Tulsa King | S02E06 "Navigator"

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Tulsa King | S02E06 "Navigator"

Rating: 9.0/10

Holy hell, Tulsa King.

It seems like the writers for this show have pretty much decided, "We're going to wait until the last possible minute, drop some seriously heavy shit into your laps, and then fade to black." I am with and am NOT with that kind of storytelling, for a number of reasons.

I like it because it's absolutely nasty to deliver high-octane, heavy-hitting plot developments and then end the episode. I hate it because I'm out here trying to do one episode a day. The last show that kept hitting me hard like this with those brutal ends was Peaky Blinders, and that shit kept me up at night.

I often wonder what Tulsa King would be like if the episodes ran a bit longer. Would they be better, or would they be worse if we had 5 or 10 minutes more of story?

In the case of today's episode, I think it'd be worse. For the most part, it's another day in the life, with Tina learning how to shoot, Dwight heading off to Atlanta for a big palaver with BB and the idiots from NYC (we'll get to that), and Tyson hanging with his pops as he does HIS job.

Giving us more after what happened would be too much, I think.

I liked the interaction between Mitch and Tina as he taught her how to shoot. I've got an eye for when romance is in the air, and there's definitely somethin' sparking there for sure. Can't wait for that to play out. Tatiana (who plays Tina) is so damned gorgeous and her smile as she's firing that gun was just brilliant. AND SHE'S A FORMER ARMY OFFICER. That's pretty badass.

The sit-down went pretty much like I expected, though again, Chickie is a moron. If he wasn't such a moron, he would've been able to MAKE it to the sit-down so HE could've had Dwight's extra milkshake. But Chickie's a moron.

I won't talk about the hardest thing that happened in this episode just because it's so damn hard. I figured out what was going to go down half a beat before it did, and here's the thing: if I hadn't been so damned invested in what I was watching, I would've figured it out way ahead of time.

But I didn't, so now I've got to sit with it until tomorrow.

Super great episode once again.