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The Lowdown

★ 7.3 11K votes 2025–present 2 seasons · 16 episodes Returning Series FX
Outsider leadA misfit or newcomer as our way into the world.This show: 8/10Character studyInterior life matters more than plot.This show: 8/10Dialogue-drivenThe writing's voice is the main event.This show: 7/10Dry humorDeadpan, understated wit.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Ethan HawkeKeith DavidRyan Kiera ArmstrongKaniehtiio HornSiena EastCody Lightning
Starring
Ethan HawkeKeith DavidRyan Kiera ArmstrongKaniehtiio HornSiena EastCody Lightning
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"A small-town truth-hunter unravels bigger secrets"

Set in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this series follows a self-styled truth-seeker and amateur historian who makes his living digging up the city's buried secrets, half journalist, half obsessive crank. He stumbles into a mystery tied to a wealthy local family, and what starts as a quirky character study slowly tightens into something stranger and more dangerous. The tone mixes dry comedy with a wandering, novelistic pace, carried by a strong central performance and a real sense of place. It rewards patience more than urgency, favoring texture and character over twisty plotting.

Watch it for

the lead performance and a lived-in sense of small-town Oklahoma weirdness.

Maybe skip if

you want fast-moving crime plotting rather than character-driven, meandering storytelling.

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Season 12025
7.75K86h 40m
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Season 2
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Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Ethan Hawke Lee Raybon
Keith David Marty Brunner
Ryan Kiera Armstrong Francis Raybon
Kaniehtiio Horn Samantha
Siena East Deidra
Cody Lightning Waylon
Rafael Casal Johnny
Jeanne Tripplehorn Betty Jo Washberg
Kyle MacLachlan Donald Washberg
Jude Barnett Cousin Henry
Shane McRae Johnny

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