‘Dark Winds’ to debut fourth season in February

AMC and AMC+ have unveiled a new teaser and first-look images for Season 4 of the noir thriller “Dark Winds,” marking the return of the critically acclaimed series next month.

The eight-episode season will premiere Sunday, February 15, at 9 p.m. ET, with new episodes airing weekly on Sundays. Zahn McClarnon stars as Navajo Tribal Police Lt. Joe Leaphorn and also serves as an executive producer.

Executive produced by the late Robert Redford and George R.R. Martin, Dark Winds has earned a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score across its first three seasons. The series also stars Kiowa Gordon as Jim Chee, Jessica Matten as Bernadette Manuelito, and Deanna Allison as Emma Leaphorn. All three previous seasons are currently available to stream on AMC+ and via The AMC Collection on Netflix.

Season 4 centers on the disappearance of a Navajo teenage girl, drawing Leaphorn, Chee, and Manuelito from the Navajo Nation to the streets of 1970s Los Angeles. The investigation becomes a race against time as the trio confronts an obsessive killer with ties to organized crime. The season’s second episode, airing February 22, will mark McClarnon’s television directorial debut.

The upcoming season introduces several new cast members, including Franka Potente as Irene Vaggan and Isabel DeRoy-Olson as Billie Tsosie, a determined Navajo teenager navigating life beyond boarding school. Chaske Spencer joins the cast as Sonny, a recruiter for a Los Angeles crime ring, while Luke Barnett appears as FBI Special Agent Toby Shaw. Titus Welliver will play Dominic McNair, a powerful and ruthless crime boss operating in Los Angeles. A. Martinez also returns as Scarborough Police Department Acting Chief Gordo Sena.

Based on Tony Hillerman’s iconic “Leaphorn & Chee” novels, “Dark Winds” was created by Graham Roland, with John Wirth serving as showrunner. In addition to Redford, Martin, and McClarnon, the series is executive produced by Chris Eyre, Tina Elmo, Jim Chory, Thomas Brady, Max Hurwitz, Vince Gerardis, and Anne Hillerman.