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This series expertly blends crime noire with seventies nostalgia and traditional life on a native reservation. All of the lead characters are highly charismatic and compelling. The writing, directing and performances are all top-notch. Watch out for season 4, as it is far lesser quality than the rest.

I like these mysteries, in the SW of USA. This is a Tony Hillerman story and I've always liked his books. So, the question, for me, was how well does the TV show relate to the books. In our view it does a good job. The actors are pretty good, the writing is pretty good, the scenery is very good. All in all, we'd rate this: "sit down, get some popcorn, and enjoy a good mystery on a different plane."

Very good story in Navajo land, good writing and acting. Based on books. Recommended.

Season one was decent. Season two crashed and burned. My primary issue is the pacing. I do not know why these morons in modern entertainment think scenes consisting of characters engaging in mundane activities while music plays is engaging story telling. Common activities they often choose include driving, preparing food and brushing teeth. I do not watch shows/movies to watch characters engage in mundane activities I do every day. It’s just filler material because they do not much story and need something to make up the run time. This became even more obvious when they started dragging out scenes. They ran out of story and had to come up with some way to fill up the run time. Boring. I, and I guess most people, have limited entertainment time and I will not waste it on boring. Another show with some potential went down the drain. People consume entertainment to be… surprise, entertained. Not bored, definitely not preached at, and not bullied. Modern “entertainment” is broken, fubar, and clearly has forgotten they are in customer service. Viewers are your customers; service them fool.

This is a consuming story that left me bewildered at times, and then eager for more at others! Can't wait to see the next season's zany and mysterious episodes and hopeful that Zahn will continue delivering an incredible performance!

An excellent watch with a neat script, well acted and beautifully shot. It does feel rushed at times, and given the complexity of the themes and characters the show could have have had longer episodes or another episode entirely. Well worth a watch if you like detective shows with some heart.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

I'm especially liking this cop show. Zahn McClarnon is finally in purely good guy role, and it fits him very well. The writing is pretty excellent so far. I hope the show keeps it up. This might be my new "Longmire".

Well shot, well-edited, writing is better than Disney+ garbage level (i.e. above mediocre,) nice New Mexico scenery (this ain't shot in Arizona much if at all, though it's mostly set there. I lived right next to the Rez for years & spent plenty of time out there.) For half an ep or so I figured it would be an organically diverse show instead of Disney+ "duhversity," but then it became clear that every Native or black character is a soulful saint/soulful saint with one flaw, every white character a villain, a bigot, or a villainous bigot. In other words: just more woke trash. Maybe Noah Emmerich will learn what a horrible white privileged bigot he is by the end. That's called a "redemption arc" in woke trash parlance. I won't be around to see his talent wasted on trite 2022 cliché though.

Tis the most god awful and shameful stereotyped display of native American actors ever, and that's from the pilot no less. Huge disappointment since the male lead in the AMC Pierce Brosnan series "The Son" and his performance there was much better, no comparison to this banal **** even. Terrible story all over the place, bad acting, bad story, very BAD idea yet again for a "new series", AMC---so you better run Better Call Saul for another season which is multiple powers of 10 better than "Dark Winds"

Dark Winds is in a perfect spot with AMC, which continues to show content that people once went to the movies to see. I think Actor Zahn McClarnon is one actor who always knows how to play it cool but wise. McClarnon and the rest of the ensemble are a great match-up. The showrunners (so far) are doing a great job getting me to connect with the characters through their stories. It feels like it's going to be a great series, and my curiosity is piqued, I honestly can't wait to see what happens next. As always, if you made it this far, thanks for reading, and if you watch this series, let me know what you think. Keep it interesting, Stay Channel Surfing! Damian at TalkTeaV