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Dark winds netflix1/23/2024 ![]() ![]() One scene, where we see him bloodied after a brutal march through the desert and harboring a simmering rage, is the type of acting that makes most everything else fade completely away. The search for answers is as much a fight for him to find salvation that may never come. Many of the episodes beat him down physically, mentally, and emotionally, leaving him on the edge of snapping. According to the New Mexico State Film Office press release, the six-episode series filmed in Santa Fe, Espaola, Pueblo of Cochiti, Pueblo of Tesuque, and the Navajo Nation from August. Leaphorn’s response to the monologue before makes clear that he is aware of the pains of the world, but we only really begin to understand the full impact of this in everything he doesn’t say. Dark Winds is a collaboration between AMC and Netflix, and AMC has previously filmed shows such as Breaking Bad, Preacher, and Better Call Saul in the area. We see the weight his character carries on his shoulders that grows to be too much. Even when he is at rest and saying next to nothing, there is a mesmerizing quality to his every move. Though the world he inhabits is vast, and the landscape is often beautifully shot, the swirling emotions etched in McClarnon’s face are the most arresting. We had known that Leaphorn had lost his son, but the way this season brings it to the forefront proves to be quietly shattering. This all comes back to McClarnon, who takes us deeper into the darkness that is threatening to swallow his character whole. Just as was the case in the strong first season, Dark Winds is a show about whether a sliver of justice can be found in what remains a fundamentally unjust world. That does not happen here as Leaphorn pauses briefly before essentially reaffirming what was just conveyed to him. Delivered to Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, played once again by a spectacular Zahn McClarnon, it is the type of moment where another show might follow with an uplifting response about how there is the possibility for good in the world. This country’s got the devil in it Joe and no one is calling him to account, which you know more than most." Though there is a lot that happens in the second season of Dark Winds, this haunting monologue that comes about midway through serves as its driving force. The monsters ain't just in the shadows, they’re in broad damn daylight. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the series being covered here wouldn't exist. This review was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
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