The Lowdown episode 5 sends journalist Lee Raybon to a judge's ranch
The gist
Episode 5 of The Lowdown season 2 aired on FX, with Lee Raybon touring Judge Sallsman's ranch.
The episode links the prisoner diversion scheme to a county judge.
How it unfolded
- Nov 4, 2026Episode 5, "A Dog With Two Tails," airs on FX; Lee Raybon wakes in county lockup and is released with help from Governor Donald Washberg.
- Nov 4, 2026Judge Jed Sallsman arrives at the diner where Lee and Donald are having pie, then invites Lee and a mostly unwilling governor on a tour of his ranch, Tallgrass.
- Nov 4, 2026Sallsman screens a promo video for Fresh Start Fine Foods even after Nathan Spence's death, now known to have happened on site at Fresh Start.
Key terms
- FX
- An American pay television channel owned by FX Networks, a division of Disney Entertainment.
- diversion program
- A pretrial sentencing program that aims to rehabilitate offenders and often allows them to avoid conviction.
- public defender
- A lawyer appointed to represent people who cannot afford to hire a lawyer for trial.
Source: Wikipedia