On the one hand, it wouldn’t be very apt for a show about a scrappy citizen journalist in a small heartland city to become a massive hit. On the other, FX’s “The Lowdown” was one of the great TV debuts last year, a follow-up from “Reservation Dogs” showrunner Sterlin Harjo that upped the star power and changed locations while keeping the warmth, humor and texture. The drama squeaked into a Season 2 renewal in January, but just barely: not even the presence of star and executive producer Ethan Hawke, who plays Tulsa-area “truthstorian” Lee Raybon, could make “The Lowdown” an objective breakout.
\n\nWhich is why it is paramount — nay, essential — that those who value truth, justice and well-crafted television show out in force for Season 2. The world could use more shaggy hangouts and layered mysteries, let alone series that manage to be both at the same time. In Season 1, “The Lowdown” openly modeled itself after the kind of pulpy paperback Lee sells at the used bookstore he operates between freelance reporting gigs. Season 2 confirms the impression that, as in that earlier medium, Lee’s misadventures can easily be serialized: a new case, new characters and the…
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