The Tulsa King Season 2 villain is subtly upgrading both Cal Thresher and Bill Bevilacqua

Warning! This article contains spoilers for Tulsa King season 2, episode 6.One of the new villains introduced in Tulsa King Season 2 is quickly outshining the top-billed antagonists, Cal Thresher (Neal McDonough) and Bill Bevilaqua (Frank Grillo). Tulsa King Season 2 is filled with new and returning characters, but some have fared better than others. For example, Bigfoot is one of the best new ones Tulsa King character, while Armand is a confusing moment in his character arc. Cal Thresher and Bill Bevilaqua, the show’s most prominent new antagonists, have been great so far, but someone else is proving to be an even better villain to Dwight Manfredi (Sylvester Stallone).

Dwight had quite a few enemies over the course of Tulsa King. From defeating enemies like Caolan Waltrip and the Black McAdams to constant threats like Chickie Invernizzi and the police, Dwight has always had to look over his shoulder. Tulsa King Season 2, however, raised the danger a notch and gave Dwight his most powerful enemies yet: the ultra-rich Cal Thresher, and the ruthless Kansas City gangster Bill Bevilacqua. There is another, lesser-known villain, however, who pushes Thresher and Bevilacqua out of the way to become Dwight’s greatest enemy: Jackie Ming (Rich Ting).

Jackie Ming becomes a better villain than Cal Thresher and Bill Bevilacqua

Cal and Bill are too careful – Jackie is much more ruthless

Before the end of Tulsa King Season 2, Episode 4 Jackie Ming was simply a business partner to Cal Thresher. Now, however, Jackie has shown his true colors: he is the leader of a group of Chinese gangsters, and a particularly brutal one. In just a few episodes, Jackie Ming has already proven to be far more ruthless and easy to hate than Cal Thresher or Bill Bevilaqua. Jackie personally killed two people, oversaw the growth of poppy to produce heroin, and announced that he was ready to kill Dwight as soon as he impacted the weed farm.

Conversely, Cal and Bill haven’t done much that actually makes them villains. Bill’s biggest offense so far was putting a hit on Dwight, but only after Dwight thoroughly disrespected and threatened him.. That hit was also easily foiled, and Bill didn’t do much else. As far as Cal Thresher goes, he had much more success in dealing with Dwight, but he simply didn’t think big enough. All of Cal’s attacks were little more than trouble – sending people to the wind farm was the worst, and apart from some property damage, they only punched Buddy in the nose.

Jackie Ming’s limited screen time makes him even more interesting

There is an air of mystery and suspense around Jackie Ming

Jackie Ming has already shown that he is much more willing to do truly villainous things than Cal Thresher or Bill Bevilaqua, but he only has a fraction of the screen time that the other antagonists have had. Both Cal and Bill were major parts of almost every episode of Tulsa King Season 2 that has been released so far. Jackie, on the other hand, only made his first full appearance in episode 4, and he only had a few minutes of screen time. In less than half as much time, Jackie has established herself as a serious threat, while Cal and Bill have only minor problems.

The fact that Tulsa King Giving Jackie Ming such a small amount of screen time also means that the show can basically do anything with him. Jackie has almost unlimited potential: he can become the main villain and force Thresher and Bevilacqua to work with Dwight to take him down, or he can do the exact opposite and work with Dwight to take down Cal.. Tulsa King Also revealed very little about his backstory, so focusing more on him in the future would give him a chance to become more sympathetic or even more villainous.

The fact that Jackie became such an easy-to-hate villain in such a short time on screen is also a testament to Rich Ting. He plays an extraordinary villain, and he seamlessly steps into the role of Jackie, as if he’s been fighting Cal and Dwight for years. Ting’s performance so far is also a big sign that Jackie Ming will become an even bigger – and more exciting – problem than Tulsa King Season 2 is on.

Jackie is easier to hate, but Thresher and Bevilacqua are more three-dimensional

Thresher & Bevilaqua showed more sides of their characters in Tulsa King season 2

Even though they are not as villainous as Jackie Ming, Bill Bevilacqua and Cal Thresher are far from bad characters. The main reason they’re not as overtly villainous or intimidating as Jackie is because they’re much more rounded and three-dimensional.. Cal showed that he didn’t like to kill, he showed that he could strategize, and he even had a chance to show some kindness to Armand, even if it was transactional. Bill has proven to be a caring friend to Carl, a shrewd negotiator, and Tulsa King Even developed his sense of inferiority to the New York mafia.

Hopefully, the rest of Tulsa King Season 2 will allow Jackie Ming to grow into an even more complex and compelling character, giving him the same attention Bill Bevilacqua and Cal Thresher have received thus far. One easy way that could happen is through the car bomb that detonated at the end of Tulsa King Season 2, episode 6. Dwight and Tyson still don’t know who planted it, and it could be Jackie’s work. If it is, he would immediately become Dwight’s number one priority, and Tulsa Kings best villain yet.