Yellowstone 1883
8/10
The main Yellowstone show dragged on and the last series was painfully dull and predictable. What on earth they were doing killing off Kevin Costner's character is beyond me but apparently the writer is a bit of a dick and he won the pissing up the wall competition with Kev.
Yellowstone 1923 with Harrison Ford (and the worst accent award for Helen Mirren) was ok but again it was dragged out to yet another series when it could have been easily condensed into one.
This is where Yellowstone 1883 wins hands down. It is, so far, just one series which you wouldn't really have to watch if they do a second or third. It tells the tale of John Dutton moving his family from Texas to Montana and the trials & tribulations that affect him, his family and the immigrants from Europe who have come to the States looking for free land.
It also has the advantage of this bit of totty
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Before you get your hopes up she doesn't get her kit off. Actually she gets her kit off quite a bit but nudity is merely suggested rather than seen. Shame. In a clear effort to not offend anyone in Hollywood there is a fair bit of multi-racial action going on. Gypsies and negroes and our heroine here swiftly forgets the cattle driver who was the love of her life (knew him for about a week before he died) when a Comanche brave starts to lift the flaps of her wigwam so you could say she played Cowboys and Indians
Star of the show is the scenery but the ever reliable Sam Elliott turns in a good performance too.
Rumours of a second series abound but I don't think there are any plans and I hope it gets left alone.
Observation - the character Elsa is from Tennessee and pronounces her 'wh' words almost as a hard syllable a bit like Stewie Griffin saying "cool hwhip" or Humza Yousaf saying "hwhite". It was an affectation that nobody else did in the show.
Anyhoo - worth a look for the view and a decent binge watch.