Jimmie Tramel

Tulsa World Scene Reporter

The midpoint of “The Lowdown” is a high point for Jeanne Tripplehorn’s character.

Tripplehorn plays Betty Jo Washberg, a widowed member of a powerful Oklahoma family, in Sterlin Harjo’s shot-in-Tulsa noir.

Betty Jo has appeared in each of the episodes so far, but she takes center stage in the next episode, scheduled to arrive Tuesday, Oct. 7 on FX. It’s the fourth episode of the series’ eight-episode inaugural season.

Said Tripplehorn: “Sterlin kept saying, ‘Wait till episode four, wait till episode four.’ And I thought, ‘Oh, I’m going to die. Betty Jo is going to be shot in episode four.’”

Good news: Betty Jo was shot only by those operating cameras on set.

Tripplehorn received the script for her big episode and began reading the contents be

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