The following story discusses Season 2 plot points of "Reservation Dogs.".

"Reservation Dogs" has been digging into that idea since Bear (D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai) met William Knife-Man (Dallas Goldtooth) in the pilot.

He's not directly connected to Bear and his friends Elora Danan (Devery Jacobs), Willie Jack (Paulina Alexis), and Cheese (Lane Factor) by blood, friendship, or local member, giving him more of a license to prod and annoy.

Throughout the recently ended second season, however, the four friends and the folks around them confront and are confronted by the spirits of some of their nearest and most dearly departed loved ones.

Elva Guerra as Jackie and Devery Jacobs as Elora Danan in "Reservation Dogs" (Shane Brown/FX).

Devery Jacobs as Elora Danan, Lane Factor as Cheese and D'Pharaoh Woo-A-Tai as Bear in "Reservation Dogs" (Shane Brown/FX).

Not every second season episode of "Reservation Dogs" connects to a ghost story?

Zahn McClarnon as Big in "Reservation Dogs" (Shane Brown/FX).

And in this memory-heavy season, where major characters are featured in episodes influenced by familiar movies or cinematic genres, "Reservation Dogs" reasserts its strength as a love letter to cinema while reminding us that it is still a show about chosen families – the kind seen throughout TV, especially in sitcoms