'The Lowdown' isn't just a good show. It's a good hang

John Powers

September 22, 2025 / 10:18 am

Jean-Luc Godard once said that there are two kinds of directors. The first kind knows exactly what they're looking for and always aims the camera right there. Alfred Hitchcock may be the supreme version of this. The second kind have wandering eyes that keep searching for unexpected flashes of life.

That perfectly describes Sterlin Harjo , the Native American writer and director whose first TV series Reservation Dogs was one of the great shows of the new millennium. Focusing on teenagers from the Muscogee Nation in rural Oklahoma, this groundbreaking series was more circuitous than plotted, yet episode after episode made you laugh out loud or broke your heart.

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