[This story contains spoilers for “The Sensitive Kind,” the season finale of The Lowdown on FX .]

A lot of dark things have happened over the course of The Lowdown , including a host of murders; a man being literally tarred and feathered by a white supremacist cabal; and the death of an elderly Native man (played by Graham Greene) that series protagonist Lee Raybon ( Ethan Hawke ) inadvertently caused. That’s all in keeping with the kinds of noir stories that influenced creator Sterlin Harjo .

The season finale of the FX series, however, breaks from the often despairing endings of many noir tales by giving the good guys some victories — albeit at a cost. After doggedly investigating the shady dealings of Oklahoma gubernatorial candidate Donald Washberg (Kyle MacLachlan) and

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