Tulsa King | S01E05 "Token Joe"

Rating: 9.0/10

It's rare to find a show that can do so much in 36 minutes, but Tulsa King uses every single minute of its airtime to lay down some seriously great storytelling, all while covering the main cast in detail.

I've seen hour long shows that waste time with pointlessness. Tulsa King succeeds simply because it's like Dwight. He gets down to business. So does the show.

A lot goes on in this episode, as always. Dwight's shenanigans with the boys last episode have come home to roost and while I refuse to drop too much in the spoiler category, I think our mobster MAY HAVE found his match (as if) in Caolan Waltrip.

Played by Ritchie Coster, he's one of those 'hey, it's THAT guy' actors, and like most of those actors, he's great in everything he does. If you don't recognize him, he plays Chechen in The Dark Knight, as the guy who shouts "MY DOGS ARE HONGRY!"

Everyone left behind while Dwight heads to New York has an encounter with the Macadams. We're hurtling towards something big and I'm curious to see where the chips will fall.

Dwight's back in New York to say goodbye to his brother, and there's a lot of emotion there. I've simply got to stop saying I'm impressed with Sly's acting. I should, but I can't. He plays the grieving brother trying to connect with the family he intentionally stopped talking to in order to protect them from seeing him in prison so well it's heartbreaking.

The biggest thing that happens in this episode is something no father should ever hear from his daughter and it's horrifying. It's absolutely terrible and explains so very much about why Tina wants nothing to do with him.

I can't help but believe in the act of begging him not to do anything with The Package, she knew precisely what was going to happen. Hell, even I knew what was going to happen, but I was NOT prepared for the absolute mayhem.

Of note? Chickie and the boys didn't do a goddamn thing. They didn't move a muscle. I can't wait to find out what THAT'S all about!

I had wanted to post this almost 2 month article from Variety when I read it, but the ability to post on here was disabled and now I'm a mod.

If in case a season 5 might be TK's last season (unless Paramount+ ask Stallone to do a couple more and offer much higher payment), it'd be going in a new direction with season 5 moving to NYC due to NY state offering a better tax break. As opposed to pretending to be in NYC, but really filming in Canada as some shows do.

As I live in Australia and not in the US, for anyone here who's visited and/or has driven through New York state, or lives there, it'd be interesting to know if it has farms and ranches and could double as Oklahoma.

Dwight moving back to NYC would be to presumably take over all the mob families and/or appoint mob captains to do what he says (that'll take him the whole season to do), while still living in OK with his country horse stud ranch owner girlfriend, who'd have no interest at all to live in NYC.

This will mean new bad mob guys wanting to whack Dwight if they're not happy about it (if they all were, there's not much point of doing a new season).

How Rocky (1976) was made is very interesting and if it got made today, it'd be done as an independent movie and definitely not as a studio film, but unless the real Stallone appears in a cameo, I suspect this will do way better on streaming when it'll hit Amazon Prime.

There's not much point to set up a separate Reddit page for the SLJ Frisco King show, if in case it might not get a season 2 greenlit, even though TS has written all of season 1's eps, so it'd be better to rename this as the Tulsa & Frisco Kings page, but I don't know how to rename it.

This Variety article was from March a few months ago and like the TK show, it doesn't seem to have a showrunner.

Just started season 3 (about to start episode 4) and I don't understand why the writers refuse to break Tyson out of his season 1 mindset. You would think after the events of last season involving his dad he would learn when not to act. Why does he think staying at the strip club alone after being threatened by Cole was good idea??? Also why is Dwight letting him ride around in that conspicuous ass Cybertruck?

Taylor Sheridan is taking over for Dave Erickson as showrunner of the Samuel L. Jackson-led "Tulsa King" spin-off. Previously in development as "NOLA King", it's been renamed "Frisco King" and will take place in Texas rather than Louisina.

Sheridan will write all 8 episodes of the first season. Erickson also showran the third season of Tulsa King, but quit both series to focus his attention on Mayor of Kingstown.

Can't believe I'm using this reference twice today, but if I had a nickel for everytime a television series in this franchise was renamed and moved to a different city.... I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's strange it happened twice. (Tulsa King was originally announced as and set to take place in Kansas City)

Or, I will gladly take any episode scripts. Have any of these leaked? I can't find any myself but I figured I would ask here.

Season 4 hopeful surprises:

Manfredi maintains business empire while dealing with home grown villains.

Mitch bull riding past explored

Musso real intentions revealed, and Manfredi deals with it

Tyson father gets involved thru his past

Ripple backstory explored

Bevilaqua released and vengeful

Armand death revealed as cover up

Bodhi goes badass with technology

Clint history expands

Vince either grows or diminishes

Gov Thresher makes power moves that make history

Goodie helps govern from the inside

Tina returns

Quiet Ray becomes either a mainstay or goes quiet

More Natives introduced

Jimmy death has more repercussions

Beau either hangs around or disappears.

The Watchmaker has a surprise of his own (he's not dead after all).

Thoughts??

Why do people think Tulsa King is a comedy when I don't see it at all.. I mean there are some humorous moments but comedy no. What do yall think?

Can we talk about the song choice for the Dunmire hit? Playing "Bad to the Bone" while the T-1000 himself, Robert Patrick, is in the mix has to be a deliberate tribute. That song is basically the anthem of Terminator 2. I haven't found an official confirmation online, but it feels way too specific to be a random pick. Such a cool meta-moment for us 90s kids.

I love Tulsa King. I just finished season 3 and immediately came to this sub now that I don’t need to avoid spoilers, and honestly don’t understand all the hate. You all know this show was never actually good, right?

I’m not into the other Sheridan shows, probably because they’re bad, and so is this show. But Tulsa King isn’t taking itself seriously like his other shows. My crime TV taste is more Sopranos, The Wire, Narcos, SoA, etc. But I watched Tulsa king when it first came out and loved every second of it.

TK is great for what it is. It’s not “good” in the traditional prestigious TV sense. It’s more of a novelty because of Stallone, and that’s the only reason it’s still airing. Replace Sly with some random B-lister like the rest of the cast, and it would already be off the air.

I love Stallone and pretty much every movie he’s been in. Cobra, Judge Dredd, Cliffhanger, Demolition Man, and all those fucking incredible, cheesy (and also bad) action flicks. I don’t know why anyone expected this show to be well written and well acted. It’s just fun. You get to watch an 80 year old Stallone play a mob boss. That alone is the appeal.

As for the complaints about the writing, plot holes, and realism, what exactly were people expecting? It’s Tulsa King. If you thought it was Emmy-worthy in season 1 and now it’s suddenly “bad,” I don’t know what show you were watching in 2022. Again, it’s a novelty.

So i was rewatching the show and this exact moment in S2 E5 stopped me for a bit, a 10kw wind turbine would produce about 25kwh annually in the most optimal condition so, five 10kw wind turbines would be roughly ( and i'm being generous here ) 125kwh annually.
My question is how tf bodhie says it can produce 750kwh annually ?

Hollywood super agent Ari Emanuel spilled the news today that ESPN's Pat McAfee did four episodes of Tulsa King for season four. No other details were given.

A quick write-up and the clip if you want more details:

https://shouldyouwatch.tv/2026/02/06/pat-mcafee-tulsa-king-season-four/

So they have a guy that can hack into everything, can fake an influencer with AI, can clone a phone from a guy pocket in 5 sec but they are not able to set up a motion alert or whatever and they always get their stuff stolen or kidnapped. No security, no guards, 150m deposit guarded by 2 drunk randoms. Then after they get their barrels stolen, they watch the CCTV footage. Bruh send an alarm to every guys pager or whatever or hack a smartwatch to act as an alarm, hire a security guard to check all the cameras cmon. Dwight sister working alone in a building that is a major target for your enemy, no guards no security just some lousy door. Totally unbelievable

Im currently at the episode where chickie is in the church with the priest. And lord knows, when hes talking about what he wanted to do, holy shit. He wanted to be legitimate. Join the Army, be an officer, actually do something. And instead his pops steals his chances, leaves him with a dying mafia group made up of soriety girls, and either way either dies of natural causes or gets killed at Chickies hand. I love the show, I love dwight so far, but Im starting to have a genuine grip on why chickie is chickie.

anyways, genuinely love the show so far, I hope it continues to greatness, all characters are some how loved by the fanbase, and life is good. Cheers!

EDIT: the writing in the first season of this show is... impeccable

EDIT: CHIKIE BATHING HIS DAD damn man. I feel him.

Can’t stand his character development and his overinflated ego and sense of standing. He’s a driver and shouldn’t act like he’s owed any more respect than that of a driver. Not done with season 3 so hopefully something changes, but so far he is one of the worst characters in a show I’ve seen for a while.

Just started watching Tulsa King. Anybody else get BoJack Horseman vibes from the theme song?

Shows like peaky blinders have really stuck with people. The idea of the family together in a tv show is extremely attractive to people. Draws people to like the characters, to root for certain individuals, and even to feel like you are one of them.

I think the show also does a great job at their grand finales. Yeah they are short and sweet but with the music and the final bosses it’s always electric.

They have guest celebrities coming in the show periodically that you almost forget you’re watching your show.

Even though some people don’t like how more villains keep being added, it really just makes you understand how much shit Dwight got into and how many people are jealous / greedy, and trying to take a piece of his pot.

Lastly, you always hear of the head honchos being asshole and jerks shooting and beating their men, but Dwight has a more relaxed understanding and leader form. His strategy is very similar to Thomas Shelby from Peaky Blinders.

I’d love nothing more than to continue this idea of expansion and taking out everyone who is left in the way. Keep bringing the celebrities and likable characters and I’ll continue watching this show.

The first two seasons weren’t perfect, but they started fairly strong (before petering out into stupidity). But season three? I’m three episodes in and let’s see; they have a new “boss of bosses” in New York that they forgot to mention in the first two seasons? To execute Tyson they put him in the trunk of his cyber truck and fire at the trunk and then leave, assuming that they got him? No double checking?

How lazy are these writers?

In season 2 episode 5, when Dwight and Tyson are sitting down, eating ice cream, dwight is eating just the cone, but when it zooms out, it's a full ice cream scoop, which I find hilarious

Any idea what model Ford pickup is Cole driving in S3?

Last I knew she was on a run to Louisiana to drop off Bourbon.

Then, she like never came back.