'Tulsa King' Season 4 Episode 5 Recap & Ending Explained: Who Tried To Kill Ray & Dwight?

In episode 4 of Tulsa King Season 4, Dwight ordered his crew to get creative when it came to earning money, because all of their business ventures, except for the Fennario Ranch, had been shut down by Amanda. Dwight revealed that he had $500k stashed away, which’d give them a little breathing room, but they needed to find a solution that’d sustain them until Dwight dealt with Amanda. Mitch and Spencer gave their horse, Curule, a makeover so that he looked like an older horse named Rubric. Then they made him take part in the annual Sooner Stakes race. Joanne was the only one who put money on Curule, because she knew about the ruse, and she won big time. Tyson began his rap career in the hopes of making it big, eventually, and raking in lots of cash. Bodhi ramped up Lenny’s cheap wine operation so that their fake 1993 Château Luneval could be presented at an auction. They managed to fool the sommelier in charge of the auction, who told them that they could make almost a million dollars with the 23 cases of that wine they had. Dwight decided to open a Texas hold ’em casino, Racket Club, and Bill promised to invest $300k into it. And just when things were starting to look up, Amanda seized Fennario Ranch, citing eminent domain, and gave it to Bradley for his AI data center. Before dealing with this issue on a legal level, Dwight ordered Goodie to head to the ranch and extract Ming’s body out of there before the appraisers arrived. Goodie and Vince carried out Dwight’s order and dug up Ming’s carcass. But then they needed dirt to fill up the hole where Ming once was. While digging for said dirt, Vince and Goodie found what looked like a fossil. In addition to all that, Dwight and Ray had yet another falling out, because Ray refused to understand that Dwight’s financial situation was in the pits. Musso warned Dwight that the FBI was picking up a lot of chatter about Dwight from Ray. Dwight didn’t care about all that, and later that night, he and Bigfoot got attacked by an anonymous shooter. That said, Dwight didn’t suspect that it was Ray’s doing. So, who was it? Let’s find out.

Spoiler Alert

Amanda Wants Dwight To Leave Tulsa

In Tulsa King episode 5, Dwight announces that he is going to fast for a while, because the AI chatbot that he has formed a bond with has told him that fasting helps people stay focused. Since Dwight has been shot at a few hours ago, he wants to get rid of the brain fog brought on by the food and the booze, and stay sharp. Hence, he refuses to eat Joanne’s delicious minestrone. While they are discussing how nonsensical this plan is, Bill arrives to check on how Dwight and Bigfoot are doing after the attack. Bill immediately alleges that this is Ray’s doing, but Dwight shoots down that theory and assures Bill that he will find the perpetrator soon. Bill clearly doesn’t like that because, maybe in order to get back at Dwight for ignoring him while he was in federal detention, he has been trying to pit Dwight against Ray and watch them destroy each other. And he is doing this despite knowing how dangerous Dwight and Ray are, and what they could end up doing if they find out that Bill is trying to backstab both of them. In stark contrast, after taking a look at Dwight’s history, Bradley meets Amanda and he essentially says that he doesn’t want anything to do with Fennario Ranch, because he doesn’t want to attract Dwight’s ire. As politely as possible, Bradley urges Amanda to choose any place other than the Fennario Ranch, to build the data center, but Amanda seems hellbent on showing Dwight who’s boss and compelling him to leave Tulsa.

Wozniak Joins Hands With Dwight 

Dwight and Bigfoot sit down for breakfast at the Bred 2 Buck Saloon; well, Bigfoot eats the breakfast while Dwight just fasts. That moment of tranquility is interrupted by Detective Wozniak, who wants to get on Dwight’s payroll because his former unofficial employer, Dan, has been murdered by Tyson (this makes it official then). Wozniak says that, for $20k, he can take care of the Luger pistol that Tyson used to kill Dan, thereby saving him from going to jail or worse. Dwight accepts that offer, and says that he will give Wozniak an extra $5k if he finds out who tried to kill him and Bigfoot. Wozniak says that he will get that done as well, which is when Dwight tries to assess if the attack on him and Bigfoot was some kind of revenge thing. Wozniak doesn’t deny the possibility that the attack could have been an act of revenge, but since he is on Dwight’s payroll now, he assures him that he will get to the bottom of it right after he is done getting rid of the Luger. Dwight pays Wozniak the $20k and gets the ball rolling.

Musso Might Be Working With Bill

Dwight meets up with Musso to talk about Amanda and Bradley. Musso gives Dwight the lowdown on the dynamic between Bradley and Amanda, and the fact that he was a major donor to both Cal and Amanda’s political campaigns because he didn’t really know who would help him the most with his data center dreams. That’s not entirely illegal though, and hence, Musso is struggling to find any actual dirt on Amanda. Which means that Dwight doesn’t have anything to use against Amanda to stop her from acquiring the ranch. Musso then switches topics to Ray, and he says that, as per the FBI wiretap, after that attack, Ray hardly mentions Dwight’s name. Musso sees that as an admission of guilt, and Dwight lowkey agrees with him. Musso advises Dwight to be wary of Ray because he is so unreliable that he won’t trust him to “water a cactus.” That phrase triggers some alarm bells in Dwight’s head, because it’s something that Bill usually says. I guess Dwight has gotten a hint that Musso has made some kind of a deal with Bill, and the two of them are working together to start some kind of a civil war so that the gangsters kill each other and Bill reigns supreme. Musso seemingly knows that he has slipped up, but Dwight doesn’t make a big deal out of it, because he needs to make sure that his hunch about Musso and Bill’s friendship has some substance to it.

Vince And Goodie Have Found A Dino Fossil

Spencer informs Mitch that Vince and Goodie have found “something” on the ranch. They head to the barn to see what this “something” is, and Vince and Goodie reveal the dinosaur fossil that they have found. I think it’s quite hilarious that Vince and Goodie, two gangsters from New York, have managed to extract the fossil from the ground without absolutely destroying it. I mean, they pulled out the soil or rock in which the dino head had been fossilized without tampering with it at all. That really pushes your ability to suspend your disbelief to the maximum. Maybe they have watched a lot of Jurassic Park and dino documentaries. Anyway, Goodie says that this fossil is definitely worth a fortune, and they can earn even more if they find the rest of that dino’s body in the ranch. Vince wants to restart digging, but Mitch suggests that they bring in an expert palaeontologist to deal with this dinosaur situation. Also, Mitch doesn’t want Dwight to know about this development yet, because he is already dealing with Amanda’s efforts to give over the ranch to Bradley. Once they are sure they have something worthwhile–or something that can be used to cancel Amanda’s plans to let Bradley build a data center there–they will notify Dwight. Later on, a palaeontologist arrives at Fennario Ranch, assesses the fossil, and confirms that it’s a legitimate Acrocanthosaurus head. And it is apparently worth $1 million. Spencer and Mitch think that they should celebrate this occasion, which for some reason, prompts them to get a bit intimate. However, that romantic interaction is interrupted by Dwight, who wants the both of them to come down to Bred 2 Buck as soon as possible.

Tyson Makes A Music Video

Lenny and Bodhi are seen working hard to make those 23 cases of the fake 1993 Château Luneval. This is when Bodhi explains how he became Dwight’s employee in the first place, while Lenny shares his “criminal” backstory (his Uncle Luca is Camorra-adjacent, which doesn’t exactly make him mafia, hence the quotes). Since Bodhi uses the “offer he can’t refuse” line, Lenny states that Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather is better than Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, which sounds like slander. Everyone who has read the book and watched the movie, please, feel free to sound off on this matter in the comments. Going back to the plot, the auctioneer informs Lenny and Bodhi that since a lot of rich bidders will be present at the auction, they might earn more than a million dollars, which sends Lenny over the moon; but Bodhi stays apprehensive, because until and unless he gets the cash in hand, it’s pointless to celebrate anything. At Even Greater Plane, we see Tyson and Grace working together to shoot a music video for the former. They take the finished product to Bred 2 Buck and show it to Dwight and his crew. All of them like it, and Grace shows that the song is doing really well on the internet as well. Hence, the next step is to arrange a meeting with a record label so that Tyson can earn money off his music.

Tyson Messes It Up At The Wine Auction

Friedman Enterprises convenes at Bred 2 Buck for a meeting about the wine auction. Dwight says that, while Bodhi and Lenny will be representing the winery, the rest of them will go as fake bidders. Their job will be to rack up the price of the wine and then leave it to the real bidders to fight amongst themselves; at the end of the day, whatever they get will be a big win. While this sounds like a simple and effective plan, Tyson decides to use this auction to increase his social media clout, because he thinks that if his fans see him bidding for some “vintage” wine, that’ll make him look classy and whatnot. Grace signs off on that as his social media manager, but the whole plan backfires royally because when Tyson is supposed to back off and let the actual bidders take the reins, he keeps going and wins the bid. Which means that he has to pay over $2 million for fake wine! I don’t know why the writers keep writing Tyson in this manner? Why is he always the one who messes up so badly? I mean, this is the second time he has become a liability for Friedman Enterprises. The ecstasy business is kind of excusable, because he was trying to help out his gang. But what the hell was this? I understand that the writers want us to believe that Tyson is really stupid, but this is too much. They need to give him a redemption arc, or else it’ll seem offensive. Joanne informs Dwight about Tyson’s fumble. Dwight has been hungry all day, and that hasn’t helped him at all; hence, he asks Joanne to give him some of that minestrone so that he can calm down and think clearly.

Dwight Meets Ray

A Friedman Enterprises meeting is interrupted by Wozniak, who has done the job that Dwight had paid him to do: getting the Luger out of the evidence locker. He gives it to Goodie, since he is the “owner” of the gun; now, he can go back to that pawn shop and sell it for a fortune. Wozniak informs Dwight that the identity of the attacker is still a mystery, but he believes that Dan or his men had nothing to do with it. Wozniak promises that he’ll keep looking. After the detective leaves, Dwight wonders, in Vince’s presence, if maybe Ray is the one who commissioned the hit. Goodie vouches for Vince and says that even if Ray is guilty, Vince has nothing to do with it. But that’s not good enough for Dwight, and he tells Goodie and Vince to pack their bags because they are leaving for New York to confront Ray. At Fatty’s Pizza, Vince informs Dwight and Goodie that the meeting with Ray is going to happen at the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. Once Vince is out of earshot, Dwight tells Goodie to stay cautious because, if Ray really is trying to kill him, he wants Goodie to spring into action at the opportune moment. The meeting itself is quite boring. It’s supposed to be biblical and whatnot, but it’s just the most hollow exchange of verbal jabs that doesn’t go anywhere. If beating around the bush was an artform, Dwight and Ray would have been revered like Picasso and Michaelangelo. Anyway, the meeting comes to an end, and as Dwight and Ray are heading to their respective cars, they get attacked by a gunman. Turco and Dwight kill the gunman and, just like before (where the Dunmires tried to kill Dwight during his meeting with Ray), Ray assumes that Dwight has tried to have him killed again. Dwight doesn’t respond to that accusation and both parties run away from the scene before the cops arrive. 

Ray And Dwight Were Attacked By Luca’s Man

In episode 5’s ending, Ray calls up Dwight and tells him that the assassin belonged to Luca’s gang, and he was getting back at Ray for beheading Luca; Dwight just got caught in the crossfire. In order to apologize for the misunderstanding, Ray says that he is going to send Turco over to Tulsa so that he can help him deal with Amanda or anyone else that’s messing with his finances. Ray has a personal stake in Dwight’s business, and I suppose this is a good way of showing that he and Dwight are on the same team. Dwight is evidently reluctant about accepting Ray and Turco’s helping hand, but it seems like he has run out of options. By the way, this sort of confirms that Ray isn’t responsible for the attack on Dwight and Bigfoot; it’s someone else. It’s not Bradley. It’s not Amanda. I’m starting to feel that it’s Bill and Musso. Behind the scenes, I think these two are turning the mafia families against each other. I guess Bill believes that he will come out on top if he helps Musso clean up the streets. However, there’s a good chance that Musso will take out Bill too, if he is the last gangster standing. Thankfully, Dwight has an inkling that Musso and Bill are up to no good and, hopefully, he will make some moves to prove that his hunch is right. What are your thoughts on Dwight’s hunch? Let me know in the comments section below.

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