Summary
The new trailer forTulsa Kingseason 2 painted a very exciting picture of the coming season, but it also made me worried that one important character could be wasted.Tulsa Kingseason 2is fast-approaching, and more and more details are being revealed about the future of Sylvester Stallone’s Dwight Manfredi. The new season ofTulsa Kingalready looks bigger and better than ever before, as Dwight is set to expand his criminal empire and continue his takeover of Tulsa. As both Dwight andTulsa Kingexpand, however, I really hope they save room for one great character.
There are a fewcharacters who deserve bigger roles inTulsa Kingseason 2, and the show’s first season set up quite a few interesting storylines with them. From Tyson’s conflict with his father to the fallout of Goodie’s decision to leave Chickie and join Dwight,Tulsa Kingseason 2 had a lot of great stories it could have explored. Thetrailer forTulsa Kingseason 2didn’t give much insight into which characters it will focus on. Unfortunately, it might have also indicated that one character won’t be a priority, and I really hopeTulsa Kingseason 2 doesn’t waste her story.
Tulsa King Season 2’s Villain Repeats A Yellowstone Casting Trick
Tulsa King has added two new villains to its cast ahead of season 2, and one of them could copy a casting trick that helped Yellowstone tremendously.
Why I’m Concerned That Tulsa King Season 2 Could Waste Stacy Beale
At theend ofTulsa Kingseason 1, Stacy Beale betrayed Dwight and had him arrested by the ATF. The trailer forTulsa Kingseason 2 briefly addresses that betrayal by showing Dwight getting out of prison on bail, and then it completely disregards it in favor of showing all the new elements in the coming season. Stacy wasn’t in the trailer forTulsa Kingseason 2 at all, which makes me very concerned about how her story gets resolved.It’s possible thatTulsa Kingis simply hiding the resolution of Stacy’s betrayal to preserve the reveal, but I’m still really worried that it won’t do her story justice.
Andrea Savage, the actor who played Stacy Beale, is confirmed to return forTulsa Kingseason 2, but details about her role in the season are still unknown.
The trailer made it seem like Stacy isn’t a big priority inTulsa Kingseason 2. Dwight got out of prison extremely quickly and easily.While there will likely be lingering issues from Dwight’s court case, it seems like the show is going to focus more on his troubles with Neal McDonough’s Cal Thresher and Frank Grillo’s Bill Bevilaqua. I don’t see how they can give Stacy as much attention as her story deserves while also giving those new storylines so much focus. It would be a real shame ifTulsa Kingdid waste Stacy Beale, especially given how much the first season set her up.
Stacy Beale’s Storyline Deserves Better After Tulsa King Season 1
The biggest reason I hopeTulsa Kingdoesn’t abandon Stacy is because her story had so much potential.Stacy Beale’s betrayal was the emotional climax ofTulsa Kingseason 1, and it just seems a shame that it could be completely forgotten inTulsa Kingseason 2. For the entire season, Stacy and Dwight were growing closer and starting to see eye to eye, and her betrayal came out of left field. It also came at the exact moment Tina decided to reenter Dwight’s life, and his arrest could have undone all the goodwill he earned with his daughter.
Tulsa Kingseason 2 premieres on Paramount+ on Sunday, September 15.
Examining Stacy’s betrayal and all the fallout from it could have been a really compelling story forTulsa Kingseason 2 to follow. It could have set Stacy up as a villain, or it could have shown her trying to get back in Dwight’s good graces. It also could have explored Tina’s relationship with her father, something that the trailer seems to have already confirmed won’t happen, given Dwight has a good relationship with his grandchildren. Stacy Beale could be the catalyst to explore so many different characters and plots inTulsa Kingseason 2, and I really hope the show takes advantage of her.
Tulsa King
Cast
Tulsa King follows New York mafia capo Dwight “The General” Manfredi, who, after 25 years in prison, is exiled to Tulsa, Oklahoma, by his boss. Faced with the possibility of betrayal, he assembles a crew of unlikely characters to establish a criminal empire in unfamiliar territory.
