Cheese can’t see after having his eyes dilated during an examination, but he comforts the stranger nonetheless, going so far as to take her for a spin outside for some fresh air.
“NDN Clinic” also establishes Cheese as the most softhearted member of the group when he starts playing along after an elderly patient mistakes him for her grandson. Harjo is clearly drawing from experience in developing these kinds of dorky yet round characters, and these little details shine throughout the episode. Kang seems to actually care about this little town and smiles as he smokes a cigarette and eats a bag of Flaming Flamers he has apparently confiscated. Despite his short temper with the Rez Dogs, Dr. Kang is a bit exasperated and isolated, personifying the type of character folks who grew up on the rez may be familiar with. After spending ten years working at the clinic and being stretched thin, Dr.
Kang, the sarcastic and tired “everything doctor” (“toes, backs, assholes …”). Her back-and-forth banter with the Reservation Dogs throughout is hilarious, and she rocks some amazing beaded earrings.Īnother standout is Bobby Lee as Dr. When Elora also ends up at the clinic complaining of stomach pains (caused by eating massive amounts of stolen hot chips), Schmieding’s receptionist character writes down that her issue is “something else,” a subtle reference to that time Native Americans got relegated to the “something else” category during a CNN breakdown of presidential-election statistics (these “something else” votes, by the way, were key in flipping several swing states). Schmieding is a writer and star of another Indigenous-led show, Rutherford Falls, which would make for an excellent weekly pairing with Reservation Dogs. So of course, let’s talk about the hilarious cameo by comedian Jana Schmieding (who is Cheyenne River Lakota), whose deadpan performance brings out much of the humor in the bleak and dingy hospital setting. Writer Sterlin Harjo uses this bottle-episode setup to flesh out some of our main characters and introduce viewers to the minutiae of the small town of Okern, Oklahoma. Indian Health Service clinics IRL provide medical care to over half of the estimated 5.2 million Indigenous people living in the U.S., especially those in rural reservation communities. At the top of the episode, Bear is jumped by members of a rival gang, forcing him to spend the rest of the day trying to get checked out at the rez’s Indian Health Service clinic. The second episode of Reservation Dogs kicks off with … well, an ass-kicking.
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