He folds the note, puts it in a vintage paperback novel, then carefully puts the novel on a shelf. The Lowdown is created by Sterlin Harjo, who created Reservation Dogs. Our Take: In The Lowdown, Sterlin Harjo does what he did so well on Reservation Dogs, which is effectively build a world around the show’s main character, and does so pretty quickly. With The Lowdown, Sterlin Harjo has created an interesting world around Hawke’s ethically-murky main character, and that will serve the show well as the season goes forward. Joel Keller (@joelkeller) writes about food, entertainment, parenting and tech, but he doesn’t kid himself: he’s a TV junkie.