The Cliffhangers Keep Coming on ‘Dark Winds’
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Stars Deanna Allison, Kiowa Gordon and Jessica Matten dish on Chee’s ghost sickness, Emma’s insights and that extended ‘Twilight’ Wolf Pack reunion in episode five.
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Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text [This story contains spoilers for Dark Winds through season four, episode five, “Atída’ahiilyaagíí (Those Who Harmed One Another).”] One thing Dark Winds excels at is the art of the cliffhanger. Last week’s episode was true to form: Joe Leaphorn ( Zahn McClarnon ) was staking out a party where Chee ( Kiowa Gordon ) was undercover looking for Leroy, the cousin of the runaway teenager Billie (Isabel DeRoy-Olson), whom the Navajo Tribal Police have been trying to protect all season. He saw something strange in a nearby warehouse, and when he went to investigate, he was jumped by two men, leaving his safety in doubt. Related Stories TV 'Dark Winds' Stars on the Joy of Getting Weird in Episode 3 Critics’ Conversation Sex, Scalpels and Surprises: THR Critics on Winter's Must-See TV Fortunately for Leaphorn, at the beginning of episode five, which aired Sunday, it is revealed that the people who knocked him out were actually government agents on a stakeout of their own. FBI agents that Chee has worked with before, to be exact. After questioning him — with some kicks to the ribs to jog his memory — they ascertain that Leaphorn is a police officer and let him go. His first stop is the hospital, where his estranged wife, Emma ( Deanna Allison ), provides treatment. That brings us to another thing that Dark Winds does well, which is providing a balance between the high-suspense world of police work and the characters’ heartfelt emotional journeys. After leaving Joe at the end of season three and decamping to L.A., Emma was largely offscreen for the first half of this season. “Having her come in toward the middle of the season really shows that absence,” Allison notes in a Zoom interview with THR . “That silence with her, with her presence no...
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