Over the course of 4 seasons, Martin Starr’s Lawrence “Bodhi” Geigerman has served as a nice counterbalance to Dwight Manfredi (Sylvester Stallone) on Tulsa King.
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Geigerman → serve → King
As a co-owner of Even Higher Plane with Manfredi, Bodhi has maintained their budding weed empire as Manfredi has diversified his interests with a stake in the Bred-2-Buck Cabaret & Casino and ownership of Montague Distillers and its coveted 50-year bourbon.
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Manfredi → maintain → Distillers
Even after the murder of his friend, Jimmy the Creek (Glen Gould), Bodhi has stayed by Manfredi’s side and remained part of the family.
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Bodhi → stay → family
In the Season 4 premiere, the Manfredi family is rocked to learn that the plane carrying their leader’s girlfriend, Margaret Devereaux (Dana Delaney), and the Governor of Oklahoma, Cal Thresher (Neal McDonough), had crashed.
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plane → rock → Oklahoma
Manfredi refuses to show emotion to his crew as he grapples with the news that Margaret is gone.
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Margaret → refuse → news
It turns out the only person who truly understands the pain he is going through is Bodhi, as it’s revealed that Bodhi had a wife and daughter who were killed in a car crash long before Manfredi came to Tulsa.
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Manfredi → turn → Tulsa
“It was something that we toyed with revealing earlier in the show,” said Starr when asked about his character’s backstory.
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Starr → toy → backstory
Starr also revealed that he initially discussed the “mentor/mentee dynamic between Dwight and Bodhi” with showrunner Terence Winter, who returned to helm the series for Season 4.
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who → reveal → Season
Starr explained: “It’s really interesting to see their roles shift briefly after the plane crash.
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roles → explain → crash
Bodhi wants to be a guide for Dwight when he’s struggling.”
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he → want → Dwight
Starr hopped on a Zoom to discuss the season so far, share what it was like to film that emotional scene with Sylvester Stallone, and more.
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it → hop → Stallone
How did it feel to welcome back Terence Winter as the showrunner?
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it → feel → showrunner
I love getting to explore new stuff with Terry.
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I → get → Terry
As much as we’re breaking new ground with Tulsa King, there are obvious parallels between our show and his first show, The Sopranos.
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we → break → show
It’s interesting going back and rewatching The Sopranos because you can see Terry’s influence.
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you → ’ → influence
He even likes to reuse characters’ names, like “Bevilaqua.”
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He → like → Bevilaqua
How has Bodhi evolved this season?
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Bodhi → evolve → ?
It’s always fun every season to see whether Bodhi teeters into more villainous behavior.
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Bodhi → ’ → behavior
He started the series as a timid, introverted Buddhist running a weed shop.
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He → start → shop
Bodhi’s always been the brains behind the operation, and every season I get to see how far they’ll push Bodhi out front.
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they → get → Bodhi
Bodhi is a smart guy who could extract himself from Dwight’s crew if he really wanted to.
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he → extract → crew
What keeps Bodhi tied to Dwight, other than their partnership in Even Higher Plane?
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What → keep → Plane
Dwight has his thumb on everybody in certain ways.
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Dwight → have → ways
He also provides safety.
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He → provide → safety
If you leave him, you’re now in harm’s way a bit.
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you → leave → way
Staying safe and, of course, the financial benefits are both big factors in Bodhi staying put.
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Bodhi → stay → course
Obviously, the big shock at the end of the first episode is that Margaret’s and Cal’s plane goes down.
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plane → go → episode
How will this impact Dwight and the crew going forward?
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this → impact → Dwight
It puts Dwight in a bit of a tailspin.
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It → put → tailspin
The emotions of losing someone so close to you are tough.
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emotions → lose → you
In Episode 2, Bodhi reveals to Dwight that he’s very familiar with grief because of his late wife and daughter.
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he → reveal → wife
How did you learn of Bodhi’s backstory?
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you → learn → backstory
It was something that we toyed with revealing earlier in the show.
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we → toy → show
When I first met with Terry about this role five or six years ago, one of the things we discussed was the mentor/mentee dynamic between Dwight and Bodhi as time went on.
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time → meet → Dwight
So, it’s really interesting to see their roles shift briefly after the plane crash.
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roles → ’ → crash
Bodhi wants to be a guide for Dwight when he’s struggling.
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he → want → Dwight
It’s always fun to flip a relationship on its head and find deeper complexities in how those two characters connect.
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characters → ’ → complexities
The scene where Bodhi encourages Dwight to embrace his grief is one of the most emotional scenes in the series.
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Bodhi → encourage → series
Can you talk about filming that scene with Sylvester Stallone?
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you → talk → Stallone
He tends to play with the words on the day.
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He → tend → day
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