‘Tulsa King’ Season 4 Episode 5 Recap & Ending Explained: Dwight Has Too Many Enemies, and Tyson Just Made Things Worse

Midseason is usually where a crime drama stops setting the table and starts burning it down. ‘Tulsa King’ has been heading that way all season, with Dwight Manfredi watching his carefully built empire get squeezed from every direction. Three of his main sources of income, Higher Plane, Bred 2 Buck and Montague Distillery, were all shut down after the new governor, Amanda Clark, gained power.

The previous episode raised the stakes even higher. It ended with Dwight and Bigfoot being attacked by gunmen posing as police officers. That cliffhanger left a very simple, very dangerous question hanging over the series, which is who wants the General dead.

The answer isn’t a clean one, and the ‘Tulsa King’ ending leaves Dwight in an even tighter spot. The episode, titled “Dinosaurs,” arrived on Friday, Nov. 13, on Paramount+. It also marks the halfway point of the season.

Dwight Hunts the Man Behind the Ambush

The episode picks up right after the roadside attack. Dwight fasts and cleanses his body to sharpen his focus, while Bigfoot, shot in the shoulder, has been patched up by Margaret’s vet friend. Bill visits and suggests Quiet Ray as a suspect, but Dwight doubts it and won’t rule anyone out.

A crooked cop gives him another thread to pull. Detective Wozniak had been selling police intelligence to English Dan, who is now dead, and he reveals that the German Luger used in Dan’s murder is in police evidence and could be traced to Tyson. He demands $20,000 to retrieve the gun and another $5,000 to investigate the attempt on Dwight, and Dwight agrees to both.

Wozniak delivers. He retrieves the Luger so it can’t be traced, and he reports that the shooter wasn’t connected to Dan’s crew. That clears one problem and leaves the bigger one unsolved.

The Church Meeting With Quiet Ray

Dwight then takes Goodie and Vince to New York to face Quiet Ray in a church. He finds no evidence linking Ray to the Tulsa ambush. Ray still wants money that Dwight doesn’t have, but he doesn’t appear to be behind the hit.

The peace doesn’t last. As Dwight and Ray leave the church, someone fires on them. Ray first assumes Dwight tried to have him killed, and he still plans to send his henchman, Turco, to Tulsa. For now, the two men are more or less on the same page, but that is an uneasy truce.

Tyson’s Auction Blunder

Back in Tulsa, the episode delivers its funniest and most frustrating storyline. With Dwight out of town, Joanne leads the crew into a counterfeit wine auction to inflate the price. Tyson keeps raising the bid to impress his online followers and accidentally places the winning bid.

The crew ends up buying back its own fake wine for over $2 million. It’s a perfect Tyson disaster, and it happens while Dwight isn’t there to stop it. One reviewer argues that Tyson’s antics are straining credulity and dragging the show down, which gives a sense of how fans may feel about the character.

A Dinosaur Skull and a New Romance

Not everything in Tulsa goes wrong. Goodie and Vince unearth a fossilized dinosaur skull on the ranch, and it turns out to be authentic and worth about a million dollars. That discovery could give Dwight’s crew some unexpected breathing room.

There is also a softer subplot on the ranch. A romance begins between Mitch and Spencer, which adds a bit of warmth to an otherwise tense hour. It also raises the question of whether someone close to the crew could end up caught in the crossfire.

What the Ending Means for Dwight

The episode closes with Dwight facing an unknown enemy, strong political rivals and Tyson’s multimillion-dollar mistake. The political pressure is real. Billionaire Bradley Van Heusen confronts Governor Clark about Dwight’s criminal background, and he worries that she underestimates Dwight’s power. Clark, however, still wants his empire destroyed.

The mystery gunman remains the biggest open thread. Wozniak’s findings rule out English Dan’s crew, and Quiet Ray doesn’t appear to be behind it, which leaves Dwight with a growing list of suspects and no clear answers. The shooting outside the church only adds to the confusion.

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With Season 4 running 10 episodes through a Dec. 18 finale and Season 5 already confirmed, the show has plenty of room to keep stacking up enemies. The question is how long Dwight can keep his empire standing while the cracks keep spreading.

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