Dark Winds (2022)

Name: Dark Winds
Rating: 7.5

TV-MA — Mature Audiences

Rating: 7.5

IMDb

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: 2026-04-05

Number of Seasons: 5

Number of Episodes: 36

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
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)

Season 2 (2023)

Season 3 (2025)

Season 4 (2026)

Season 5

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.