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Reservation Dogs

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Reservation Dogs

Reservation Dogs is an American comedy drama television series created by Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi for FX Productions. It follows the lives of Indigenous teenagers living in rural Oklahoma, as they navigate adolescence while balancing their heritage with their desire to escape the confines of life on the reservation. It was renewed for a second season in 2021 and a third and final season in 2022, which premiered on August 2, 2023. The series concluded on September 27, 2023. It is the first American series to feature all Indigenous writers and directors, along with an almost entirely Indigenous North American cast and crew. The initial season was filmed entirely in Oklahoma, marking a historic first for a scripted series. The series premiered on Hulu under FX on Hulu branding on August 9, 2021 (International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples). Reservation Dogs received widespread critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including two Peabody Awards and two Independent Spirit Awards. It was nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards (including Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai), one Golden Globe, six Television Critics Association Awards, and nine Critics' Choice Television Awards. Additionally, it was consecutively listed as one of the ten best television programs by the American Film Institute in 2021, 2022, and 2023.

Infobox

Genre
mw- Teen drama Comedy drama
Created by
Sterlin Harjo Taika Waititi
Starring
Devery Jacobs D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai Lane Factor Paulina Alexis
Composer
Mato Wayuhi
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
No. of seasons
3
No. of episodes
28
Executive producers
Sterlin Harjo Taika Waititi Garrett Basch
Producer
Kathryn Dean
Production location
Oklahoma
Cinematography
Mark Schwartzbard Christian Sprenger
Camera setup
Single-camera
Running time
22–38 minutes
Production companies
Waititi Crazy Eagle Media Dive FXP
Network
FX on Hulu
Release
August 9, 2021 (2021-08-09) –September 27, 2023 (2023-09-27)

Tables

First released
First released
Season
First released
Episodes
Last released
1
1
Season
1
Episodes
8
Episodes
August 9, 2021 (2021-08-09)
Originally released
September 20, 2021 (2021-09-20)
2
2
Season
2
Episodes
10
Episodes
August 3, 2022 (2022-08-03)
Originally released
September 28, 2022 (2022-09-28)
3
3
Season
3
Episodes
10
Episodes
August 2, 2023 (2023-08-02)
Originally released
September 27, 2023 (2023-09-27)
Season
Episodes
Originally released
First released
Last released
1
8
August 9, 2021 (2021-08-09)
September 20, 2021 (2021-09-20)
2
10
August 3, 2022 (2022-08-03)
September 28, 2022 (2022-09-28)
3
10
August 2, 2023 (2023-08-02)
September 27, 2023 (2023-09-27)
· Episodes › Season 1 (2021)
1
1
No.overall
1
No. inseason
1
Title
"F*ckin' Rez Dogs"
Directed by
Sterlin Harjo
Written by
Sterlin Harjo & Taika Waititi
Original release date
August 9, 2021 (2021-08-09)
Elora Danan, Bear, Willie Jack, and Cheese (the Rez Dogs) steal a delivery truck and sell it. They are trying to raise money to leave their small reservation community and escape to California. They are mourning their friend Daniel who died a year earlier and hold a small memorial for him. When a car full of teenagers (the NDN Mafia) drives by and shoots paintballs at the Rez Dogs, Bear faints and encounters an Indigenous spirit on a horse, William Knifeman (who died awkwardly at the Battle of the Little Bighorn), who attempts to give him life advice.
Elora Danan, Bear, Willie Jack, and Cheese (the Rez Dogs) steal a delivery truck and sell it. They are trying to raise money to leave their small reservation community and escape to California. They are mourning their friend Daniel who died a year earlier and hold a small memorial for him. When a car full of teenagers (the NDN Mafia) drives by and shoots paintballs at the Rez Dogs, Bear faints and encounters an Indigenous spirit on a horse, William Knifeman (who died awkwardly at the Battle of the Little Bighorn), who attempts to give him life advice.
No.overall
Elora Danan, Bear, Willie Jack, and Cheese (the Rez Dogs) steal a delivery truck and sell it. They are trying to raise money to leave their small reservation community and escape to California. They are mourning their friend Daniel who died a year earlier and hold a small memorial for him. When a car full of teenagers (the NDN Mafia) drives by and shoots paintballs at the Rez Dogs, Bear faints and encounters an Indigenous spirit on a horse, William Knifeman (who died awkwardly at the Battle of the Little Bighorn), who attempts to give him life advice.
2
2
No.overall
2
No. inseason
2
Title
"NDN Clinic"
Directed by
Sydney Freeland
Written by
Sterlin Harjo
Original release date
August 9, 2021 (2021-08-09)
Bear gets beaten up by the NDN Mafia, necessitating a visit to the local IHS clinic. Elora and Willie Jack set up a table outside the clinic to sell meat pies next to Old Man Fixico, who is selling traditional medicines. Cheese is kind to an old woman, Irene, who thinks he is her grandson. William Knifeman, the spirit guide, has issues. The local doctor flirts with Bear's mom, who works at the clinic.
Bear gets beaten up by the NDN Mafia, necessitating a visit to the local IHS clinic. Elora and Willie Jack set up a table outside the clinic to sell meat pies next to Old Man Fixico, who is selling traditional medicines. Cheese is kind to an old woman, Irene, who thinks he is her grandson. William Knifeman, the spirit guide, has issues. The local doctor flirts with Bear's mom, who works at the clinic.
No.overall
Bear gets beaten up by the NDN Mafia, necessitating a visit to the local IHS clinic. Elora and Willie Jack set up a table outside the clinic to sell meat pies next to Old Man Fixico, who is selling traditional medicines. Cheese is kind to an old woman, Irene, who thinks he is her grandson. William Knifeman, the spirit guide, has issues. The local doctor flirts with Bear's mom, who works at the clinic.
3
3
No.overall
3
No. inseason
3
Title
"Uncle Brownie"
Directed by
Blackhorse Lowe
Written by
Sterlin Harjo
Original release date
August 16, 2021 (2021-08-16)
Still concerned about the attacks by the NDN Mafia, the Rez Dogs go to find Elora's uncle, Brownie, to see if he will teach them to fight. Brownie is infamous for having knocked out numerous people in a bar fight. They spend the day trying to help Brownie sell his ancient marijuana, and learn "Indigenous-style" about his ways of fighting.
Still concerned about the attacks by the NDN Mafia, the Rez Dogs go to find Elora's uncle, Brownie, to see if he will teach them to fight. Brownie is infamous for having knocked out numerous people in a bar fight. They spend the day trying to help Brownie sell his ancient marijuana, and learn "Indigenous-style" about his ways of fighting.
No.overall
Still concerned about the attacks by the NDN Mafia, the Rez Dogs go to find Elora's uncle, Brownie, to see if he will teach them to fight. Brownie is infamous for having knocked out numerous people in a bar fight. They spend the day trying to help Brownie sell his ancient marijuana, and learn "Indigenous-style" about his ways of fighting.
4
4
No.overall
4
No. inseason
4
Title
"What About Your Dad"
Directed by
Sydney Freeland
Written by
Bobby Wilson & Tommy Pico
Original release date
August 23, 2021 (2021-08-23)
Bear's dad, a rapper who goes by the name Punkin Lusty, is hired to perform at the local IHS clinic's Diabetes Awareness Frybread Feast. Clinton is obsessed with Punkin's frybread song and will not stop singing it. Bear spends the California fund buying him a gift made by Auntie B—a beaded medallion of a microphone that strongly resembles a penis. As Rita sadly expects, Punkin calls Bear the day of the show and cancels. Elora is approached by Jackie, leader of the NDN Mafia, about joining their gang. After Bear spends the fund, Elora starts to consider Jackie's offer.
Bear's dad, a rapper who goes by the name Punkin Lusty, is hired to perform at the local IHS clinic's Diabetes Awareness Frybread Feast. Clinton is obsessed with Punkin's frybread song and will not stop singing it. Bear spends the California fund buying him a gift made by Auntie B—a beaded medallion of a microphone that strongly resembles a penis. As Rita sadly expects, Punkin calls Bear the day of the show and cancels. Elora is approached by Jackie, leader of the NDN Mafia, about joining their gang. After Bear spends the fund, Elora starts to consider Jackie's offer.
No.overall
Bear's dad, a rapper who goes by the name Punkin Lusty, is hired to perform at the local IHS clinic's Diabetes Awareness Frybread Feast. Clinton is obsessed with Punkin's frybread song and will not stop singing it. Bear spends the California fund buying him a gift made by Auntie B—a beaded medallion of a microphone that strongly resembles a penis. As Rita sadly expects, Punkin calls Bear the day of the show and cancels. Elora is approached by Jackie, leader of the NDN Mafia, about joining their gang. After Bear spends the fund, Elora starts to consider Jackie's offer.
5
5
No.overall
5
No. inseason
5
Title
"Come and Get Your Love"
Directed by
Blackhorse Lowe
Written by
Sterlin Harjo
Original release date
August 30, 2021 (2021-08-30)
Cheese spends a day on a ride-along with Big. Along the way, they meet Bucky, who makes sculptures from stolen copper. Big gets teased by the white police officers. The NDN Mafia get busted for stealing a car. Big tells Cheese why he became a cop, which involves events in his childhood and encounters with the Deer Lady, who has been a presence in his life since he was a child.
Cheese spends a day on a ride-along with Big. Along the way, they meet Bucky, who makes sculptures from stolen copper. Big gets teased by the white police officers. The NDN Mafia get busted for stealing a car. Big tells Cheese why he became a cop, which involves events in his childhood and encounters with the Deer Lady, who has been a presence in his life since he was a child.
No.overall
Cheese spends a day on a ride-along with Big. Along the way, they meet Bucky, who makes sculptures from stolen copper. Big gets teased by the white police officers. The NDN Mafia get busted for stealing a car. Big tells Cheese why he became a cop, which involves events in his childhood and encounters with the Deer Lady, who has been a presence in his life since he was a child.
6
6
No.overall
6
No. inseason
6
Title
"Hunting"
Directed by
Sterlin Harjo
Written by
Sterlin Harjo
Original release date
September 6, 2021 (2021-09-06)
Willie Jack and her father, Leon, get up early and go hunting. They spend a day in the woods together, hunting deer and grappling with their grief over the death of Daniel a year earlier.
Willie Jack and her father, Leon, get up early and go hunting. They spend a day in the woods together, hunting deer and grappling with their grief over the death of Daniel a year earlier.
No.overall
Willie Jack and her father, Leon, get up early and go hunting. They spend a day in the woods together, hunting deer and grappling with their grief over the death of Daniel a year earlier.
7
7
No.overall
7
No. inseason
7
Title
"California Dreamin'"
Directed by
Tazbah Chavez
Written by
Tazbah Chavez
Original release date
September 13, 2021 (2021-09-13)
Elora takes her driver's test, after three previous failures. Her instructor turns out to be her former basketball coach. Instead of completing the test, her instructor takes her on a wild ride. She drives them away from a shootout in which he was involved. He reveals that he was friends with Elora's parents, and tells Elora that her mother gave him an Indian name. He reveals more details of Cookie's death, and they both mourn her. In gratitude, Elora tells him what his "Indian name" means. In a flashback, we see Daniel with the Rez Dogs and discover how he died.
Elora takes her driver's test, after three previous failures. Her instructor turns out to be her former basketball coach. Instead of completing the test, her instructor takes her on a wild ride. She drives them away from a shootout in which he was involved. He reveals that he was friends with Elora's parents, and tells Elora that her mother gave him an Indian name. He reveals more details of Cookie's death, and they both mourn her. In gratitude, Elora tells him what his "Indian name" means. In a flashback, we see Daniel with the Rez Dogs and discover how he died.
No.overall
Elora takes her driver's test, after three previous failures. Her instructor turns out to be her former basketball coach. Instead of completing the test, her instructor takes her on a wild ride. She drives them away from a shootout in which he was involved. He reveals that he was friends with Elora's parents, and tells Elora that her mother gave him an Indian name. He reveals more details of Cookie's death, and they both mourn her. In gratitude, Elora tells him what his "Indian name" means. In a flashback, we see Daniel with the Rez Dogs and discover how he died.
8
8
No.overall
8
No. inseason
8
Title
"Satvrday"
Directed by
Sterlin Harjo
Written by
Migizi Pensoneau
Original release date
September 20, 2021 (2021-09-20)
As the Rez Dogs prepare to leave for California, a tornado approaches. Most of the community takes shelter in the church basement, but Uncle Brownie rides through the streets, looking for the right tools to divert the tornado. Bear's guiding spirit, William Knifeman, appears again, to ask Bear whether he has completed all the tasks he needs to before leaving town. Together in the church, members of the community, including the Rez Dogs and the NDN Mafia, talk to each other and make key decisions about their future.
As the Rez Dogs prepare to leave for California, a tornado approaches. Most of the community takes shelter in the church basement, but Uncle Brownie rides through the streets, looking for the right tools to divert the tornado. Bear's guiding spirit, William Knifeman, appears again, to ask Bear whether he has completed all the tasks he needs to before leaving town. Together in the church, members of the community, including the Rez Dogs and the NDN Mafia, talk to each other and make key decisions about their future.
No.overall
As the Rez Dogs prepare to leave for California, a tornado approaches. Most of the community takes shelter in the church basement, but Uncle Brownie rides through the streets, looking for the right tools to divert the tornado. Bear's guiding spirit, William Knifeman, appears again, to ask Bear whether he has completed all the tasks he needs to before leaving town. Together in the church, members of the community, including the Rez Dogs and the NDN Mafia, talk to each other and make key decisions about their future.
No.overall
No. inseason
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original release date
1
1
"F*ckin' Rez Dogs"
Sterlin Harjo
Sterlin Harjo & Taika Waititi
August 9, 2021 (2021-08-09)
Elora Danan, Bear, Willie Jack, and Cheese (the Rez Dogs) steal a delivery truck and sell it. They are trying to raise money to leave their small reservation community and escape to California. They are mourning their friend Daniel who died a year earlier and hold a small memorial for him. When a car full of teenagers (the NDN Mafia) drives by and shoots paintballs at the Rez Dogs, Bear faints and encounters an Indigenous spirit on a horse, William Knifeman (who died awkwardly at the Battle of the Little Bighorn), who attempts to give him life advice.
2
2
"NDN Clinic"
Sydney Freeland
Sterlin Harjo
August 9, 2021 (2021-08-09)
Bear gets beaten up by the NDN Mafia, necessitating a visit to the local IHS clinic. Elora and Willie Jack set up a table outside the clinic to sell meat pies next to Old Man Fixico, who is selling traditional medicines. Cheese is kind to an old woman, Irene, who thinks he is her grandson. William Knifeman, the spirit guide, has issues. The local doctor flirts with Bear's mom, who works at the clinic.
3
3
"Uncle Brownie"
Blackhorse Lowe
Sterlin Harjo
August 16, 2021 (2021-08-16)
Still concerned about the attacks by the NDN Mafia, the Rez Dogs go to find Elora's uncle, Brownie, to see if he will teach them to fight. Brownie is infamous for having knocked out numerous people in a bar fight. They spend the day trying to help Brownie sell his ancient marijuana, and learn "Indigenous-style" about his ways of fighting.
4
4
"What About Your Dad"
Sydney Freeland
Bobby Wilson & Tommy Pico
August 23, 2021 (2021-08-23)
Bear's dad, a rapper who goes by the name Punkin Lusty, is hired to perform at the local IHS clinic's Diabetes Awareness Frybread Feast. Clinton is obsessed with Punkin's frybread song and will not stop singing it. Bear spends the California fund buying him a gift made by Auntie B—a beaded medallion of a microphone that strongly resembles a penis. As Rita sadly expects, Punkin calls Bear the day of the show and cancels. Elora is approached by Jackie, leader of the NDN Mafia, about joining their gang. After Bear spends the fund, Elora starts to consider Jackie's offer.
5
5
"Come and Get Your Love"
Blackhorse Lowe
Sterlin Harjo
August 30, 2021 (2021-08-30)
Cheese spends a day on a ride-along with Big. Along the way, they meet Bucky, who makes sculptures from stolen copper. Big gets teased by the white police officers. The NDN Mafia get busted for stealing a car. Big tells Cheese why he became a cop, which involves events in his childhood and encounters with the Deer Lady, who has been a presence in his life since he was a child.
6
6
"Hunting"
Sterlin Harjo
Sterlin Harjo
September 6, 2021 (2021-09-06)
Willie Jack and her father, Leon, get up early and go hunting. They spend a day in the woods together, hunting deer and grappling with their grief over the death of Daniel a year earlier.
7
7
"California Dreamin
Tazbah Chavez
Tazbah Chavez
September 13, 2021 (2021-09-13)
Elora takes her driver's test, after three previous failures. Her instructor turns out to be her former basketball coach. Instead of completing the test, her instructor takes her on a wild ride. She drives them away from a shootout in which he was involved. He reveals that he was friends with Elora's parents, and tells Elora that her mother gave him an Indian name. He reveals more details of Cookie's death, and they both mourn her. In gratitude, Elora tells him what his "Indian name" means. In a flashback, we see Daniel with the Rez Dogs and discover how he died.
8
8
"Satvrday"
Sterlin Harjo
Migizi Pensoneau
September 20, 2021 (2021-09-20)
As the Rez Dogs prepare to leave for California, a tornado approaches. Most of the community takes shelter in the church basement, but Uncle Brownie rides through the streets, looking for the right tools to divert the tornado. Bear's guiding spirit, William Knifeman, appears again, to ask Bear whether he has completed all the tasks he needs to before leaving town. Together in the church, members of the community, including the Rez Dogs and the NDN Mafia, talk to each other and make key decisions about their future.
· Episodes › Season 2 (2022)
9
9
No.overall
9
No. inseason
1
Title
"The Curse"
Directed by
Sterlin Harjo
Written by
Sterlin Harjo & Dallas Goldtooth & Ryan RedCorn
Original release date
August 3, 2022 (2022-08-03)
The gang is scattered, with Elora and Jackie on the road to California and the others in various places around the reservation. Willie Jack blames herself for their troubles because she gave Jackie's hair to a white man in a bar so that he could put a curse on Jackie. Uncle Brownie and others tell her that she used bad medicine and it has come back on her, bringing them all misfortune. She and Cheese set out to gather the items and knowledge to reverse the curse. Uncle Brownie has been changed by the tornado ceremony. For a while he wanders naked, thinking he's an invisible spirit or a holy man, because he can see William "Spirit" Knifeman. Knifeman tells him that he is not a holy man. Elora and Jackie break down on the side of the road and catch a ride with a creepy traveling salesman. After he turns onto a dirt road, the frightened girls attack him and get away but leave their bags and money in his car. They try to steal a vehicle from a homestead and get chased by gun-waving rednecks in a truck.
The gang is scattered, with Elora and Jackie on the road to California and the others in various places around the reservation. Willie Jack blames herself for their troubles because she gave Jackie's hair to a white man in a bar so that he could put a curse on Jackie. Uncle Brownie and others tell her that she used bad medicine and it has come back on her, bringing them all misfortune. She and Cheese set out to gather the items and knowledge to reverse the curse. Uncle Brownie has been changed by the tornado ceremony. For a while he wanders naked, thinking he's an invisible spirit or a holy man, because he can see William "Spirit" Knifeman. Knifeman tells him that he is not a holy man. Elora and Jackie break down on the side of the road and catch a ride with a creepy traveling salesman. After he turns onto a dirt road, the frightened girls attack him and get away but leave their bags and money in his car. They try to steal a vehicle from a homestead and get chased by gun-waving rednecks in a truck.
No.overall
The gang is scattered, with Elora and Jackie on the road to California and the others in various places around the reservation. Willie Jack blames herself for their troubles because she gave Jackie's hair to a white man in a bar so that he could put a curse on Jackie. Uncle Brownie and others tell her that she used bad medicine and it has come back on her, bringing them all misfortune. She and Cheese set out to gather the items and knowledge to reverse the curse. Uncle Brownie has been changed by the tornado ceremony. For a while he wanders naked, thinking he's an invisible spirit or a holy man, because he can see William "Spirit" Knifeman. Knifeman tells him that he is not a holy man. Elora and Jackie break down on the side of the road and catch a ride with a creepy traveling salesman. After he turns onto a dirt road, the frightened girls attack him and get away but leave their bags and money in his car. They try to steal a vehicle from a homestead and get chased by gun-waving rednecks in a truck.
10
10
No.overall
10
No. inseason
2
Title
"Run"
Directed by
Sterlin Harjo
Written by
Sterlin Harjo & Dallas Goldtooth & Ryan RedCorn
Original release date
August 3, 2022 (2022-08-03)
Elora and Jackie narrowly escape being caught by the rednecks and continue on their way. They are spotted by a friendly white woman, who invites them to her house, feeds them and puts them up for the night. After nightfall the girls steal her truck and head home. Back on the reservation, Willie Jack manages to obtain several items that belonged to Jackie and she, Cheese, Uncle Brownie, and Bucky head down to the river to break free of the curse. William Knifeman (only visible to Uncle Brownie) arrives to sing with them, then announces that they have vanquished the curse, as long as they treat each other well in the future. Bear skulks around town, trying to find a job.
Elora and Jackie narrowly escape being caught by the rednecks and continue on their way. They are spotted by a friendly white woman, who invites them to her house, feeds them and puts them up for the night. After nightfall the girls steal her truck and head home. Back on the reservation, Willie Jack manages to obtain several items that belonged to Jackie and she, Cheese, Uncle Brownie, and Bucky head down to the river to break free of the curse. William Knifeman (only visible to Uncle Brownie) arrives to sing with them, then announces that they have vanquished the curse, as long as they treat each other well in the future. Bear skulks around town, trying to find a job.
No.overall
Elora and Jackie narrowly escape being caught by the rednecks and continue on their way. They are spotted by a friendly white woman, who invites them to her house, feeds them and puts them up for the night. After nightfall the girls steal her truck and head home. Back on the reservation, Willie Jack manages to obtain several items that belonged to Jackie and she, Cheese, Uncle Brownie, and Bucky head down to the river to break free of the curse. William Knifeman (only visible to Uncle Brownie) arrives to sing with them, then announces that they have vanquished the curse, as long as they treat each other well in the future. Bear skulks around town, trying to find a job.
11
11
No.overall
11
No. inseason
3
Title
"Roofing"
Directed by
Erica Tremblay
Written by
Sterlin Harjo & Chad Charlie
Original release date
August 10, 2022 (2022-08-10)
Bear gets a job working on a small roofing crew with three other men and is surprised to find out that Daniel's father is one of the crew. The workers tease him but he eventually shares an intimate conversation with Daniel's father, who is also full of regret and shame about Daniel's death. Bear is proud to be able to help his mother pay the bills. Elora comes to Bear's window in tears, saying that her grandmother is dying.
Bear gets a job working on a small roofing crew with three other men and is surprised to find out that Daniel's father is one of the crew. The workers tease him but he eventually shares an intimate conversation with Daniel's father, who is also full of regret and shame about Daniel's death. Bear is proud to be able to help his mother pay the bills. Elora comes to Bear's window in tears, saying that her grandmother is dying.
No.overall
Bear gets a job working on a small roofing crew with three other men and is surprised to find out that Daniel's father is one of the crew. The workers tease him but he eventually shares an intimate conversation with Daniel's father, who is also full of regret and shame about Daniel's death. Bear is proud to be able to help his mother pay the bills. Elora comes to Bear's window in tears, saying that her grandmother is dying.
12
12
No.overall
12
No. inseason
4
Title
"Mabel"
Directed by
Danis Goulet
Written by
Sterlin Harjo & Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs
Original release date
August 17, 2022 (2022-08-17)
Elora's grandmother, Mabel, is dying. Friends and relatives gather at her bedside to pray and sing in Mvskoke, conduct ceremony, and offer support to Elora. Jackie comes, awkwardly negotiating a setting where she feels unwelcome. Elora's aunt and her friends reminisce about Elora's mother, Cookie, and how their friend group scattered and their lives changed forever after her death. At Elora's request, Cheese leads a prayer. William "Spirit" Knifeman shows up to eat the spirit offerings and wait for Mabel to die so he can take her to "orientation". After Mabel dies, Elora sees her as a spirit.
Elora's grandmother, Mabel, is dying. Friends and relatives gather at her bedside to pray and sing in Mvskoke, conduct ceremony, and offer support to Elora. Jackie comes, awkwardly negotiating a setting where she feels unwelcome. Elora's aunt and her friends reminisce about Elora's mother, Cookie, and how their friend group scattered and their lives changed forever after her death. At Elora's request, Cheese leads a prayer. William "Spirit" Knifeman shows up to eat the spirit offerings and wait for Mabel to die so he can take her to "orientation". After Mabel dies, Elora sees her as a spirit.
No.overall
Elora's grandmother, Mabel, is dying. Friends and relatives gather at her bedside to pray and sing in Mvskoke, conduct ceremony, and offer support to Elora. Jackie comes, awkwardly negotiating a setting where she feels unwelcome. Elora's aunt and her friends reminisce about Elora's mother, Cookie, and how their friend group scattered and their lives changed forever after her death. At Elora's request, Cheese leads a prayer. William "Spirit" Knifeman shows up to eat the spirit offerings and wait for Mabel to die so he can take her to "orientation". After Mabel dies, Elora sees her as a spirit.
13
13
No.overall
13
No. inseason
5
Title
"Wide Net"
Directed by
Tazbah Chavez
Written by
Tazbah Chavez
Original release date
August 24, 2022 (2022-08-24)
The Aunties, (lifelong friends Bev, Natalie, Rita, and Teenie) go on "the closest thing to a vacation" they get—a wild trip to the yearly Indian Health Service (IHS) conference, where they meet up with Natives from all over the country. They party and set out to make sexual conquests, with variable results. In a flashback, we see them as girls together, before Cookie died, learning a dance they try to recreate on the dance floor at the conference. With his mother out of town, Bear throws a party at home.
The Aunties, (lifelong friends Bev, Natalie, Rita, and Teenie) go on "the closest thing to a vacation" they get—a wild trip to the yearly Indian Health Service (IHS) conference, where they meet up with Natives from all over the country. They party and set out to make sexual conquests, with variable results. In a flashback, we see them as girls together, before Cookie died, learning a dance they try to recreate on the dance floor at the conference. With his mother out of town, Bear throws a party at home.
No.overall
The Aunties, (lifelong friends Bev, Natalie, Rita, and Teenie) go on "the closest thing to a vacation" they get—a wild trip to the yearly Indian Health Service (IHS) conference, where they meet up with Natives from all over the country. They party and set out to make sexual conquests, with variable results. In a flashback, we see them as girls together, before Cookie died, learning a dance they try to recreate on the dance floor at the conference. With his mother out of town, Bear throws a party at home.
14
14
No.overall
14
No. inseason
6
Title
"Decolonativization"
Directed by
Tazbah Chavez
Written by
Erica Tremblay
Original release date
August 31, 2022 (2022-08-31)
As punishment for throwing the party, Bear's mother makes him attend the Native American Reclamation and Decolonization Symposium Youth Summit (NARDS) at the IHS Clinic. Clinton has hired two online influencers—young people who proceed to talk about themselves, claiming to be a "Young Elder" and a "Matriarch". The duo's claims and mismatched regalia elicit a skeptical response from the audience, many of whom leave. Those who stay—mostly hoping to get free food—are led through exercises that the "influencers" claim are traditional or acts of "decolonization". The exercises resemble corporate-retreat trust-building activities. Bear reaches out to Elora but is disappointed when he sees her with Jackie. Willie Jack continues to reject Jackie, often in painful, personal ways. Other members of the NDN Mafia participate more enthusiastically in the symposium, even pairing with members of the Rez Dogs in trust-building exercises. Bear and Elora grow even more distant.
As punishment for throwing the party, Bear's mother makes him attend the Native American Reclamation and Decolonization Symposium Youth Summit (NARDS) at the IHS Clinic. Clinton has hired two online influencers—young people who proceed to talk about themselves, claiming to be a "Young Elder" and a "Matriarch". The duo's claims and mismatched regalia elicit a skeptical response from the audience, many of whom leave. Those who stay—mostly hoping to get free food—are led through exercises that the "influencers" claim are traditional or acts of "decolonization". The exercises resemble corporate-retreat trust-building activities. Bear reaches out to Elora but is disappointed when he sees her with Jackie. Willie Jack continues to reject Jackie, often in painful, personal ways. Other members of the NDN Mafia participate more enthusiastically in the symposium, even pairing with members of the Rez Dogs in trust-building exercises. Bear and Elora grow even more distant.
No.overall
As punishment for throwing the party, Bear's mother makes him attend the Native American Reclamation and Decolonization Symposium Youth Summit (NARDS) at the IHS Clinic. Clinton has hired two online influencers—young people who proceed to talk about themselves, claiming to be a "Young Elder" and a "Matriarch". The duo's claims and mismatched regalia elicit a skeptical response from the audience, many of whom leave. Those who stay—mostly hoping to get free food—are led through exercises that the "influencers" claim are traditional or acts of "decolonization". The exercises resemble corporate-retreat trust-building activities. Bear reaches out to Elora but is disappointed when he sees her with Jackie. Willie Jack continues to reject Jackie, often in painful, personal ways. Other members of the NDN Mafia participate more enthusiastically in the symposium, even pairing with members of the Rez Dogs in trust-building exercises. Bear and Elora grow even more distant.
15
15
No.overall
15
No. inseason
7
Title
"Stay Gold Cheesy Boy"
Directed by
Blackhorse Lowe
Written by
Bobby Wilson
Original release date
September 7, 2022 (2022-09-07)
Cheese and Charley are arrested in a raid by Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Cheese does not know why, but the police find cannabis plants in the house. Until his guardianship can be determined, Cheese is sent to a group home run by Gene, who is "awkward, self-centered, incompetent, and, most troubling for Cheese, dedicated to an addiction-recovery plan that involves appropriating random Native American spiritual and cultural practices." Gene forces the Native and Black youth to attend "recovery" circles, despite the fact that, unlike Gene, they are not addicts. Although the environment is stressful and oppressive, Cheese bonds with the other youth, talking openly for the first time about his relationship with Daniel. Jackie, who witnessed the arrests, puts aside her shyness and hurt and goes to tell the Rez Dogs. United in the face of crisis, they come up with a plan to free Cheese. Big arrives to free him from the group home and Irene, the elder he met at the clinic, takes him in as her adopted grandson. Cheese's friends, including Jackie, welcome him home.
Cheese and Charley are arrested in a raid by Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Cheese does not know why, but the police find cannabis plants in the house. Until his guardianship can be determined, Cheese is sent to a group home run by Gene, who is "awkward, self-centered, incompetent, and, most troubling for Cheese, dedicated to an addiction-recovery plan that involves appropriating random Native American spiritual and cultural practices." Gene forces the Native and Black youth to attend "recovery" circles, despite the fact that, unlike Gene, they are not addicts. Although the environment is stressful and oppressive, Cheese bonds with the other youth, talking openly for the first time about his relationship with Daniel. Jackie, who witnessed the arrests, puts aside her shyness and hurt and goes to tell the Rez Dogs. United in the face of crisis, they come up with a plan to free Cheese. Big arrives to free him from the group home and Irene, the elder he met at the clinic, takes him in as her adopted grandson. Cheese's friends, including Jackie, welcome him home.
No.overall
Cheese and Charley are arrested in a raid by Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Cheese does not know why, but the police find cannabis plants in the house. Until his guardianship can be determined, Cheese is sent to a group home run by Gene, who is "awkward, self-centered, incompetent, and, most troubling for Cheese, dedicated to an addiction-recovery plan that involves appropriating random Native American spiritual and cultural practices." Gene forces the Native and Black youth to attend "recovery" circles, despite the fact that, unlike Gene, they are not addicts. Although the environment is stressful and oppressive, Cheese bonds with the other youth, talking openly for the first time about his relationship with Daniel. Jackie, who witnessed the arrests, puts aside her shyness and hurt and goes to tell the Rez Dogs. United in the face of crisis, they come up with a plan to free Cheese. Big arrives to free him from the group home and Irene, the elder he met at the clinic, takes him in as her adopted grandson. Cheese's friends, including Jackie, welcome him home.
16
16
No.overall
16
No. inseason
8
Title
"This is Where the Plot Thickens"
Directed by
Blackhorse Lowe
Written by
Blackhorse Lowe & Sterlin Harjo
Original release date
September 14, 2022 (2022-09-14)
Lighthorseman Big is dispatched to investigate a stolen shipment of catfish. He argues that he should instead investigate a recent bigfoot sighting, but complies with orders and heads to the salvage yard to check on the "methheads" there. Big mistakenly drinks a soda that is laced with strong psychedelics. He has never done drugs and is wracked with guilt. He has vivid hallucinations and re-experiences the traumatic memory of Cookie's death, for which he blames himself. Despite finding Kenny Boy deeply irritating, Big winds up having to rely on him for support, as Kenny is experienced with hallucinogens. They stumble upon masked and robed white supremacists doing a grotesque ritual in the forest, involving a giant owl effigy and sexual penetration of decapitated catfish, while chanting that they are the true owners of Native land. Big and Kenny attempt to arrest them but are assaulted and held captive. Deer Lady arrives and frees them, enabling Big to call for backup. The obscene Catfish cult – which includes the Governor of Oklahoma and other powerful local men – is arrested and exposed in the media. While Big still finds Kenny embarrassing, they form an awkward bond. During the closing credits, a bigfoot meanders across the screen, but an exhausted Big does not notice.
Lighthorseman Big is dispatched to investigate a stolen shipment of catfish. He argues that he should instead investigate a recent bigfoot sighting, but complies with orders and heads to the salvage yard to check on the "methheads" there. Big mistakenly drinks a soda that is laced with strong psychedelics. He has never done drugs and is wracked with guilt. He has vivid hallucinations and re-experiences the traumatic memory of Cookie's death, for which he blames himself. Despite finding Kenny Boy deeply irritating, Big winds up having to rely on him for support, as Kenny is experienced with hallucinogens. They stumble upon masked and robed white supremacists doing a grotesque ritual in the forest, involving a giant owl effigy and sexual penetration of decapitated catfish, while chanting that they are the true owners of Native land. Big and Kenny attempt to arrest them but are assaulted and held captive. Deer Lady arrives and frees them, enabling Big to call for backup. The obscene Catfish cult – which includes the Governor of Oklahoma and other powerful local men – is arrested and exposed in the media. While Big still finds Kenny embarrassing, they form an awkward bond. During the closing credits, a bigfoot meanders across the screen, but an exhausted Big does not notice.
No.overall
Lighthorseman Big is dispatched to investigate a stolen shipment of catfish. He argues that he should instead investigate a recent bigfoot sighting, but complies with orders and heads to the salvage yard to check on the "methheads" there. Big mistakenly drinks a soda that is laced with strong psychedelics. He has never done drugs and is wracked with guilt. He has vivid hallucinations and re-experiences the traumatic memory of Cookie's death, for which he blames himself. Despite finding Kenny Boy deeply irritating, Big winds up having to rely on him for support, as Kenny is experienced with hallucinogens. They stumble upon masked and robed white supremacists doing a grotesque ritual in the forest, involving a giant owl effigy and sexual penetration of decapitated catfish, while chanting that they are the true owners of Native land. Big and Kenny attempt to arrest them but are assaulted and held captive. Deer Lady arrives and frees them, enabling Big to call for backup. The obscene Catfish cult – which includes the Governor of Oklahoma and other powerful local men – is arrested and exposed in the media. While Big still finds Kenny embarrassing, they form an awkward bond. During the closing credits, a bigfoot meanders across the screen, but an exhausted Big does not notice.
17
17
No.overall
17
No. inseason
9
Title
"Offerings"
Directed by
Sterlin Harjo
Written by
Migizi Pensoneau
Original release date
September 21, 2022 (2022-09-21)
Willie Jack and Bear will soon graduate from high school. Their teacher gives the class letters that they wrote to their future selves when they were freshmen, giving Daniel's letter to Willie Jack. She feels that the Rez Dogs are "in darkness" and not connecting with one another, and seeks advice from Daniel's mother, her auntie Hokti who is in prison. Hokti is a medicine woman who has been neglecting her practice while a cheerful and chatty ancestral spirit, Gram, pesters her to resume. Hokti is bitter, and reluctant to see Willie Jack, who reminds her of Daniel. Eventually she agrees to pray with Willie Jack, and a large group of ancestral spirits appear and gather around them. Willie Jack feels their presence, crying with recognition as Hokti tells her that they "come from generations of medicine people, healers," and that "this is the power we carry." She tells Willie Jack that Willie Jack does not need her, she needs "this" – her people. Hokti also advises her that she cannot help people who do not want help, but Willie Jack is determined to help her friends the way Hokti has helped her. Back at home, Willie Jack tries to lead the Rez Dogs through the same prayer, but it does not work. They are still drifting apart. She gives them Daniel's letter and, as they all read it, they resolve to do something that he had wanted to do.
Willie Jack and Bear will soon graduate from high school. Their teacher gives the class letters that they wrote to their future selves when they were freshmen, giving Daniel's letter to Willie Jack. She feels that the Rez Dogs are "in darkness" and not connecting with one another, and seeks advice from Daniel's mother, her auntie Hokti who is in prison. Hokti is a medicine woman who has been neglecting her practice while a cheerful and chatty ancestral spirit, Gram, pesters her to resume. Hokti is bitter, and reluctant to see Willie Jack, who reminds her of Daniel. Eventually she agrees to pray with Willie Jack, and a large group of ancestral spirits appear and gather around them. Willie Jack feels their presence, crying with recognition as Hokti tells her that they "come from generations of medicine people, healers," and that "this is the power we carry." She tells Willie Jack that Willie Jack does not need her, she needs "this" – her people. Hokti also advises her that she cannot help people who do not want help, but Willie Jack is determined to help her friends the way Hokti has helped her. Back at home, Willie Jack tries to lead the Rez Dogs through the same prayer, but it does not work. They are still drifting apart. She gives them Daniel's letter and, as they all read it, they resolve to do something that he had wanted to do.
No.overall
Willie Jack and Bear will soon graduate from high school. Their teacher gives the class letters that they wrote to their future selves when they were freshmen, giving Daniel's letter to Willie Jack. She feels that the Rez Dogs are "in darkness" and not connecting with one another, and seeks advice from Daniel's mother, her auntie Hokti who is in prison. Hokti is a medicine woman who has been neglecting her practice while a cheerful and chatty ancestral spirit, Gram, pesters her to resume. Hokti is bitter, and reluctant to see Willie Jack, who reminds her of Daniel. Eventually she agrees to pray with Willie Jack, and a large group of ancestral spirits appear and gather around them. Willie Jack feels their presence, crying with recognition as Hokti tells her that they "come from generations of medicine people, healers," and that "this is the power we carry." She tells Willie Jack that Willie Jack does not need her, she needs "this" – her people. Hokti also advises her that she cannot help people who do not want help, but Willie Jack is determined to help her friends the way Hokti has helped her. Back at home, Willie Jack tries to lead the Rez Dogs through the same prayer, but it does not work. They are still drifting apart. She gives them Daniel's letter and, as they all read it, they resolve to do something that he had wanted to do.
18
18
No.overall
18
No. inseason
10
Title
"I Still Believe"
Directed by
Sterlin Harjo
Written by
Tommy Pico
Original release date
September 28, 2022 (2022-09-28)
Daniel's letter indicates that he wanted to drive to California and see the ocean with Bear, Willie Jack, Elora, and Cheese, and that he was in love with Elora. The Rez Dogs and Jackie sneak into the salvage yard to steal back Elora's grandmother's car. Kenny catches them but is philosophical about it, stating that they are simply borrowing the car and will pay him back when they can – even if that is in the next life. Kenny tries to relate to them with a quote from Dances with Wolves, but just confuses them. With Elora driving, they go to California, deciding to take Daniel's letter to the ocean. They go into a restaurant in Los Angeles and their car is stolen with all of their money and belongings. White Jesus appears and says he will guide them to the ocean. He leads them to a homeless encampment, where they stop for the night until it is raided by police. At dawn they walk five more miles to the sea. At the water they draw on their experiences of the past season and Willie Jack sings a new version of the song they sang at the river, this time to free them from grief and despair. She asks Cheese to lead a prayer and he speaks powerfully about Daniel. In the water, crying and hugging, Daniel joins them as a spirit and they are united in their love for one another. When they return to the shore, Elora says she needs to return the car to Kenny. Bear tells the others that he is not going back.
Daniel's letter indicates that he wanted to drive to California and see the ocean with Bear, Willie Jack, Elora, and Cheese, and that he was in love with Elora. The Rez Dogs and Jackie sneak into the salvage yard to steal back Elora's grandmother's car. Kenny catches them but is philosophical about it, stating that they are simply borrowing the car and will pay him back when they can – even if that is in the next life. Kenny tries to relate to them with a quote from Dances with Wolves, but just confuses them. With Elora driving, they go to California, deciding to take Daniel's letter to the ocean. They go into a restaurant in Los Angeles and their car is stolen with all of their money and belongings. White Jesus appears and says he will guide them to the ocean. He leads them to a homeless encampment, where they stop for the night until it is raided by police. At dawn they walk five more miles to the sea. At the water they draw on their experiences of the past season and Willie Jack sings a new version of the song they sang at the river, this time to free them from grief and despair. She asks Cheese to lead a prayer and he speaks powerfully about Daniel. In the water, crying and hugging, Daniel joins them as a spirit and they are united in their love for one another. When they return to the shore, Elora says she needs to return the car to Kenny. Bear tells the others that he is not going back.
No.overall
Daniel's letter indicates that he wanted to drive to California and see the ocean with Bear, Willie Jack, Elora, and Cheese, and that he was in love with Elora. The Rez Dogs and Jackie sneak into the salvage yard to steal back Elora's grandmother's car. Kenny catches them but is philosophical about it, stating that they are simply borrowing the car and will pay him back when they can – even if that is in the next life. Kenny tries to relate to them with a quote from Dances with Wolves, but just confuses them. With Elora driving, they go to California, deciding to take Daniel's letter to the ocean. They go into a restaurant in Los Angeles and their car is stolen with all of their money and belongings. White Jesus appears and says he will guide them to the ocean. He leads them to a homeless encampment, where they stop for the night until it is raided by police. At dawn they walk five more miles to the sea. At the water they draw on their experiences of the past season and Willie Jack sings a new version of the song they sang at the river, this time to free them from grief and despair. She asks Cheese to lead a prayer and he speaks powerfully about Daniel. In the water, crying and hugging, Daniel joins them as a spirit and they are united in their love for one another. When they return to the shore, Elora says she needs to return the car to Kenny. Bear tells the others that he is not going back.
No.overall
No. inseason
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original release date
9
1
"The Curse"
Sterlin Harjo
Sterlin Harjo & Dallas Goldtooth & Ryan RedCorn
August 3, 2022 (2022-08-03)
The gang is scattered, with Elora and Jackie on the road to California and the others in various places around the reservation. Willie Jack blames herself for their troubles because she gave Jackie's hair to a white man in a bar so that he could put a curse on Jackie. Uncle Brownie and others tell her that she used bad medicine and it has come back on her, bringing them all misfortune. She and Cheese set out to gather the items and knowledge to reverse the curse. Uncle Brownie has been changed by the tornado ceremony. For a while he wanders naked, thinking he's an invisible spirit or a holy man, because he can see William "Spirit" Knifeman. Knifeman tells him that he is not a holy man. Elora and Jackie break down on the side of the road and catch a ride with a creepy traveling salesman. After he turns onto a dirt road, the frightened girls attack him and get away but leave their bags and money in his car. They try to steal a vehicle from a homestead and get chased by gun-waving rednecks in a truck.
10
2
"Run"
Sterlin Harjo
Sterlin Harjo & Dallas Goldtooth & Ryan RedCorn
August 3, 2022 (2022-08-03)
Elora and Jackie narrowly escape being caught by the rednecks and continue on their way. They are spotted by a friendly white woman, who invites them to her house, feeds them and puts them up for the night. After nightfall the girls steal her truck and head home. Back on the reservation, Willie Jack manages to obtain several items that belonged to Jackie and she, Cheese, Uncle Brownie, and Bucky head down to the river to break free of the curse. William Knifeman (only visible to Uncle Brownie) arrives to sing with them, then announces that they have vanquished the curse, as long as they treat each other well in the future. Bear skulks around town, trying to find a job.
11
3
"Roofing"
Erica Tremblay
Sterlin Harjo & Chad Charlie
August 10, 2022 (2022-08-10)
Bear gets a job working on a small roofing crew with three other men and is surprised to find out that Daniel's father is one of the crew. The workers tease him but he eventually shares an intimate conversation with Daniel's father, who is also full of regret and shame about Daniel's death. Bear is proud to be able to help his mother pay the bills. Elora comes to Bear's window in tears, saying that her grandmother is dying.
12
4
"Mabel"
Danis Goulet
Sterlin Harjo & Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs
August 17, 2022 (2022-08-17)
Elora's grandmother, Mabel, is dying. Friends and relatives gather at her bedside to pray and sing in Mvskoke, conduct ceremony, and offer support to Elora. Jackie comes, awkwardly negotiating a setting where she feels unwelcome. Elora's aunt and her friends reminisce about Elora's mother, Cookie, and how their friend group scattered and their lives changed forever after her death. At Elora's request, Cheese leads a prayer. William "Spirit" Knifeman shows up to eat the spirit offerings and wait for Mabel to die so he can take her to "orientation". After Mabel dies, Elora sees her as a spirit.
13
5
"Wide Net"
Tazbah Chavez
Tazbah Chavez
August 24, 2022 (2022-08-24)
The Aunties, (lifelong friends Bev, Natalie, Rita, and Teenie) go on "the closest thing to a vacation" they get—a wild trip to the yearly Indian Health Service (IHS) conference, where they meet up with Natives from all over the country. They party and set out to make sexual conquests, with variable results. In a flashback, we see them as girls together, before Cookie died, learning a dance they try to recreate on the dance floor at the conference. With his mother out of town, Bear throws a party at home.
14
6
"Decolonativization"
Tazbah Chavez
Erica Tremblay
August 31, 2022 (2022-08-31)
As punishment for throwing the party, Bear's mother makes him attend the Native American Reclamation and Decolonization Symposium Youth Summit (NARDS) at the IHS Clinic. Clinton has hired two online influencers—young people who proceed to talk about themselves, claiming to be a "Young Elder" and a "Matriarch". The duo's claims and mismatched regalia elicit a skeptical response from the audience, many of whom leave. Those who stay—mostly hoping to get free food—are led through exercises that the "influencers" claim are traditional or acts of "decolonization". The exercises resemble corporate-retreat trust-building activities. Bear reaches out to Elora but is disappointed when he sees her with Jackie. Willie Jack continues to reject Jackie, often in painful, personal ways. Other members of the NDN Mafia participate more enthusiastically in the symposium, even pairing with members of the Rez Dogs in trust-building exercises. Bear and Elora grow even more distant.
15
7
"Stay Gold Cheesy Boy"
Blackhorse Lowe
Bobby Wilson
September 7, 2022 (2022-09-07)
Cheese and Charley are arrested in a raid by Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Cheese does not know why, but the police find cannabis plants in the house. Until his guardianship can be determined, Cheese is sent to a group home run by Gene, who is "awkward, self-centered, incompetent, and, most troubling for Cheese, dedicated to an addiction-recovery plan that involves appropriating random Native American spiritual and cultural practices." Gene forces the Native and Black youth to attend "recovery" circles, despite the fact that, unlike Gene, they are not addicts. Although the environment is stressful and oppressive, Cheese bonds with the other youth, talking openly for the first time about his relationship with Daniel. Jackie, who witnessed the arrests, puts aside her shyness and hurt and goes to tell the Rez Dogs. United in the face of crisis, they come up with a plan to free Cheese. Big arrives to free him from the group home and Irene, the elder he met at the clinic, takes him in as her adopted grandson. Cheese's friends, including Jackie, welcome him home.
16
8
"This is Where the Plot Thickens"
Blackhorse Lowe
Blackhorse Lowe & Sterlin Harjo
September 14, 2022 (2022-09-14)
Lighthorseman Big is dispatched to investigate a stolen shipment of catfish. He argues that he should instead investigate a recent bigfoot sighting, but complies with orders and heads to the salvage yard to check on the "methheads" there. Big mistakenly drinks a soda that is laced with strong psychedelics. He has never done drugs and is wracked with guilt. He has vivid hallucinations and re-experiences the traumatic memory of Cookie's death, for which he blames himself. Despite finding Kenny Boy deeply irritating, Big winds up having to rely on him for support, as Kenny is experienced with hallucinogens. They stumble upon masked and robed white supremacists doing a grotesque ritual in the forest, involving a giant owl effigy and sexual penetration of decapitated catfish, while chanting that they are the true owners of Native land. Big and Kenny attempt to arrest them but are assaulted and held captive. Deer Lady arrives and frees them, enabling Big to call for backup. The obscene Catfish cult – which includes the Governor of Oklahoma and other powerful local men – is arrested and exposed in the media. While Big still finds Kenny embarrassing, they form an awkward bond. During the closing credits, a bigfoot meanders across the screen, but an exhausted Big does not notice.
17
9
"Offerings"
Sterlin Harjo
Migizi Pensoneau
September 21, 2022 (2022-09-21)
Willie Jack and Bear will soon graduate from high school. Their teacher gives the class letters that they wrote to their future selves when they were freshmen, giving Daniel's letter to Willie Jack. She feels that the Rez Dogs are "in darkness" and not connecting with one another, and seeks advice from Daniel's mother, her auntie Hokti who is in prison. Hokti is a medicine woman who has been neglecting her practice while a cheerful and chatty ancestral spirit, Gram, pesters her to resume. Hokti is bitter, and reluctant to see Willie Jack, who reminds her of Daniel. Eventually she agrees to pray with Willie Jack, and a large group of ancestral spirits appear and gather around them. Willie Jack feels their presence, crying with recognition as Hokti tells her that they "come from generations of medicine people, healers," and that "this is the power we carry." She tells Willie Jack that Willie Jack does not need her, she needs "this" – her people. Hokti also advises her that she cannot help people who do not want help, but Willie Jack is determined to help her friends the way Hokti has helped her. Back at home, Willie Jack tries to lead the Rez Dogs through the same prayer, but it does not work. They are still drifting apart. She gives them Daniel's letter and, as they all read it, they resolve to do something that he had wanted to do.
18
10
"I Still Believe"
Sterlin Harjo
Tommy Pico
September 28, 2022 (2022-09-28)
Daniel's letter indicates that he wanted to drive to California and see the ocean with Bear, Willie Jack, Elora, and Cheese, and that he was in love with Elora. The Rez Dogs and Jackie sneak into the salvage yard to steal back Elora's grandmother's car. Kenny catches them but is philosophical about it, stating that they are simply borrowing the car and will pay him back when they can – even if that is in the next life. Kenny tries to relate to them with a quote from Dances with Wolves, but just confuses them. With Elora driving, they go to California, deciding to take Daniel's letter to the ocean. They go into a restaurant in Los Angeles and their car is stolen with all of their money and belongings. White Jesus appears and says he will guide them to the ocean. He leads them to a homeless encampment, where they stop for the night until it is raided by police. At dawn they walk five more miles to the sea. At the water they draw on their experiences of the past season and Willie Jack sings a new version of the song they sang at the river, this time to free them from grief and despair. She asks Cheese to lead a prayer and he speaks powerfully about Daniel. In the water, crying and hugging, Daniel joins them as a spirit and they are united in their love for one another. When they return to the shore, Elora says she needs to return the car to Kenny. Bear tells the others that he is not going back.
· Episodes › Season 3 (2023)
19
19
No.overall
19
No. inseason
1
Title
"BUSSIN'"
Directed by
Danis Goulet
Written by
Sterlin Harjo & Dallas Goldtooth
Original release date
August 2, 2023 (2023-08-02)
The Rez Dogs are stranded with no car and no money in California. They find Bear's father's house, but an irritated white woman with two Native children answers the door and says that he is not home. Bear leaves the beaded medallion he commissioned, for his dad, along with a sad and angry goodbye note. Elora's aunt Teenie arrives to bring the children back to Oklahoma by bus. At a bus station along the way, Bear misses the bus because he is in the restroom being advised by spirit guide William Knifeman. With a dead cellphone and no money or transportation, Bear wanders off into a field, accompanied only by Knifeman, whose monologues Bear finds increasingly long-winded and confusing. Bear is frustrated and worried that he will die there. On the bus, unaware that Bear was left behind, Teenie tells Elora that Elora's dad is still alive, that she is friends with him on social media, and that he is white.
The Rez Dogs are stranded with no car and no money in California. They find Bear's father's house, but an irritated white woman with two Native children answers the door and says that he is not home. Bear leaves the beaded medallion he commissioned, for his dad, along with a sad and angry goodbye note. Elora's aunt Teenie arrives to bring the children back to Oklahoma by bus. At a bus station along the way, Bear misses the bus because he is in the restroom being advised by spirit guide William Knifeman. With a dead cellphone and no money or transportation, Bear wanders off into a field, accompanied only by Knifeman, whose monologues Bear finds increasingly long-winded and confusing. Bear is frustrated and worried that he will die there. On the bus, unaware that Bear was left behind, Teenie tells Elora that Elora's dad is still alive, that she is friends with him on social media, and that he is white.
No.overall
The Rez Dogs are stranded with no car and no money in California. They find Bear's father's house, but an irritated white woman with two Native children answers the door and says that he is not home. Bear leaves the beaded medallion he commissioned, for his dad, along with a sad and angry goodbye note. Elora's aunt Teenie arrives to bring the children back to Oklahoma by bus. At a bus station along the way, Bear misses the bus because he is in the restroom being advised by spirit guide William Knifeman. With a dead cellphone and no money or transportation, Bear wanders off into a field, accompanied only by Knifeman, whose monologues Bear finds increasingly long-winded and confusing. Bear is frustrated and worried that he will die there. On the bus, unaware that Bear was left behind, Teenie tells Elora that Elora's dad is still alive, that she is friends with him on social media, and that he is white.
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20
No.overall
20
No. inseason
2
Title
"Maximus"
Directed by
Tazbah Chavez
Written by
Tazbah Chavez
Original release date
August 2, 2023 (2023-08-02)
Bear is lost without food or water, in the harsh sun on the plains. A Spanish conquistador spirit attacks him. William Knifeman saves him, but an overwhelmed Bear yells at his spirit guide to leave him alone. Knifeman sheds one tear and leaves. Bear is shot with a tranquilizer dart by Maximus – an eccentric mohawked recluse driving a dune buggy. Maximus studies star maps, monitors radio frequencies, and grows eggplants "for when the star people return." He is violently opposed to outsiders but takes a liking to Bear and shows him around his compound. Maximus tells Bear that he also sees spirits, which makes people either jealous or fearful. He tells Bear that because no one, not even his friends, believed what he saw was real, he was locked up and given shock treatments. When Bear says his friends believe him, Maximus is angry, because he feels that Bear has nothing to complain about. Maximus shows Bear home movies of himself and his friends in the 1970s, when he lived on the same reservation Bear is from. The group seems similar to Bear's Rez Dogs, and one of them is Elora's Uncle Brownie. Maximus points to his younger self and says he reminds him of Bear. Eventually police and healthcare workers come and take Maximus away peacefully. After watering the eggplants, Bear heads back to Oklahoma on foot.
Bear is lost without food or water, in the harsh sun on the plains. A Spanish conquistador spirit attacks him. William Knifeman saves him, but an overwhelmed Bear yells at his spirit guide to leave him alone. Knifeman sheds one tear and leaves. Bear is shot with a tranquilizer dart by Maximus – an eccentric mohawked recluse driving a dune buggy. Maximus studies star maps, monitors radio frequencies, and grows eggplants "for when the star people return." He is violently opposed to outsiders but takes a liking to Bear and shows him around his compound. Maximus tells Bear that he also sees spirits, which makes people either jealous or fearful. He tells Bear that because no one, not even his friends, believed what he saw was real, he was locked up and given shock treatments. When Bear says his friends believe him, Maximus is angry, because he feels that Bear has nothing to complain about. Maximus shows Bear home movies of himself and his friends in the 1970s, when he lived on the same reservation Bear is from. The group seems similar to Bear's Rez Dogs, and one of them is Elora's Uncle Brownie. Maximus points to his younger self and says he reminds him of Bear. Eventually police and healthcare workers come and take Maximus away peacefully. After watering the eggplants, Bear heads back to Oklahoma on foot.
No.overall
Bear is lost without food or water, in the harsh sun on the plains. A Spanish conquistador spirit attacks him. William Knifeman saves him, but an overwhelmed Bear yells at his spirit guide to leave him alone. Knifeman sheds one tear and leaves. Bear is shot with a tranquilizer dart by Maximus – an eccentric mohawked recluse driving a dune buggy. Maximus studies star maps, monitors radio frequencies, and grows eggplants "for when the star people return." He is violently opposed to outsiders but takes a liking to Bear and shows him around his compound. Maximus tells Bear that he also sees spirits, which makes people either jealous or fearful. He tells Bear that because no one, not even his friends, believed what he saw was real, he was locked up and given shock treatments. When Bear says his friends believe him, Maximus is angry, because he feels that Bear has nothing to complain about. Maximus shows Bear home movies of himself and his friends in the 1970s, when he lived on the same reservation Bear is from. The group seems similar to Bear's Rez Dogs, and one of them is Elora's Uncle Brownie. Maximus points to his younger self and says he reminds him of Bear. Eventually police and healthcare workers come and take Maximus away peacefully. After watering the eggplants, Bear heads back to Oklahoma on foot.
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21
No.overall
21
No. inseason
3
Title
"Deer Lady"
Directed by
Danis Goulet
Written by
Sterlin Harjo
Original release date
August 9, 2023 (2023-08-09)
Deer Lady stops at a diner. Bear arrives at the diner, still penniless and lost, but polite to everyone even though they do not help him. Deer Lady observes him for a while and then invites him to sit with her. She shares her food with him and offers him a ride back to Oklahoma. When he realizes who she is, he is frightened, but does not run. Through flashbacks, we learn that when this incarnation of Deer Lady was still human, she was a child at a very abusive American Indian boarding school, St. Nicholas Training School, where she witnessed her friends being beaten and killed. One night she escaped and fled for her life. She was saved in the woods by an otherworldly deer, became the Deer Lady, and exacts vengeance on abusers. Bear goes with her and waits in the truck while she goes to the home of the abusive man who ran the boarding school. Bear is worried but ultimately approves of her seeking justice for herself and the other children of the school. Together they drive back to Okern, and Bear returns home.
Deer Lady stops at a diner. Bear arrives at the diner, still penniless and lost, but polite to everyone even though they do not help him. Deer Lady observes him for a while and then invites him to sit with her. She shares her food with him and offers him a ride back to Oklahoma. When he realizes who she is, he is frightened, but does not run. Through flashbacks, we learn that when this incarnation of Deer Lady was still human, she was a child at a very abusive American Indian boarding school, St. Nicholas Training School, where she witnessed her friends being beaten and killed. One night she escaped and fled for her life. She was saved in the woods by an otherworldly deer, became the Deer Lady, and exacts vengeance on abusers. Bear goes with her and waits in the truck while she goes to the home of the abusive man who ran the boarding school. Bear is worried but ultimately approves of her seeking justice for herself and the other children of the school. Together they drive back to Okern, and Bear returns home.
No.overall
Deer Lady stops at a diner. Bear arrives at the diner, still penniless and lost, but polite to everyone even though they do not help him. Deer Lady observes him for a while and then invites him to sit with her. She shares her food with him and offers him a ride back to Oklahoma. When he realizes who she is, he is frightened, but does not run. Through flashbacks, we learn that when this incarnation of Deer Lady was still human, she was a child at a very abusive American Indian boarding school, St. Nicholas Training School, where she witnessed her friends being beaten and killed. One night she escaped and fled for her life. She was saved in the woods by an otherworldly deer, became the Deer Lady, and exacts vengeance on abusers. Bear goes with her and waits in the truck while she goes to the home of the abusive man who ran the boarding school. Bear is worried but ultimately approves of her seeking justice for herself and the other children of the school. Together they drive back to Okern, and Bear returns home.
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22
No.overall
22
No. inseason
4
Title
"Friday""Fridays at IHS"
Directed by
Tazbah Chavez
Written by
Erica Tremblay
Original release date
August 16, 2023 (2023-08-16)
At the IHS Clinic, the Rez Dogs are punished for running away to California. Willie Jack and Cheese have to clean up graffiti Willie Jack painted on the IHS building. She talks to Old Man Fixico while Cheese cleans. Fixico says he has no one to pass his medicine ways on to when he dies. Willie Jack says she's interested in learning. Cheese finally picks up his glasses and is amazed at how much clearer the world looks. Elora cleans with Willie Jack's dad, who offers her a job, but Elora is thinking of going back to school. She gets her records and learns the name of her birth father. Even though Jackie did not go to California, Auntie Bev makes her join the cleaning crew with Bear. As Bev and Rita watch them interact, Bev becomes convinced Bear and Jackie are going to get together and have a baby. Bev then flirts ostentatiously with Big. No one believes Bear when he says he met Deer Lady.
At the IHS Clinic, the Rez Dogs are punished for running away to California. Willie Jack and Cheese have to clean up graffiti Willie Jack painted on the IHS building. She talks to Old Man Fixico while Cheese cleans. Fixico says he has no one to pass his medicine ways on to when he dies. Willie Jack says she's interested in learning. Cheese finally picks up his glasses and is amazed at how much clearer the world looks. Elora cleans with Willie Jack's dad, who offers her a job, but Elora is thinking of going back to school. She gets her records and learns the name of her birth father. Even though Jackie did not go to California, Auntie Bev makes her join the cleaning crew with Bear. As Bev and Rita watch them interact, Bev becomes convinced Bear and Jackie are going to get together and have a baby. Bev then flirts ostentatiously with Big. No one believes Bear when he says he met Deer Lady.
No.overall
At the IHS Clinic, the Rez Dogs are punished for running away to California. Willie Jack and Cheese have to clean up graffiti Willie Jack painted on the IHS building. She talks to Old Man Fixico while Cheese cleans. Fixico says he has no one to pass his medicine ways on to when he dies. Willie Jack says she's interested in learning. Cheese finally picks up his glasses and is amazed at how much clearer the world looks. Elora cleans with Willie Jack's dad, who offers her a job, but Elora is thinking of going back to school. She gets her records and learns the name of her birth father. Even though Jackie did not go to California, Auntie Bev makes her join the cleaning crew with Bear. As Bev and Rita watch them interact, Bev becomes convinced Bear and Jackie are going to get together and have a baby. Bev then flirts ostentatiously with Big. No one believes Bear when he says he met Deer Lady.
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23
No.overall
23
No. inseason
5
Title
"House Made of Bongs"
Directed by
Blackhorse Lowe
Written by
Tommy Pico and Sterlin Harjo
Original release date
August 23, 2023 (2023-08-23)
In 1976 in Okern, Maximus, Brownie, Bucky, Irene, and Mabel are students at the same boarding school attended by Deer Lady, but now there are some Indian teachers, it is more like a regular boarding school, and there are sports teams called "Chieftains" (with an Indian mascot). It is the end of the school year. Maximus (who prefers to be called Cvpon) is filming his friends, making the home movies shown in episode 2. They go to a party by a lake where they smoke marijuana, drink, and take LSD. They talk about what they want for their older selves. Maximus has never taken LSD before and is very altered. Fixico arrives and is very popular. He has recently begun his training as a medicine man and Maximus is jealous. Fixico tries to make peace with Maximus but fails. Driving home, Maximus has his first encounter with the star people, but no one believes him.
In 1976 in Okern, Maximus, Brownie, Bucky, Irene, and Mabel are students at the same boarding school attended by Deer Lady, but now there are some Indian teachers, it is more like a regular boarding school, and there are sports teams called "Chieftains" (with an Indian mascot). It is the end of the school year. Maximus (who prefers to be called Cvpon) is filming his friends, making the home movies shown in episode 2. They go to a party by a lake where they smoke marijuana, drink, and take LSD. They talk about what they want for their older selves. Maximus has never taken LSD before and is very altered. Fixico arrives and is very popular. He has recently begun his training as a medicine man and Maximus is jealous. Fixico tries to make peace with Maximus but fails. Driving home, Maximus has his first encounter with the star people, but no one believes him.
No.overall
In 1976 in Okern, Maximus, Brownie, Bucky, Irene, and Mabel are students at the same boarding school attended by Deer Lady, but now there are some Indian teachers, it is more like a regular boarding school, and there are sports teams called "Chieftains" (with an Indian mascot). It is the end of the school year. Maximus (who prefers to be called Cvpon) is filming his friends, making the home movies shown in episode 2. They go to a party by a lake where they smoke marijuana, drink, and take LSD. They talk about what they want for their older selves. Maximus has never taken LSD before and is very altered. Fixico arrives and is very popular. He has recently begun his training as a medicine man and Maximus is jealous. Fixico tries to make peace with Maximus but fails. Driving home, Maximus has his first encounter with the star people, but no one believes him.
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24
No.overall
24
No. inseason
6
Title
"Frankfurter Sandwich"
Directed by
Blackhorse Lowe
Written by
Bobby Wilson and Sterlin Harjo
Original release date
August 30, 2023 (2023-08-30)
Cheese is isolating and avoiding his friends. Alone in his room, he plays video games for days on end. Grandmother Irene is worried about him and calls the Uncles for help. Brownie, Bucky and Big arrive and take a reluctant Cheese on a camping trip. Cheese has trouble adjusting to being alone with his thoughts, and the older men in the silence as they fish and sit around the fire. But eventually he adapts, admitting that he is afraid his older friends will move on without him. He gets the Uncles to open up about their feelings also. They tell him about their "lost" friend, Maximus, and say they worry that Cheese will get lost like him. The Uncles cry with sorrow and regret about how they let down their friend. Cheese promises he will not let that happen to him. He calls his friends and the Rez Dogs come out to the woods to join Cheese and the Uncles on their retreat.
Cheese is isolating and avoiding his friends. Alone in his room, he plays video games for days on end. Grandmother Irene is worried about him and calls the Uncles for help. Brownie, Bucky and Big arrive and take a reluctant Cheese on a camping trip. Cheese has trouble adjusting to being alone with his thoughts, and the older men in the silence as they fish and sit around the fire. But eventually he adapts, admitting that he is afraid his older friends will move on without him. He gets the Uncles to open up about their feelings also. They tell him about their "lost" friend, Maximus, and say they worry that Cheese will get lost like him. The Uncles cry with sorrow and regret about how they let down their friend. Cheese promises he will not let that happen to him. He calls his friends and the Rez Dogs come out to the woods to join Cheese and the Uncles on their retreat.
No.overall
Cheese is isolating and avoiding his friends. Alone in his room, he plays video games for days on end. Grandmother Irene is worried about him and calls the Uncles for help. Brownie, Bucky and Big arrive and take a reluctant Cheese on a camping trip. Cheese has trouble adjusting to being alone with his thoughts, and the older men in the silence as they fish and sit around the fire. But eventually he adapts, admitting that he is afraid his older friends will move on without him. He gets the Uncles to open up about their feelings also. They tell him about their "lost" friend, Maximus, and say they worry that Cheese will get lost like him. The Uncles cry with sorrow and regret about how they let down their friend. Cheese promises he will not let that happen to him. He calls his friends and the Rez Dogs come out to the woods to join Cheese and the Uncles on their retreat.
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25
No.overall
25
No. inseason
7
Title
"Wahoo!"
Directed by
Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs
Written by
Migizi Pensoneau
Original release date
September 6, 2023 (2023-09-06)
Rita is offered a promotion at IHS and is considering moving away from Okern for a better-paying job. As she weighs her options, her dead friend Cookie appears to her as a spirit. Frightened and troubled, Rita rushes to the clinic and asks to see Larry, the therapist. He does not believe Rita, and insists that it is all in her mind. He wants to talk about trauma, mainly his own. Rita is left with no option but to listen to Cookie. Cookie has been trying to reach Elora, the daughter she never got a chance to raise, desperate to tell her she loves her and has been looking out for her, but only Rita can see Cookie. Rita and Cookie sit with Elora and Rita tries to communicate with Elora for Cookie. It is awkward, but seems to help everyone. Cookie tells Rita that the ability to see spirits runs in some families. This experience changes Rita and back at home she tells Bear that she believes his story about meeting Deer Lady. Since Cookie said that she was neither in the world of the living or the world of the dead, Rita gets Bev and Natalie, and they go to the river to pray and say goodbye to Cookie, to let go so their friend can be free to cross over to the other side.
Rita is offered a promotion at IHS and is considering moving away from Okern for a better-paying job. As she weighs her options, her dead friend Cookie appears to her as a spirit. Frightened and troubled, Rita rushes to the clinic and asks to see Larry, the therapist. He does not believe Rita, and insists that it is all in her mind. He wants to talk about trauma, mainly his own. Rita is left with no option but to listen to Cookie. Cookie has been trying to reach Elora, the daughter she never got a chance to raise, desperate to tell her she loves her and has been looking out for her, but only Rita can see Cookie. Rita and Cookie sit with Elora and Rita tries to communicate with Elora for Cookie. It is awkward, but seems to help everyone. Cookie tells Rita that the ability to see spirits runs in some families. This experience changes Rita and back at home she tells Bear that she believes his story about meeting Deer Lady. Since Cookie said that she was neither in the world of the living or the world of the dead, Rita gets Bev and Natalie, and they go to the river to pray and say goodbye to Cookie, to let go so their friend can be free to cross over to the other side.
No.overall
Rita is offered a promotion at IHS and is considering moving away from Okern for a better-paying job. As she weighs her options, her dead friend Cookie appears to her as a spirit. Frightened and troubled, Rita rushes to the clinic and asks to see Larry, the therapist. He does not believe Rita, and insists that it is all in her mind. He wants to talk about trauma, mainly his own. Rita is left with no option but to listen to Cookie. Cookie has been trying to reach Elora, the daughter she never got a chance to raise, desperate to tell her she loves her and has been looking out for her, but only Rita can see Cookie. Rita and Cookie sit with Elora and Rita tries to communicate with Elora for Cookie. It is awkward, but seems to help everyone. Cookie tells Rita that the ability to see spirits runs in some families. This experience changes Rita and back at home she tells Bear that she believes his story about meeting Deer Lady. Since Cookie said that she was neither in the world of the living or the world of the dead, Rita gets Bev and Natalie, and they go to the river to pray and say goodbye to Cookie, to let go so their friend can be free to cross over to the other side.
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26
No.overall
26
No. inseason
8
Title
"Send It"
Directed by
Erica Tremblay
Written by
Sterlin Harjo and Ryan RedCorn
Original release date
September 13, 2023 (2023-09-13)
The Rez Dogs, NDN Mafia and Kenny Boy are brought in for questioning by Big. At an elder breakfast, Fixico and Irene reminisce about their youth and in particular Maximus. Fixico regrets that he and his cousin have never buried the hatchet before one of them goes to the spirit in the sky. The Rez Dogs decide to make it happen before it is too late after Fixico has a heart attack. They approach Kenny Boy to borrow a car to spring Maximus from hospital; instead he takes them in an old school bus. When Bear and Willie Jack learn that Maximus can come and go from hospital as he pleases, they convince him to act like they are busting him out so as not to lose face with the rest of the gang. Just as they reach Okern, the bus breaks down and is engulfed in a fireball.
The Rez Dogs, NDN Mafia and Kenny Boy are brought in for questioning by Big. At an elder breakfast, Fixico and Irene reminisce about their youth and in particular Maximus. Fixico regrets that he and his cousin have never buried the hatchet before one of them goes to the spirit in the sky. The Rez Dogs decide to make it happen before it is too late after Fixico has a heart attack. They approach Kenny Boy to borrow a car to spring Maximus from hospital; instead he takes them in an old school bus. When Bear and Willie Jack learn that Maximus can come and go from hospital as he pleases, they convince him to act like they are busting him out so as not to lose face with the rest of the gang. Just as they reach Okern, the bus breaks down and is engulfed in a fireball.
No.overall
The Rez Dogs, NDN Mafia and Kenny Boy are brought in for questioning by Big. At an elder breakfast, Fixico and Irene reminisce about their youth and in particular Maximus. Fixico regrets that he and his cousin have never buried the hatchet before one of them goes to the spirit in the sky. The Rez Dogs decide to make it happen before it is too late after Fixico has a heart attack. They approach Kenny Boy to borrow a car to spring Maximus from hospital; instead he takes them in an old school bus. When Bear and Willie Jack learn that Maximus can come and go from hospital as he pleases, they convince him to act like they are busting him out so as not to lose face with the rest of the gang. Just as they reach Okern, the bus breaks down and is engulfed in a fireball.
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27
No.overall
27
No. inseason
9
Title
"Elora's Dad"
Directed by
Sterlin Harjo
Written by
Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs
Original release date
September 20, 2023 (2023-09-20)
Elora attends college for an interview. With no scholarships available she needs her absentee father's financial information to apply for financial aid. After tracking him down she makes it clear she is not looking for a relationship, just the information. He reveals Elora has three half-siblings and presents her with a photograph of her on her first birthday; the last time he saw her. Elora agrees to meet them and whilst chatting, bonds with her father.
Elora attends college for an interview. With no scholarships available she needs her absentee father's financial information to apply for financial aid. After tracking him down she makes it clear she is not looking for a relationship, just the information. He reveals Elora has three half-siblings and presents her with a photograph of her on her first birthday; the last time he saw her. Elora agrees to meet them and whilst chatting, bonds with her father.
No.overall
Elora attends college for an interview. With no scholarships available she needs her absentee father's financial information to apply for financial aid. After tracking him down she makes it clear she is not looking for a relationship, just the information. He reveals Elora has three half-siblings and presents her with a photograph of her on her first birthday; the last time he saw her. Elora agrees to meet them and whilst chatting, bonds with her father.
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28
No.overall
28
No. inseason
10
Title
"Dig"
Directed by
Sterlin Harjo
Written by
Chad Charlie & Sterlin Harjo
Original release date
September 27, 2023 (2023-09-27)
The community unites for Old Man Fixico's funeral. The Rez Dogs, along with many of the other recurring characters from the series, gather to participate in the ceremony and burial. The women prepare a large meal overseen by the elders. During the event, Elora informs Bear that she is leaving town for college. Bear, acknowledging the depth of their friendship, supports her decision. Bear meets with Spirit for the last time, coming to the realization that he does not have to be the only leader and recognizing the strength of his community. Willie Jack, inspired by advice from Hokti in prison, delivers a speech at sunrise, honoring Fixico's legacy. The episode culminates in a group hug among Bear, Elora, Willie Jack, and Cheese. The series concludes with the elders reflecting on the successful send-off for Fixico. They raise their cups of coffee, a gesture signifying continuity and remembrance.
The community unites for Old Man Fixico's funeral. The Rez Dogs, along with many of the other recurring characters from the series, gather to participate in the ceremony and burial. The women prepare a large meal overseen by the elders. During the event, Elora informs Bear that she is leaving town for college. Bear, acknowledging the depth of their friendship, supports her decision. Bear meets with Spirit for the last time, coming to the realization that he does not have to be the only leader and recognizing the strength of his community. Willie Jack, inspired by advice from Hokti in prison, delivers a speech at sunrise, honoring Fixico's legacy. The episode culminates in a group hug among Bear, Elora, Willie Jack, and Cheese. The series concludes with the elders reflecting on the successful send-off for Fixico. They raise their cups of coffee, a gesture signifying continuity and remembrance.
No.overall
The community unites for Old Man Fixico's funeral. The Rez Dogs, along with many of the other recurring characters from the series, gather to participate in the ceremony and burial. The women prepare a large meal overseen by the elders. During the event, Elora informs Bear that she is leaving town for college. Bear, acknowledging the depth of their friendship, supports her decision. Bear meets with Spirit for the last time, coming to the realization that he does not have to be the only leader and recognizing the strength of his community. Willie Jack, inspired by advice from Hokti in prison, delivers a speech at sunrise, honoring Fixico's legacy. The episode culminates in a group hug among Bear, Elora, Willie Jack, and Cheese. The series concludes with the elders reflecting on the successful send-off for Fixico. They raise their cups of coffee, a gesture signifying continuity and remembrance.
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Title
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Original release date
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1
"BUSSIN
Danis Goulet
Sterlin Harjo & Dallas Goldtooth
August 2, 2023 (2023-08-02)
The Rez Dogs are stranded with no car and no money in California. They find Bear's father's house, but an irritated white woman with two Native children answers the door and says that he is not home. Bear leaves the beaded medallion he commissioned, for his dad, along with a sad and angry goodbye note. Elora's aunt Teenie arrives to bring the children back to Oklahoma by bus. At a bus station along the way, Bear misses the bus because he is in the restroom being advised by spirit guide William Knifeman. With a dead cellphone and no money or transportation, Bear wanders off into a field, accompanied only by Knifeman, whose monologues Bear finds increasingly long-winded and confusing. Bear is frustrated and worried that he will die there. On the bus, unaware that Bear was left behind, Teenie tells Elora that Elora's dad is still alive, that she is friends with him on social media, and that he is white.
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2
"Maximus"
Tazbah Chavez
Tazbah Chavez
August 2, 2023 (2023-08-02)
Bear is lost without food or water, in the harsh sun on the plains. A Spanish conquistador spirit attacks him. William Knifeman saves him, but an overwhelmed Bear yells at his spirit guide to leave him alone. Knifeman sheds one tear and leaves. Bear is shot with a tranquilizer dart by Maximus – an eccentric mohawked recluse driving a dune buggy. Maximus studies star maps, monitors radio frequencies, and grows eggplants "for when the star people return." He is violently opposed to outsiders but takes a liking to Bear and shows him around his compound. Maximus tells Bear that he also sees spirits, which makes people either jealous or fearful. He tells Bear that because no one, not even his friends, believed what he saw was real, he was locked up and given shock treatments. When Bear says his friends believe him, Maximus is angry, because he feels that Bear has nothing to complain about. Maximus shows Bear home movies of himself and his friends in the 1970s, when he lived on the same reservation Bear is from. The group seems similar to Bear's Rez Dogs, and one of them is Elora's Uncle Brownie. Maximus points to his younger self and says he reminds him of Bear. Eventually police and healthcare workers come and take Maximus away peacefully. After watering the eggplants, Bear heads back to Oklahoma on foot.
21
3
"Deer Lady"
Danis Goulet
Sterlin Harjo
August 9, 2023 (2023-08-09)
Deer Lady stops at a diner. Bear arrives at the diner, still penniless and lost, but polite to everyone even though they do not help him. Deer Lady observes him for a while and then invites him to sit with her. She shares her food with him and offers him a ride back to Oklahoma. When he realizes who she is, he is frightened, but does not run. Through flashbacks, we learn that when this incarnation of Deer Lady was still human, she was a child at a very abusive American Indian boarding school, St. Nicholas Training School, where she witnessed her friends being beaten and killed. One night she escaped and fled for her life. She was saved in the woods by an otherworldly deer, became the Deer Lady, and exacts vengeance on abusers. Bear goes with her and waits in the truck while she goes to the home of the abusive man who ran the boarding school. Bear is worried but ultimately approves of her seeking justice for herself and the other children of the school. Together they drive back to Okern, and Bear returns home.
22
4
"Friday Fridays at IHS"
Tazbah Chavez
Erica Tremblay
August 16, 2023 (2023-08-16)
At the IHS Clinic, the Rez Dogs are punished for running away to California. Willie Jack and Cheese have to clean up graffiti Willie Jack painted on the IHS building. She talks to Old Man Fixico while Cheese cleans. Fixico says he has no one to pass his medicine ways on to when he dies. Willie Jack says she's interested in learning. Cheese finally picks up his glasses and is amazed at how much clearer the world looks. Elora cleans with Willie Jack's dad, who offers her a job, but Elora is thinking of going back to school. She gets her records and learns the name of her birth father. Even though Jackie did not go to California, Auntie Bev makes her join the cleaning crew with Bear. As Bev and Rita watch them interact, Bev becomes convinced Bear and Jackie are going to get together and have a baby. Bev then flirts ostentatiously with Big. No one believes Bear when he says he met Deer Lady.
23
5
"House Made of Bongs"
Blackhorse Lowe
Tommy Pico and Sterlin Harjo
August 23, 2023 (2023-08-23)
In 1976 in Okern, Maximus, Brownie, Bucky, Irene, and Mabel are students at the same boarding school attended by Deer Lady, but now there are some Indian teachers, it is more like a regular boarding school, and there are sports teams called "Chieftains" (with an Indian mascot). It is the end of the school year. Maximus (who prefers to be called Cvpon) is filming his friends, making the home movies shown in episode 2. They go to a party by a lake where they smoke marijuana, drink, and take LSD. They talk about what they want for their older selves. Maximus has never taken LSD before and is very altered. Fixico arrives and is very popular. He has recently begun his training as a medicine man and Maximus is jealous. Fixico tries to make peace with Maximus but fails. Driving home, Maximus has his first encounter with the star people, but no one believes him.
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6
"Frankfurter Sandwich"
Blackhorse Lowe
Bobby Wilson and Sterlin Harjo
August 30, 2023 (2023-08-30)
Cheese is isolating and avoiding his friends. Alone in his room, he plays video games for days on end. Grandmother Irene is worried about him and calls the Uncles for help. Brownie, Bucky and Big arrive and take a reluctant Cheese on a camping trip. Cheese has trouble adjusting to being alone with his thoughts, and the older men in the silence as they fish and sit around the fire. But eventually he adapts, admitting that he is afraid his older friends will move on without him. He gets the Uncles to open up about their feelings also. They tell him about their "lost" friend, Maximus, and say they worry that Cheese will get lost like him. The Uncles cry with sorrow and regret about how they let down their friend. Cheese promises he will not let that happen to him. He calls his friends and the Rez Dogs come out to the woods to join Cheese and the Uncles on their retreat.
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7
"Wahoo!"
Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs
Migizi Pensoneau
September 6, 2023 (2023-09-06)
Rita is offered a promotion at IHS and is considering moving away from Okern for a better-paying job. As she weighs her options, her dead friend Cookie appears to her as a spirit. Frightened and troubled, Rita rushes to the clinic and asks to see Larry, the therapist. He does not believe Rita, and insists that it is all in her mind. He wants to talk about trauma, mainly his own. Rita is left with no option but to listen to Cookie. Cookie has been trying to reach Elora, the daughter she never got a chance to raise, desperate to tell her she loves her and has been looking out for her, but only Rita can see Cookie. Rita and Cookie sit with Elora and Rita tries to communicate with Elora for Cookie. It is awkward, but seems to help everyone. Cookie tells Rita that the ability to see spirits runs in some families. This experience changes Rita and back at home she tells Bear that she believes his story about meeting Deer Lady. Since Cookie said that she was neither in the world of the living or the world of the dead, Rita gets Bev and Natalie, and they go to the river to pray and say goodbye to Cookie, to let go so their friend can be free to cross over to the other side.
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8
"Send It"
Erica Tremblay
Sterlin Harjo and Ryan RedCorn
September 13, 2023 (2023-09-13)
The Rez Dogs, NDN Mafia and Kenny Boy are brought in for questioning by Big. At an elder breakfast, Fixico and Irene reminisce about their youth and in particular Maximus. Fixico regrets that he and his cousin have never buried the hatchet before one of them goes to the spirit in the sky. The Rez Dogs decide to make it happen before it is too late after Fixico has a heart attack. They approach Kenny Boy to borrow a car to spring Maximus from hospital; instead he takes them in an old school bus. When Bear and Willie Jack learn that Maximus can come and go from hospital as he pleases, they convince him to act like they are busting him out so as not to lose face with the rest of the gang. Just as they reach Okern, the bus breaks down and is engulfed in a fireball.
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9
"Elora's Dad"
Sterlin Harjo
Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs
September 20, 2023 (2023-09-20)
Elora attends college for an interview. With no scholarships available she needs her absentee father's financial information to apply for financial aid. After tracking him down she makes it clear she is not looking for a relationship, just the information. He reveals Elora has three half-siblings and presents her with a photograph of her on her first birthday; the last time he saw her. Elora agrees to meet them and whilst chatting, bonds with her father.
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10
"Dig"
Sterlin Harjo
Chad Charlie & Sterlin Harjo
September 27, 2023 (2023-09-27)
The community unites for Old Man Fixico's funeral. The Rez Dogs, along with many of the other recurring characters from the series, gather to participate in the ceremony and burial. The women prepare a large meal overseen by the elders. During the event, Elora informs Bear that she is leaving town for college. Bear, acknowledging the depth of their friendship, supports her decision. Bear meets with Spirit for the last time, coming to the realization that he does not have to be the only leader and recognizing the strength of his community. Willie Jack, inspired by advice from Hokti in prison, delivers a speech at sunrise, honoring Fixico's legacy. The episode culminates in a group hug among Bear, Elora, Willie Jack, and Cheese. The series concludes with the elders reflecting on the successful send-off for Fixico. They raise their cups of coffee, a gesture signifying continuity and remembrance.
mw- Critical response of Reservation Dogs · Reception › Critical response
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1
Season
1
Rotten Tomatoes
98% (61 reviews)
Metacritic
84 (22 reviews)
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2
Season
2
Rotten Tomatoes
100% (35 reviews)
Metacritic
93 (16 reviews)
3
3
Season
3
Rotten Tomatoes
100% (40 reviews)
Metacritic
94 (15 reviews)
Season
Rotten Tomatoes
Metacritic
1
98% (61 reviews)
84 (22 reviews)
2
100% (35 reviews)
93 (16 reviews)
3
100% (40 reviews)
94 (15 reviews)
· Reception › Accolades
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American Film Institute Awards
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Top 10 Programs of the Year
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Reservation Dogs
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Gotham Awards
Gotham Awards
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Gotham Awards
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Breakthrough Series – Short Form
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Outstanding Performance in a New Series
Outstanding Performance in a New Series
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Outstanding Performance in a New Series
Award
Devery Jacobs
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Nominated
2022
2022
Year
2022
Award
American Film Institute Awards
Category
Top 10 Programs of the Year
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Reservation Dogs
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Artios Awards
Artios Awards
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Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Pilot and First Season Comedy Series
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Angelique Midthunder, Jennifer Schwalenberg, Chris Freihofer, Stacey Rice, and Lisa Zambetti
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Critics' Choice Television Awards
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Critics' Choice Television Awards
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Best Comedy Series
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Reservation Dogs
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Golden Globe Awards
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Golden Globe Awards
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Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
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Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards
Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards
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Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards
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Best Streaming Series, Comedy
Category
Nominated
Best Directing in a Streaming Series, Comedy
Best Directing in a Streaming Series, Comedy
Year
Best Directing in a Streaming Series, Comedy
Award
Sterlin Harjo (for "Hunting")
Category
Nominated
Best Writing in a Streaming Series, Comedy
Best Writing in a Streaming Series, Comedy
Year
Best Writing in a Streaming Series, Comedy
Award
Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi (for "Fuckin' Rez Dogs")
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Hollywood Music in Media Awards
Hollywood Music in Media Awards
Year
Hollywood Music in Media Awards
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Best Music Supervision — Television
Category
Tiffany Anders
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Nominated
Independent Spirit Awards
Independent Spirit Awards
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Independent Spirit Awards
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Best New Scripted Series
Category
Reservation Dogs
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Won
Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series
Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series
Year
Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series
Award
Paulina Alexis, Funny Bone, Lane Factor, Devery Jacobs, Zahn McClarnon, Lil Mike, Sarah Podemski, and D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai
Category
Won
Peabody Awards
Peabody Awards
Year
Peabody Awards
Award
Entertainment
Category
Reservation Dogs
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Won
Television Critics Association Awards
Television Critics Association Awards
Year
Television Critics Association Awards
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Outstanding Achievement in Comedy
Category
Nominated
Outstanding New Program
Outstanding New Program
Year
Outstanding New Program
Award
Nominated
Writers Guild of America Awards
Writers Guild of America Awards
Year
Writers Guild of America Awards
Award
New Series
Category
Tazbah Rose Chavez, Sydney Freeland, Sterlin Harjo, Migizi Pensoneau, Tommy Pico, Taika Waititi, and Bobby Wilson
Nominee(s)
Nominated
Episodic Comedy
Episodic Comedy
Year
Episodic Comedy
Award
Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi (for "F*ckin' Rez Dogs")
Category
Nominated
2023
2023
Year
2023
Award
American Film Institute Awards
Category
Top 10 Programs of the Year
Nominee(s)
Reservation Dogs
Result
Won
Critics' Choice Television Awards
Critics' Choice Television Awards
Year
Critics' Choice Television Awards
Award
Best Comedy Series
Category
Nominated
Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Year
Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Award
D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai
Category
Nominated
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Year
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Award
Devery Jacobs
Category
Nominated
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Year
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Award
Paulina Alexis
Category
Nominated
Golden Trailer Awards
Golden Trailer Awards
Year
Golden Trailer Awards
Award
Best Billboard (for Feature Film or TV/Streaming Series)
Category
"Extension Billboard" (AV Print)
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Nominated
Best Comedy Poster for a TV/Streaming Series
Best Comedy Poster for a TV/Streaming Series
Year
Best Comedy Poster for a TV/Streaming Series
Award
"One Sheet" (AV Print)
Category
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Peabody Awards
Peabody Awards
Year
Peabody Awards
Award
Entertainment
Category
Reservation Dogs
Nominee(s)
Nominated
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
Year
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
Award
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation
Category
Patrick Hogan, David Beadle, Sonya Lindsay, Michael Sana, Daniel Salas, Amber Funk, and Lena Krigen (for "This is Where the Plot Thickens")
Nominee(s)
Nominated
Television Critics Association Awards
Television Critics Association Awards
Year
Television Critics Association Awards
Award
Outstanding Achievement in Comedy
Category
Reservation Dogs
Nominee(s)
Nominated
Writers Guild of America Awards
Writers Guild of America Awards
Year
Writers Guild of America Awards
Award
Episodic Comedy
Category
Tazbah Rose Chavez (for "Wide Net")
Nominee(s)
Nominated
2024
2024
Year
2024
Award
Art Directors Guild Awards
Category
Excellence in Production Design for a Half Hour Single-Camera Television Series
Nominee(s)
Brandon Tonner-Connolly (for "Deer Lady")
Result
Won
Artios Awards
Artios Awards
Year
Artios Awards
Award
Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Comedy Series
Category
Angelique Midthunder, Chris Freihofer, Stacey Rice, and Tara Mazzucca
Nominee(s)
Won
Astra TV Awards
Astra TV Awards
Year
Astra TV Awards
Award
Best Streaming Comedy Series
Category
Reservation Dogs
Nominee(s)
Nominated
Best Actress in a Streaming Comedy Series
Best Actress in a Streaming Comedy Series
Year
Best Actress in a Streaming Comedy Series
Award
Devery Jacobs
Category
Nominated
Best Directing in a Streaming Comedy Series
Best Directing in a Streaming Comedy Series
Year
Best Directing in a Streaming Comedy Series
Award
Sterlin Harjo (for "Dig")
Category
Nominated
Best Writing in a Streaming Comedy Series
Best Writing in a Streaming Comedy Series
Year
Best Writing in a Streaming Comedy Series
Award
Chad Charlie and Sterlin Harjo (for "Dig")
Category
Nominated
Critics' Choice Awards
Critics' Choice Awards
Year
Critics' Choice Awards
Award
Best Comedy Series
Category
Reservation Dogs
Nominee(s)
Nominated
Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Year
Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Award
D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai
Category
Nominated
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Year
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Award
Devery Jacobs
Category
Nominated
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Year
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Award
Paulina Alexis
Category
Nominated
Dorian Awards
Dorian Awards
Year
Dorian Awards
Award
Best TV Comedy
Category
Reservation Dogs
Nominee(s)
Nominated
Best Unsung TV Show
Best Unsung TV Show
Year
Best Unsung TV Show
Award
Won
Best TV Performance - Comedy
Best TV Performance - Comedy
Year
Best TV Performance - Comedy
Award
Devery Jacobs
Category
Nominated
Peabody Awards
Peabody Awards
Year
Peabody Awards
Award
Entertainment
Category
Reservation Dogs
Nominee(s)
Won
Primetime Emmy Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards
Year
Primetime Emmy Awards
Award
Outstanding Comedy Series
Category
Reservation Dogs
Nominee(s)
Nominated
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Year
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Award
D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai
Category
Nominated
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
Year
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
Award
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour)
Category
Mark Schwartzbard (for "Deer Lady")
Nominee(s)
Nominated
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Single-Camera Comedy Series
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Single-Camera Comedy Series
Year
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Single-Camera Comedy Series
Award
Patrick Tuck and Varun Viswanath (for "Dig")
Category
Nominated
Satellite Awards
Satellite Awards
Year
Satellite Awards
Award
Best Comedy or Musical Series
Category
Reservation Dogs
Nominee(s)
Nominated
Television Critics Association Awards
Television Critics Association Awards
Year
Television Critics Association Awards
Award
Program of the Year
Category
Nominated
Outstanding Achievement in Comedy
Outstanding Achievement in Comedy
Year
Outstanding Achievement in Comedy
Award
Nominated
Individual Achievement in Comedy
Individual Achievement in Comedy
Year
Individual Achievement in Comedy
Award
Devery Jacobs
Category
Nominated
Writers Guild of America Awards
Writers Guild of America Awards
Year
Writers Guild of America Awards
Award
Episodic Comedy
Category
Tommy Pico and Sterlin Harjo (for "House Made of Bongs")
Nominee(s)
Nominated
2025
2025
Year
2025
Award
Artios Awards
Category
Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Comedy Series
Nominee(s)
Angelique Midthunder, Stacey Rice, Tara Mazzucca, Chris Freihofer
Result
Nominated
Year
Award
Category
Nominee(s)
Result
Ref.
2021
American Film Institute Awards
Top 10 Programs of the Year
Reservation Dogs
Won
Gotham Awards
Breakthrough Series – Short Form
Won
Outstanding Performance in a New Series
Devery Jacobs
Nominated
2022
American Film Institute Awards
Top 10 Programs of the Year
Reservation Dogs
Won
Artios Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Pilot and First Season Comedy Series
Angelique Midthunder, Jennifer Schwalenberg, Chris Freihofer, Stacey Rice, and Lisa Zambetti
Nominated
Critics' Choice Television Awards
Best Comedy Series
Reservation Dogs
Nominated
Golden Globe Awards
Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Nominated
Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards
Best Streaming Series, Comedy
Nominated
Best Directing in a Streaming Series, Comedy
Sterlin Harjo (for "Hunting")
Nominated
Best Writing in a Streaming Series, Comedy
Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi (for "Fuckin' Rez Dogs")
Nominated
Hollywood Music in Media Awards
Best Music Supervision — Television
Tiffany Anders
Nominated
Independent Spirit Awards
Best New Scripted Series
Reservation Dogs
Won
Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series
Paulina Alexis, Funny Bone, Lane Factor, Devery Jacobs, Zahn McClarnon, Lil Mike, Sarah Podemski, and D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai
Won
Peabody Awards
Entertainment
Reservation Dogs
Won
Television Critics Association Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Comedy
Nominated
Outstanding New Program
Nominated
Writers Guild of America Awards
New Series
Tazbah Rose Chavez, Sydney Freeland, Sterlin Harjo, Migizi Pensoneau, Tommy Pico, Taika Waititi, and Bobby Wilson
Nominated
Episodic Comedy
Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi (for "F*ckin' Rez Dogs")
Nominated
2023
American Film Institute Awards
Top 10 Programs of the Year
Reservation Dogs
Won
Critics' Choice Television Awards
Best Comedy Series
Nominated
Best Actor in a Comedy Series
D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai
Nominated
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Devery Jacobs
Nominated
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Paulina Alexis
Nominated
Golden Trailer Awards
Best Billboard (for Feature Film or TV/Streaming Series)
"Extension Billboard" (AV Print)
Nominated
Best Comedy Poster for a TV/Streaming Series
"One Sheet" (AV Print)
Nominated
Peabody Awards
Entertainment
Reservation Dogs
Nominated
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation
Patrick Hogan, David Beadle, Sonya Lindsay, Michael Sana, Daniel Salas, Amber Funk, and Lena Krigen (for "This is Where the Plot Thickens")
Nominated
Television Critics Association Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Comedy
Reservation Dogs
Nominated
Writers Guild of America Awards
Episodic Comedy
Tazbah Rose Chavez (for "Wide Net")
Nominated
2024
Art Directors Guild Awards
Excellence in Production Design for a Half Hour Single-Camera Television Series
Brandon Tonner-Connolly (for "Deer Lady")
Won
Artios Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Comedy Series
Angelique Midthunder, Chris Freihofer, Stacey Rice, and Tara Mazzucca
Won
Astra TV Awards
Best Streaming Comedy Series
Reservation Dogs
Nominated
Best Actress in a Streaming Comedy Series
Devery Jacobs
Nominated
Best Directing in a Streaming Comedy Series
Sterlin Harjo (for "Dig")
Nominated
Best Writing in a Streaming Comedy Series
Chad Charlie and Sterlin Harjo (for "Dig")
Nominated
Critics' Choice Awards
Best Comedy Series
Reservation Dogs
Nominated
Best Actor in a Comedy Series
D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai
Nominated
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Devery Jacobs
Nominated
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Paulina Alexis
Nominated
Dorian Awards
Best TV Comedy
Reservation Dogs
Nominated
Best Unsung TV Show
Won
Best TV Performance - Comedy
Devery Jacobs
Nominated
Peabody Awards
Entertainment
Reservation Dogs
Won
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Comedy Series
Reservation Dogs
Nominated
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai
Nominated
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour)
Mark Schwartzbard (for "Deer Lady")
Nominated
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Single-Camera Comedy Series
Patrick Tuck and Varun Viswanath (for "Dig")
Nominated
Satellite Awards
Best Comedy or Musical Series
Reservation Dogs
Nominated
Television Critics Association Awards
Program of the Year
Nominated

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