'The Lowdown' Star Reflects on Francis and Lee's Relationship
Ryan Kiera Armstrong shares insights on the dynamic between Francis and her father Lee Raybon after the season finale.
Season Finale Highlights
The first season of The Lowdown concluded with an open-ended finale titled "The Sensitive Kind." While Lee Raybon (Ethan Hawke) cracked the case of Dale Washberg’s (Tim Blake Nelson) death, the story also revealed the emotional and physical dangers his job imposed on his daughter Francis (Ryan Kiera Armstrong).
Francis’s Perspective on Danger
Armstrong explained that Francis initially underestimated the risks involved. She said,
“I don’t think that she realized how big it was,”
but also emphasized Francis’s sharp intuition, adding,
“I also think that she’s really intelligent for her age, and so I think that she knew something was up.”
Francis's Emotional Moment
After Lee missed her parent-teacher conference, Francis performed a poem at an open-mic event expressing the pain caused by her parents’ separation and particularly her father’s absence.
About performing the poem, Armstrong shared,
“I read it, and at first I was really moved, and then the next thought was I have to make it really good.”
“It was also my last day on set, so I was like, I can’t regret anything, it has to be perfect.”
Author’s Summary
The finale reveals the complex father-daughter bond and the emotional toll of Lee’s dangerous profession on Francis.