Zahn McClarnon rides again as Lt. Joe Leaphorn when the hit series returns to AMC on February 15.
“No matter how many times you ride out to the desert, you won’t sweat away who you are.”
Lt. Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon) takes these words to heart — and stands by his pledge “to protect everyone on the reservation,” even when his job takes him far afield — in the next edition of Dark Winds, the hit series based on Leaphorn & Chee book series by Tony Hillerman.
Set to kick off February 15 on AMC, Season 4 focuses on the search for a missing Navajo girl that takes Leaphorn, Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon) and Bernedette Manuelito (Jessica Matten) from the safety of 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.
Dark Winds will feature a passel of new cast members this season, including Franka Potente (Run Lola Run, The Bourne Supremacy) as Irene Vaggan; Isabel DeRoy-Olson (Fancy Dance) as Billie Tsosie, a decisive and resourceful Navajo teenager who wants nothing more than the freedom to connect with her people outside of her boarding school, but quickly finds herself in over her head with only her cunning and resilience keeping her alive; and Chaske Spencer (The English, Wild Indian) as Sonny, a recruiter for a Los Angeles crime ring who through his charm and menace lure young Native American men recently relocated to the city from their reservations into a life of crime.
Also: Luke Barnett (The Crossing Over Express) as FBI Special Agent Toby Shaw, who arrives searching for answers to a mystery involving one of his friends; and Titus Welliver (Bosch, Bosch: Legacy) as Dominic McNair, a ruthless crime boss who imports and exports drugs and stolen luxury goods into and out of Los Angeles.
Returning from previous seasons: Deanna Allison (Accused, Edge of America) as Emma Leaphorn, Joe’s wife, and A. Martinez (Longmire, Far Haven) as Scarborough Police Department Acting Chief Gordo Sena.
Viewers can watch the first three seasons of Dark Winds on AMC+ and via The AMC Collection on Netflix.
Here is the official trailer for Season 4.
