Writer and creator Sterlin Harjo promised that the Season 3 finale of “Reservation Dogs” would serve as the perfect ending to the FX series on Hulu. It’s a bold claim in a culture that often sees fans ripping finales and their writers apart. But if the first few episodes of Season 3 are any indication, it’s more than likely our beloved Rez Dogs will get as close to perfect as possible.
From the first four episodes of the final season available for review, it’s clear the writers know exactly what the viewers want: Surreal spirits and quirky side characters guiding and challenging the young crew. Storytelling that manages to weave together the silly and absurd with some of the harsh realities Native populations have had to face over generations (the atrocities and aftermath of Indian boarding schools get called out on more than one occasion this season). And of course,...
From the first four episodes of the final season available for review, it’s clear the writers know exactly what the viewers want: Surreal spirits and quirky side characters guiding and challenging the young crew. Storytelling that manages to weave together the silly and absurd with some of the harsh realities Native populations have had to face over generations (the atrocities and aftermath of Indian boarding schools get called out on more than one occasion this season). And of course,...
- 8/1/2023
- by Priscilla Blossom
- The Wrap
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you haven’t watched “Wide Net,” Episode 5 of FX’s “Reservation Dogs” Season 2, now streaming on Hulu.
After filming the fifth episode of “Reservation Dogs'” second season, Sarah Podemski went out and got matching Navajo floral tattoos with four of her co-stars. The quartet — who include her sister Tamara, “Rutherford Falls” star Jana Schmieding and Nathalie Standingcloud — took the lead on the episode “Wide Net,” which focuses on Podemski’s character Rita as she takes a girl’s trip with her longtime childhood friends to the Indian Health Services conference. It’s a bawdy and terrifically fun episode, but also quietly radical — the episode was written and directed by Indigenous director Tazbah Rose Chavez, and follows four Native women in their attempts to snag men and bust moves at the conference dance floor.
“We were all trying to figure out if we’d ever...
After filming the fifth episode of “Reservation Dogs'” second season, Sarah Podemski went out and got matching Navajo floral tattoos with four of her co-stars. The quartet — who include her sister Tamara, “Rutherford Falls” star Jana Schmieding and Nathalie Standingcloud — took the lead on the episode “Wide Net,” which focuses on Podemski’s character Rita as she takes a girl’s trip with her longtime childhood friends to the Indian Health Services conference. It’s a bawdy and terrifically fun episode, but also quietly radical — the episode was written and directed by Indigenous director Tazbah Rose Chavez, and follows four Native women in their attempts to snag men and bust moves at the conference dance floor.
“We were all trying to figure out if we’d ever...
- 8/25/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
Sometimes the ones we love can hurt us the most.
In Reservation Dogs‘ fourth episode (now available on FX on Hulu), Bear (D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai) eagerly anticipates his ridiculous rapping father’s trip to town, where the musician is set to perform his latest banger “Greasy Frybread” at a local conference. But the relationship between pops Punkin and his son is on shaky ground ever since Dad ran out on Bear and his mom years back. In pure teenage fashion, Bear’s idealization of the man runs wild, and when his excuse factory-of-a-dad fails to show, the boy learns some harsh...
In Reservation Dogs‘ fourth episode (now available on FX on Hulu), Bear (D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai) eagerly anticipates his ridiculous rapping father’s trip to town, where the musician is set to perform his latest banger “Greasy Frybread” at a local conference. But the relationship between pops Punkin and his son is on shaky ground ever since Dad ran out on Bear and his mom years back. In pure teenage fashion, Bear’s idealization of the man runs wild, and when his excuse factory-of-a-dad fails to show, the boy learns some harsh...
- 8/23/2021
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
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