[Warning: The following post contains spoilers for Tulsa King Episode 9, “Dead Weight.”]

There was a new gangster coming to play in Tulsa King ‘s penultimate episode of the season: Samuel L. Jackson ‘s long-awaited character (who’ll be leading up the spinoff NOLA King ), Russell Lee Washington Jr., started out the episode with a bang — literally speaking.

After executing a random hit in a hotel in Newark, New Jersey, he was summoned by “Quiet Ray” Renzatti ( James Russo ) for one last job: Take out Dwight Manfredi ( Sylvester Stallone ).

Back in Tulsa, an unsuspecting Dwight showed up to Bred-2-Buck for a drink and came face to face with this dangerous blast from the past. Russell admitted he was hired to take Dwight out by Ray, but he decided to instead show up and

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