{"id":86096,"date":"2024-10-20T20:40:22","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T20:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/20\/tulsa-king-season-2-episode-6-review-navigator\/"},"modified":"2024-10-20T20:40:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T20:40:22","slug":"tulsa-king-season-2-episode-6-review-navigator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/20\/tulsa-king-season-2-episode-6-review-navigator\/","title":{"rendered":"Tulsa King Season 2 Episode 6 Review: Navigator"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Critic’s Rating:<\/strong> 4 \/ 5.0<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

Tulsa King Season 2 Episode 6 pops us right in the home stretch of the second season, and the stakes just increased even more than anticipated.<\/p>\n

A sit-down between the three warring factions went well enough that everyone left the meeting with smiles on their faces, but Bill thinks he succumbed to Dwight\u2019s charms, screwing himself in the process.<\/p>\n

Cal, the guy with the biggest chip on his shoulder and an insane new business partner, wasn\u2019t even involved in the process. How could it have solved anything?<\/p>\n

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I was shocked that Tulsa King<\/a> Season 2 Episode 5 skipped right over the after-effects of Jackie murdering people right under Cal\u2019s nose.<\/p>\n

It was even more shocking that he was his usual cocky self with Jackie during \u201cNavigator\u201d when he already saw what Jackie was capable of doing.<\/p>\n

Sure, Chickie idiotically took a pistol through TSA (strapped to his leg, no less), and Bill snubbed his nose at Dwight\u2019s attention to local cuisine, but Cal is the absolute nutter in this scenario.<\/p>\n

Of all the guys we\u2019ve met so far, it\u2019s Jackie who scares the hell out of me. He\u2019s cold-blooded and calculated in ways the others can\u2019t match. <\/p>\n

Cal is probably a close second. Neal McDonough<\/a> has perfected the smile that doesn\u2019t meet his crystal-blue eyes. His grin is more akin to the Smile movies than sharing genuine feelings with another human being.<\/p>\n

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So how did Manny get sucked into his orbit? Well, money is the answer, but with strings like that attached, I\u2019d rather fend for myself.<\/p>\n

Manny mistakenly thought that he had a simpatico relationship with Cal as if Cal was giving him fifty grand out of the goodness of his three-sizes-too-small heart.<\/p>\n

In my Tulsa King Season 2 Episode 3<\/a> review, I noted that Manny should have talked with Dwight about his money issues instead of accepting \u201chelp\u201d from Cal. <\/p>\n

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What are you a child? Seriously, are you that fucking stupid? Everything in life is transactional. Did you really not know that?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Cal Thresher<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Manny still thinks that Dwight is a bigger threat than Cal, or at least he did before his latest chat with the heartless SOB. That only proves that Manny is a terrible judge of character. There is a lot of that going around on Tulsa King.<\/p>\n

Is there any way Manny will allow himself to be \u201cowned\u201d by Cal while continually dishing on Dwight\u2019s activities? I don\u2019t see how he can. If he seriously thinks Dwight is the more significant threat, it should motivate him to turn on Cal.<\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t know if Dwight would take him up on it, but it\u2019s worth asking if he can be a double agent for Dwight while begging and pleading for his life. <\/p>\n

I\u2019m a stick-my-head-in-the-sand kind of gal myself, so I\u2019d play over that potential scenario so long in my head that I\u2019d probably pay with my life regardless. Hopefully, Manny isn\u2019t the same.<\/p>\n

Manny is tied to Margaret, so killing him would put whoever does it under a microscope in her world. Sometimes, getting the girl is worth the price of a little compassion.<\/p>\n

The buildup to and the sit-down itself were relatively uneventful.<\/p>\n

Chickie didn\u2019t even make the meeting. Vince had no pull whatsoever with either Dwight or Bill, and Dwight charmed the hell out of Bill Bevilaqua. So, things went as you would have imagined.<\/p>\n

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But when the meeting was over, Vince was in trouble with Chickie (who gets more unhinged by the moment), and Bill regretted making a deal with Dwight.<\/p>\n

I looked up pricing on weed<\/a>, and here\u2019s what I found: Low-quality weed typically ranges from $500 to $1,000 per pound, mid-quality weed ranges from $1,000 to $2,500 per pound, and high-quality weed can range from $2,500 to $5,000 or more per pound.<\/em><\/p>\n

There\u2019s no way Bodhi\u2019s weed is low-quality. <\/p>\n

So, assuming that he\u2019s got high-quality weed that would regularly sell for $3000, $575 a pound seems like a pretty good deal for Bill. That\u2019s in addition to 15% off the top of the whole operation in return for security and distribution.<\/p>\n

Bill even got his hands on some fake Ozempics (Is it the mob that\u2019s selling all the knockoffs on Facebook?), sweetening the deal.<\/p>\n

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I laughed when he told Vince he had heard that the operation went south when Pete died, but he had no idea it was THAT bad. Maybe the Facebook knockoffs are mom-and-pop shops, and the mob steers clear. \ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n

I almost forgot that Joanna is hoping to take the weed shop in a different direction by drop-shipping CBD oil via a website. That\u2019s big business and a brilliant move.<\/p>\n

Although Bodhi scoffed at her herb-growing skills in connection with weed, if you\u2019ve got a green thumb, you\u2019ve got a green thumb!<\/p>\n

Anyway, Dwight\u2019s a delightful gangster<\/a>, and he momentarily won Bill over with his talk of local cuisine and milkshakes. Will that last?<\/p>\n

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You\u2019re different; I\u2019ll give you that much<\/p>\n

\u2014 Bill Bevilaqua to Dwight Manfredi<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I really dig Frank Grillo, and Bill has some redeeming characteristics, unlike Cal. I don\u2019t want Bill to get back on Dwight\u2019s bad side because I\u2019d like to see him stick around for Tulsa King Season 3.<\/p>\n

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Bill\u2019s operation is more interesting than Cal\u2019s. Cal is a thug (it made me laugh when he referred to Dwight that way), but Bill has family. He and Dwight could work well together, even if it is long distance. <\/p>\n

I guess time will tell.<\/p>\n

While all of this was happening, Tina was taking control of her own and her family\u2019s safety.<\/p>\n

She is her father\u2019s daughter<\/a>. I don\u2019t understand how he thought she had The General as a father and wouldn\u2019t be familiar with mob terms. Apparently, he\u2019s had his head in the sand, too.<\/p>\n

Getting a gun is a wise choice, especially since it got her side-by-side with Mitch. I can barely remember her husband, but wasn\u2019t he a bit of a dolt?<\/p>\n

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Mitch has a good head on his shoulders, and it will be interesting to see how Dwight reacts as Mitch grows closer to Tina. When Mitch said, \u201cShe\u2019s a beautiful woman; it was my pleasure,\u201d Dwight did a double take, but he didn\u2019t overreact. Maybe that\u2019s a smidgeon of approval.<\/p>\n

And now we get to the \u201cNavigator.\u201d <\/p>\n

Did another Taylor Sheridan show just kill off Michael Beach<\/a>?? If so, that\u2019s two in a row where he bit the big one. C\u2019mon, man!<\/p>\n

But was he killed? I\u2019m not an explosions expert, but from what I could see of the front seat of the car, it was relatively unaffected. Well, it\u2019s as unaffected as a blown-up portion of a car could be.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s possible he\u2019ll survive, if not only because it\u2019s too choreographed for Beach to die twice across the Taylor Sheridan universe in such short order.<\/p>\n

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This one will hurt because of how it will affect Tyson. He and his dad<\/a> have been at odds over his involvement with Dwight for a while now, but this was the first time Mark approved of it.<\/p>\n

Tyson was so excited to be able to do something for his dad with no strings attached, and he was even more excited when his dad accepted his gift.<\/p>\n

The worst part will be that Tyson eyeballed that white car before and didn\u2019t pay enough attention to it. That he recognized it in front of the house shows that he did take note.<\/p>\n

But why would you take note of a friggin\u2019 Prius? What self-respecting bad guy would be caught dead in one? It makes me wonder if this isn\u2019t some sort of one-off targeting that has nothing to do with the current situation.<\/p>\n

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Undoubtedly, Tyson will be beating himself up for his part in what happened to his dad. This will be where the rubber meets the road. Any sweetness<\/a> that remained in Tyson might be gone due to this tragedy.<\/p>\n

He wanted to step up, and this will push him even further toward that end. <\/p>\n

Unfortunately, things are only getting more dangerous as time goes on, so he\u2019ll be stepping up at a perilous time \u2014 assuming Dwight lets him step up under the circumstances.<\/p>\n

Who put the hit on Dwight? Was it Jackie without Cal\u2019s assistance? It didn\u2019t seem there was enough time for Cal, Bill, or Chickie to make the call. Bill and Chickie are still reeling from the results of the sit-down, and Cal is generally unwilling to kill.<\/p>\n

Where does this shocking turn take us now? If you\u2019ve been enjoying Tulsa King this season, please drop me a comment below to share your thoughts.<\/p>\n

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