🔥Tulsa King Season 3 – Dwight Manfredi Returns for Blood, Bourbon, and Betrayal: Recap, What’s Next & Episode Release Dates

The king is back. After two explosive seasons of betrayal, empire-building, and gun-smoke glory, Tulsa King (Season 3) is set to premiere on September 21, 2025, exclusively on Paramount+. Created by Taylor Sheridan and fronted by Sylvester Stallone in his first leading TV role, the crime drama follows Dwight “The General” Manfredi—an aging mob capo exiled to Oklahoma—who refuses to fade away quietly. Instead, he builds his own outlaw empire in Tulsa, one bloody deal at a time.

As Dwight once growled, “You only get respect when you take it.”

Now, with Season 3, the respect he’s fought for is under siege once again.

💼 Season 1 & 2 Recap – From Exile to Empire

Season 1 opened with Dwight’s release after 25 years in prison. Instead of a hero’s welcome, his New York bosses exiled him to Tulsa, Oklahoma—a place alien to his old-school mob ways. There, Dwight built his new empire from scratch, recruiting an unlikely crew: Tyson, a cab driver turned loyal driver, Bodhi the dispensary owner turned partner, and Mitch, a bar owner and war veteran who became his trusted ally.

But Dwight also picked up dangerous enemies, including the outlaw biker gang The Black Macadams, while balancing a complicated relationship with ATF agent Stacy Beale.

Season 2 turned up the heat. Dwight consolidated power in Tulsa but faced betrayals from both inside his circle and his old connections in New York. The addition of new cast members—Frank Grillo, Neal McDonough, and Annabella Sciorra—expanded the world, while alliances grew shakier. The season ended with blood spilled, loyalties tested, and Dwight realizing that in the game of kings, there’s no retirement—only survival.

As he warned his crew: “This life doesn’t forgive. You either play the game… or you get buried by it.”

🩸 Season 3 – What’s Next for The General?

With Dave Erickson now steering the show as showrunner, Season 3 begins with the premiere episode “Blood and Bourbon”—a title that perfectly captures the mix of violence and vice fans have come to expect.

This season promises:

• New Wars – Dwight’s empire in Tulsa is thriving, but power attracts enemies. Expect fresh rivalries from both local forces and the New York mob he left behind.

• Family Ties – Dwight’s complicated relationship with his daughter Tina and his estranged family will once again test whether he can balance blood and business.

• The Past Returns – Episode titles like “The G and the OG” and “Nothing is Over” hint at old connections—and grudges—coming back to haunt Dwight.

• The Spin-Off Tease – With Paramount+ developing NOLA King starring Samuel L. Jackson, fans can expect subtle seeds to be planted this season, expanding the Sheridan mob-verse.

The season builds toward “Dead Weight”—the ominous finale set to air November 16, 2025, which suggests Dwight may face the ultimate reckoning for his choices.

👥 Cast & Crew

• Sylvester Stallone – Dwight “The General” Manfredi

• Andrea Savage – Stacy Beale

• Jay Will – Tyson Mitchell

• Martin Starr – Bodhi Geigerman

• Max Casella – Armand Truisi

• Frank Grillo, Neal McDonough, Annabella Sciorra – Key new forces introduced in Season 2, continuing into Season 3.

Behind the scenes, Stallone has taken an even stronger creative role, co-writing multiple episodes, including “Blood and Bourbon” and “Nothing is Over.”

📅 Release Date & Streaming

• Premiere: September 21, 2025

• Finale: November 16, 2025

• Streaming Platform: Paramount+ (with episodes airing weekly)

Fans can expect gritty crime drama, sharp one-liners, and Stallone delivering his trademark gravitas in a story about power, loyalty, and survival.

🔮 Final Word – The War for Tulsa Isn’t Over

From his first step out of prison to carving a throne in Oklahoma, Dwight Manfredi has proven that exile can be the birthplace of empires. But Season 3 asks the hardest question yet: can Dwight hold onto everything he’s built, or will the empire he forged from blood and bourbon collapse under its own weight?

As Dwight once said, staring down his enemies: “You think I’m done? I’ve only just started.”

This fall, Tulsa King proves the fight for power in America’s heartland is only getting started.