Paramount's Crime Drama Season 2 Hits a Perfect 100% on RT & Claims No. 2 Spot

The second season of the Sylvester Stallone hit, Tulsa King, premiered on Paramount+ in mid-September. Stallone switched from big action movies to the small screen – and it was the right decision. He is no longer Rambo, but an aging gangster who has found himself in the modern world.

What Happened is Season 1?

In the first season, Mafia member and gangster Dwight "The General" Manfredi (Stallone) is released from prison after serving 25 years. The world has changed a lot while he has been behind bars: the era of smartphones, and legal marijuana has arrived, and the Mafia has begun to lose its influence. In other words, time has passed, everything has changed, but not the main character.

He continues to work for the bad guys. Manfredi is exiled to the small town of Tulsa, Oklahoma. There he must establish the rules of the Mafia syndicate in order to bring profit to the family.

In Tulsa, Dwight uses harsh but effective methods to successfully assemble a gang and begins to integrate into a new world. But the man risks ending up back where he started: in prison.

Tulsa King Season 1 Was a Huge Success

The success of Tulsa King pleased the management of Paramount so much that they renewed the show for a second season without thinking twice. This despite the fact that the show had a number of problems during production related to Stallone.

There was more than one scandal on the set. Due to the enormous workload, Sly vowed never to work on a TV series again. But all these difficulties are behind us and General Manfredi continues his criminal march in Tulsa.

Season 2 Features Some New Faces

Before the production of the second season, the cast was replenished with big names – Neal McDonough, who often plays villains, and the brutal Frank Grillo joined the series.

Now Sly is confronted with men no worse than himself. The first season desperately lacked worthy antagonists, and the writers have already begun serious work on the missed opportunities.

What Is Season 2 About?

Season 2 picks up where the first season left off. Manfredi is arrested and faces another prison sentence.

Now the series includes a trial plot in which Stallone's character decides to defend himself because he has read a lot of legal literature while in prison. In addition, the public knows that the Mafia has come to Tulsa, as the scandalous affairs of Manfredi's gang have spread through the local media. This does not stop the mobster, and he continues to do business.

Sly's character meets a failed businessman in a temporary detention center who has lost $12 million of government money gambling. Now the General wants to buy his business.

Tulsa King Is a Good Old TV Crime Drama

The series still maintains the high level set in the first season – it is not a heavy drama about the Mafia, but a light old-school story with simple humor, which is closer to Analyze This than to The Godfather.

The authors do not try to experiment and surprise the audience. Tulsa King is very much like a good old soap opera that you turn on in the evening after a hard day's work, just to have a good time. And therein lies its charm.