Tulsa King (season 2)

In Season 2 of Tulsa King, Dwight “The General” Manfredi, played by Sylvester Stallone, finds himself navigating the complex underworld of Tulsa, Oklahoma. After establishing a foothold in the local crime scene, Dwight faces new challenges as rival factions emerge, threatening to dismantle the empire he’s built. Loyalties are tested as he contends with betrayal from unlikely allies and pressure from law enforcement closing in on his operations. Meanwhile, Dwight must confront his estranged family ties and dark past, all while strategizing to maintain his reign in a city that’s as unpredictable as it is unforgiving.

Tulsa King Season 2 Review (episodes 1-7)

Season 1 of Tulsa King was a wonderful surprise for fans of both Sylvester Stallone and the gangster genre. With its delightful balance of hard-hitting violence and measured fish-out-of-water humor, Sly’s anachronistic mobster won audience hearts while teasing a second season full of more of what they loved about the first.

With seven episodes of season 2 in the can, we can say that Taylor Sheridan and the folks at Paramount+ have more or less delivered on season 1’s promise. Despite a loveable cast of misfit gangsters portrayed by a solid group of performers, the show rests on Stallone’s swaggering HGH-filled shoulders. Fortunately, he’s more than up for it. It’s a testament to the power of charisma and charm that viewers continue to cheer for The General as he remorselessly mows his way through baddies who threaten his burgeoning kingdom week after week.

However, as much fun as the show may be,

WOKE ELEMENTS

None

• Season one occasionally flirted with some woke tropes (e.g. Tyson calling a white boy’s dreadlocks cultural appropriation, etc). However, this season dropped all of it. It goes so far as to spend a considerable amount of an episode roasting hippy-dippy woke schools and their literally pointless games, triggers words, etc.
• Some might make the argument that a number of The General’s men are doofuses while the women in his life seem to be together, but I would argue that the women have almost nothing to do with each episode and that the show portrays almost every man as someone to be taken seriously.

Tulsa King Season 2 Review (episode 8)

The crew is going to war.

WOKE ELEMENTS

Nada

• Nothing.

Tulsa King (S2:E 9&10) Review

They did it.