Dark Winds
Created by Graham Roland
This psychological thriller follows two Navajo police officers, Leaphorn and Chee, in the 1970s Southwest as their search for clues in a grisly double murder case forces them to challenge their own spiritual beliefs and come to terms with the trauma of their pasts. From TMDB
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For the first season of Dark Winds, review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 100% approval rating based on 38 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Zahn McClarnon is riveting as a coiled cop in Dark Winds, a solid procedural that derives much of its texture from an underrepresented cultural milieu." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 80 out of 100 based on 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". For the second season, Rotten Tomatoes reported a 100% approval rating based on 19 reviews. The critical consensus reads, "Dark Winds' sophomore season is just as captivating as its predecessor, with Zahn McClarnon reaffirming his…
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60 of 399 · most liked firstRobert Redford and George RR Martin created the series Dark Winds and here’s their cameo from season 3. We miss you, Mr. Redford. #darkwinds
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching season 3 of Dark Winds on Netflix, and there’s a very brief scene with two old guys playing chess in a jail cell. When you get a good look you do a double-take and realize that they’re Robert Redford and George RR Martin, who are producers for the show.
neutral · AI labelView post →Zahn Tokiya-ku McClarnon is an American actor known for his performances in the Western crime drama series Longmire, the second season of Fargo, and the second season of Westworld. In 2022, he plays the lead role in the AMC series Dark Winds. He also features in the 2021
neutral · AI labelView post →Just finished binging the first season of Dark Winds. GREAT television. The kind of shit we made non-stop in the 00s. Can’t wait for the rest.
positive · AI labelView post →Zahn McClarnon continues to give one of TV's best lead performances in AMC's great period mystery Dark Winds, and the expanded s3 allows room for an early contender for Episode of the Year. My review: www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
neutral · AI labelView post →I have been laid up with the flu for two days and change. In the bit of it where I was awake, I got current on Dark Winds. That is such a great show.
positive · AI labelView post →Today is a good day to again remind folks to watch the Indigenous thriller series DARK WINDS on AMC+. Executive produced by Robert Redford and George R.R. Martin (who have cameos in s3!) it stars Zahn McClarnon in an awards worthy leading performance. I love this series and can't recommend enough. 📺
positive · AI labelView post →Robert Redford’s final onscreen appearance was a cameo in the excellent series Dark Winds, which he produced, as an old man playing chess with his co-producer, George RR Martin. His single line is “the world’s waiting, George.”
neutral · AI labelView post →Amid... everything, if you're looking for some great TV to watch this weekend (or any time), a bunch of us @vanityfair.com TV freaks came up with a list of the best TV of 2025 so far (Wolf Hall! Dark Winds! PITT! Mo! That last one is a fab name for a TV show btw!) www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
neutral · AI labelView post →As a Native woman, seeing Dark Winds hit 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, get renewed for Season 4, and drop Season 3 on March 9 is everything. Real Native stories, real Native talent, real representation. This show is a game-changer. Miigwetch to all involved! #DarkWinds #RepresentationMatters
positive · AI labelView post →Redford’s last cameo was in Dark Winds for which he served as executive producer and champion of the series, originally purchasing the rights to adapt Tony Hillerman’s novels back in 1988 and spending decades trying to bring a respectful Native-led adaptation to screen. www.imdb.com/title/tt1501...
neutral · AI labelView post →For Daily Yonder, I wrote about "Dark Winds," the excellent, addicting series about Navajo police investigators. Drawn from the Hillerman novels, "Dark Winds" is stark and beautiful and absorbing. dailyyonder.com/dark-winds/2...
neutral · AI labelView post →‘Dark Winds’ star Zahn McClarnon on how the show represents authentic indigenous stories. #Sundance
neutral · AI labelView post →Found this poignant. Was watching Dark Winds when these two turned up in cameos. Must have been Redford’s last screen appearance. He, along with George R. R. Martin, was an executive producer on the show.
positive · AI labelView post →There's so much to admire about the late Robert Redford. Most recently he has been executive producer of the amazing series "Dark Winds," and had his first screen role in six years in a season 3 cameo.
positive · AI labelView post →There's something sweet about how the last screen appearance of #RobertRedford was his cameo in DARK WINDS, a fantastic show that only made it to the air thanks in part to him. A man who spent his time on Earth not just creating great things, but also providing a platform for others to do so.
positive · AI labelView post →Earlier this year, he made his final on-screen appearance in the TV series Dark Winds. He was also one of the executive producers of Dark Winds.
neutral · AI labelView post →Get ready to dive back into the world of Dark Winds! Don't miss the critically acclaimed noir drama series when it returns on March 9th exclusively on AMC and AMC+. nativeviewpoint.com/watch-the-fi...
neutral · AI labelView post →slight heads up, saw somewhere this morning on the socials that Dark Winds is being wound up on one of the streamings - in Australian the US Indigenous cop thriller series starring the amazing Zahn McLarnon, all three series, is on SBS...as Molly would say, do yourselves a favour..
positive · AI labelView post →The ‘Dark Winds’ cast agrees with show producer George R. R. Martin: Zahn McClarnon is long overdue for an Emmy.
neutral · AI labelView post →now apropos of nothing, just finishing off the third series of American Indigenous cop thriller, Dark Winds (SBS) - it has been utterly brilliant, and they have commissioned a fourth series, if you're in the US, it might be on Netflix (?), but wherever it is streaming, highly highly recommended :)
positive · AI labelView post →We have really been enjoying watching Dark Winds on Netflix. It originally airs on AMC but the first 4 seasons are available there. Because I'm loving the show, I have Tony Hillerman's first book in the Leaphorn/Chee series (The Blessing Way) waiting to be read.
positive · AI labelView post →Great news (for a change) ➡️ AMC renewed "Dark Winds" for a fifth season ahead of its Feb. 15 season four premiere. (via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social @status.news @variety.com). I love this show. www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/dark_winds
positive · AI labelView post →Now l don’t know where you are in the world but I’m now finally catching up with season four of Dark Winds on SBS in Australia - one of the best tv series l have seen in recent memory 10/10.
positive · AI labelView post →I am enjoying the heck out of Dark Winds on Netflix. I’d read some of the Tom Hillerman books about the character Joe Leaphorn many years ago. These books done as TV are great. The writing and acting are suburb. duckduckgo.com?q=dark+winds...
positive · AI labelView post →I was talking to Steven Paul Judd, screenwriter/director on the show Dark Winds, which I Music Supervise, and we got on a jag talking about Southern Rock. That’s all it took to whip this critter together. The Allman Brothers Band, Tedeschi- Trucks Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Marshall Tucker are here. 1/3
neutral · AI labelView post →AMC and AMC+ have released the first teaser and images for Season 4 of Dark Winds, and the energy around this return is undeniable. redpopnews.com/dark-winds-r...
neutral · AI labelView post →Great write up from Rolling Stone for “Dark Winds” season 2… Proud to be a small part of this incredible show.
neutral · AI labelView post →“Dark Winds” is the best show on television today. Period. Unparalleled storytelling. And Zahn McClarnon as Joe Leaphorn is PHENOMENAL. #DarkWinds #DeservesEVERYaward
positive · AI labelView post →Anyone watch the show “Dark Winds?” It’s good
positive · AI labelView post →First review of Dark Winds, Season 3 is a doozy! We are very excited to share this latest season, which will debut this coming Sunday, March 9th at 9 PM/EST. #darkwinds #darkwindsseasonthree www.rogerebert.com/streaming/fa...
neutral · AI labelView post →Instead of a documentary, how about an excellent series on AMC/Hulu, “Dark Winds.” The Native American culture is superb! Also, some other great series on Apple TV, “Silo,” “Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed” and “Pluribus.” Sometimes, we just need to escape into excellent fiction.
positive · AI labelView post →Thank you to the cast and crew of Dark Winds for having me on set. This show is a perfect example of great filmmaking — authentic, culturally rich storytelling that honors the Navajo Nation, while creating jobs and driving real economic impact for our state. New Mexico is proud to be your home.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hey 70s #AT40, if you haven't seen the Dark Winds series yet, DO! Not only does it involve ACTUAL Indigenous writers & actors & language (though Tony Hillerman was white), but it's set 1971-73 or so, and the use of music is BRILLIANT. It is one of the best series ever.
positive · AI labelView post →'Dark Winds' Season 3 premiere draws 2.2 million viewers
neutral · AI labelView post →Wait, there’s _another_ show with Zahn McClarnon playing a cop—! >presses play on Dark Winds< He’s so good on Longmire and Reservation Dogs.
neutral · AI labelView post →Last time I saw Robert Redford, he was doing a cameo on Dark Winds (a show he produced to get it on air), playing chess with George R.R. Martin (his co-producer) and joking with him to make a move because the whole world was waiting. Genius. RIP to a good human being.
neutral · AI labelView post →#DarkWinds is back for a second season of compelling mystery, gorgeous scenery and period detail, and the stone cold star power of Mr. Zahn McClarnon. My review: https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/dark-winds-season-2-review-amc-american-racism-native-americans-1234778134/
neutral · AI labelView post →Quick #Emmys glance: Zero nominations for "My Brilliant Friend," zero for "Dark Winds," two for "Pachinko" (production design and cinematography), an animated series nod for "Common Side Effects" (yay!), two good nods for "Somebody Somewhere" (Jeff Hiller!), zero for "Evil" and "Man on the Inside."
neutral · AI labelView post →I just started Dark Winds (on Netflix)... Two episodes into season one and I haven't felt this way about a series since Rez Dogs. 🖤❤️💛🤍🪶 If you're looking for a good series to stream - this is it.
positive · AI labelView post →Dark Winds is a great show. And Zahn McClarnon is an amazing actor.
positive · AI labelView post →i‘ve been enjoying Dark Winds, which I had never heard of before last week? it‘s like a scandinavian sad detective show, but on the navajo rez, and with a hint of the supernatural
positive · AI labelView post →I have to say I really enjoyed watching the final episode of Dark Winds, Season 3. What a pleasure working on this show! Hearing Keith Secola’s “NDN Kars” in that scene with Bern made me smile, as did Rez band Dirt Rhodes. The ending? Neil’s “Glimmer” brings it home. Yay! Onward, to Season 4!
positive · AI labelView post →Recommending a show: *Dark Winds.* Truly excellent series set in parts of Navajo Nation spanning Arizona and New Mexico. Combines mystery and crime-solving with Navajo storytelling and beliefs in supernatural beings. Superb acting. Season 5 coming next year so catch up!!
positive · AI labelView post →I just had the strangest thing happen tonight. We just saw someone drinking an RC Cola out of a glass bottle on Dark Winds Netflix series. I was just talking to my wife a week ago about my memories of RC Cola in the 1960s. It was our cola of choice. I haven't thought about it in 50 years.
neutral · AI labelView post →So excited to report that I got to visit the New Mexico set of DARK WINDS (one of my favorite shows!) last summer. It was a lot of fun to talk to and an eye-opening experience to watch the cast & crew bring this special, sensational AMC drama to life:
neutral · AI labelView post →Now I'm just about to watch May December on SBS also on Netflix, but just saw an ad for the new series of Dark Winds, it's about an Indigenous US copper uncovering murders on Indian Reservations, it is most excellent.
positive · AI labelView post →Not similar but a great show Dark Winds It focuses on the Navajo people solving crimes and discovering mysteries that are happening. Season 3 just came out too
positive · AI labelView post →Dark Winds is back with a third season, and I encourage everyone to watch this series, truly an underrated gem of television!
positive · AI labelView post →Teaser Trailer For DARK WINDS Season 3 - "Monsters Walk the Earth"
neutral · AI labelView post →"Dark Winds" and "The Diplomat" on Netflix are really good show. "Man in the High Castle" on Prime" is another. We are going through our third round of "Endeavour" and then will probably go back to "Foyles War" or "Black Sails". We stopped watching regular TV years ago.
positive · AI labelView post →Just want to jump in to clear up any confusion. 1) That's Zahn McClarnon in the GIF, and it's taken from Reservation Dogs, not Dark Winds. 2) This post isn't about him. 3) I'm very aware of APTN. Thanks. I've been on their news show. 4) This post is about coyoteandcrow.net and Indigenous Futurism.
neutral · AI labelView post →Anyone seen Dark Winds? Recommend it? Looking for a new series to get into.
neutral · AI labelView post →amc's DARK WINDS is terrific in its season 3 return, as seen from the premiere alone. i can't recommend this show enough.
positive · AI labelView post →What?! I didn’t know Dark Winds had supernatural shit in it. I think I found my new favorite show
positive · AI labelView post →Love this series and happy to see this. ‘Dark Winds’ Gets Early Renewal For Season 5 At AMC Networks deadline.com/2026/02/dark...
neutral · AI labelView post →27° this AM, still dark out, fire's stoked & coffee's brewed. Binge watching Season 3 of "Dark Winds". I'm a Hillerman fan & enjoy both the books & series' exploits of Joe Leaphorn & Jim Chee. Just read there'll be a season 4!
positive · AI labelView post →Earlier this year, he made his final on-screen appearance in the TV series Dark Winds. He was also one of the executive producers of Dark Winds.
neutral · AI labelView post →Redford directed Ordinary People, A River Runs Through It, Slums of Beverly Hills. And he was EP on the TV series Dark Winds (adapting Tony Hillerman Novels). Add the enormous influence of Sundance and wow. What a life. (2/2)
neutral · AI labelView post →finished the third series of Dark Winds - an absolute belter of a show, best season yet, crime, mystery, politics, Indigenous culture and spirituality, guilt, redemption, oh good lord I'm exhausted - what a priviledge (SBS in Oz , Netflix and AMC in the US) fourth season has been commissioned :)
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