George R.R. Martin‘s Western masterpiece Dark Winds has enjoyed a lot of popularity on streaming since Season 3’s release. Now, the show is almost back.
Variety confirms Dark Winds Season 4 will premiere on Feb. 15, 2026. The series premiered in 2022 on AMC and AMC+, and Season 3 premiered on Mar. 9, 2025. Per the new release update, the show will return less than a year later.
Lt. Joe Leaphorn has a brand-new unsolved case in Season 4 of the masterpiece season. At the beginning of the short teaser, he says, “I had this badge for four years before I saw my first murder.”
The voiceover continued, “Now it just feels like every day. It’s hard having to hold it all.”
Season 4 will consist of eight hour-long episodes, which will be released weekly. Graham Roland created Dark Winds based on the Leaphorn & Chee book series. The series takes place in the 1970s and centers on members of the Navajo Tribal Police as they solve mysteries on their reservation, which is surrounded by violent crimes. George R.R. Martin, Robert Redford, as well as stars Zahn McClarnon and Kiowa Gordon are executive producers.
McClarnon, who plays Lt. Joe Leaphorn, will make his directorial debut in the upcoming season. Dark Winds also stars Kiowa Gordon as Jim Chee, Jessica Matten as Bernadette Manuelito and Deanna Allison as Emma Leaphorn. A. Martinez will reprise his role as Scarborough Police Department Acting Chief Gordo Sena.
Newcomers in Season 4 are Franka Potente as Irene Vaggan, Isabel DeRoy-Olson as Billie Tsosie, Chaske Spencer as Sonny, Luke Barnett as FBI Special Agent Toby Shaw, and Titus Welliver as Dominic McNair.
Season 4’s logline explains it will follow “the search for a missing Navajo girl, which takes Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito from the safety of the Navajo Nation to the gritty terrain of 1970s Los Angeles in a race against the clock to save her from an obsessive killer with ties to organized crime.”
Dark Winds Was a Massive Streaming Success
Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon) pointing a gun on a train on Dark WindsImage via AMC
The neo-Western thriller series premiered in 2022 and, despite holding perfect scores on Rotten Tomatoes, it became a hidden gem. However, thanks to AMC’s partnership with Netflix, which allows the giant to stream part of its shows domestically several months after a season airs, the series found more popularity.
Although Season 3 ended on Apr. 27, Dark Winds has remained consistently in the charts throughout the summer, both on Netflix and AMC. Most recently, Dark Winds found success on Netflix earlier this month after Season 3’s debut.
Dark Winds returns on Feb. 15, 2026, on AMC and AMC+.
Release Date
June 12, 2022
Directors
Michael Nankin
Zahn McClarnon
Lt. Joe Leaphorn
