![]() We see in “House Made of Bongs” that he once had big, scientific ambitions. ![]() Played by Wes Studi in the present day and Mato Wayuhi in 1976.įirst introduced sleeping on a bench in season 1’s “Come and Get Your Love”, Bucky is an eccentric local artist who helps Willie Jack out with her curse. The fun thing about “House Made of Bongs” is that, even though Maximus is a new addition to the Reservation Dogs canon, the rest of the flashback characters in this episode are folks that we’ve known since season 1. At the end of their long acid-influenced night, he sees an alien that changes his life and his friends have a hard time accepting it. It’s clear then that “House Made of Bongs” reveals the moment that Maximus lost the trust of his friends. Not entirely unlike Bear currently with his visions of his spirit guide William Knifeman (Dallas Goldtooth). Unfortunately he lost all those friends when they couldn’t come to terms with the fact that he sees things they don’t. He says he has friends who were closer than family and even shows Bear some film of them as kids (go back and rewatch that portion of the episode now to see that it’s actual footage of the young actors in “House Made of Bong”). His parents died when he was a kid and he was largely raised in a boarding school. Bear comes to discover that Maximus is from Okern as well. While Maximus is ultimately harmless, he does have some strange beliefs – like the fact that alien “Star People” exist and he must prepare for their return by growing eggplant. While wandering around the plains of Oklahoma he is taken in by an eccentric survivalist named Maximus (Graham Green). Of course, we were actually already introduced to Maximus just three weeks earlier in the installment fittingly named “Maximus.” In that episode, Bear Smallhill (D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai) is lost in the literal and metaphorical wilderness after missing his connecting bus home from California. Nicholas but it set to stay for the summer since he has nowhere else to go…or so he says. Interested in film, Maximus has just graduated from his junior year at St. Nicholas Training School (yes, the same boarding school from “Deer Lady,” albeit many years in the future) in 1976, we’re introduced to Maximus a.k.a. When “House Made of Bongs” picks up on the last day St. Initially, one of the most confusing things about Reservation Dogs season 3 episode 5 is that its lead character is the younger version of a (seemingly) minor character. With occasional input from “House Made of Bongs” director Blackhorse Lowe (who was nice enough to chat with Den of Geek about this week, which he directed alongside next week’s “Frankfurter Sandwich”), here is a full explanation of what’s going on in Reservation Dogs‘ big flashback episode and why it all matters. But I’m going to try to do exactly that anyway. This episode feels profound in a way that I can’t properly articulate or explain. There’s also a literal alien thrown in there for good measure. It presents the origin stories of some deep background characters – including one character who was introduced only three episodes ago for a guest appearance but who seems to be the emotional lynchpin of his entire generation. “House Made of Bongs” is a strange beast. The installment follows one day in the youth of many of the Okern, Oklahoma community’s present day elders and reveals how the anxieties of triumphs of yesterday linger into today. ![]() It doesn’t flash all the way back to the cruel days of Native American boarding schools that destroyed culture and forced assimilation but to the more recent and relatively cheerful days of the 1970s. Like episode 3 “Deer Lady” before it, “House Made of Bongs” flashes back to the past. Nowhere is that more apparent than in this excellent fifth episode. By delving deeper into the community surrounding the show’s four young leads, Reservation Dogs has established one of the most vibrant small towns on television while commenting on the cyclical nature of family and the struggle between collectivism and individuality. Through two seasons the show has provided countless hilarious, affecting, and arresting moments but it’s really leveled up in this third and final outing. Until now at least.Ĭreated by Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi, Reservation Dogs is a touching little dramedy on Hulu that follows four Indigenous teenagers as they try to pass time in their tiny Oklahoma town and recover from the invisible wounds from their friend’s suicide. That’s largely because the show’s greatness is so evident that it doesn’t usually feel necessary to comment further. We haven’t written about Reservation Dogs that much around these parts aside from its inevitable appearances on our Best TV of 2021, 2022, and 2023 (so far) lists. ![]() I couldn’t help but think of those questions while watching “House Made of Bongs,” the fifth episode of FX‘s Reservation Dogs‘ superb third season.
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