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Dark Winds Season 4 Trailer Drops: Acclaimed AMC Thriller Returns With Bigger Stakes

Dark Winds Season 4 Trailer Drops: Acclaimed AMC Thriller Returns With Bigger Stakes
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AMC Networks unveils the official trailer for Dark Winds Season 4, teeing up the acclaimed crime drama’s return on Sunday, February 15, exclusively on AMC and AMC+, with the series still boasting a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score since its 2022 debut.

AMC just dropped the Dark Winds Season 4 trailer, and the show that has quietly kept a spotless Rotten Tomatoes score since 2022 looks ready to change up the scenery in a big way. The case pulls our core trio out of the Navajo Nation and drops them into 1970s Los Angeles, which is about as subtle a tone shift as you can get.

The setup this time

"Season 4 focuses on the search for a missing Navajo girl, which takes Leaphorn, Chee, and Manuelito from the safety of the Navajo Nation to the gritty terrain of 1970s Los Angeles in a race against the clock to save her from an obsessive killer with ties to organized crime."

Short version: a disappearance becomes a ticking-clock hunt, and the villain profile points to a serial killer with mob-adjacent connections. Moving the investigation to LA is a smart swing for a show that has thrived on place and atmosphere.

What the trailer shows

Joe Leaphorn and the Navajo Tribal Police take on the case of a missing teenage girl. The footage cuts between the wide open deserts back home and the grimy sprawl of LA, where the team follows a breadcrumb trail that suggests the girl is now in the crosshairs of a serial killer. It also teases a handful of new faces who clearly matter to this investigation.

Cast lineup

  • Zahn McClarnon (Westworld, Echo) as Joe Leaphorn
  • Kiowa Gordon (Roswell, New Mexico) as Jim Chee
  • Jessica Matten (Rez Ball) as Bernadette Manuelito
  • Deanna Allison (Accused) as Emma
  • Franka Potente (The Bridge) as Irene Vaggan
  • Isabel DeRoy-Olson (Three Pines) as Billie Tsosie
  • Chaske Spencer (The English) as Sonny
  • Luke Barnett (For All Mankind) as Toby Shaw
  • Titus Welliver (Bosch: Legacy) as Dominic McNair

Who is behind it

The series comes from creator and executive producer Graham Roland, adapting Tony Hillerman's Leaphorn & Chee novels. Zahn McClarnon also executive produces alongside George R.R. Martin, Robert Redford, Anne Hillerman, Chris Eyre, Vince Gerardis, and Tina Elmo.

When and where

Dark Winds Season 4 premieres Sunday, February 15, exclusively on AMC and AMC+.