Tulsa King Season 3 Episode 6 Recap: “Bubbles”

The word of the day is momentum, and Dwight’s clinging to it with everything he’s got.

“Bubbles” picks up with the fallout from last week’s mess and uses it to push every major player toward a breaking point.

If you’re looking for discussion and analysis, visit our Tulsa King Season 3 Episode 6 review!

The Feds, the Future, and the Fight to Stay Afloat

Dwight finally lets Joanne in on his secret: the feds have contracted him to take down a dangerous man, and if he fails, everyone in his orbit goes down with him. He admits the odds aren’t great but insists they’ve got to keep pushing. “Momentum,” he tells her — it’s the only way forward.

Meanwhile, the police have swarmed the distillery. The dead body has been found, and the locals are shutting the place down “until the cause is determined.” Mitch tries to keep things calm while Bodhi’s flashing back to Jimmy’s death, haunted by memories he can’t shake.

With their legitimate business frozen, Dwight orders the team to sell what they have off-board — meaning quietly, without a license. Cleo’s confused, Grace’s worried, and Bodhi’s skeptical, but Tyson puts it plainly: “We fly under the radar.”

Dwight’s vision for national distribution sounds impossible, but he’s already planning a next move. By the time they sell their first batch, he wants to pivot to other brands and push toward national reach — the ultimate win, in his mind.

The Dunmire Problem

The real problem comes from Dunmire, who’s still playing Civil War general behind his desk. When his inspector tells him they managed to put a tracker on Dwight’s vehicle, Dunmire loses it — ranting about the “pinky-ring-wearing motherf***er” who needs to be stopped.

That tirade turns on his son, Cole. Dunmire grabs him by the face and sneers that his late brother “served in Kandahar with distinction.” The implication is clear: Cole will never measure up.

Even his camouflage shirt becomes an insult. The kid’s drowning in humiliation, desperate to prove himself to a father who only knows how to degrade him.

Road Trips and Rough Faith

Dwight sends Mitch and Cleo on a run to meet Johnny Wednesday, possibly the next big distributor. The two hit the road with a truck full of liquor and a head full of doubts.

Mitch tells Cleo how bad things were when he got out of prison — poor, hungry, broken — until Dwight gave him purpose again. “The Lord works in mysterious ways,” he says.

Just then, a grinning cop pulls them over on a dirt road. He claims Mitch was speeding but clearly has other plans. When he says, “Dunmire said to say hello,” the trap is obvious.

The cop’s enjoying himself a little too much, but Mitch keeps his cool. When the guy bends over the trunk, Mitch and Cleo slam it down on him, cuff-break, flatten his tires, and take off again. It’s their scrappy Bonnie-and-Clyde moment, and it works.

Dwight heads for Hot Springs, Arkansas, with Tyson and Bigfoot. The trip is long, and Dwight’s patience for Tyson’s music is short. He fiddles with the radio until he finds a soft-rock station he calls “yacht music.” Tyson calls it “suicide music.”

The two trade barbs and war stories, including a brief, tense talk about Quiet Ray — the man Dwight admits actually scares him.

He tells Tyson never to repeat that. It’s another reminder that this unlikely duo is more father and son than partners, even if neither wants to say it.

Grace, Bodhi, and a Bad Feeling

Back in Tulsa, Grace and Bodhi are running deliveries and trying to keep things normal.

Their easy banter turns serious when they get a call from Bill’s associate asking if anyone’s seen him. Neither has — and both instantly realize that’s bad news.

They’re right. Bill isn’t missing; he’s been taken by Agent Musso, locked in the same holding room where Dwight once found himself back on Tulsa King Season 3 Episode 1.

The Church Connection

When Mitch and Cleo finally reach their contact, they discover he’s running a liquor network through a Pentecostal church.

The irony isn’t lost on Cleo, who stares as the “Most Precious Blood” van gets loaded with cases of booze and a fat envelope of cash. Mitch just shrugs — in Tulsa, faith takes many forms.

Chaos at “Bubbles”

Dwight arrives at the resort — a place codenamed “Bubbles” — to meet Quiet Ray. Both men are careful, circling each other like sharks.

Dwight hates that Ray brought Vince along; Ray claims Vince has stepped up since Chickie left. Their conversation starts civil, then cracks. Ray demands 80% of the liquor operation “to keep the peace.” Dwight scoffs.

That’s when all hell breaks loose.

Cole, still desperate to prove himself after his father’s tirade, has followed Dwight to Arkansas. From a nearby bar seat, he tries to make his big move — to “end” Dwight once and for all. But he’s no hitman.

He fires wildly, hitting everything but his target. Patrons scream. Glass shatters. The bullets don’t kill Dwight or Ray, but someone in the crossfire probably won’t be walking away.

Quiet Ray thinks Dwight set him up. Dwight thinks Ray made the first move. Cole bolts. The alliance between two powerful factions dies right there in the lobby, collateral damage of a humiliated son trying too hard.

Fallout and Final Shots

Cleo’s shaken after the road ordeal. She tells Mitch Tulsa never ends well for her, that it always finds a way to drag her back. Her confidence is fading, and the spark that once made her fearless is nearly gone.

Elsewhere, Goody calls Dwight with more bad news: Armand has been found dead, an apparent suicide in a flophouse.

Dwight dials Quiet Ray, but Ray doesn’t answer — just smiles as the phone rings. Dwight stares at the screen, seething. The episode closes with a song repeating the lyric, “Big changes coming.”

He’s not wrong. The stage is set for all-out war.