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The General has spoken, and we're listening! Join us as we count down our picks for Dwight Manfredi's most commanding moments on Paramount 's "Tulsa King." Our countdown includes gangster-style car shopping, prison lessons, standoffs with Quiet Ray, and emotional confrontations that show why Stallone's character is the king of Tulsa! Which Manfredi moment made you an offer you couldn't refuse?
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00:00My life is here now.
00:02Here?
00:03Middle of nowhere?
00:05It's somewhere.
00:06It's where I belong.
00:08Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most commanding moments from the general,
00:13Dwight Manfredi, on Paramount Plus' punchy crime drama, Tulsa King.
00:17The first instrument was like a flute made out of bird bone.
00:22Imagine, isn't it a poor guy, birds flying along, this caveman grabs it and starts playing his leg?
00:27Number 10. Car Buying Gangster Style. Go West, Old Man.
00:32Driver Tyson Mitchell's first big assignment under the general's command is to buy a brand new Lincoln Navigator.
00:37Sadly, not everything has changed since Dwight went to prison.
00:40Where's the Navigator?
00:42He wanna sell me one.
00:43You show him the cash?
00:45What happened was he called me a crack dealer threatening to call the police.
00:48He goes down to Donnie Shore's auto corral to confront a fellow businessman about assuming that a well-dressed black man is a criminal,
00:54and being eager to please a well-dressed white man.
00:56Well, you know, it was a total misunderstanding, like you said yourself.
01:00Dwight then further disputes this double standard by beating Donnie into selling Tyson the Navigator for $50,000.
01:07I'm not following.
01:08Well, follow this.
01:12It's a profit loss for the car dealer, but at least he gets to keep his teeth.
01:16It's also a memorable first display of Dwight Manfredi as a man of conscience, as well as violence.
01:21This wasn't necessary.
01:22Number 9. Western Union's Out of Business. Back in the Saddle.
01:26Dwight finds himself in jail on bribery charges at the top of Season 2.
01:30He's handling it better than Harlan Thibodeau, who's going down for energy fraud after gambling away a fortune in government subsidies for his wind farm.
01:38What'd you get?
01:39Eight years.
01:40You'll be out on fire.
01:41Dwight advises the white-collar criminal to send a message in prison to avoid becoming a pushover.
01:46And since Western Union's out of business, I send my own message.
01:52What?
01:53He then demonstrates by knocking out a vulgar cellmate who's really all talk.
01:57This lesson doesn't come free.
01:58A build-out Dwight later visits Harlan in prison to purchase his wind farm for a relatively meager $7.5 million.
02:05Seven and a half million dollars buys a lot of security and a lot of goodies at the prison.
02:11Come, sir.
02:12That kind of money can go a long way behind bars for someone less equipped for brawn and business than Mr. Manfredi.
02:17Don't gamble the wrong way.
02:20Number 8. Lunch with Quiet Ray.
02:23Bubbles.
02:23There he is.
02:24Ray.
02:26How are you?
02:28With Jeremiah Dunmire's threats, Dwight is forced to finally cut Ray Renzetti in on his business.
02:34They meet for lunch in Hot Springs, Arkansas, dusting off the general's old-school repertoire with his New York associates.
02:40Then Quiet Ray quits being quiet after demanding 80% of the bourbon operation.
02:44Hey, you think that's right, Ray?
02:47Hey, you f*** up. This is what happens.
02:49The restaurant's upscale atmosphere is further spoiled when Dunmire's men interrupt the argument with a shootout.
02:56Believing that he was the target, Quiet Ray declares war.
02:59You're dead!
02:59That was meant for me!
03:01Now we know what Dwight meant when he said that his former associate could even make him lose his cool.
03:05We also needed the reminder that Manfredi's crew have the combat skills to take on this many enemies at once.
03:10Big change is coming!
03:12Number 7. The Dirtiest Deal. On The Rocks.
03:20Dwight Manfredi has obviously worked with some shady people, but none like Dexter Deacon.
03:25FBI agent John Musso is forcing Dwight to entrap this amoral terrorist for hire,
03:30who visits the bread-to-buck to arrange planting a bomb in Jeremiah Dunmire's home.
03:34Dunmire. The bourbon maker.
03:37That's great.
03:37Having seen Musso's crime scene photos, Dwight can hardly contain his disgust at how casually Deacon can calculate causing that much carnage,
03:45never mind having to pay half of the $250,000 price tag up front.
03:48You didn't mention anything about payment now.
03:52Well, I am mentioning it.
03:55The palpable tension affirms that there is a moral limit to Dwight's otherwise cool business dealings.
04:00Of course, he doesn't have a problem with later torturing and killing Deacon for working with Dunmire, to name one of many horrible crimes.
04:08Number 6. On The Road Again. Heroes and Villains.
04:11Tyson.
04:12You?
04:13What's that noise you're listening to?
04:15Come on, man. It's cool. It's music for the soul.
04:17Dwight loves to talk about history, but apparently has mixed feelings about being there for it.
04:22During a road trip with the crew, he derides Tyson and Bodhi for their music while enjoying a special lollipop.
04:27Come on, man. You can't listen to a fish. How gullible do you think I am?
04:32How do you listen to a f***ing fish, girl?
04:33A fish. It's a band. Fish with a P-H.
04:37This prompts him to ramble on about the history of music and how he saw Canned Heat perform On The Road Again back in 1968.
04:43He never forgave the legendary band for playing so loudly that he developed tinnitus in his right ear.
04:48You can't blame the band for that.
04:51Blame?
04:51Yeah. Well, here's how it works.
04:53Okay, on Earth?
04:54Actually, that's how the f***ing solar system works.
04:57Anybody, anywhere, anytime can blame anybody else for anything so they aren't responsible.
05:04Even when inebriated, the general can weave a compelling yarn about anthropology, philosophy, and personal history.
05:10What could have been a drawn-out bit of filler hilariously highlights how Dwight's own mismatched band really jams on the road.
05:17Yeah, thank you for that anecdote, and now my life is complete.
05:20Number 5. The General rallies the troops. Happy Trails.
05:24Season 1 of Tulsa King builds toward war with the outlaw biker crew of the Black McAdams.
05:29Sir, you're over playing your hound.
05:31When I play my hand, you won't see it coming.
05:34Of course, the real focus is on Dwight building his ragtag team into proper warriors.
05:39The Brentabuck hosts it all, from the shootout that gets Mitch Keller on board, to the last stand with Cowan Waltrip's men.
05:45In between, Dwight assembles his troops at the bar for a rousing speech about how he's found a new home, and they shouldn't be afraid to defend it.
05:52This is the real explosive culmination of the season's character development, setting up Dwight's fierce leadership, and his crew's unlikely victory against the Black McAdams.
06:13Now that's why they call him the General.
06:15Do you still think I overplayed my hand?
06:18Number 4. Road Test. Center of the Universe.
06:22Who says that older people can't be skilled drivers?
06:24After this light, tell me pull over and make a K-turn.
06:28Go keep going.
06:29Dwight needs to prove them wrong with a road test, to renew his driver's license after 25 years in prison.
06:34All goes smoothly, until someone takes a shot at him in an intersection.
06:40Dwight then quickly and smoothly traverses traffic, to ram the hitman.
06:44Then writes out his license plate number with the injured driving instructor's blood.
06:51The poor passenger is shaken, but he can't deny that this student knows his way around his steering wheel.
06:56An Inver Nizny family outcast, Armand Truisi, who suspected Dwight was in town to kill him, learns that you best not miss a shot at the Tulsa King.
07:03Did he send you here to kill me? Yes, I know.
07:06No! No! I haven't even seen Chicky in over 20 years!
07:10Number 3. The Nola King. Dead weight.
07:12Dwight and his old prison buddy, Russell Lee Washington, don't reunite under ideal circumstances.
07:18My God, is that a ghost?
07:20No!
07:20Good to see you!
07:21Ah, look like the general done took Tulsa!
07:25Luckily, the New Orleans hitman has enough principles of his own to notify his friend.
07:30The Quiet Ray has put out a contract on him.
07:32The Quiet Ray took a contract out on me.
07:36He did.
07:36And did he hire the best?
07:40He did.
07:43I thought we were friends.
07:45We is!
07:46When Russell gets one of his own for his defiance, the veteran gangsters team up to ambush the hitmen at their hotel.
07:52The stake outlet Sylvester Stallone and Samuel L. Jackson flex their charismatic chops,
07:56and the brief but intense counter-assassination displays Dwight and Russell's efficiency.
08:01The whole thing does suspiciously resemble Jackson's iconic first scene in Pulp Fiction.
08:05I heard two shots.
08:06Yeah, ball buster, I missed.
08:07Cap buster.
08:09You're cap buster.
08:10Hey, it's the perfect way for Tulsa King to give its blessing to the spin-off, Nola King.
08:15Number 2. Not Going Back.
08:17Reconstruction.
08:18Bad Blood with Chicky Invernizzi goes back to 1997,
08:22when Dwight went to prison for mercifully executing a snitch Chicky left in a building fire.
08:26When the scoundrel visits Tulsa after becoming boss through patricide,
08:29Dwight welcomes him by quitting the family.
08:32But this feud especially carries weight,
08:34when Chicky tries to coax the general back to New York.
08:36Do you think I should reconsider?
08:38Yes!
08:40Reconsider.
08:41It was my father's idea to send you out here,
08:43and it was a terrible mistake.
08:44The ensuing tirade formally settles Dwight's commitment to his new family,
08:48and disillusionment with the old one that wouldn't even visit him inside.
08:52You travel all the way out here to see me,
08:56and when I'm in the inside,
08:58you guys wouldn't travel a couple of miles to see me.
09:03Ironic.
09:04Chicky asserts that he's not going anywhere,
09:06and Bill Bevilacqua sees to that by flipping a plot to kill Dwight.
09:10Finally free of the mob,
09:11Dwight toasts to his crew finally going legitimate.
09:13After this weekend,
09:15everyone's going to get a fair cut of all the businesses.
09:20Okay?
09:21So, I want you to enjoy yourself.
09:24You really deserve it.
09:25Before we unveil our top pick,
09:27here are a few honorable mentions.
09:29Save a Horse.
09:30Staple.
09:31Dwight relates to a steed in need of another chance,
09:33and finds his own in Margaret Devorah.
09:35I was wondering,
09:37if maybe,
09:38I could buy you dinner tonight.
09:42Buy me dinner?
09:43Yeah, actually,
09:45that's occasionally how we do it here in the 21st century.
09:49All right, then.
09:50Let's do it.
09:51Breaking up with Beal.
09:52Back in the saddle.
09:53A doomed romance with an ATF agent ends on good terms.
09:57Hotel break-in aside.
09:58I want you to know
09:59I have more respect for you
10:05than almost anyone I've ever met.
10:10Meeting Bevilacqua,
10:11Oklahoma vs. Manfredi.
10:13The gentleman gangster keeps his cool,
10:15but the loudmouth Kansas City mob boss.
10:17Thing is, Bill,
10:19things don't really belong to people
10:22unless they got the balls
10:24to take them.
10:25Self-driving car.
10:27Blood and bourbon.
10:28FBI agent John Musso retrieves Dwight
10:30with technology he doesn't know how to work with.
10:33Open the door!
10:34Hey!
10:35Would you like to listen to music?
10:38F*** no!
10:39You've selected Nas.
10:41Dunmire pays his respects.
10:43The 50.
10:44Dwight would sooner fight the bourbon baron
10:46who kills the competition than negotiate.
10:47Tough way to go out.
10:50It hurts just to burn your finger
10:52or match your whole body.
10:55Manfredi, right?
10:56You know me?
10:58Yes, I know who you are.
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11:19Dwight is visiting New York
11:20when he confronts his estranged daughter,
11:22Tina, at her flower shop.
11:24The tough mobster breaks down
11:25as he faces difficult subjects
11:27with a child he didn't see grow up.
11:29Among them is how she was assaulted
11:30by Nico, the package, Bugliosi.
11:33But Dwight promises Tina
11:34that he'll let it go.
11:39That changes when a visit
11:45with his hospitalized boss,
11:46Pete Invernizzi,
11:47causes Dwight to lament
11:48going to prison for his crime family
11:50when he should have protected his daughter.
11:52He then crashes a card game
12:13to viciously beat Nico to death.
12:15As complicated as the fallout will be,
12:17these extremes of emotional vulnerability
12:19and moral brutality
12:21nail down what makes Dwight Manfredi
12:23such a complex anti-hero.
12:25What Tulsa King moments
12:26gripped your attention the most?
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