Tulsa King, Taylor Sheridan’s crime comedy-drama starring Sylvester Stallone as exiled New York capo Dwight “The General” Manfredi, is back on Paramount+ with its fourth season, and Dwight has a new goal. In the official logline, he fights “to legitimize his empire” while corrupt politicians, dangerous new enemies and “a crushing personal loss” close in on him. Terence Winter, the Sopranos writer who ran the first season, returns as head writer after sitting out the third.

The new season has ten episodes, released weekly on Fridays, and Paramount+ has already renewed the series for a fifth. Martin Starr, Jay Will, Garrett Hedlund, Dana Delany, Annabella Sciorra, Neal McDonough and Frank Grillo are all back, and Gretchen Mol joins the cast as a series regular.

Where Season 3 left Dwight Manfredi

The premise has not changed since the first episode: after 25 years in prison, Dwight is released and sent by his New York crime family to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he builds his own crew. Bodhi (Starr), a cannabis dispensary owner, became his money man, and Tyson (Will), a former taxi driver, became his driver and protégé.

Season 3 pitted Dwight against the Dunmires, an old-money Oklahoma family played by Robert Patrick and Beau Knapp, with a bourbon distillery among the prizes. It also introduced Samuel L. Jackson as Russell Lee Washington Jr., a hitman who did time with Dwight. Jackson now leads his own spinoff, Frisco King, which Variety reports finished shooting this summer and has no premiere date yet.

According to FandomWire’s review, Season 4 picks up with Dwight invested in the bourbon business, holding a political ally in McDonough’s Cal Thresher and still with Margaret (Delany). Patrick and Knapp are no longer in the main cast.

New faces and old grudges in Season 4

Mol plays Amanda Clark, a Tulsa politician. FandomWire’s critic describes her as a character who does not look kindly on Dwight’s connection to the governor. James Russo, who had a recurring role last season as “Quiet” Ray Renzetti, is promoted to series regular, and the trailer sets up a sit-down between Dwight, Bill Bevilaqua (Grillo) and Quiet Ray.

TV Insider’s reading of the trailer also points to a clash with a rap star who wants revenge on Dwight’s crew, after Dwight orders his people to “go out and be creative” so he can “get it back.” Paramount+ singles out one line Stallone delivers in the trailer: “Bad things are gonna happen to bad people.” Podcaster Pat McAfee and comedian Flula Borg turn up as guest stars, according to FandomWire. Scarlet Stallone, the actor’s daughter, returns as Spencer, and Kevin Pollak is back as federal agent Musso.

Terence Winter returns after a showrunner shuffle

The writers’ room has changed hands at every turn. Winter was showrunner on the first season, stepped back to writer and executive producer for the second, which Craig Zisk led, and then sat out the third to work on an FX series about mobster Sammy “The Bull” Gravano. Dave Erickson ran Season 3 and has moved on to run Sheridan’s Mayor of Kingstown.

When Season 4 started shooting in Atlanta last November, Variety reported that more than two dozen crew members had been let go and that no showrunner was in place, with Scott Stone of 101 Studios overseeing production. “We’re not going to have a showrunner. 101 is the showrunner,” stunt coordinator Freddie Poole recalled Stone telling him. Paramount+ later confirmed Winter as head writer and executive producer. Sheridan, Stallone, David C. Glasser, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin, Bob Yari, Thomas Kelly and Keith Cox also executive produce, and Paramount Television Studios and 101 Studios produce.

What the first review says

M.N. Miller of FandomWire screened all ten episodes and gave the season 8 out of 10. He calls it “a criminally entertaining brass-knuckle comedy that knows exactly what it is and what it isn’t,” and writes that the series “has grown more serious, shedding old characters and bringing in new ones.” In his reading, Winter has pushed the show toward Paramount+’s ambitions for it as a crime drama.

The review saves its strongest praise for Russo, whose Ray it calls “abrasive, psychotic, and without an ounce of restraint.” It also faults the handling of Pollak’s Musso and Grillo’s Bevilaqua, who “feel like the writers didn’t know what to do with them for most of the season,” and calls the stunt casting out of place.

Where to watch Tulsa King Season 4

Season 4 premiered on Paramount+ on Friday, October 16, 2026, with the episode “W.W.D.D.” A new episode arrives every Friday, and FandomWire lists the finale for December 18. All three earlier seasons are streaming on Paramount+. In Spain, Poland and Romania, the new season reaches SkyShowtime on October 22, also with weekly episodes.

The series first reached Paramount+ in November 2022, after an early premiere in theaters. It was Stallone’s first leading role in a scripted television series, and it earned a Primetime Creative Arts Emmy nomination in 2023. Stallone is also an executive producer.

Season 5 is already in production, and Paramount+ says it is filming in New York rather than Atlanta, where most of the first four seasons were shot. New York is the city that sent Dwight away. Paramount+ has not said whether the story is going back with the cameras.