'Tulsa King' Season 3 Finale Recap: Dwight's Fiery Face-Off With the Dunmires Sticks the Landing

'Tulsa King' Season 3 Finale Recap: Dwight's Fiery Face-Off With the Dunmires Sticks the Landing Sylvester Stallone in the Tulsa King Season 3 finaleImage via Paramount+ By  Jeff Ewing Published 13 minutes ago Jeff Ewing is a critic, entertainment journalist, interviewer, and screenwriter in LA with a life-long love of horror and film history. He has an M.S. in Sociology from the University of Oregon, and a B.A. in Philosophy from Eastern Washington University. He's been writing about horror and sci-fi film and TV for fifteen years, with bylines in Collider, Inverse, Slashfilm, Looper, The Playlist, Forbes, and elsewhere. Jeff also has contributions in a number of Pop Culture and Philosophy books, and co-edited two books: Alien and Philosophy and Stranger Things and Philosophy. In this track, he founded, hosts, and produces the monster podcast Humanoids from the Deep Dive, which digs into the history, themes, and meanings behind favorite monsters and monster movies/TV series.  Sign in to your Collider account Summary Generate a summary of this story follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap

Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for the Tulsa King Season 3 finale.

Dwight Manfredi (Sylvester Stallone) has been put through the ringer in this season of Tulsa King. All he wanted was a little, itty-bitty, very legal distillery, and his foray into that legal industry has brought him more trouble than anything else he'd done so far. Now, it's personal. The Season 3 finale begins with Dwight's newly kidnapped sister, Joanne (Annabella Sciorra), being driven to Jeremiah Dunmire (Robert Patrick). Dunmire walks out to greet his victim. "Miss Manfredi, you can blame your blood for this," he says, before ordering his men to tie her up. Dwight and Margaret (Dana Delany) are having a blissful morning when the latter tells Dwight that Carl Thresher (Neal McDonough) asked her to stay on his campaign as an advisor. Dwight tells her she doesn't need to be involved. "You really don't need to go down that road." Margaret's already involved, though, and bids him goodbye with an accidentally ominous "say goodbye to Joanne for me."

Dwight calls for the latter, unnerved to find her bed made, and she's not in it. "F*ck," he says, before enlisting everyone to search for her. Mitch (Garret Hedlund) notifies him that the cameras were disabled, and he receives a call from an unknown number. He hears Joanna call his name at the other end when Jeremiah takes the phone. "Blood or bourbon, Mr. Manfredi?" he says. "You up for a trade? Fair value exchange, not unlike the one you once offered me." Dwight threatens to end Dunmire, but the latter retorts, "No, it'll most likely end in your death, which I already told you I'd be there to watch." "Yours is gonna be un-f*cking-forgettable," Dwight responds. Call ends, everyone looks tense, cue opening credits.

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Annabella Sciorra as Joanne Manfredi in Tulsa KingImage via Paramount+

Dwight has gathered literally everyone back at the Bred-2-Buck (minus his business partner Bill Bevilaqua, who may still be stuck in a government holding cell, or who the show entirely forgot about). "We're going to war, but we can't move until we know exactly what we're up against," Dwight says. Bigfoot (Mike "Cash Flo" Walden) will round up some additional soldiers, while Mitch will handle Dwight's shopping list for weaponry. Everyone receives their marching orders and heads out. Cut to Jeremiah Dunmire offering the captured Joanne coffee, telling her he's never hit a woman — because, he claims, his mother taught him better. "You just burn up old men in their homes?" she asks him, unimpressed. Unable to take responsibility (like any true narcissist), he retorts, "That was your brother that created the situation that caused that event... he lit the fire, in his own way." He continues his indignant grandstanding. "I've been pushed, your brother pushed me and brought me to this place. Brought you to this place." He wants her to sign over the distillery to avoid "any more violence." "You can't even see what's right in front of your face," she says. He asks what that is. "You lost," Joanne replies.

Elsewhere on the Dunmire compound, Cole (Beau Knapp) is dealing with the fallout of their distribution problem, when a pair of his family's thugs refuse to let him talk to Jeremiah... and they won't say why, but he hears someone in there. Obviously, that's concerning, but he walks off. Russell (Samuel L. Jackson) enters Mitch's car shop and picks up a new car. Back with the Dunmires, Cole finds a different route into Jeremiah's office (of course, it's his house), and immediately takes the gag off Joanne and gives her water. "I can't believe he done this," Cole says. She says he has to get her out, and he acknowledges getting her past the guards will be hard. She suggests a call to the police, but Cole notes he's got pull with the cops. Cole suggests she should do it because Dwight has casinos and weed already. "Give up the booze and it's all over," Cole says. Joanne retorts, "Say I sign it over... You think your father's gonna let me out of here? You think Dwight's gonna let him get away with this?" Cole shakes his head. "No," he says.

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Bigfoot and crew in the Tulsa King Season 3 finaleImage via Paramount+

Back at the Bred-2-Buck (never getting used to that name), Russell enters to find everyone somber. "Dunmire has my sister, and I don't know where he's holding her," Dwight confesses. Russell assures Dwight they'll find Joanne, but Dwight doesn't intend to drag Russell into his mess. "Lee, I appreciate the concern, I really do," he says, "but this is my problem... and you, you got to get your ass out of Tulsa before Ray finds you, and he will." Russell says he can take care of himself, and assures Dwight it will work out with an "I got you, brother." Back at the office, Bodhi (Martin Starr) is taking a gun from the safe "just in case" when Cole arrives. Bodhi immediately assumes he had something to do with the kidnapping, but Cole says he's there to help and had nothing to do with it, but knows where Joanne is.

Back at the casino, Russell advises Dwight that as long as Jeremiah needs something, he won't touch her. "We gonna find her, and we gonna save her," he says, adding, "Afterwards, we're gonna put an epic ass-whupping on that motherf*cking peckerwood." (I'm already looking forward to NOLA King, because no one delivers threats and insults like Samuel L. Jackson.) Bigfoot enters with a cadre of men large enough to make Jack Reacher blush, while Mitch's contact, "Rickett the Cricket" has a military-grade arsenal for the crew to acquire. At Cal Thresher's campaign headquarters, he reiterates to Margaret how much he wants to bring her on board. She asks why he's so insistent, and notes if she joins, it's for real — she wants planks on his platform, the whole nine yards. "Margaret, you can have whatever the f*ck you want," he promises, because she'll have helped him get to the Governor's office.

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At Jeremiah's house, he has dinner with a still-tied Joanne. The man laments how his deceased wife would view his failings, including letting his son Joshua enlist and consequently die in war. Jeremiah transparently tries to pull Joanne away from Dwight to say the latter puts family last, with "no regrets." She asks if he has regrets about anything, and he clears the table in a rage. Back at a meeting with Dwight and co., Mitch tells the gang they need to know exactly what they'll be up against, "because we can't let these motherf*ckers triangulate fire." Spencer (Scarlett Rose Stallone) arrives and brings Cole in, and literally everyone wants to shoot him on the spot, save for Dwight. "What is the son of my worst f*cking enemy showing up here for?" he asks, and puts his gun on the table. "I ain't got a clue who you is, but you are one lucky motherf*cker," Russell says. "You see that expression right there?" he asks, pointing to Dwight. "That expression usually means your ass ought to be in a box in the ground." Cole says he wants to help, and Joanne is okay. He's done following Jeremiah's orders, and Russell says (in a more poetic fashion) that Cole's telling the truth and wants to atone, so Dwight asks for paper and directs him to draw a map of the entire compound.

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Robert Patrick in the Tulsa King Season 3 finaleImage via Paramount+

Everyone readies weapons during Dwight's planning sessions. He tells Tyson (Jay Will) they're going in at 3 a.m., so he should change out of his characteristic suit, come back, "study strategy, strategy, strategy." Back at Jeremiah's compound, his soldiers are everywhere and on high alert. At the bar, Spencer tells Cole he's a good man, though he's done bad things. "That was your father working his hate through you," she says. "I don't remember one good day," he says. Dwight's vehicles roll into Jeremiah's compound, lights off. They enter silently in coordinated fashion, splitting into different teams on the perimeter. Inside, Jeremiah tells Joanne he knows Dwight is coming, he's ready, and Dwight's going to die, so she should sign. (He's not giving her a great motivation.) The chosen time hits, and Bigfoot's cousins immediately fire grenade launchers. "What the hell?!" Jeremiah shouts, surprised at Dwight's escalation.

In the multi-front chaos, they launch gas canisters inside while Mitch, Tyson, and Russell shoot exterior guards, mask up, and head inside. "This too motherf*ckin' easy," Russell laughs. Dwight pursues a more direct route to Joanne. Thanks to good planning and overwhelming force, they take the compound without losing anyone. Jeremiah grabs a shotgun before escaping. Dwight finds Joanne, safe but coughing from the gas, and sends her with Mitch while Russell cleans up stragglers on the exterior. Dwight then pursues Jeremiah, rushing through the door at him and knocking him down before punching him senseless. Cut to Dwight hoisting a tied-up Jeremiah up on a winch. He tells Jeremiah about the "Jesus lizard" who can run across the water, which Jeremiah seems to think he can, "Until you make a mistake... and sink beneath the surface, where a predator is waiting to devour you." He reminds Jeremiah of the Montague patriarch that Jeremiah burned alive. "It hurts just to burn a finger. Imagine your whole body burning... now you'll know." He sets a fearful Jeremiah aflame to burn alive, screaming, and coolly walks away.

At a big table meeting at the casino, everyone's in great spirits. Russell toasts everyone, saying he'll never forget them because "we raised a special kind of hell together." He also toasts Dwight and says his Tulsa success makes him want to start his own thing in New Orleans. Mitch is convinced to take the stage, but Dwight leaves when he sees Special Agent Musso (Kevin Pollak). They go to their safe room, and Musso hands him the requested Federal Basic Permit, alongside Alcohol Tax and Trade Bureau approval, and Dwight hands him the drive containing Deacon's confession. Musso says, "When I need you, I'll come calling." Mitch sings while Dwight slides into his seat, hugs Margaret, toasts Mitch, and looks pretty pleased with himself. Cut to credits, ending a strong season. Here's to hoping that Season 4 is worked out soon.

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Tulsa King

Tulsa King sticks the landing, shows why Dwight's The General, and sets up NOLA King.

Like Follow Followed TV-MA Crime Drama Release Date November 13, 2022 Network Paramount+ Showrunner Dave Erickson, Terence Winter Directors Allen Coulter, Benjamin Semanoff, David Semel, Guy Ferland, Joshua Marston, Kevin Dowling, Lodge Kerrigan, Jim McKay Writers Joseph Riccobene, David Flebotte, William Schmidt, Taylor Elmore, Tom Sierchio, Regina Corrado, Stephen Scaia, Terence Winter 10 Images Sylvester Stallone as Dwight Manfredi flanked by Jay Will as Tyson Mitchell and Mike Walden as Bigfoot in Tulsa King season 3Annabella Sciorra as Joanne smiling with beer taps behind her in Tulsa King.Image via Paramount+Image via Paramount+Image via Paramount+Image via Paramount+Image via Paramount+Image via Paramount+Image via Paramount+Image via Paramount+Close

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• Sylvester Stallone Dwight 'The General' Manfredi
• Martin Starr Lawrence 'Bodhi' Geigerman

Genres Crime, Drama Creator(s) Taylor Sheridan Expand Collapse Pros & Cons

• Dwight Manfredi has often been outgunned, but here Dwight truly shows the tactical prowess that precipitated his nickname.
• The siege of the Dunmire compound is an exciting set piece, with great visuals and well-choreographed action.
• Many players have strong moments, showcasing Mitch's focused tactical abilities, Cole's potential, and Russell's battle joy.

• Certain introduced plot threads, particularly the fate of Bill Bevilaqua and the suspicions of the KC Mob, are entirely forgotten about.

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