NEW YORK, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Zahn McClarnon says his character Joe Leaphorn is still struggling emotionally, but trying to move forward when Dark Winds Season 4 kicks off Sunday on AMC.
The screen adaptation of Tony Hillerman's best-selling novels follows Joe, a lieutenant with a tribal police department in 1970s New Mexico.
Season 3 showed Joe's wife Emma (Deanna Allison) leaving him because of his decision to let the man who killed their son die alone in the desert.
"I don't know if Joe's healed yet. He's, obviously, possibly losing the love of his life, his wife. So, I think Joe is exploring his cultural ways this season, through ceremonies. He's exploring... Hozho is what the Dine people call it, the Navajo people," McClarnon, 59, told UPI in a recent Zoom interview.
"It's a balance in life, trying to find your place," he said. "We find Joe searching for that Hozho this season. So, I don't think he's completely found himself yet. I don't know if Joe Leaphorn ever will find a complete balance. Just like every human being, we're always searching for that."
