Tulsa King: Season Three (Blu-ray Review)
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VariousRelease Date(s)
2025 (September 8, 2026)Studio(s)
Paramount Television Studios/Paramount+ (Alliance Home Entertainment)- Film/Program Grade: B+
- Video Grade: A
- Audio Grade: A
- Extras Grade: F
Review
Sly Stallone stars as Dwight Manfredi—the Tulsa King. Season One set up the show with NY crime boss Manfredi getting out of prison, doing time for the NY Invernizzi crime family and being exiled to the supposed no man’s land of Tulsa, Oklahoma, doomed to fail. Being the mover and shaker that he is, he immediately takes over the criminal element making up this part of America: setting up a lucrative medical pot dispensary business and converting a honky tonk into a casino slash nightclub. Of course, the Invernizzi’s call dibs on his unexpected success, but Dwight isn’t feeling it and shuts them down. He also butts heads with a local biker gang that was there first, but Dwight has zero effs to give about that. He also starts a sexy-time relationship with a local FBI agent who complicates things when he’s accused of bribery and corruption as a cliffhanger. It is actually a very cool first season of a show and anticipation for the next season was high.
Season Two unhangs the cliff with Dwight beating the charges, dropping the FBI agent and starting things up with a wealthy horse farmer. The second season then follows Dwight as he takes over an 18,200-acre marijuana farm and clashes with the Kansas City mob led by Frank Grillo’s Bill Bevilaqua. Season One was a long form crime drama with laser focus on Dwight, season two makes way for a more soap operatic approach with a lot of the side characters starting to make their way into the front of the show. It is still a fun season, but most of the momentum of Season One leaves the building. Still, we leave the season with another cliffhanger where Dwight is overtaken by a team of soldiers and whisked away to locales unknown.
Season Three, featured on these ten episodes across two Blu-ray discs (5 episodes each), makes known those locales Dwight was whisked to—he’s at the mercy of a rogue FBI agent Musso (played by Kevin Pollak) who has been watching Dwight operate from the shadows the whole time and knows a lot of things that can make life very hard for him, so Dwight now works for Musso, essentially. Or, you know, so he thinks because this is Stallone’s show, so yeah. In this season, Dwight sets his sights on the bourbon industry, where a bottle of well-aged brown liquor can fetch a mighty dollar. Standing in his way is Robert Patrick’s Jeremiah Dunmier, a powerful liquor magnate. NY also comes back this season in the form of a legendary hitman sent to kill Dwight played by Samuel L. Jackson, on his way to a backdoor pilot deal for the upcoming NOLA King. Oh, and my favorite character actor Dallas Roberts appears as a mad bomber. All in all, a better season than two, not as great as one. If you love Stallone, you’ll love this show.
Tulsa King: Season Three comes to us in 1080/24p, and each episode is widescreen at 2.39:1. Image quality is overall very good, with nice crispy detail but a somewhat hazy/glossy overall look. Maybe I’m seeing color correction that takes into account the age of most of the cast? Either way, it’s pleasing to watch. Sound is Dolby TrueHD 5.1 with optional English subtitles. It’s a talking show with bursts of action and both styles of sound are well represented on this set. No extras.
I fell in love with season one of Tulsa King and had high hopes for the show as it went on. I have to say, I just like it now and wish it would get back to the level that won me over. But as a thing to dip into here and there, it works and I’m glad to have this set in my archive.
- Todd Doogan