The Lowdown Season 2: Ethan Hawke Returns With Betty Gilpin and Tommy Lee Jones
Ethan Hawke is back in Tulsa for Season 2 of FX's The Lowdown, and he has brought family trouble with him.
Hawke returns as Lee Raybon, the Tulsa-area truthstorian at the centre of the series, with Betty Gilpin and Tommy Lee Jones joining the cast for the new run, according to Variety. Hawke also serves as an executive producer, meaning he helps oversee the series creatively as well as star in it.
The series comes from Sterlin Harjo, the showrunner — the writer-producer in charge of a series — behind Reservation Dogs. Harjo created, wrote, directed and executive-produced The Lowdown, and FX bills the show as a western-noir and as Harjo's Tulsa Noir. FX and Hulu renewed the series for Season 2 in January, following its first season, as reported by Variety.
FX describes Lee Raybon as a journalist. Variety's Season 2 coverage describes him as a Tulsa-area truthstorian, a local writer chasing uncomfortable truths. Ryan Kiera Armstrong plays Francis, Lee's teenage daughter. Tim Blake Nelson appeared in Season 1 as Dale Washberg.
Season 2 widens that world. Gilpin plays Ginger, a public defender. Her former client is Mekko Dean, a Native convict whose case pulls Lee into a fresh investigation. Jones plays Lee Sr., Lee's father, portrayed as an itinerant con man who drifts in and out of his son's life.
The returning favourite drew early attention ahead of launch. Collider published a Season 2 review on 7 October, and Variety published its Season 2 review on 14 October. Variety had previously described Hawke's series as a "superlative crime yarn" when it confirmed the renewal.
For fans, this means a second case with higher personal stakes. A new legal thread through Ginger and Mekko Dean runs alongside a father-son story through Lee and Lee Sr., with Francis still in the frame at home.
