Dark Winds

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2022-06-12

Last Air Date: 2025-04-27

Number of Seasons: 4

Number of Episodes: 21

Created By: Graham Roland

Networks: AMC

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Top Cast

Zahn McClarnon as Lt. Joe Leaphorn
Kiowa Gordon as Jim Chee
Jessica Matten as Bernadette Manuelito
Deanna Allison as Emma Leaphorn
Natalie Benally as Dispatch Operator / Natalie Bluehouse
Andersen Kee as Officer Harold Bigman
Wade Adakai as Officer Gary Felix
Elva Guerra as Sally Growing Thunder
A Martinez as Sheriff Lawrence 'Gordo' Sena
DezBaa' as Helen Atcitty

Seasons

Season 1 (2022) - (6 Episodes)

Season 2 (2023) - (6 Episodes)

Season 3 (2025) - (8 Episodes)

Season 4 (2026) - (1 Episodes)

Season 1 (2022)

Leaphorn and Chee, two Navajo police officers in the 1970s Southwest, are forced to challenge their own spiritual beliefs when they search for clues in a double murder case.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Monster Slayer (2022-06-12)

Navajo Tribal Policeman Joe Leaphorn must solve a series of crimes. He partners with new deputy, Jim Chee, who is back on the reservation for the first time since he was a child. Together they face down evil forces both earthly and supernatural.
Ep. 2: The Male Rain Approaches (2022-06-19)

Leaphorn and Chee interview the surviving witness to the Big Rock Motel murders. Chee meets with the coroner-- the cause of death remains a mystery. Meanwhile, Sgt. Manuelito makes a chilling discovery of her own.
Ep. 3: K'e (2022-06-26)

Leaphorn's niece celebrates her Kinaaldá as Leaphorn retrieves the bodies of the murder victims. Meanwhile, Manuelito and Chee investigate the whereabouts of the missing Mormon family.
Ep. 4: Hooghandi (2022-07-03)

Leaphorn suspects all of the crimes on the reservation are related.There is a big break in the case. Leaphorn invites Chee over for dinner. Meanwhile, Manuelito makes a discovery of her own.
Ep. 5: Ha'i'i'nlni (2022-07-10)

With a major suspect in custody, Leaphorn discovers that there is more to this crime than he would have ever imagined. Manuelito faces her worst fears. Chee must make a choice between his career and his people.
Ep. 6: HózhóoNaasháa (2022-07-17)

Leaphorn, Chee, and Manuelito descend on the hiding place of the Buffalo Society, only to be confronted with hard decisions that could change the outcome of the rest of their lives.