With a cast headlined by heavyweights Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren, the second "Yellowstone" prequel was certainly highly anticipated and hyped and - as is often not the case - what we see over eight episodes of the first season live up to the hype.
Taylor Sheridan is a genius. Everything is good in 1923 - costumes, scenery, writing, acting - as the Dutton family face The Great Depression in Montana (where it arrived much earlier than probably anywhere else in the world) and are involved in a land dispute. You know what you're going to get as far as acting goes from Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren, whose resumes and accolades more than speak for themselves, but the rest of the cast is also brilliant. I liked Spencer Dutton who is haunted by what he did on the Western Front in World War One. The character perfectly represents the oft-forgotten side of war, and is one of the best in the Yellowstone universe. The side plot about Teonna Rainwater, who is persecuted at a Catholic-run boarding school for native Americans is brilliantly put together but, like so much else in 1923, is quite disturbing and violent.
Even if the original Yellowstone bites the dust (as has been heavily rumoured in recent months), I hope Taylor Sheridan keeps on making these spinoffs.
Taylor Sheridan is a genius. Everything is good in 1923 - costumes, scenery, writing, acting - as the Dutton family face The Great Depression in Montana (where it arrived much earlier than probably anywhere else in the world) and are involved in a land dispute. You know what you're going to get as far as acting goes from Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren, whose resumes and accolades more than speak for themselves, but the rest of the cast is also brilliant. I liked Spencer Dutton who is haunted by what he did on the Western Front in World War One. The character perfectly represents the oft-forgotten side of war, and is one of the best in the Yellowstone universe. The side plot about Teonna Rainwater, who is persecuted at a Catholic-run boarding school for native Americans is brilliantly put together but, like so much else in 1923, is quite disturbing and violent.
Even if the original Yellowstone bites the dust (as has been heavily rumoured in recent months), I hope Taylor Sheridan keeps on making these spinoffs.