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The third and final season of Reservation Dogs debuted today, and Sterling Harjo, the Hulu series’ creator, recently spoke about his decision to end the show.
Starring Devery Jacobs, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Paulina Alexis, Lane Factor, Elva Guerra, Sarah Podemski, Zahn McClarnon, Gary Farmer, Jennifer Podemski, Jon Proudstar, and Dallas Goldtooth, the series follows the journey of four indigenous teenagers. Season three will find the “Rez Dogs” journeying home from Los Angeles.
In an interview with Indiewire, Harjo said he realized that season three should be the end once the second season had been finished. He said the following about ending the series:
“I never wanted it to go further than it needed to. This season felt like it was the end. We find these characters in a very transitional period of their lives. You can’t keep transitioning forever in life. You either learn something or you don’t. You move into a new phase or you don’t. And that’s where we found these characters. So I think they were always meant to go through something and we were going to see them come out on the other side, and that’s where it ends. I’m not a big fan of shows going on forever. It’s not that the well dried up, but I didn’t want it to dry up. So I can’t just keep telling this story forever.”
He also revealed the reaction FX had to his decision to end the series:
“They were shocked. People have asked me if it was their idea. No. I want to respect the nature of the storytelling. This story is coming to an end. I did tell FX, though, there are all of these ideas that I have for spinoffs and stuff happening in the same world. So all that’s up on the table and there’s some ideas that they really like. If someone else told me it was time to end, it would be so offensive to me, because I care about these actors, these writers, these directors, these characters. And I care about the whole crew. If someone told me it was time to pack it in, I would want to battle with them.”
Though Reservation Dogs is ending, Harjo says that he has some ideas for potential spin-offs to keep that world alive.
What do you think? Did you want to see more of Reservation Dogs? Do you want Harjo to bring this world back in a spin-off?
I haven’t seen this show, but I respect the decision of the creator to end the show when he wants to end it. That’s seemingly rare in American television in particular.
I have truly enjoyed this show. Something different for a change
Great characters and actors. Yes I don’t want to end, but understand his views. Yes to spin offs. It’s a funny yet serious story lines.
I didn’t want the show to go on forever, but I would like to have seen at least a season 4, many shows try to cram a lot in one season and really to me, I like it when each of the main characters actually get their journey resolved when it’s supposed to happen, a lot of info is usually skipped over and I for one all of a sudden I’m like, wait a minute, how did this happen just like that, wasn’t that character supposed to do something beforehand, I don’t know about other viewers, but I like it… Read more »