“It actually starts with the visuals,” says editor Varun Viswanath.

While that's the norm for any editor, Viswanath, who along with fellow editor Patrick Tuck is nominated for an Emmy for FX's "Reservation Dogs," has a secret weapon in the editing room: co-creators and showrunners Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi.

They don’t just do long takes, they do resets. “We hear what they’re saying to the actors, and it’s an extra tool to get inside their heads and understand their preferences,” Viswanath says. Viswanath and Tuck joined forces to collaborate on editing the series finale, “Dig.”

In the episode, the town comes together to honor medicine man Fixico (Richard Ray Whitman) after his death. While the theme of community anchors the entire series, it’s key to this episode. The main characters all reach different resolutions: Elora (Devery Jacobs) heads off to a new adventure in college; Bear (D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai) learns about independence when his mother takes a job in town and he creates his own path—perhaps with Jackie (Elva Guerra); and Willie Jack (Paulina Alexis), who apprenticed with Fixico, has turned her attention to helping others on the reservation. As for Cheese (Lane Factor), his new glasses give him a clearer perspective on life.