Tulsa King Season 3: The Real Reason Dwight Is on Musso’s Hit List
After that jaw-dropping Episode 8 blast, Tulsa King Season 3 erupts into open war as Sylvester Stallone’s Dwight The General Manfredi faces enemies on all sides—none more dangerous than FBI Special Agent Musso, Kevin Pollak, whose uneasy alliance turns lethal.
Dwight 'The General' Manfredi is juggling enemies like it is his full-time job in Tulsa King Season 3, but the one I would not bet against is the fed who will not let go: FBI Special Agent Musso, played by Kevin Pollak. What started as a coerced alliance has turned into a straight-up duel, and after that Episode 8 blast, the gloves are off.
How we got to open warfare
Quick rewind. At the end of Season 2, Musso literally abducted Dwight — yes, that actually happened — and forced him to act as a secret informant. His leverage? Musso knew Dwight killed his informant 25 years ago, which makes all of this extra personal.
Musso needed Dwight's reputation to slip inside the orbit of Dexter Deacon (Dallas Roberts). The agreement was simple on paper: Dwight helps nail Deacon, and Musso sees to it that Dwight's people end up on the outside rather than behind bars.
Musso plays dirty, Dwight plays dirtier
Instead of smoothing the path, Musso escalated. He snatched Bill Bevilaqua (Frank Grillo) and framed Dwight for it. When Dwight called him on it, Musso brushed it off because, in his mind, Bevilaqua was just a pointless gangster.
Dwight answered by going full mob boss. He had Mitch (Garrett Hedlund) and Bigfoot (Mike 'Cash Flo' Walden) set up an ambush on Deacon during their sit-down. Then he tortured Deacon for intel and buried him alive. Subtle, this is not.
The bomb, the face-off, the threat
The Delmore Grand Hotel goes sky-high — courtesy of one of Deacon's bombs — and Musso corners Dwight for answers. Dwight basically shrugs it off. Musso does not.
'Bury you. You broke our deal.'
Why Musso now has Dwight at the top of his list
- He blew up a federal operation: Dwight went rogue and wrecked Musso's sting from the inside.
- He erased a prime witness: Deacon could have mapped out multiple criminal networks if he had lived to talk.
- He cannot be managed: Dwight follows his own rules, not the Bureau's.
- It is personal: One of Deacon's bombs killed Musso's partner, and Dwight's stunt torpedoed Musso's shot at justice.
Collateral complications
Margaret (Dana Delany) witnesses the blowup between Musso and Dwight, which is not great for a guy whose entire life depends on keeping secrets compartmentalized. Those compartments are starting to leak.
Where things stand
Musso wants justice through the system. Dwight believes in his own version of justice. That ideological clash is now a vendetta, and both sides look ready to scorch earth.
Tulsa King Season 3 drops new episodes every Sunday on Paramount+.