Tulsa King
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Theres exactly one highly effective scene in this weeks chapter of the adventures of Dwight Manfredi.
The guys a Teflon don.
So when Goodie slides into position behind Dwight, it looks like the General has grown overconfident.
A knife is drawn.
A gun is pulled.
A figure looms up from the background.
And suddenly, whats happening becomes apparent.
This, unfortunately, is just about the only timeTulsa Kingdoes anything unexpected at all this week.
Ill admit I didnt expect that.
Beyond that, though?
Both these outcomes are drearily predictable.
It makes you wonder how he survived 25 years in prison.)
Sometimes the rote writing is aided by heavy-handed editing.
Take Mitch and Tina, for example.
Some follow-up dialogue in which Tina expresses admiration for his performance makes it even clearer.
What you see is what you get.
Anyway, what Dwight gets is laid.
(Youll go for a criminal greaseball in a pinky ring.
Honestly, theres more class in that pinky ring than in your entire body.
Was this a first draft?)
The next morning hes leaving her house.
Man, that was a big day for Dwight Manfredi, huh?
But Thresher has another way to get at Dwight, or at least thats the idea.
But having employed that maneuver once in this episode, its hard to see the show trying it again.
Yet there are moments when what sure sounds like his voice comes through.
Take an early cross-cultural conversation between Goodie and Mitch as the two hang out at the casino.
Mitch says that he finds it hard if hes feeling happy, but when it rains … it pours.
Theres some poetry in how that line reading is put together.
After he uses one two many jokes that fall into the latter category on Bevilaqua, the K.C.
kingpin has had enough.
You got a sense of humor, he observes with a sarcastic smile.
Sometimes, Dwight says, smiling back.
I dont, Bevilaqua snaps.
Dwights response is a deadpan Yeah, well, Im sure youve got other qualities.
It made me laugh, anyway!
But were wading in this thing; we might as well keep panning for gold.
Every now and then, theres a nugget.
