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The Lowdown Season 2 Opens With a Missing Prisoner and Family Tensions
Ethan Hawke returns as Lee Raybon in the second season of The Lowdown, set in Tulsa.
Lee is a self-described “truthstorian” whose exposé drove the first season’s story.
At an award ceremony for that work, Lee gives a speech that insults the people around him and leads another reporter to punch him.
Public defender Ginger, played by Betty Gilpin, tells Lee she thinks two men are following her, then says her former client Mekko Dean seems to have gone missing from prison.
Meanwhile, Lee’s estranged father, Lee Sr., played by Tommy Lee Jones, arrives in town and seeks out Lee’s daughter, Francis, adding to existing family friction.
Lee is drawn into a new mystery as tensions grow at home, but the opening episodes do not say what happened to Mekko.
The second season of The Lowdown premieres with Ethan Hawke returning as Tulsa truthstorian Lee Raybon.
Lee investigates the apparent disappearance from prison of Mekko Dean, a former client of public defender Ginger.
Lee’s estranged father, Lee Sr., arrives in Tulsa and seeks out Lee’s daughter, Francis.
Lee’s acceptance speech for a journalism award causes friction with Francis and ends with another reporter punching him.
The season’s two-episode premiere aired Wednesday on FX and Hulu.
- Who
- Lee Raybon, played by Ethan Hawke, is at the center of the story, alongside public defender Ginger and Lee’s estranged father, Lee Sr.
- What
- Lee takes on a mystery after Ginger says her former client Mekko Dean appears to have gone missing from prison.
- When
- The second season premiered Wednesday; the articles were published on October 15, 2026.
- Where
- Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the season’s premiere on FX and Hulu.
- Why
- Ginger asks Lee to look into Mekko Dean’s apparent disappearance. The reason for the disappearance is not stated.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Lee accepts an award for his season-one exposé, gives a speech insulting others in the room and is punched by another reporter.
Ginger tells Lee that she thinks two men are following her, then kisses him as a ruse.
Lee visits Ginger’s office, where she tells him that her former client Mekko Dean appears to have gone missing from prison.
The two-episode season-two premiere airs on FX and Hulu.
- Lead actor
- Ethan Hawke
- Lee’s father
- Lee Sr., played by Tommy Lee Jones
- Ginger’s actor
- Betty Gilpin
- Missing former client
- Mekko Dean
- Season-two premiere
- Two episodes on FX and Hulu
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