) writes about food, entertainment, parenting and tech, but he doesn’t kid himself: he’s a TV junkie. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Slate, Salon, RollingStone.com , VanityFair.com , Fast Company and elsewhere.

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The series has clearly been tailor-made for Stallone, playing to his particular brand of mealy-mouthed charisma.

An icon of the action movie genre for much of his career, Sylvester Stallone makes his first foray into serial television with Taylor Sheridan and Terence Winter’s Tulsa King . “There’s nothing left for you here, we can’t just rewind the clock,” Dwight Manfredi (Stallone) is told upon stepping out of prison after 25 years. He did his time and kept his mouth shut to protect his family only to find out that the kids have taken over. With no use for him in New York, the family sends him to set up an operation of his own in Tulsa, where—with his sharp suits, slick shades, and wise-guy swagger—he sticks out like a gold pinky ring.

Every bit the alpha, man-of-action archetype that you’d expect to find striding through the Sheridan-verse, Dwight quickly sets about finding a way to grow an empire out of the arid Oklahoma desert soil. He hops into a taxi at the airport and quickly hires the young cabbie (Jay Will) as his personal driver before strolling through the doors of the first business that they pass by—a weed dispensary ran by a disaffected hippy named Bodhi (Martin Starr)—and strolls back out five minutes later with a pocket full of “protection money.” He hasn’t even checked into his hotel yet and he’s already started Tulsa’s very first mob racket.

It all goes surprisingly smoothly, with the threat of an unarmed septuagenarian apparently enough to convince Bodhi to accept this new arrangement rather than, say, tell the police that a crazy old man beat up his security guard, took his money, and promised to come back next week. But while it might not seem entirely feasible, the ease with which Dwight lays the foundation for his criminal enterprise is a clear indication of what kind of series Tulsa King wants to be. This isn’t a hard look at the logistics of mafia operations, from the venomous masculinity that drives them to the moral abyss at their center. Rather, the point is to allow us to watch Stallone bend the world to his whims with a few wisecracks and a mean left hook.

That’s because Tulsa King is, first and foremost, a vanity project for its leading man that does everything possible to make him easy to root for. This fish-out-of-water dramedy’s plot is a vehicle that acts like Dwight’s own newly purchased Lincoln Navigator, whisking him from one justified target to another so that we can delight in him knocking them down. At one point he gets to stand up for his young driver when he’s discriminated against by a racist car salesman and at another protects the members of a hen party from sexual harassment.

Both of these situations, as it turns out, can be solved with a burst of fisticuffs, allowing Dwight to project power and decency in equal, moderately cartoonish amounts. Sure, he’s violently intimidating civilians into handing over their hard-earned cash, but he does it with a smile. It’s certainly a part that, like the series itself, has clearly been tailor-made for Stallone, namely for the way that it all plays to his particular brand of mealy-mouthed charisma.

Sheridan’s acolytes are unlikely to find in Tulsa King much of the soulful masculinity that characterises his other work, and it’s a long way from the morally murky drama of Winter’s finest gangster tales like Boardwalk Empire . It also doesn’t have anywhere near the humble, world-wearied power of Stallone’s work in the Creed films, but with his slick one-liners and gruff deadpan, he manages to carry the entire series on the back of his imposing frame.

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did you even watch a single episode? it is rancid…

I think you must have been watching the wrong show. Tulsa King is excellent

Well…let’s agree to in between. TK is OK. Lilyhammer sets the bar for this genre.

Tulsa king is most excellent!! Stallone is the only guy that could make this role work. But make it make ; he does !!!!

Tulsa king is great and will be even more entertaining in future episodes. So far so good but I think “the best is yet to come” Sylvester Stallone does a great job with his character which is so well written by Soprano and Broadwalk Empire writer TERENCE WINTER !!!!!!

I am likely jaded by how superior Lilyhammer is to Tulsa King, so I only find it just worth watching. Since its been a decade, I don’t mind revisiting a lesser version of the trope.

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Terence Winter is a showrunner synonymous with mafia violence, but it wasn’t meant to be this way. When the creator of Prohibition-era drama Boardwalk Empire (also renowned for his work on The Sopranos ) arrived in Hollywood in the Nineties, it was sitcoms he longed to write: gags instead of gabagool, Niles and Frasier instead of knives and felonies. Three decades later, he’s finally gotten around to what he’s billing as his first comedy series. Tulsa King stars Sylvester Stallone as an ageing mobster who finds himself rebuilding his life (and criminal empire) in dusty Oklahoma after completing a 25-year stint in prison. That may not sound like a laugh riot, but then again, neither did HBO cult hit Barry , which Tulsa King emulates in its unusual combination of laughter and lurid behaviour.

Co-created with Yellowstone ’s Taylor Sheridan , who wrote the pilot script in a weekend before handing the show off to Winter, Tulsa King wastes no time inviting you into the world of Stallone’s Dwight Manfredi, who simmers with dissatisfaction at the news that there’s no kingdom left to conquer in the New York criminal underworld he left behind. Instead, he’s commanded by his capo to relocate to Tulsa, where he quickly begins to throw his weight around. One scene in a weed dispensary sets the tone, delivering Breaking Bad -esque brutality and barminess; not least because Stallone, in his first television role as a leading man, brings shades of the monosyllabic Mike Ehrmantraut to his no-nonsense gangster.

The show’s opening two episodes tease a twisty cops-and-robbers plot in which new romances and old acquaintances threaten to get in the way of Dwight’s burgeoning empire. But Tulsa King is a show that’s at its most fascinating (not to mention funniest) in its quiet moments. Stallone freaking out as he’s attacked by a grasshopper. Stallone looking exasperated as he tries to order an Uber. Stallone looking delighted as he enjoys an ice cream cone (Dwight’s first in a quarter of a century; they only served tiramisu in the clink, he explains). These are the scenes in which Winter’s writing comes emphatically, hilariously into its own.

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Season 2 of Tulsa King promises more action, humor, and drama as Dwight Manfredi navigates new threats in Tulsa's criminal underworld.
The trailer teases a powerful cameo by country sensation Jelly Roll, adding to the excitement for the September 15 premiere.
Returning cast members, along with new additions like Neal McDonough and Frank Grillo, bring depth to the compelling world of Tulsa King.

Paramount+ has just dropped the official trailer for the eagerly awaited second season of Tulsa King , the crime drama that stars Oscar nominee Sylvester Stallone in a role tailor-made for the Hollywood legend, penned by Taylor Sheridan, the mastermind behind the sensations Yellowstone , 1883 , and Mayor of Kingstown . As if the excitement surrounding the show’s return wasn’t enough, the streaming service also announced a special cameo by Grammy-nominated country sensation Jelly Roll , whose unreleased track "Get By" from his upcoming sophomore album is teased in the new trailer. Fans can catch the season premiere on Sunday, September 15, both in the U.S. and internationally .

Season 2 of Tulsa King picks up where the explosive first season left off , with Dwight "The General" Manfredi (Stallone) and his unconventional crew solidifying their control over Tulsa's criminal underworld. However, just as they start to feel secure, new adversaries emerge. The Kansas City mob has its eyes set on expanding into Tulsa, and a powerful local businessman isn't too pleased with Dwight's growing influence. The stakes are higher than ever as Dwight juggles multiple threats, trying to keep his family and crew safe while dealing with unresolved business back in New York.

This season promises to dive deeper into the complexities of Dwight's character, exploring the tension between his old-school mafia roots and the modern challenges he faces in an unfamiliar environment . With looming danger at every corner, viewers can expect a blend of high-octane action, dark humour, and gripping drama that has become the show's signature.

Who Else is in 'Tulsa King'?

Returning alongside Stallone are a host of talented actors who have brought the world of Tulsa King to life . Martin Starr, Jay Will, Max Casella, Vincent Piazza, Tatiana Zappardino, and Annabella Sciorra reprise their roles, with notable additions including Neal McDonough, Frank Grillo, Domenick Lombardozzi, Andrea Savage, Garrett Hedlund , and Dana Delany . And, of course, as previously mentioned, the country sensation Jelly Roll is set to make a cameo appearance in the upcoming season. His unreleased song "Get By," from his forthcoming sophomore album, is featured prominently in the trailer, adding a gritty and soulful edge to the series' already compelling soundtrack.

Stay tuned to Collider for more on Tulsa King , and make sure to tune in on September 15 to see the drama unfold in what promises to be a thrilling continuation of Dwight Manfredi's journey in the wilds of Tulsa. Check out the trailer above.

Tulsa King follows New York mafia capo Dwight “The General” Manfredi (Stallone), just after he is released from prison after 25 years and unceremoniously exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Sylvester Stallone stands up in front of a table in Tulsa King.

In the official trailer for Paramount+’s Tulsa King season 2 , it’s abundantly clear that Sylvester Stallone’s Dwight Manfredi answers to nobody.

Dwight and his crew are building a Tulsa empire that will eventually be a legitimate enterprise. However, Dwight faces threats from the Kansas City mob and a powerful local businessman. These organizations believe Dwight is an outsider who has no authority in Tulsa. After spending most of season 1 establishing his presence in Tulsa, Dwight will fight to keep what he built in season 2.

“Things don’t really belong to people unless that got the balls to take him,” Dwight says in the trailer .

Tulsa King season 2 stars Martin Starr, Jay Will, Max Casella, Vincent Piazza, Tatiana Zappardino, Annabella Sciorra, Domenick Lombardozzi, Andrea Savage, Garrett Hedlund, and Dana Delany. Notable additions this season include Neal McDonough and Frank Grillo.

The trailer features the unreleased song Get By from Grammy-nominated singer Jelly Roll. The country star will make a cameo in season 2.

Taylor Sheridan, Terrence Winter, and Craig Zisk executive produce Tulsa King . Winter was the showrunner for season 1, while Zisk oversaw day-to-day production for season 2. The show stems from 101 Studios and MTV Entertainment Studios.

Sheridan continues to be Paramount+’s most prominent creator and executive producer. Mayor of Kingstown recently completed its third season, while Landman premieres November 17. On Paramount Network, Sheridan’s Yellowstone , one of the most-watched shows on cable, returns for season 5, part 2, on November 10.

Sheridan’s Paramount resume also includes 1883, 1923 , Special Ops: Lioness, and Lawmen: Bass Reeves.

Tulsa King season 2 premieres September 15, 2024, in the U.S. and internationally. All nine episodes of Tulsa King season 1 are streaming on Paramount+ .

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Sylvester Stallone in 'Tulsa King' season two.

Paramount+ ‘s Tulsa King has released its official season two trailer.

The new trailer (below) features a new song, “Get By,” from country star Jelly Roll, who will also cameo in the new season.

“Nothing resolves a conflict like a good smack in the chops,” star Sylvester Stallone declares in the trailer.

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Season 2 of Tulsa King returns to Paramount+ next month, and we now have a new trailer for its sophomore season that showcases the return of Sylvester Stallone and his ragtag group of minions as they look to make an even bigger splash this time around . Premiering back in 2022, Tulsa King has been a huge hit with audiences and critics alike, and is now creator Taylor Sheridan’s fourth-most watched series. Stallone stars as Dwight Mafredi, a mafia capo who – after serving a 25 year prison sentence – is banished to Tulsa, Oklahoma to set up shop for the mob.

"Things don’t really belong to people unless they got the balls to take 'em," Stallone proclaims in the new trailer, which features Jelly Roll singing his awesome hit "Get By." Joining Sly and returning cast members Martin Starr, Andrea Savage, and Jay Will are newcomers Neal McDonough and Rich Ting. The trailer showcases all the hard-hitting action we can expect from Season 2, as Manfredi and crew look to further expand their operations. Check it out below.

Per The Hollywood Reporter , Season 2 of Tulsa King returns September 15 to Paramount+, and will feature eight episodes in total, one less than the first season . This time around, it’s not New York's Invernizzi crime family that Stallone has to deal with, but rather the mob from neighboring Kansas. That isn’t to say his business with New York is finished, however. Check out the official description below.

"Dwight and his crew continue to build up and defend their growing empire in Tulsa, but just as they get their bearings, they realize that they’re not the only ones who want to stake their claim. With looming threats from the Kansas City mob and a very powerful local businessman, Dwight struggles to keep his family and crew safe while keeping track of all his affairs. Plus, he still has unfinished business back in New York."

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Initially a Paramount+ offering, Tulsa King made the jump to network television earlier this year, debuting on CBS back in July. The move served to get more eyeballs on the series ahead of Season 2, and drive subscriptions to the streaming service. While no numbers have been released as of now, it’s a safe bet that at least some folks who enjoyed its linear broadcast have undoubtedly signed up, adding to its already large 64 million subscriber base.

Blending crime, humor, drama, and even romance, Tulsa King is one of those rare shows that manages to do each successfully , and proves that, despite being 78, Stallone still has what it takes to be a leading man. His talents will be on display once more in the upcoming action flicks Armored and Alarum , and as of now, it’s clear that he shows no signs of slowing down.

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All of that is to say that we’re super excited about Season 2 of Tulsa King , and we can’t wait to see what Sheridan, Stallone, and the rest of the crew have in store for us this year as we’re taken back into the heart of the Southwest for more explosive action.

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Sylvester Stallone returns in "Tulsa King" Season 2. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Paramount+ released the trailer for Season 2 of Tulsa King on Thursday. Season 2 premieres Sept. 15.

The trailer introduces Neal McDonough as Cal Thresher, a businessman coming for the same properties as Dwight ( Sylvester Stallone ). Frank Grillo also joins the cast as antagonist Bill Bevilaqua. Advertisement

Dwight still romances Margaret Deveraux (Dana Delaney) who makes him dance with her. Dwight also instructs his young crew members to wear suits and teaches his grandchildren to fight against his daughter's (Tatiana Zappardino) wishes.

Season 2 will also guest star Jelly Roll. The trailer features Jelly Roll's song "Get By" from his forthcoming album.

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A new Tulsa King Season 2 trailer is out, teasing the upcoming second season of the crime drama, marking the return of Sylvester Stallone as Mafia capo Dwight Manfredi.

What happens in the new Tulsa King Season 2 trailer?

The latest trailer details the return of Manfredi, who is back on the street and looking to grow his empire alongside his crew in Tulsa. Alongside Stallone, Tulsa King also stars Martin Starr, Jay Will, Max Casella, Vincent Piazza, Tatiana Zappardino, Annabella Sciorra, Domenick, Andrea Savage, Garret Hedlund, and Dana Delany.

Back in April, Frank Grillo was announced to be joining Tulsa King as a series regular. He will play Kansas City mobster Bill Bevilaqua. Tulsa King returns on September 15, and will stream on Paramount+.

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“Just after he is released from prison after 25 years, New York mafia capo Dwight ‘The General’ Manfredi is unceremoniously exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Okla. Realizing that his mob family may not have his best interests in mind, Dwight slowly builds a ‘crew’ from a group of unlikely characters, to help him establish a new criminal empire in a place that to him might as well be another planet,” the synopsis reads.

Anthony Nash has been writing about games and the gaming industry for nearly a decade. When he’s not writing about games, he’s usually playing them. You can find him on Twitter talking about games or sports at @_anthonynash.

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Tulsa King also stars Martin Starr, Jay Will, Max Casella, Vincent Piazza, Tatiana Zappardino, Annabella Sciorra, Neal McDonough, Frank Grillo, Domenick Lombardozzi, Andrea Savage, Garrett Hedlund, and Dana Delany.

Season 2 is currently filming in Oklahoma and Atlanta.

Series is executive produced by Taylor Sheridan, Terence Winter, and Craig Zisk. David C. Glasser, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, David Hutkin, Sylvester Stallone, Braden Aftergood and Keith Cox also executive produce.The series is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios exclusively for Paramount+ and is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

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'Tulsa King' Review
Tulsa King. The Bottom Line Too hung-up on clichés to be better than OK. Don't get me wrong. I know such creative tales are apocryphal, but just because something is a tall tale doesn't mean ...
Sylvester Stallone Stars in Paramount's Charming Tulsa King
Clint Worthington November 11, 2022. Tweet. Dwight "The General" Manfredi ( Sylvester Stallone) has spent the last 25 years in prison, taking the fall for his friends in the New York mafia. He ain't no snitch; he's good at keeping his mouth shut, working out, and brushing up on his reading (Faust, Shakespeare, The Laws of Human Nature ...
Tulsa King
Tulsa King TV-MA Next Ep Sun Sep 15 2 Seasons Crime Drama TRAILER for Tulsa King: Season 1 Midseason Trailer List 79% Avg. Tomatometer 47 Reviews 91% Avg. Audience Score 500+ Ratings
'Tulsa King' Review: Taylor Sheridan Show Starring Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone stars in Taylor Sheridan's 'Tulsa King,' playing a New York mafioso exiled to Oklahoma after he's released from a 25-year prison sentence.
Tulsa King review: Grumpy Old Grand Theft Auto
Tulsa King review: Sylvester Stallone stars in Grumpy Old Grand Theft Auto. ... That great movie's excellent trick was how Stallone, three Rambos deep, came off like a believable never-was. The ...
'Tulsa King' Review: Stallone Embraces the Absurd in Quirky Taylor
Sylvester Stallone Says Infusing 'Quirky Behavior' Into Taylor Sheridan's 'Tulsa King' Was Key: 'You Have to Be Irreverent'. At least judging from the first two episodes, this isn ...
'Tulsa King' review: Sylvester Stallone tries to rewind the clock on
"Tulsa King" turns out to be a rather odd mix of attributes, relying almost entirely on Stallone's movie-star charisma as the show alternates between sitcom conventions and R-rated "The ...
Tulsa King Review: Sylvester Stallone Embraces Absurdity
Reviews; Movies. Movies; Steve Pond; Reviews; Box Office; Sundance; Sundance Videos; Toronto; Toronto Video Studio; ... "Tulsa King" is as much a fish-out-of-water comedy as it is a mob drama ...
Tulsa King (TV Series 2022- )
Tulsa King: Created by Taylor Sheridan. With Sylvester Stallone, Chris Caldovino, Dashiell Connery, Tatiana Zappardino. Following his release from prison, Mafia capo Dwight "The General" Manfredi is exiled to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he builds a new criminal empire with a group of unlikely characters.
'Tulsa King' review: 'The Sopranos' meets ...
Nov. 13, 2022 8 AM PT. It's 2022, for a little while yet, and Sylvester Stallone, 76, is starring in his first scripted television series, the likable crime comedy "Tulsa King," premiering ...
'Tulsa King' review: Sylvester Stallone doin' fine in Oklahoma as a
'Tulsa King': Stallone doin' fine in Oklahoma as a transplanted N.Y. mobster Movie star is perfectly suited for the instantly engrossing Paramount+ series from the creator of 'Yellowstone.'
'Tulsa King' Review: A Surprisingly Fun Mob Drama
Overall, Tulsa King is shaping up to be a fresh, compelling, and wholly entertaining new take on the concept of a mob drama, and it's not to be missed. Catch Tulsa King when the series premieres exclusively on Paramount+ this Sunday, November 13, and make sure to around for our weekly episodic recaps! Lindsey joined the Nerds and Beyond team ...
Sylvester Stallone's 'Tulsa King' Review
Taylor Sheridan is television's reigning macho melodramatist, and Tulsa King fits neatly alongside his Yellowstone and The Mayor of Kingstown as another soapy crime drama led by a marquee movie ...
Tulsa King: Season 1
Season 1 - Tulsa King. Page 1 of 2, 7 total items. New York mafia capo Dwight "The General" Manfredi is released from prison after 25 years and exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Okla ...
Tulsa King Reviews Are Here, See What Critics Are Saying About
Alex Maidy of JoBlo rates Tulsa King an "Amazing" 9 out of 10, calling the series Taylor Sheridan's best project to date. The first two episodes are funnier than the critic expected with a ...
Tulsa King: Season 1
Full Review | Nov 30, 2022. Dustin Rowles Pajiba. Comes from creator Taylor Sheridan, showrunner Terrence Winter and star Sylvester Stallone. The combination of the three absolutely should not ...
Tulsa King
Tulsa King is an American comedy and crime-drama television series created by Taylor Sheridan for the streaming platform Paramount+.The series stars Sylvester Stallone in his first leading role in a scripted television series. Stallone portrays Dwight "The General" Manfredi, a Mafia capo who has been recently released from prison and is sent to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he begins to set up a ...
Tulsa King Review: Mobster Sylvester Stallone Wanders Around ...
"Tulsa King" will likely appeal to the same dads who love all-things "Yellowstone," especially since the thrust of the entire show seems to be Stallone's annoyance at all things modern.
'Tulsa King' Paramount Plus Review: Stream It Or Skip It?
Produced by Taylor Sheridan and written by Terence Winter, the series also stars Martin Starr, Jay Will, Dana Delany and Andrea Savage.
'Tulsa King' Review: A Vanity Show That Plays to Its Star's Charms
An icon of the action movie genre for much of his career, Sylvester Stallone makes his first foray into serial television with Taylor Sheridan and Terence Winter's Tulsa King. "There's nothing left for you here, we can't just rewind the clock," Dwight Manfredi (Stallone) is told upon stepping out of prison after 25 years.
Sylvester Stallone's New Crime Show Makes The Strangest Decision Ever
Sylvester Stallone's New Crime Show Makes The Strangest Decision Ever. By TeeJay Small | Updated 2 months ago. Sylvester Stallone's Tulsa King originally aired its first season on Paramount+ back in 2022. The series-which centers on Stallone as an emissary of the New York mafia planting roots in the untapped city of Tulsa, Oklahoma-has seen excellent reviews from critics and audiences ...
Tulsa King
Tulsa King Review. Newly released from prison, Dwight Manfredi (Sylvester Stallone) is sent to Oklahoma to start a new mafia enterprise. He soon finds himself entwined in the lives of an ...
Tulsa King Opening Episode Review & Recap: Sylvester ...
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Sylvester Stallone Returns to Town in Action-Packed 'Tulsa King' Season
Season 2 of Tulsa King promises more action, humor, and drama as Dwight Manfredi navigates new threats in Tulsa's criminal underworld.; The trailer teases a powerful cameo by country sensation ...
Sylvester Stallone packs a punch in the Tulsa King season 2 trailer
Taylor Sheridan, Terrence Winter, and Craig Zisk executive produce Tulsa King.Winter was the showrunner for season 1, while Zisk oversaw day-to-day production for season 2.
'Tulsa King' Season 2 Trailer: Sylvester Stallone Back in Action
Paramount+'s Tulsa King has released its official season two trailer. The new trailer (below) features a new song, "Get By," from country star Jelly Roll, who will also cameo in the new season.
Tulsa King Season 2 Trailer Shows Explosive Return of ...
Premiering back in 2022, Tulsa King has been a huge hit with audiences and critics alike, and is now creator Taylor Sheridan's fourth-most watched series. Stallone stars as Dwight Mafredi, a ...
Sylvester Stallone faces new rivals in 'Tulsa King' Season 2
Aug. 15 (UPI) --Paramount+ released the trailer for Season 2 of Tulsa King on Thursday. Season 2 premieres Sept. 15. The trailer introduces Neal McDonough as Cal Thresher, a businessman coming for ...
Tulsa King Season 2 Trailer Previews Return of Sylvester Stallone
A new Tulsa King Season 2 trailer is out, teasing the upcoming second season of the crime drama, marking the return of Sylvester Stallone as Mafia capo Dwight Manfredi.. What happens in the new ...
'Tulsa King' Season 2 Trailer: Sylvester Stallone Is Back
PREVIOUS, June 26: Paramount+ has set a late summer debut date for Season 2 of Tulsa King, starring Sylvester Stallone. The series will premiere on Sunday, September 15 in the U.S. and Canada and ...

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