The Lowdown

Episode 1

Pilot

Tue, Sep 23, 202559 mins

The story Lee is working on is how Akron, an old money stereotypically "white" development company, got a hold of a Martin Luther King signed church pamphlet, which Lee believes should be in the public realm, specifically with the residents of the neighborhood where the church used to exist. But his investigation veers more toward why they are buying up large swaths of seemingly worthless black owned property in North Tulsa. In his visit to speak to the evasive Akron people, he nonetheless walks away from the meeting with something substantial. But it is two previous articles that come back to bite him in different ways. One is the exposé on the corruption within the Washberg family, its relevance in that Donald Washberg is running for governor. The other is the skinhead Tulsa Bootboys' torching of a synagogue. The former takes on different relevance when Dale Washberg, Donald's brother who is considered the black sheep of the family and who was only peripherally referenced in the article, is found dead by an apparent suicide in his library. Lee is already suspicious about the nature of the death as Dale no longer being in the picture will make it easier for the rest of the Washbergs to conduct their business unimpeded. But in looking for books to buy at Dale's estate sale, Lee believes he's stumbled onto the tip of the iceberg that the death was not suicide and that the Bootboys are also involved in the corrupt activity of the Washbergs.