'Reservation Dogs' Creator Sterlin Harjo Explains Decision to End the Show with Season 3

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Sterlin Harjo is opening up about the final season of Reservation Dogs. The critically acclaimed series – which follows a group of Indigenous teens as they come of age in Oklahoma – returned to Hulu this week for its third and final season.

In an interview with Variety, Sterlin explained why the series is coming to an end. Keep reading to find out more… “It’s a story that had an ending,” he told the outlet. “It’s a story about people going through transition, and specifically kids going through a very transitional moment and grief.

I just don’t think that lasts forever. I think that we’re meant to be with them during this transitional time. To me, the show’s too important to drag out.” The second season saw the show’s characters finally making it to California and experiencing a cathartic moment in the ocean where they were able to honor their friend Daniel, whose death was the impetus for their trek out west.

But Sterlin explained that it was important for the characters to be back in Oklahoma for the new season. “Back in Oklahoma is where we get to tell the story that we’re telling,” he said. “That’s where the magic happens.