After four seasons that have consistently kept viewers hooked from start to finish, George R.R. Martin’s 100% Rotten Tomatoes Western is certainly not slowing down anytime soon. The series was renewed for a fifth run back in February, before Season 4 had even premiered, and we can confirm that filming, which began on March 16, 2026, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, remains underway for the new chapter. Season 5 is expected to premiere sometime in 2027, though a date should be announced soon; in the meantime, fans will be thrilled to bits to learn that Season 4 of the critically acclaimed series is heading to Netflix US this summer.
Executive produced by Martin alongside series creator Graham Roland, star Zahn McClarnon, and Robert Redford, Dark Winds has consistently been one of Netflix’s chart-topping shows since it joined the platform. According to Netflix’s engagement metrics spanning June 2024 to December 2025, the series pulled in an impressive 37.5 million views (176.6 million viewing hours), surpassing other AMC hits like A Discovery of Witches and Mayfair Witches to sit right behind Breaking Bad in daily average views.
That said, all eight episodes of Dark Winds Season 4 are scheduled to debut on Netflix US on none other than Independence Day (July 4, 2026) after its international rollout earlier this year. As for international viewers, following previous patterns, Latin American regions and select European territories, including the Netherlands, have already picked up Season 4, beginning on April 5, 2026, timing out perfectly with the broadcast finale. Season 4 originally ran from February 15 to April 5, 2026, on AMC.
Collider Exclusive · Taylor Sheridan Universe Quiz Which Taylor Sheridan Show Do You Belong In? Yellowstone · Landman · Tulsa King · Mayor of Kingstown
Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Taylor Sheridan doesn’t write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for.
🤠Yellowstone
🛢️Landman
👑Tulsa King
⚖️Mayor of Kingstown
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Where does your power come from? In Sheridan’s world, everyone has leverage. The question is what kind.
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Who do you put first, no matter what? Loyalty in Sheridan’s universe is always absolute — and always costly.
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Someone crosses a line. How do you respond? Every Sheridan protagonist has a line. What matters is what happens after it’s crossed.
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Where do you feel most in your element? Sheridan’s worlds are as much about place as they are about people.
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How do you feel about operating in the grey? Nobody in a Sheridan show has clean hands. The question is how they carry the dirt.
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What are you actually fighting to hold onto? Every Sheridan character is fighting a war. The real question is what they’re defending.
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How do you lead? Authority in Sheridan’s world is never given — it’s established, maintained, and constantly tested.
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Someone new arrives and tries to change how things work. Your reaction? Every Sheridan show has an outsider disrupting an established order. Sometimes that outsider is you.
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What has your position cost you? Nobody gets to where these characters are without paying for it. The bill is always personal.
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When it’s over, what do you want people to say? Sheridan’s characters all know the ending is coming. The question is what they leave behind.
Sheridan Has Spoken You Belong In…
The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.
🤠 Yellowstone
🛢️ Landman
👑 Tulsa King
⚖️ Mayor of Kingstown
You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.
You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.
You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.
You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.
‘Dark Winds’ Season 5 Adds New Stars
Although details about Dark Winds Season 5 are a bit scarce, the season is expected to consist of another eight hour-long episodes and will feature several new faces. Last month, John Patrick Jordan (The Accountant 2) joined the cast in a key recurring role of Dale Hicks, an FBI agent newly stationed at the Sheriff’s department. Other recurring roles in Season 5 includeNoel Fisher as Michael Jorie, a dangerous killer with a warped sense of righteousness, and Devin Sampson-Craig as Daniel Ironwater, Jr., a skilled ranch hand whose time in Vietnam has left him conflicted and heading down the wrong path. Furthermore, Martin Sensmeier was tapped as a series regular to play Terry Bai, a former Vietnam War vet turned racetrack worker.
