8.439 minSeason 3 • Episode 10
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Four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma steal, rob and save in order to get to the exotic, mysterious and faraway land of California.
Writing
Sterlin Harjo's scripts feel like eavesdropping on real Rez kids.
Acting
Paulina Alexis as Willie Jack steals every scene she's in.
Direction
Taika Waititi and Harjo blend magical realism with mundane pain.
Creators
Taika Waititi, Sterlin Harjo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The entire writers' room and most crew were Indigenous — a first for FX. Sterlin Harjo specifically hired locals from Oklahoma reservations as consultants and background actors.
The show's title references the real 'reservation dogs' — stray dogs on reservations — but also the kids themselves, stray and surviving together. The California dream mirrors actual Indigenous migration patterns during Relocation era policies.
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