‘Reservation Dogs’ Deserved More Emmy Love Throughout Its Run — Now, This Is the TV Academy’s Last Chance to Recognize It
variety.comMichael Schneider Variety Editor at Large “Reservation Dogs” ended its three-season run back in September, so we’ve had time to accept the sad truth that we won’t be seeing any new stories about this group of Indigenous teens in Oklahoma anytime soon.
I would have truly enjoyed another season, and when I get on a Zoom call with series star Paulina Alexis — who played the outspoken Willie Jack — it’s clear she’s also still a bit disappointed that the show has wrapped. “I feel like I could have went way longer, but not my choice,” she says. “It felt like it was rushed.
The questions I get asked now are, ‘ Why is it ending?’ and ‘Are they making another season?’ I’m asking myself that too. I’m like, ‘Why?’ “ Alexis says she hears from many fans who call “Reservation Dogs” their “comfort show.” But the series, from Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi, was actually much more than that: It was a bit of an emotional antidote to these trying times.
If you watch “Rez Dogs,” you know that it would frequently have you laughing hard one minute and bawling the next. When we met Elora (Devery Jacobs), Bear (D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai), Cheese (Lane Factor) and Willie Jack in Season 1, they’re grieving the death of their friend (and Willie Jack’s cousin) Daniel.
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