1923
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its the kick in the pants this unhurried story needs.
Meanwhile, Team Evil was on a recruitment push.
If his goal was to upset this viewers expectations, Taylor Sheridan could not have been more successful.
I sometimes wondered exactly how close we would zoom in on the big Dutton-family reunion.
Would we see Spencer visit the grave of his older brother as he plots revenge?
I thought wed at least get to hear Alexandra crack wise about the lack of motor cars and electricity.
Nor did I expect Arthur to choose the sword as his weapon.
Nor did I expect Spencer to be such an effective swordsman.
Beginners luck, I guess.
He spends most of the rest of the episode in the brig in a tuxedo.
But in the end credits, the Countess of Sussex is the actor who plays Arthurs mom.
Andaccording to Debretts, an Earls daughter is actually given the courtesy title lady like send help.
Regardless, someone important wants Spencer removed from the queens fleet.
And someone important who I think is a different person forbids Alex from accompanying him.
They cry their I love yous only to be drowned out by the surf.
But how will she get so far on her own with no money and no help?
I cant imagine the family shes disgraced will support her.
A brief pause for wild speculation, if I may.
What are people making of the fact that Alex is notably more seasick than shes been on voyages past?
Could this be Lizzies destiny, as well?
Theres no way to be sure!
And yet it got my rusty old gears turning.
Anyway, just the facts from here on out.
Unfortunately, one of Banners henchmen follows Zane home, peering through the curtained windows at the Davises lovemaking.
Cops promptly arrest Alice for violating horrific anti-miscegenation laws that wouldremain on the books in Montana until 1953.
They beat Zane bloody.
Mercifully, they dont take the kids.
Sometimes people who used to be on top lose ground, you know?
So they yanked out the horse-hitching rail by city hall to make room for car-parking spots?
No one said Luddite life would be easy.
At his arraignment, Banner pleads not guilty, which Jacob surely expected.
He cant just walk away.
But later, cooler and more wretchedly capitalist heads prevail.
Donald Whitfield sees an opportunity to crush the ranch while enriching himself.
If Jacobs unable to redeem his home quickly, the ranchs deed reverts to Whitfield.
Its the same story Sheridans still telling now on his contemporary dramaYellowstone.
First, the West was won by force; now, its ruled by finance.
After a season of unrelenting violence and abuse, she finally has a morsel of hope in her life.
Fall in love later, Runs His Horse scolds them.
Theyve been trying to kill me since they took me, she told her dad then.
I dont believe in later.
If Sheridan is true to his word, which all cowboys must be, were halfway through1923.
Its not just Teonna without the luxury of later.
Jacob cant afford to stall and wait for Spencer anymore; the precipice has come to him.
