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About The Lowdown
Created, written, directed, and executive produced by Sterlin Harjo (Reservation Dogs), the FX series The Lowdown centers on Lee Raybon, a citizen journalist in Tulsa played by Ethan Hawke, who is also an executive producer.
Lee, a self-proclaimed "truthstorian," investigates the Washberg family amid escalating turmoil.
The Washberg Family Conflict
- Donald Washberg (Kyle MacLachlan) aims to become Oklahoma’s governor.
- He wants to keep Lee away from probing the suspicious death of his brother, Dale (Tim Blake Nelson).
- Donald’s interactions include Dale’s widow, Betty Jo (Jeanne Tripplehorn), a private investigator (Keith David) hired to surveil Lee, and Frank Martin (Tracy Letts), owner of Akron Construction.
Frank Martin’s Role and Fate
Donald involves Frank Martin in a questionable political deal. When Frank surpasses his own boundaries, this decision ultimately seals his fate, which seemed unavoidable.
From creator/writer/director/EP Sterlin Harjo (Reservation Dogs), the FX series The Lowdown follows citizen journalist Lee Raybon (Ethan Hawke), a self-proclaimed truthstorian in Tulsa that dives into an exposé focused on the Washberg family when things start to spiral out of control.
Author’s summary: The FX series The Lowdown unfolds a tense political family drama in Tulsa, where citizen journalist Lee Raybon exposes secrets that determine the destiny of Frank Martin and the Washberg clan.