How did the Tulsa King finale set up Season 4? Details explored in-depth

If you thought Tulsa King would calm down by season 3, you must have watched something else because the show's finale was incredibly wild!

In it, we saw a political assassination attempt, an FBI standoff, bourbon worth more than a small European nation, and Samuel L. Jackson taking over the franchise like he owns it, which, to be honest, he does by this point. And that's how Taylor Sheridan wrapped up this part of the Tulsa King story.

In Season 3, Jeremiah Dunmire, a dangerous liquor tycoon, and Sylvester Stallone's character (Dwight Manfredi) got into a turf war. But the latest episode's primary theme was classic mob justice with a backyard cremation. Now that Season 3 is coming to an end with one furious FBI agent, Tulsa King Season 4 feels like a war that has already been launched in a way.

So let’s see how that finale set the runway for what’s next.

The aftermath of the whiskey war on Tulsa King

Dwight went through weeks of murder attempts and one hostage situation. The most critical moment in the kidnapping of Dwight's sister (Joanne) by Dunmire is when Dwight saves Joanne and follows Dunmire to a woodshed with the help of Dunmire's frustrated son, Cole, who realized that burning people alive for bourbon wasn't the best family-run business model. After that, Dunmire had been tied up and burned alive. Thus, the show put an end to this rivalry.

But power doesn't last long. Dwight looks happy and is enjoying himself when FBI Agent Musso walks into the Bred 2 Buck. Musso continues to look for proof that Dwight forced bomber Dexter Deacon to kill him.

Unless the arrangement gives him a federal liquor license, Dwight will not sign, so Musso finally gives in. Dwight then hands over the evidence tape.

But there's a risk at this moment:

"You [expletive] owe me."

So, yeah, Tulsa King Season 4 is going to get messy.

Samuel L. Jackson's entry gave birth to a franchise

One of the most important aspects to take away from the Tulsa King finale is not only what ended but also what began.

Samuel L. Jackson's character (Russell Lee Washington Jr.) is already popular. He comes to kill Dwight for Quiet Ray, the boss in New York, but instead teams up with him to be respectful. Or, as the show presents it, a friendship between mobsters that is both emotional and loaded with deadly weapons.

After helping Dwight take out Dunmire, Lee predicts a crossover:

"If the General can do it, how hard could it be?"

Well, probably very hard!

But his exit sets up NOLA King, a New Orleans-set spinoff. As a result, season 4 is set to become the first Taylor Sheridan-shared mob universe. And we deserve a Stallone-Jackson crossover war against the Renzetti crime family.

ALSO READ: How Samuel L. Jackson joined the show | Sylvester Stallone did not want Samuel L. Jackson to star in NOLA King

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Tulsa King is available to stream on Paramount+.

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