Two long years of disappointment concluded in jubilation forReservation Dogsfans Wednesday, when the beloved FX seriesfinally gottheTV Academy recognitionit deserves, landingfive Emmy nominationsfor its final run following two seasons of total neglect. (And, no, this does not excuse the unforgivable slighting of triple-threat writer-director-actressDevery Jacobsthree times in a row.) Vulture has told youoverandoverandoverandoverwhy the show about a group of Native teens (andtheir elders) figuring out life and themselves and each other is worth your attention, so here’s showrunner Sterlin Harjo, in hispost-finaleinterview with Matt Zoller Seitz, doing the honors this time: “You don’t have to go to extreme places to tell stories that connect to people. They’re right here in front of us.”

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