The desert is a place that keeps its secrets—until it doesn’t. And when the next mystery pulls hard enough, it drags the Navajo Tribal Police off the reservation and into a city that chews up the lost, the lonely, and the newly arrived dreamers. To that end, AMC and AMC+ have released the official Season 4 trailer for “Dark Winds,” with the new run premiering February 15 at 9 p.m. ET/PT (and rolling out weekly on Sundays).
Season 4 clocks in at eight hour-long episodes and pivots around the search for a missing Navajo girl—an urgent case that takes Lt. Joe Leaphorn, Jim Chee, and Bernadette Manuelito from the familiarity of the Navajo Nation to the “gritty terrain” of 1970s Los Angeles, where an obsessive killer’s ties to organized crime turn the investigation into a race against time.
The new season also marks a significant behind-the-camera milestone: the show’s star, Zahn McClarnon, makes his television directorial debut, with AMC noting that his directed episode is Season 4’s second installment (airing February 22).
If the show’s reputation has felt bulletproof so far, the numbers back up the aura—Rotten Tomatoes lists 100% Tomatometer scores for Seasons 1, 2, and 3.
Along with returning leads Kiowa Gordon and Jessica Matten, Season 4’s incoming roster expands the L.A. axis of danger: Franka Potente joins as Irene Vaggan, Isabel DeRoy-Olson plays Billie Tsosie (a Navajo teen whose push for freedom turns perilous), Chaske Spencer is Sonny (a recruiter for an L.A. crime ring), Luke Barnett appears as FBI Special Agent Toby Shaw, and Titus Welliver plays Dominic McNair, a ruthless crime boss moving drugs and stolen luxury goods through Los Angeles. A. Martinez also returns as Gordo Sena.
Behind the scenes, the series remains rooted in Tony Hillerman’s Leaphorn & Chee novels, with Graham Roland (creator; “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan”) and John Wirth (showrunner; “Hell on Wheels”) steering the ship alongside a deep executive producer bench that includes Robert Redford and George R.R. Martin.
“Dark Winds” returns February 15. Watch the new trailer below.
