@@MarlboroLts5150 no it wasn't James wanted to tell her the truth cause he knew she wasn't going to live it was her mom who wanted to lie cause she still believed Elsa had a chance to survive thats why James was in a hurry to go pick "the spot" cause he knew she was on borrowed time. if it was me and my daughter was Elsa and after all they been through i would've told her the truth
@@kimberlylay1005…My grandfather who served in Korean and Vietnam wars got old and cried a lot too…men tend to do that when they’ve gone through some shit.
This show has to be one of the most painful I’ve ever seen. I bawled like a baby at the end. Elsa was such a beautiful free spirit and it hurt to see her die.
I was blown away by Yosef’s admission while drunk, just before his amputation, of the true nature of his past. The entire time he presented himself as a pacifist carpenter. If you pay attention, and know your history, he was recounting his experiences, and trauma, fighting the French in the Franco-Prussian war, which took place in 1870. That was an amazing character revelation that goes totally unnoticed, and shows that he had more in common with the 3 civil war vets than they knew.
2 boys from my bosses family in Austria were sent to Australia by their dad to keep them from being conscripted into the Prussian army at this time. They ended up farming in New Zealand and would be very proud of their large number of hard working descendants .
I cried like a baby at the end of this series…what an emotional climax to a wonderful series. The casting was superb. Really loved Sam Elliott in this role.
I'm big on authenticity in westerns, and this I think is the best I've ever seen--in costuming, saddlery, landscape, and general history. Even the way the actors all ride like real cowboys, never touching the saddle horn. It's a shame this show hasn't got more recognition than it has, and I agree with all the great comments on this forum.
Yup, i noticed that too, they were riding like real cowboys do today. The horses are owned by the director and they are well trained. Sometime studio horses are not well trained and the actors fall off them.
And when they rounded up those 'wild' mustangs, many of which wore halters already. That was so 'authentic.' Just like the near non stop use of the f bomb. Did you watch any of 1923? The word was used, but not nearly so much. So for authenticity we have maybe the most vile curse word out there used to excess in the 40 years before. Then somehow cut back on until modern days. Yeah, that seems 'authentic.' To me it was a lot more likely that Dame Helen Mirren has a lot more respect for her legacy and the craft than to approve a script made up by woke Hollywood writers with no understanding of how to write emotions without profanity. This was not as bad as Deadwood, but had less 'authenticity' than Blazing Saddles when you actually wake up and look. Just another attempt to rewrite history and in doing so lower the moral fiber of the country. That is the recognition this steaming pile deserves.
Just wanted to add, that hummingbird that Shea saw on the beach was ELSA coming to say hi to him as she had told him before she passed that she would. A lot of people miss the littlest details but I didn't. Great job of adding in these very small details that made this series wonderful
Yes, I got that as well! I also remember when Shea got shot in the head, with lead which probably was affecting his health at the end. I just couldn't hear what Elsa said about her 1st memory as a child. Something about birds after a rain, eating worms. Something about life. Then she saw the dove and said she wasn't afraid to die.
Yes, I got that as well! I also remember when Shea got shot in the head, with lead which probably was affecting his health at the end. I just couldn't hear what Elsa said about her 1st memory as a child. Something about birds after a rain, eating worms. Something about life. Then she saw the dove and said she wasn't afraid to die.
The shot to the head probably affected him that why they went to the Indian huts and left their trails and that lead to everything else... Sigh I'm so freaking emotional because they, the Duttons really have a soul tie to the land and it was also an indian who gave them it in a way....
Same here. I prefer movies/tv that are more realistic. This show demonstrated how hard it was for the people who settled the west. I cannot imagine the heartbreak those people endured.
YES. I'm still processing it all. Just finished watching it few days ago after a beautiful road trip between WY and UT. Those empty desert, valleys with the mountains in the horizon, just brings this storyline to life. WOW. what an amazing production. I wanted Elsa to live 50 more years!!!
This show was absolutely fabulous!! With one disgusting caveat; the irritating cameo appearances of Tom Hanks and wife Rita; the actors who sought Citizenship in Greece. Many have speculated they fled to Greece, because (partly) their non covictional stance against pedophiles. Tom Hanks has allegedly had pedophilia problems in his life.
My wife's Irish family lived this life. Some of them died on the trail but the ones that made it started a great lifestyle in Oregon that their descendents still cherish.
I was resisting for some time to watch these prequels of Yellowstone but one afternoon I went for it and I was pushed into the deepest depths of my own soul. Taylor Sheridan is some story teller!!!! Brilliant writing, excellent casting, locations breathtaking and that music ... Geeeeezus, how melancholic, haunting, and yet gentle is that main theme? I could cry my heart out at the end ... BRAVO ...! 1883 is A GEM in today's cinematography. If you let it it will take you on a cathartic journey. It goes into depths of one's soul. Certain Elsa's readings made me burst into tears and sob like a small child. Those people were brave, man. I mean BRAVE. The ending was heartbreaking but it was realistic, life is tough and unfair, and we all deal with it the best we can. Excellent job, everyone! Geeeezus, I am tearing up even now ...
Hands up, I cried at the end. Having 3 daughters myself, watching John holding his dead daughter was too much and I lost it. Beautifully heartbreaking....
I live in the mountain Pacific NW just a few hours from Montana. 1883 ripped my emotions to pieces! I've spent very long periods alone in deep mountain wilderness. It changes a person.
I was ten years old when I saw Old Yeller and that is one of two films that broke my heart, the other being "Where the Red Fern Grows" another soul ripper of a young boy that saves his money [it takes place during the depression I think I dismember) and what happens destroyed my twelve year old being. My 6th grade teacher Tom Cosgrove read it to us and I'm an absolute sucker for pups and the young kids they take care of. I need another pup to take care of me as my flea bitten carcass gets lonesome out living alone. Heavy sigh. I digress.
My husband walked into the room as I was watching Elsa's death seen. I was weeping in sobs. He thought I was crazy. I told him it was incredible acting depicting the deepest heartfelt love between a Father and a daughter.
The 1883 show is an honest look at the westward immigration of people seeking freedom and new lives in Oregon and the West Coast. It is not portrayed as it was by movies and TV shows of the 1950s and '60s that I grew up watching. The show was a more honest approach to the struggles of the settlers crossing the great plains. American Indian Tribes were presented; not all were savages or bad people, just people trying to protect their lands and way of life.
It's an extreme take on a dangers of the westward migration. Most studies that Ive heard of estimate about 20,000 of the million or so who migrated died durring the treck, so closer to 2%. This show makes it seem like most traveling parties were doomed. Loved the show though.
Love that Spotted Eagle is played by same actor who played one of the chiefs in the incomparable Dances with Wolves. Only watched these synopsis but can see why 1883 has so many fans
Elsa's death was truly heartbreaking even though we all knew it was coming, but then when Shea finally took his life, I lost it. This series was a roller coaster of emotions and I wasn't ready for it in the slighest.
I shed tears throughout the whole last episode. Man, I would be so ticked off if I watched this video before I saw the last episode for myself This series made me realize how much people suffered back in the olden days, so sad many people have suffered so much its almost unbelievable. We are so blessed to live in this day and age and I think we might take it for granted. This series was probably the best series I've ever seen in my life Thank you to everyone that was a part of making it happen 🙏
I don't believe or think they knew they were suffering. They were very hard working people with a vision and mission and most with a strong belief in the creator. Just an opinion, Blessings to all.
I realize 1883 is a story, not a documentary, I must admit, even though I'm sixty-six years old, I cried at the end of this series. Maybe I'm an hopeless romantic, maybe I'm a twit, the distinction is irrelevant; the story touched me. I become attached to characters on film or in books and that allows me to become vested in the story. And I prefer happy endings as reality can be cruel enough. Pum-Pum,
I did the same Patrick and I really HOPE that many Americans watch this and see that immigrants went through HELL and still are today speaking of the Mexicans who are going through a different Hell today now that would be a series to open up racist Americans eyes and hearts for the Blacks and Natives as well.Long before the horrors of slavery true stories like this need to keep coming instead of today's sex-filled garbage that we have no choice but to watch.Todays youth have no clue about true survival and their journeys will be just as sad Im afraid.
You're not a twit... I cried too, I'm 65, and am a hopeless romantic I tend to get attached and emotionally invested to characters in both movies and books.
The crazy part of this masterpiece is they showed you her fate at the beginning. If you watched Yellowstone you know they don’t go to Oregon. But it’s still a very gripping story.
He writes really well but promotes disrespectful and offensive language that isn't necessary. I wasn't raised around that stuff just normal cussing. ELLIOTT NOW USES IT IN INTERVIEWS WITH NO RESPECT FOR WE VIEWER'S, VERY SAD!
I binged the whole 1883 series about 4 days ago in one sitting, until 4:00 in the morning! I've never binged a series all the way through like this, but I couldn't stop watching it, WOW! SO GOOD! I have not stopped thinking about 1883 since. This series is so thought provoking and heart stirrng, it moved me beyond words! This series is so well done, probably the best series that I have ever seen. From the beginning, it put me through a plethora of emotions from laughing to crying, to hope, to cheering, to yelling at the TV, but constantly yearning for more. The character of Elsa should definitely be recognized, she surely deserves to be. Everyone was outstanding, but she was a shining bright light! I started watching 1923 yesterday, but there are only 2 episodes out at the moment. I've only watched one of them, and it's looks promising. I can't imagine that anything can top 1883, but I'm ready! If you haven't watched 1883, I highly recommend it.....have a box of tissues close by! Enjoy! 🙂
My husband and I just bought our Roku stick and the first show we watched was 1883. WOW! What a fantastic story, and I was quite surprised to see "Veronica" on Young Sheldon as the main character, but she did not disappoint. My husband couldn't understand all her narrations, but I suppose it is one of those things that either you get or not. I agree. Going to be hard to beat but we are scheduled to start 1932 in the coming days.
Having been a fan of the Yellowstone franchise since its infancy, these two historical prequels are brilliant! Both are well-researched, historically accurate, and beautifully developed in film to draw exactly the setting, characters, and plot trajectory which fulfilled the American dream of westward expansion. If these were novels, I would have assigned them as research projects for my college literature classes. Thesis possibilities are endless. I understand exactly how character development works, and take exception to anything used gratuitously………Hollywood’s overuse of graphic violence, current “trendy” expletives like the “f” word, and its relatively infantile view of their audience who obviously are so stupid they fail to understand sexual innuendo and, therefore, must be shown everything in minute visual detail. I didn’t find that here. In 1883, the men converse with appropriately rough language. James and Elsa Dutton have a much more subtle, yet equally moving relationship as do John and Beth 150 years later, the “f” word notwithstanding. That said, by the way, I’m expecting a decreasing volume, since that is becoming the “trend.” We GET it, already! Enough! Totally unnecessary in every doggone sentence! Definite decrease in 1923, so keep up the good work, Taylor! 🤗 The development of the poignant relationship between Thomas and Noemi is so touching, almost sweet and innocent, a lovely, delicate touch in a very harsh time period. In 1923, Jacob and Cara know each other so well as to understand the other almost without speaking. This is the work of a fine writer and excellent storyteller. We won’t see the further development of Spencer’s and Alex’s relationship until the return of 1923 Pt 2 this summer. I’m trusting Sheridan not to disappoint us. These two series are two of the very best productions I’ve ever seen on television, perhaps surpassing eve Lonesome Dove, and I’m looking forward to more from this brilliant writer!
It wasn't near as good as 1883. Harrison's Ford character reminded me of Eric stoltz character in anaconda he was completely useless through the whole thing... Lol
Sam Elliott is one of the best actors I've ever seen, he is awesome. He fits the part of Western, of a cowboy, of a soldier, of a frontier's land, Of a survivor!
Absolutely beautiful wasn’t it? I like to think that when Elsa and Sam met on the plains, it was in the afterlife and Sam had died too. The acting was spectacular. Scenery magnificent. Music stunning. I will watch it again. 1923 is fabulous too. These shows are masterpieces.
Well, he said what he was going to do when he got there so no one should be surprised. But I was saddened all the same. Can always change your mind I thought.
I quite agree. The horrific conditions faced by people crossing the plains for the West are too innumerable to grasp. Cholera, flu, typhus, small pox, pertussis, measles, snake bit, trauma, starvation...how heartbreaking!!! And yet, at the same, time, what a testament to the human spirit!!
@@calebpoliquin4363 Not really Humans are still humans There are weaklings and hardened people in all eras of human history Altho i do agree a lot of today population is snowflakes but then again we got like 7 billion more people in the planet then back in 1883 There bound to be wimps + We are vaccinated to most of the sicknesses of that time so no sickness
It was a fabulously acted and told prequel. It really is amazing that we were able to settle the West given just the examples we saw in that show. And as the series progressed it was clear it was going to be a sad ending, at least to me. And you're right there was not a dry eye in the house that night!
One of the best series I have ever watched. It's about family, and dangers pioneers must have encountered in the wild frontiers of the American west. It brought tears to my eyes on different episodes of this series. Can't wait to see season 2 to begin.
i thought the video said it had its finale , not season ending episode. the way i took this whole video is the 1883 series is over and done. unless next season they want to tell a different story.
I truly enjoyed this Yellowstone prequel mini-series. A story of the highs, lows and tragedies of that day that serve to shape the course of family and personal life.
Deeply moving and realistic portrayal of pioneer life which was often grim and brutal. I had just lost my wife from leukemia so grief was not new to me so I felt most sadness for Elsa's parents who had to continue living after her tragic death.
I was moved by this show. My husband and I loved watching Yellowstone. We both just couldn't stop watching old Westerns, Gunsmoke, old Western Movies, Free Grazers, etc. So to see a 21st century Western like this, just was so satisfying and we binged, or I binged while he slept and would happily re-watch with him!! We just couldn't get enough! I believe we had just started watching season 4 of Yellowstone, or we were about to begin it, when he passed in early January of this year, of a massive heart attack. I can't stop watching Yellowstone at night. I don't sleep well, so I turn it on and grieve for him. Night time is harder than during the day, although there have been days and nights of lying in bed, in a row, watching Yellowstone. His favorite Western for the 21st century. For that reason. 1883 and Yellowstone are epic!! And you may have to watch it over and again to catch the clues as to who's who, where's where, and what's what!! BUT MAN, TAYLOR! WHAT A STORYTELLER YOU ARE and your writing is just incredible! Especially for us Cowboy/Cowgirl Westerns! Thank you (I'll be alright, I've got a whole lot of support and people/family, mostly he and I both have the Lord! I know where he is, it's just that I'm human and he left me behind).
John, I'm terribly sorry for your loss. I've seen through my parents how the passing of a spouse can be. I hope you have friends/family to jend comfort and companionship. Best to you and yours.
The gypsy woman's boys didn't blame her for the death of their father! They saw all she had been through and didn't want to say anything to upset her further. I mean that's clearly explained by Thomas who told her they will talk to her when the journey is over.
Sam, in a conversation with John, mentioned that there is something special about land that is so sacred to your people that you can’t leave. The spot where Elsa died became hallowed ground. So hallowed, that the Duttons could never leave.
It depicted life in remote areas of 1883 properly. There were no medicines to speak of, and little law. People didn't live very long for a host of reasons. A simple infection now could easily be fatal back then. It was much closer to reality for that time period than most depictions. Lonesome Dove did a great job of that too. My ancestors traveled by ship from England to New Orleans. Then river boat to Galena, IL. From there they traveled by Ox drawn wagons to southwestern WI. There was only one death among them, a 12 year old son of one of my patriarchs died from Cholera while on the river boat. They simply pull over at the next landing, buried him a grave along the river with a wooden cross and kept going. It was 1849. Shocking they only lost one person really.
Just finished the last episode. Brilliant series, had a tear in my eye at the end. Very sad. Please don’t make a season 2, this series must stay the only one. It doesn’t need a sequel or it will be ruined.
It’s getting a sequel set during 1920s. So far actors confirmed is Harrison ford and Helen mirrim which ppl assume they will play as older James and Margaret.
short version -- Taylor Sheridan has emerged as the top drama writer in America today and with 1883 he decided to put on a writing clinic. Brilliant work.
Well if I ever watch something of his and it is THAT DEPRESSING me and him are finished. No more turning to Mr. Depresso for entertainment. FFS. NO ONE LIVED but three or four people. You would be better off if you had gone with the Donner party. For real. At least SOME of them actually LIVED. This should be called DIe Die Die DIe in the Grass.
@@trishtv8310 I watched all of 1883 and was disappointed just as i was in Yellowstone. After many telling me I would like it, both are made unbelievable. No parents in 1883 are going to be OK with their teenage daughter screwing any man that's not her husband. The way everyone knows all the killings that take place on the Dutton ranch but no one ever snitches because they have a brand. All the Mary Sues in both. A 90 pound girl is not going to be the best fighter, cowhand, ect. The German immigrants are shown as totally helpless. As if they couldn't learn to ride a horse on the way to Oregon. How did they get around in Germany? They were all farmers, How many farm raised kids do you know that can't ride a horse and this was in the 1800s., It would be like finding someone raised in the US now that can't drive a car. There are a few but not many and you could certainly learn to drive before you would walk to Oregon. It takes a hour to learn and a few full days in the saddle to become good at it. I suppose the only Germans that were capable of using a rifle stayed behind in Germany to shoot rather well in two world wars. It was written for todays audience not for anyone that has studied the time period.
@@nunyabussiness4054 I agree 100%. The only realistic character was that Aunt who slapped Elsa when she talked back. Now THAT sounds about right for the period. Germany was insulted bigtime. And as for Elsa screwing everyone in the grass that she wanted to whenever she felt like it, you didn't even do that with your husband. You found privacy, and did not have a sex fest where everyone could see and hear. Just another Hollywood attempt to make us all into way way way dirty ho's.
@@nunyabussiness4054 I have to agree on some of your points that puzzled me so maybe the book has more grit and truth and about todays folks most wont like it because of no imagination on how it could have been BUT was actually worse.Millions died and I mean Millions mostly Natives.Cant have all truth then it would be just horrible right~
@@nunyabussiness4054 Bullshit, you have absolutely no idea what could and did happened in the pioneer days and on the border, that has it's own laws. You trying to tell us what's real is laughable.
What a great spinoff of Yellowstone, quite a few episodes left me in tears. So much are the stories of my ancestors. I'm waiting anxiously for season 2!
I don't know if there will be a season 2, but there is another series, 1923, that will start on December 18th(?) as a continuation of the Yellowstone/Dutton Family saga. I think that this will be a single season show... But it has a great cast with Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren and looks to be as great a show as 1883 and Yellowstone.
Like someone else said, I watched a couple of episodes of Yellowstone and turned it off. Had I known 1883 was a prequel to Yellowstone, I probably wouldn't have watched it. I'm so glad I didn't know! Best series I've seen all year! Now, what I think I will do is watch the prequels then work my way up to watching Yellowstone, knowing the prequel information. Maybe I'll like it better.
This is exactly what happened my wife and I. 1883 was so good he had to give Yellowstone another chance and boy are we glad we did. It’s such a great show and was so cool understanding and seeing the connections from 1883 to Yellowstone.
@@junior128912891 with the popularity of the prequel show another is planned called Yellowstone: 1923. Not much info on it besides struggles thr duttons go through in this era. Roaring 20s era so my bet is gotta deal with some illegal stuff going on be ppl trying to cheat them of land or get involved with shady ppl at the time which could build up to the main show. Casting so far is Harrison ford and Helen Mirren is in it. Didn’t confirm role but ppl already guessing they are playing older versions of James and Margoret.
I watched this series several months ago and watching this reminder of the poignant scenes is still making me a little misty eyed!! I loved this story and the way it was told! Thank you Taylor Sheridan
I really wasn't understanding Yellowstone until I watched 1883. Now it all makes perfect sense to me. I'm waiting for someone on that ranch to come across Elsa's grave, and hope they don't forget her in future shows, it all started with Lightening with the Yellow Hair, and I feel it must end there.
I don’t care for Tim and Faith as singers (although she got better when she dropped the cheesy drawl), but my gosh, their acting was quite impressive in this. They should stick to it. That scene with Tim and Tom Hanks was incredible and the scene where she is furious with him for saying Elsa is going to die was heartbreaking and quite amazing. Great job by both of them.
Just finished it, didn't know it was a Yellowstone spinoff.... so pleased with it. I'll continue watching Yellowstone now for sure, yet I know they are quite different.
Once they said the land will go back to them in 7 generations it seemed too evident that will mean Tate. If Monica is descended from that tribe, which I believe she has alluded to, then that will be another way for the land to go back to their people. Tate would be the 7th generation also, so it seems too obvious but sometimes that is the way it works out. Sits right in front of us the whole time. That could also connect to why John did not want Kayce to have a child with her and was willing to go so far as to brand him over it.
JD has now placed the land in a conservation easement. He could eventually lose the land as he can not develop it and won't be able to pay any future taxes if the cattle or horse industry does not turn profitable for him, so if that happens, the land in the easement is fully protected and returns to nature forever unobstructed. That is perhaps what the Crow always wanted and *could* fulfill the prophesy as none of the Native Nations believed in personal land ownership.
You sure he’s the seventh? John Dutton’s (2020) great grandfather is in the prequel series 1923, I can’t quite remember everything, perhaps Tate is the 7th. If it goes, James, john, then 2 more then john then Kayce then Tate you’d be right haha. I guess I agree with you then.
Ya, I haven't started 1923 yet but I watched 1883 and James Dutton, John's father, Tim McGraws character from 1883 is the great great Grandfather to John Dutton III. There's family tress online now with everything laid out. As soon as I heard that Chief in 1883 say his family would get it back in 7 generations I did the math tho and it could be Tate. Unless there's some super weird twist where Jamie's mother turns out to be native and from that tribe then his child could, possibly, be an option.
It's still so hard for me to believe the Dutton family went from these good people to the terrible people they're today in modern day Yellowstone. Such a good franchise.
You do realize the first Dutton killed more people than all of the other Duttons combined, right? They were all terrible in their own ways for the era but the ruthlessness was necessary to survive.
My god, just seeing this summary with upbeat music in the background, I started crying again. The suffering in this series is so deep and hurtful, yet so beautiful ...
Graham Greene has been around a long time and been in A LOT of movies. He was a villain in the Longmire tv series and played that pretty well also. Great actor.
You forgot to mention the significance of the humming bird on the beach. It was a promise kept by Else to Shea to meet him there. As it connects to the bird Else saw as she lay dying and her first memory. Else is in a sense, the humming bird, a bird with a short but exuberant life.
I’m the kind of person who will watch a movie, or episodes of shows, to a wholeeee other level!! I don’t even know how many times I’ve seen each episode, of every season, of Yellowstone & 1883….& I’m doing the same w/1923!! I find little things I’ve missed, previously. But, I love that I do that!! I learn soooo much by being a binge watcher…paying very close attention!! ((ONLY w/Yellowstone, 1883 & 1923, though. AND, if another series off-shoot 6666(Four Sixes Ranch in TX..which Taylor Sheridan purchased!): The reason for the “hummingbird on the beach” at the end, w/Shea aka Captain, was(really needed to pay attention for this) the dress that Elsa was wearing when she was shot w/a LAKOTA arrow(NOT Comanche arrow-Elsa’s husband, SAM was Comanche) had blue hummingbirds alllll over it…if you see it again? Watch for it😉 When John was holding Lee, underneath a tree, after he was killed, he(John) said that they’d just rest a while & then pick a spot. John looks up, after a bit, & sees a bird on the ground-Lee was buried under that tree. Also, I believe it was after the huge attack on the Dutton’s…Kayce had just come out of the brush in camouflage & was talking to his father. Beth was sitting outside w/a shotgun. The wind chimes were really annoying her, so, she shot them(lol). Then, a little bird lit on the back of a chair, singing away. Beth lifted the shotgun toward the bird. The bird flew off, & Beth said,” Smart bird…” Same thing Elsa had said “You birds sure are smart..” (LOVED IT). When Elsa was in her father’s arms, dying, her 1st memory was the birds getting worms after it rained. It alllll ties in between Yellowstone & 1883. BRILLIANT!!!! And now, 1923…absolutely as good as 1883. Elsa still narrates, as she did on 1883. Oh!! And, when the construction guys were digging for the airport, the one guy found a Buffalo skull that was painted & then a human skull-THAT was where the Lakota had buried their Chief, & James Dutton(Tim McGraw) gave his permission to bury him there, & given them a steer because they were starving. OK….there is more(believe it or not!!) but, I better stop or they’ll tell me to shut up LoL!!😂
As Helen died, Shea promised his wife he would see the ocean for her. When Shea looks at the ocean, he says 'look at that Helen. Isn't it Beautiful?" as the hummingbird appears so the hummingbird was actually representative of his wife.
@@fergieferg9192it was not representative of Elsa. it was Helen, Shea's wife, who he had promised he would see the ocean. right before the hummingbird appears, Shea says 'look Helen. isn't the ocean beautiful?".
I see the stuff that is leading up to future events or "Yellowstone" and it's awesome to see or hear these stories lead to "Yellowstone" Writer Taylor has an insight that I believe happened in the early 1800s, which was hard by any means! People think they have it hard in today's world. Can you imagine what that was like? You have nothing like you have today. Bathrooms, showers, and food is not the food we eat today! There are antibiotics, and there's so very much everyone available in today's world. I loved this show. I love Yellowstone and look forward to binge-watching Yellowstone. But when I watch, I imagine I was there. But I'd like a 🚿 shower. Eat good food. Have a home with heat and air conditioning. So many things!! Thank you Taylor for showing me what it is like to live in these years, or the years they are showing in Yellowstone. We should be grateful 🙏 pray for our country and do our part in life!! Fight for our country and not make it possible to NOT HAVE a war! Because it's possible every day. Don't stop Taylor, let these people know how to prepare. War could be upon us with what Putin is doing! And it feels like (I know feelings aren't fact!) Biden is getting us into a war soon. Maybe I shouldn't put it all on Putin, though he sounds like he is not, or he has a solution, but Putin is a puppet. He's not well and forgets and acts like he is on some kind of meds. Ones that make him calm and undisturbed by anything!! He laughs, smiles, and acts like a school kid that doesn't know what or loses his memory. He reads the Prompt. God. Please save us from others in charge. They are just happy to be in charge and care nothing about us. John says something about this, not sure how he put it. it... "We should be living with the land and not on the land!!" I agree
Blown away with this 1883 cinematic journey. Life, death and every joyous yet somehow cruel thing in between. Never cared much for McGraw's music but was pleasantly surprised by his performance. Loving, distant, ruthless, stoic, and compassionate all at once. It's hard to fathom that with all the "advancements" we've made as humans, life still remains just as cruel and fleeting as it was back then. Sad ending. But that makes for a "story that sticks to you like a eyeball on cactus" to quote James Earl Jones in "Grim Prairie Tales." Well done all around.
I kept pulling to the very end for Elsa to survive only to have my heart completely broken. If that wasn't enough, the end of Shea was nearly as tragic. But, wow, what a great series! Great acting! Great writing! (But I don't know that I could ever watch it again.)
Hey ya, Dave, you're right as if I'm an authority, on your perception of it being the high water mark. And that's a great looking pup. Nothing I've experienced in life is as loyal or as Grand a friend. Love 'em to death. The only thing more cruel than losing my Labs to old age was being a pall bearer for my brother.
As was my paternal grandfather. Never met him as I was born two months after he passed. My Pop said his Dad and I would been great pals hunting and fishing together.
That was a good storyline to follow and I got addicted to it from the start and felt so sorry for Elsa. Tim McGraw and faith hill did an amazing job and so did Sam Elliot.
I'm pretty sure that looking at the "filthy" arrow, and that the father and mother were familiar with "liver shot", is how they knew that Elsa would die... Not because that fort "doctor" told them. And Noemi's kids didn't blame her for their father's death, if it was anyone's fault it's Margaret's sister's, they didn't know how to talk to here cause of how much she struggled to keep them alive.
I seem to remember a scene with James and Shea referring to seeing wounds like that in the war and the outcomes never were good. I think that's why James was more realistic in Elsa's eventual demise.
the way this story is told thru film made me think it was told as a series of poems put together into a motion picture. Well done at getting the audience to learn each character and feel the pain and suffering of each member of the cast portraying what it was like to survive part of the development of the west and how it changed the life of the native people that lived there.It showed that some of the native Americans had deep hatred toward the new invaders and some still wanted to help. and that in the future the native Americans will come back to take the lands back. In the Yellowstone series it shows how the native Americans have learned how to use the power of money and influence to work towards that goal.This series has moved towards that goal but we still have yet to see how this will be obtained. By force or by a joining of the Duttin family marring into the tribe where maybe Tate will be the key to inheriting the ranch finally giving the land back to the natives.
Elsa's last words were, "I understand. I am not afraid." She was a deeply spiritual character, a dimension missing from the present-day Duttons of the Yellowstone series.
A year later I would have liked the mother to have placed flowers on her daughter's gravesite. Also, have Elsa on the mountain as a vision to her husband, and he is saying to her " Yellow Hair, your spirit will roam these mountains forever". The last ride Elsa would then make on her horse would be in a field with her hands spread wide, showing she was happy and free forever. This would be the ending I visioned. I loved this movie and cried at the lost, loves and dreams of so many.
The whole series broke my heart. it was riddled with nothing but tragedy. The land on the trip to Montana is one murderous bitch. I went through a whole roll of toilet paper, and yet, I will be the first to watch the next installments of this series, and suffer through all of its harsh reality. 😢
I'm 65 yrs old and cried my eyes out as sat in my room alone away from wife so she would not hear me .Broke my heart . The emotions that welled up inside me . 💔💔 Did anyone catch the similarity to James and Elsa and John and his son under the tree ?
This was a really great show one of the very best I have ever seen. And I have see a lot. The ending made me weep like a baby! So much weeping! Elsa WAS the show I really hated the ending. I prefer happy endings 95% of the time. And this was not one of the 5%.
it was a happy ending small brain you are spoiled with your wanting happiness how about you go out into the wilds for a weekend with nothing but a knife-flint-water jug and try to find some.
If Taylor can repeat this miracle with 1923, he will have etched his name into a very small cadre of writers who can make me care enough about characters in a work of fiction to actually shed a tear. I suspect that many of us can see which character is likely to meet with an untimely end, so I wont ruin it for others, but Sheridan has assembled enough villains to wipe out the entire Dutton family or what's left of them at this stage. My only regret is that we need 10 more like him ;)
Seen all of Yellowstone and was crazy for it from the get go. Told my family bout it every week til they got hooked too. Had to cancel cable, land line phone and internet a year and a few months ago due to finances but I bought the Yellowstone dvds and just recently bought and watched season 4. My son in Denver told me about 1883 and said the part played by Sam Elliot was written by someone who had known me most of my life. I still aint seen any of 1883 yet but if my only child says a part played by Sam Elliot personified ME in any way, shape or form I cant wait to find that dvd too. Ive loved purdy much everything Mr. Elliots ever done so you cant give me a bigger compliment...other than a little kid in Target gave me a couple years ago. He was ridin in a shopping cart with his dad pushing it. They came around a corner, he looked up at me with BIG eyes and said "HI SANTA! " Im 64, 6ft 1in tall and go about 285 with a full slightly untrimmed white beard and mostly white and gray hair. He had to have been 4 or 5 at the time and I think it was around September. I got as big a laugh out of it as his dad did. He said sorry bout that but I said " Dont be...probably the best compliment I ever got so my boy telling me something done by Sam Elliot was me from the get go, I cant wait to check it out.
I am soo excited about Yellowstone and it’s spinofffs. I can’t wait for them all to air I have watched them all at least six times already. I’m 71years young
1883 the best western ever. Had always wondered the life and times, ups and down of the wagon train. Now awaiting season 2 1923. Reminds me so much of the Sackett family by Louie Lamour
I've watched 1883... twice. Just watched the 1st episode of 1923 and wasn't feeling it... (Helen Mirrens Irish accent was painful at times) is the rest of the season good?
The Elsa stuff was certainly sad. But man I was more disturbed by shaes final scene. He finally gets to the beach and I honestly thought he seemed a little bit content …or somewhat sadly victorious …then boom he’s done as the camera pans out. I never ever cry during movies or shows but this was close. My wife was hysterical .
Expected Sam to show up in Montana trying to find Elsa. But then he was racing with Elsa. Was hoping Elsa made another miracle comeback from her wound, but I guess it was just a flashback to when they were together. Was kind of confusing and raised false hopes for a second season. Besides the leaders, only 4 people made it to Oregon. Should have taken the train.
Elsa was dead. Taking into account her talk while riding off and seeing Sam, I think that Sam had died following Quannah Parker the Comanche leader and that they met up in the afterlife and did what they loved best, riding together.
Please Note: Elsa was injured by the Lakota, not the Comanche. We apologize for this discrepancy.
Also, the hummingbird on the beach scene is a symbol of connection to a lost loved one, as if his wife was visiting him there.
@@InWithBothFeet It was Elsa. She said she would meet him on the beach.
James wasn't conflicted about lying to Elsa about her dying. It was HIS idea.
@@MarlboroLts5150 no it wasn't James wanted to tell her the truth cause he knew she wasn't going to live it was her mom who wanted to lie cause she still believed Elsa had a chance to survive thats why James was in a hurry to go pick "the spot" cause he knew she was on borrowed time. if it was me and my daughter was Elsa and after all they been through i would've told her the truth
@@eibbor171 All I can tell you is to re-watch episode 9 "Racing Clouds", around the 46-minute mark.
Hard to believe after all these years Sam Elliot is still one of the best acting cowboys out there.
Sam is also one of the sexiest as well!
Is it though?
Tim McGraw's acting was amazing.. Sam cried too much.
Sam Elliott wasn't playing a cowboy. He was a pioneer.
@@kimberlylay1005…My grandfather who served in Korean and Vietnam wars got old and cried a lot too…men tend to do that when they’ve gone through some shit.
This show has to be one of the most painful I’ve ever seen. I bawled like a baby at the end. Elsa was such a beautiful free spirit and it hurt to see her die.
It was sad indeed. Just finished it last night and my wife was just about hysterical 😂
I don’t ever cry during shows or movies but this was close 🤷♂️
I agree
I did too!
But the really beautiful thing is like what Brennan says to Dutton about the fact Elsa has lived a more full life than either of them can claim.
I see that, I do, and at 18 you should get a pass for being reckless. Just not there and then....
I was blown away by Yosef’s admission while drunk, just before his amputation, of the true nature of his past. The entire time he presented himself as a pacifist carpenter. If you pay attention, and know your history, he was recounting his experiences, and trauma, fighting the French in the Franco-Prussian war, which took place in 1870. That was an amazing character revelation that goes totally unnoticed, and shows that he had more in common with the 3 civil war vets than they knew.
My family was from Prussia, they escaped Prussia long before the Prussian War!
@@sallybeatty4150 my dud's side of the family was still there. They left after WW1.
@@sallybeatty4150 So did a branch of my family.
2 boys from my bosses family in Austria were sent to Australia by their dad to keep them from being conscripted into the Prussian army at this time. They ended up farming in New Zealand and would be very proud of their large number of hard working descendants .
I cried like a baby at the end of this series…what an emotional climax to a wonderful series. The casting was superb. Really loved Sam Elliott in this role.
I love Sam Elliott in any role
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Me too. The actress who played Elsa, was phenomenal!
I thought every character in this movie was amazing.
Sam Elliot is an amazing actor.
I'm big on authenticity in westerns, and this I think is the best I've ever seen--in costuming, saddlery, landscape, and general history. Even the way the actors all ride like real cowboys, never touching the saddle horn. It's a shame this show hasn't got more recognition than it has, and I agree with all the great comments on this forum.
Yup, i noticed that too, they were riding like real cowboys do today. The horses are owned by the director and they are well trained. Sometime studio horses are not well trained and the actors fall off them.
And when they rounded up those 'wild' mustangs, many of which wore halters already. That was so 'authentic.' Just like the near non stop use of the f bomb. Did you watch any of 1923? The word was used, but not nearly so much. So for authenticity we have maybe the most vile curse word out there used to excess in the 40 years before. Then somehow cut back on until modern days. Yeah, that seems 'authentic.'
To me it was a lot more likely that Dame Helen Mirren has a lot more respect for her legacy and the craft than to approve a script made up by woke Hollywood writers with no understanding of how to write emotions without profanity.
This was not as bad as Deadwood, but had less 'authenticity' than Blazing Saddles when you actually wake up and look. Just another attempt to rewrite history and in doing so lower the moral fiber of the country. That is the recognition this steaming pile deserves.
@@yosemitedan7457fever?
@@yosemitedan7457yes.. the F bomb is one of the most distasteful things in Yellowstone. Caused me to tune out completely.
I agree. The realism should through. Little things like the food at the camps steaming, seeing their breaths because of the weather. Well done.
Just wanted to add, that hummingbird that Shea saw on the beach was ELSA coming to say hi to him as she had told him before she passed that she would. A lot of people miss the littlest details but I didn't. Great job of adding in these very small details that made this series wonderful
Yes, I got that as well! I also remember when Shea got shot in the head, with lead which probably was affecting his health at the end. I just couldn't hear what Elsa said about her 1st memory as a child. Something about birds after a rain, eating worms. Something about life. Then she saw the dove and said she wasn't afraid to die.
Yes, I got that as well! I also remember when Shea got shot in the head, with lead which probably was affecting his health at the end. I just couldn't hear what Elsa said about her 1st memory as a child. Something about birds after a rain, eating worms. Something about life. Then she saw the dove and said she wasn't afraid to die.
The shot to the head probably affected him that why they went to the Indian huts and left their trails and that lead to everything else...
Sigh I'm so freaking emotional because they, the Duttons really have a soul tie to the land and it was also an indian who gave them it in a way....
Thanks I didn’t pick up on that
I thought the hummingbird was his wife.
The ending broke me down totally for days... This is one of the best series ever made and tragic. Love it and the characters
Same here. I prefer movies/tv that are more realistic. This show demonstrated how hard it was for the people who settled the west. I cannot imagine the heartbreak those people endured.
YES. I'm still processing it all. Just finished watching it few days ago after a beautiful road trip between WY and UT. Those empty desert, valleys with the mountains in the horizon, just brings this storyline to life. WOW. what an amazing production. I wanted Elsa to live 50 more years!!!
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This show was absolutely fabulous!! With one disgusting caveat; the irritating cameo appearances of Tom Hanks and wife Rita; the actors who sought Citizenship in Greece. Many have speculated they fled to Greece, because (partly) their non covictional stance against pedophiles. Tom Hanks has allegedly had pedophilia problems in his life.
It broke me down too
My wife's Irish family lived this life. Some of them died on the trail but the ones that made it started a great lifestyle in Oregon that their descendents still cherish.
I was resisting for some time to watch these prequels of Yellowstone but one afternoon I went for it and I was pushed into the deepest depths of my own soul. Taylor Sheridan is some story teller!!!! Brilliant writing, excellent casting, locations breathtaking and that music ... Geeeeezus, how melancholic, haunting, and yet gentle is that main theme? I could cry my heart out at the end ... BRAVO ...! 1883 is A GEM in today's cinematography. If you let it it will take you on a cathartic journey. It goes into depths of one's soul. Certain Elsa's readings made me burst into tears and sob like a small child. Those people were brave, man. I mean BRAVE. The ending was heartbreaking but it was realistic, life is tough and unfair, and we all deal with it the best we can. Excellent job, everyone! Geeeezus, I am tearing up even now ...
I realized that when John Dutton was sitting under a tree with Lee's body, a yellow bird came to them. Just realized that.
Hands up, I cried at the end. Having 3 daughters myself, watching John holding his dead daughter was too much and I lost it. Beautifully heartbreaking....
Losing kids is tough. It is something no parent should have to go through.
I live in the mountain Pacific NW just a few hours from Montana. 1883 ripped my emotions to pieces! I've spent very long periods alone in deep mountain wilderness. It changes a person.
That was James Dutton. His son was John (the 1st).
No movie or show has ever made me cry the way this did.
Ripped my heart out.
GREAT show!
I was ten years old when I saw Old Yeller and that is one of two films that broke my heart, the other being "Where the Red Fern Grows" another soul ripper of a young boy that saves his money [it takes place during the depression I think I dismember) and what happens destroyed my twelve year old being. My 6th grade teacher Tom Cosgrove read it to us and I'm an absolute sucker for pups and the young kids they take care of. I need another pup to take care of me as my flea bitten carcass gets lonesome out living alone. Heavy sigh. I digress.
The above was directed to JH.
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My husband walked into the room as I was watching Elsa's death seen. I was weeping in sobs. He thought I was crazy. I told him it was incredible acting depicting the deepest heartfelt love between a Father and a daughter.
One of the most poetic series ever watched. Worth a second and even a third look.
The 1883 show is an honest look at the westward immigration of people seeking freedom and new lives in Oregon and the West Coast. It is not portrayed as it was by movies and TV shows of the 1950s and '60s that I grew up watching. The show was a more honest approach to the struggles of the settlers crossing the great plains. American Indian Tribes were presented; not all were savages or bad people, just people trying to protect their lands and way of life.
It's an extreme take on a dangers of the westward migration. Most studies that Ive heard of estimate about 20,000 of the million or so who migrated died durring the treck, so closer to 2%. This show makes it seem like most traveling parties were doomed. Loved the show though.
people invading other country.
@@JPVNG67 what country are you referring to lol….
@@theonemav indians country ahahaha
@@JPVNG67 no such thing.
Love that Spotted Eagle is played by same actor who played one of the chiefs in the incomparable Dances with Wolves. Only watched these synopsis but can see why 1883 has so many fans
Graham Green
Another great similar film.
Canadian aboriginal actor Graham Greene
Elsa's death was truly heartbreaking even though we all knew it was coming, but then when Shea finally took his life, I lost it. This series was a roller coaster of emotions and I wasn't ready for it in the slighest.
im still so sad days after finishing this. this piece of television was so incredibly beautiful & heartbreaking.
I shed tears throughout the whole last episode.
Man, I would be so ticked off if I watched this video before I saw the last episode for myself
This series made me realize how much people suffered back in the olden days, so sad many people have suffered so much its almost unbelievable. We are so blessed to live in this day and age and I think we might take it for granted.
This series was probably the best series I've ever seen in my life
Thank you to everyone that was a part of making it happen 🙏
I totally agree! 1883 touched me so deep and I think and feel it has changed me! Very powerful series
I don't believe or think they knew they were suffering. They were very hard working people with a vision and mission and most with a strong belief in the creator. Just an opinion, Blessings to all.
This shows you how whiny people are today.
Another awesome series is Hell on wheels!
I realize 1883 is a story, not a documentary, I must admit, even though I'm sixty-six years old, I cried at the end of this series. Maybe I'm an hopeless romantic, maybe I'm a twit, the distinction is irrelevant; the story touched me. I become attached to characters on film or in books and that allows me to become vested in the story. And I prefer happy endings as reality can be cruel enough. Pum-Pum,
I did the same Patrick and I really HOPE that many Americans watch this and see that immigrants went through HELL and still are today speaking of the Mexicans who are going through a different Hell today now that would be a series to open up racist Americans eyes and hearts for the Blacks and Natives as well.Long before the horrors of slavery true stories like this need to keep coming instead of today's sex-filled garbage that we have no choice but to watch.Todays youth have no clue about true survival and their journeys will be just as sad Im afraid.
No. you're human. This series wrecked me.
You're not a twit... I cried too, I'm 65, and am a hopeless romantic I tend to get attached and emotionally invested to characters in both movies and books.
@@davebowles1957 Also 65, and remember Sam Elliott on the prairie as a Union Captain in "I Will Fight No More Forever." Well worth seeing.
You are empathetic to other peoples situations. Don’t apologize for having a kind heart. You are a good man. Wish I had someone like you. 😎
The crazy part of this masterpiece is they showed you her fate at the beginning. If you watched Yellowstone you know they don’t go to Oregon. But it’s still a very gripping story.
It's hard not to get emotional at the ending. I've become a big fan of Taylor Sheridan's writing.
lol Yeah he sucks and he is a woke pos. He should move a lot of real Texans don't like him much.
He writes really well but promotes disrespectful and offensive language that isn't necessary. I wasn't raised around that stuff just normal cussing. ELLIOTT NOW USES IT IN INTERVIEWS WITH NO RESPECT FOR WE VIEWER'S, VERY SAD!
They’re just words!
@@sharonmorgan256 have you seen him in "The Ranch"? 😅
@@catofthecastle1681 So, you have no problem if someone talks like to your wife and kids?
I binged the whole 1883 series about 4 days ago in one sitting, until 4:00 in the morning! I've never binged a series all the way through like this, but I couldn't stop watching it, WOW! SO GOOD! I have not stopped thinking about 1883 since. This series is so thought provoking and heart stirrng, it moved me beyond words! This series is so well done, probably the best series that I have ever seen. From the beginning, it put me through a plethora of emotions from laughing to crying, to hope, to cheering, to yelling at the TV, but constantly yearning for more. The character of Elsa should definitely be recognized, she surely deserves to be. Everyone was outstanding, but she was a shining bright light!
I started watching 1923 yesterday, but there are only 2 episodes out at the moment. I've only watched one of them, and it's looks promising. I can't imagine that anything can top 1883, but I'm ready! If you haven't watched 1883, I highly recommend it.....have a box of tissues close by! Enjoy! 🙂
I watched 4 episodes of 1923 and it even tops 1883 imo. Both are great but 1923 just has so much more in it
My husband and I just bought our Roku stick and the first show we watched was 1883. WOW! What a fantastic story, and I was quite surprised to see "Veronica" on Young Sheldon as the main character, but she did not disappoint. My husband couldn't understand all her narrations, but I suppose it is one of those things that either you get or not. I agree. Going to be hard to beat but we are scheduled to start 1932 in the coming days.
Have you watched Lonesome Dove?
Having been a fan of the Yellowstone franchise since its infancy, these two historical prequels are brilliant! Both are well-researched, historically accurate, and beautifully developed in film to draw exactly the setting, characters, and plot trajectory which fulfilled the American dream of westward expansion. If these were novels, I would have assigned them as research projects for my college literature classes. Thesis possibilities are endless. I understand exactly how character development works, and take exception to anything used gratuitously………Hollywood’s overuse of graphic violence, current “trendy” expletives like the “f” word, and its relatively infantile view of their audience who obviously are so stupid they fail to understand sexual innuendo and, therefore, must be shown everything in minute visual detail. I didn’t find that here.
In 1883, the men converse with appropriately rough language. James and Elsa Dutton have a much more subtle, yet equally moving relationship as do John and Beth 150 years later, the “f” word notwithstanding. That said, by the way, I’m expecting a decreasing volume, since that is becoming the “trend.” We GET it, already! Enough! Totally unnecessary in every doggone sentence! Definite decrease in 1923, so keep up the good work, Taylor! 🤗
The development of the poignant relationship between Thomas and Noemi is so touching, almost sweet and innocent, a lovely, delicate touch in a very harsh time period. In 1923, Jacob and Cara know each other so well as to understand the other almost without speaking. This is the work of a fine writer and excellent storyteller.
We won’t see the further development of Spencer’s and Alex’s relationship until the return of 1923 Pt 2 this summer. I’m trusting Sheridan not to disappoint us. These two series are two of the very best productions I’ve ever seen on television, perhaps surpassing eve Lonesome Dove, and I’m looking forward to more from this brilliant writer!
It wasn't near as good as 1883. Harrison's Ford character reminded me of Eric stoltz character in anaconda he was completely useless through the whole thing... Lol
This is an epic series, giving me a glimpse of what my ancestors lived. It’s beautiful but full of sadness too. I love Sam Elliot…
Sam Elliott is one of the best actors I've ever seen, he is awesome. He fits the part of Western, of a cowboy, of a soldier, of a frontier's land, Of a survivor!
Absolutely beautiful wasn’t it? I like to think that when Elsa and Sam met on the plains, it was in the afterlife and Sam had died too. The acting was spectacular. Scenery magnificent. Music stunning. I will watch it again. 1923 is fabulous too. These shows are masterpieces.
The ending was truly heartbreaking.
Well, he said what he was going to do when he got there so no one should be surprised. But I was saddened all the same. Can always change your mind I thought.
ikr i cried a little bit when elsa died
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I quite agree. The horrific conditions faced by people crossing the plains for the West are too innumerable to grasp. Cholera, flu, typhus, small pox, pertussis, measles, snake bit, trauma, starvation...how heartbreaking!!! And yet, at the same, time, what a testament to the human spirit!!
Today's snowflake doesn't compare at all.
@@ZenCorvus Nobody today or in the passed 50 years could've made the journey. People in general were stronger then than anyone today.
@@calebpoliquin4363 Not really
Humans are still humans
There are weaklings and hardened people in all eras of human history
Altho i do agree a lot of today population is snowflakes but then again we got like 7 billion more people in the planet then back in 1883
There bound to be wimps
+ We are vaccinated to most of the sicknesses of that time so no sickness
This show broke my heart. But I feel like a better person for watching it.
Same ❤
I’m obsessed with this show. Beautifully done.
It was a fabulously acted and told prequel. It really is amazing that we were able to settle the West given just the examples we saw in that show. And as the series progressed it was clear it was going to be a sad ending, at least to me. And you're right there was not a dry eye in the house that night!
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
This show had the emotional impact of lonesome dove. It was truly well done in every aspect.❤
This show was just beautifully tragic. I loved it.
Pretty much everyone died - geez, but I guess that's not far from the way it was back then....
IMO, 1883 is the best Western ever put onscreen, big or small.
Lonesome Dove is still #1 to me, with 1883 following.
I respect your opinion but nothing will beat tombstone!
I'm in agreement. A masterfully told story. I loved the poetic narrative of Elsa as well.
Are the Duttons a serial killing family? Even in Yellowstone they seem to murder numerous people
@@eddavis6697 nothing beats any of The Lonesome Dove TV series prequels and sequels
Best show to air on television in a long long time.
It didn't air on television. It's a Paramount plus exclusive show.
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Love Yellowstone , Adore 1883 , LONG LIVE THE DUTTONS ! & RIP !!!
One of the best series I have ever watched. It's about family, and dangers pioneers must have encountered in the wild frontiers of the American west. It brought tears to my eyes on different episodes of this series. Can't wait to see season 2 to begin.
i thought the video said it had its finale , not season ending episode. the way i took this whole video is the 1883 series is over and done. unless next season they want to tell a different story.
@@BUDSBEAU I think the next one is 1923 or something like that. But you're right 1883 is done.
This was it ……
I did not expect this show to break my heart the way it did.
I truly enjoyed this Yellowstone prequel mini-series. A story of the highs, lows and tragedies of that day that serve to shape the course of family and personal life.
Deeply moving and realistic portrayal of pioneer life which was often grim and brutal. I had just lost my wife from leukemia so grief was not new to me so I felt most sadness for Elsa's parents who had to continue living after her tragic death.
It took a toll on me as well, not only was it a good show, but I recently lost my wife as well
@@dahorseyguy1 May you both have peace
I was moved by this show. My husband and I loved watching Yellowstone. We both just couldn't stop watching old Westerns, Gunsmoke, old Western Movies, Free Grazers, etc. So to see a 21st century Western like this, just was so satisfying and we binged, or I binged while he slept and would happily re-watch with him!! We just couldn't get enough! I believe we had just started watching season 4 of Yellowstone, or we were about to begin it, when he passed in early January of this year, of a massive heart attack.
I can't stop watching Yellowstone at night. I don't sleep well, so I turn it on and grieve for him. Night time is harder than during the day, although there have been days and nights of lying in bed, in a row, watching Yellowstone. His favorite Western for the 21st century. For that reason.
1883 and Yellowstone are epic!! And you may have to watch it over and again to catch the clues as to who's who, where's where, and what's what!!
BUT MAN, TAYLOR! WHAT A STORYTELLER YOU ARE and your writing is just incredible! Especially for us Cowboy/Cowgirl Westerns! Thank you
(I'll be alright, I've got a whole lot of support and people/family, mostly he and I both have the Lord! I know where he is, it's just that I'm human and he left me behind).
John, I'm terribly sorry for your loss. I've seen through my parents how the passing of a spouse can be. I hope you have friends/family to jend comfort and companionship. Best to you and yours.
@@lindalasken hmmm 2011 - decade + you
have 'earned' more than 1 sub inspirational sharing, gratsi canadi'a
The gypsy woman's boys didn't blame her for the death of their father! They saw all she had been through and didn't want to say anything to upset her further. I mean that's clearly explained by Thomas who told her they will talk to her when the journey is over.
yes they did rewatch and try to feel the scenes...what kind of name is yours anyways what are you hiding son?
@@woxineaucrows7355 huh? Excuse me, what a weird reply. I'm not your "son" I'm a daughter and sure as hell not yours.
I adored this series and wanted more! Wonderfully done with great actors
Sam, in a conversation with John, mentioned that there is something special about land that is so sacred to your people that you can’t leave. The spot where Elsa died became hallowed ground. So hallowed, that the Duttons could never leave.
Did yellow hair become yellowstone? Lol ..
It depicted life in remote areas of 1883 properly. There were no medicines to speak of, and little law. People didn't live very long for a host of reasons. A simple infection now could easily be fatal back then. It was much closer to reality for that time period than most depictions. Lonesome Dove did a great job of that too. My ancestors traveled by ship from England to New Orleans. Then river boat to Galena, IL. From there they traveled by Ox drawn wagons to southwestern WI. There was only one death among them, a 12 year old son of one of my patriarchs died from Cholera while on the river boat. They simply pull over at the next landing, buried him a grave along the river with a wooden cross and kept going. It was 1849. Shocking they only lost one person really.
Just finished the last episode. Brilliant series, had a tear in my eye at the end. Very sad. Please don’t make a season 2, this series must stay the only one. It doesn’t need a sequel or it will be ruined.
The next season or series is suppose to be set in mid 1900's. So it won't be like a true season 2 per say, but another story of the family.
It’s getting a sequel set during 1920s. So far actors confirmed is Harrison ford and Helen mirrim which ppl assume they will play as older James and Margaret.
@Kree Cuthbert I think they missed with that choice. We will find out soon enough however
short version -- Taylor Sheridan has emerged as the top drama writer in America today and with 1883 he decided to put on a writing clinic. Brilliant work.
Well if I ever watch something of his and it is THAT DEPRESSING me and him are finished. No more turning to Mr. Depresso for entertainment. FFS. NO ONE LIVED but three or four people. You would be better off if you had gone with the Donner party. For real. At least SOME of them actually LIVED. This should be called DIe Die Die DIe in the Grass.
@@trishtv8310 I watched all of 1883 and was disappointed just as i was in Yellowstone. After many telling me I would like it, both are made unbelievable. No parents in 1883 are going to be OK with their teenage daughter screwing any man that's not her husband. The way everyone knows all the killings that take place on the Dutton ranch but no one ever snitches because they have a brand. All the Mary Sues in both. A 90 pound girl is not going to be the best fighter, cowhand, ect. The German immigrants are shown as totally helpless. As if they couldn't learn to ride a horse on the way to Oregon. How did they get around in Germany? They were all farmers, How many farm raised kids do you know that can't ride a horse and this was in the 1800s., It would be like finding someone raised in the US now that can't drive a car. There are a few but not many and you could certainly learn to drive before you would walk to Oregon. It takes a hour to learn and a few full days in the saddle to become good at it. I suppose the only Germans that were capable of using a rifle stayed behind in Germany to shoot rather well in two world wars. It was written for todays audience not for anyone that has studied the time period.
@@nunyabussiness4054 I agree 100%. The only realistic character was that Aunt who slapped Elsa when she talked back. Now THAT sounds about right for the period. Germany was insulted bigtime. And as for Elsa screwing everyone in the grass that she wanted to whenever she felt like it, you didn't even do that with your husband. You found privacy, and did not have a sex fest where everyone could see and hear. Just another Hollywood attempt to make us all into way way way dirty ho's.
@@nunyabussiness4054 I have to agree on some of your points that puzzled me so maybe the book has more grit and truth and about todays folks most wont like it because of no imagination on how it could have been BUT was actually worse.Millions died and I mean Millions mostly Natives.Cant have all truth then it would be just horrible right~
@@nunyabussiness4054 Bullshit, you have absolutely no idea what could and did happened in the pioneer days and on the border, that has it's own laws.
You trying to tell us what's real is laughable.
I always have respect for writers who are willing to kill off favorite characters, but this story really beat me up.
Beautifully filmed and narrated! Loved it! Cried so much!
What a great spinoff of Yellowstone, quite a few episodes left me in tears. So much are the stories of my ancestors.
I'm waiting anxiously for season 2!
I don't know if there will be a season 2, but there is another series, 1923, that will start on December 18th(?) as a continuation of the Yellowstone/Dutton Family saga. I think that this will be a single season show... But it has a great cast with Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren and looks to be as great a show as 1883 and Yellowstone.
There wont be a season 2 of 1883
But 1923 was horrible!
Like someone else said, I watched a couple of episodes of Yellowstone and turned it off. Had I known 1883 was a prequel to Yellowstone, I probably wouldn't have watched it. I'm so glad I didn't know! Best series I've seen all year! Now, what I think I will do is watch the prequels then work my way up to watching Yellowstone, knowing the prequel information. Maybe I'll like it better.
This is exactly what happened my wife and I. 1883 was so good he had to give Yellowstone another chance and boy are we glad we did. It’s such a great show and was so cool understanding and seeing the connections from 1883 to Yellowstone.
@@junior128912891 with the popularity of the prequel show another is planned called Yellowstone: 1923. Not much info on it besides struggles thr duttons go through in this era.
Roaring 20s era so my bet is gotta deal with some illegal stuff going on be ppl trying to cheat them of land or get involved with shady ppl at the time which could build up to the main show.
Casting so far is Harrison ford and Helen Mirren is in it. Didn’t confirm role but ppl already guessing they are playing older versions of James and Margoret.
I watched 1883 first & loved it so much that Yellowstone didn't compare. Yellowstone just didn't have that magic for me.
It was the most beautiful, emotional, tragic stories I had seen in a very long time.
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
What a series, with its ups and downs, and how it ended. Nothing but heartbreak.
I watched this series several months ago and watching this reminder of the poignant scenes is still making me a little misty eyed!! I loved this story and the way it was told! Thank you Taylor Sheridan
I really wasn't understanding Yellowstone until I watched 1883. Now it all makes perfect sense to me. I'm waiting for someone on that ranch to come across Elsa's grave, and hope they don't forget her in future shows, it all started with Lightening with the Yellow Hair, and I feel it must end there.
I don’t care for Tim and Faith as singers (although she got better when she dropped the cheesy drawl), but my gosh, their acting was quite impressive in this. They should stick to it. That scene with Tim and Tom Hanks was incredible and the scene where she is furious with him for saying Elsa is going to die was heartbreaking and quite amazing. Great job by both of them.
Agreed- their acting was impressive for non career actors..
Also thought Isabel May "Elsa" was fantastic as well in bring out her characters spirit-
Bringing lol
1883 is in the top 5 of all the series I have watched in many, many years. Though weeping uncontrollably was not my best moment.
I’ve never seen the actress that played Elsa in anything before but she was phenomenal.
She’s in a movie called “Run, Hide, Fight” that was put out by Daily Wire a few months ago. It’s pretty good.
Best series my husband and I have watched to date! BRAVO TO ALL INVOLVED IN THIS EPIC. Taylor Sheridan for PRES. 😅
Just finished it, didn't know it was a Yellowstone spinoff.... so pleased with it. I'll continue watching Yellowstone now for sure, yet I know they are quite different.
Not a spin-off. A prequel.
Once they said the land will go back to them in 7 generations it seemed too evident that will mean Tate. If Monica is descended from that tribe, which I believe she has alluded to, then that will be another way for the land to go back to their people. Tate would be the 7th generation also, so it seems too obvious but sometimes that is the way it works out. Sits right in front of us the whole time. That could also connect to why John did not want Kayce to have a child with her and was willing to go so far as to brand him over it.
JD has now placed the land in a conservation easement. He could eventually lose the land as he can not develop it and won't be able to pay any future taxes if the cattle or horse industry does not turn profitable for him, so if that happens, the land in the easement is fully protected and returns to nature forever unobstructed. That is perhaps what the Crow always wanted and *could* fulfill the prophesy as none of the Native Nations believed in personal land ownership.
You sure he’s the seventh? John Dutton’s (2020) great grandfather is in the prequel series 1923, I can’t quite remember everything, perhaps Tate is the 7th. If it goes, James, john, then 2 more then john then Kayce then Tate you’d be right haha. I guess I agree with you then.
Ya, I haven't started 1923 yet but I watched 1883 and James Dutton, John's father, Tim McGraws character from 1883 is the great great Grandfather to John Dutton III. There's family tress online now with everything laid out. As soon as I heard that Chief in 1883 say his family would get it back in 7 generations I did the math tho and it could be Tate. Unless there's some super weird twist where Jamie's mother turns out to be native and from that tribe then his child could, possibly, be an option.
John 1, 2, and 3 aren't in order. John the first had a son named Jack, who is the father of John 2nd.
@@doc31176 Thanks for the correction.
It's still so hard for me to believe the Dutton family went from these good people to the terrible people they're today in modern day Yellowstone. Such a good franchise.
Money,greed,power and land.They can never get enough.
LJ syndrome
You do realize the first Dutton killed more people than all of the other Duttons combined, right? They were all terrible in their own ways for the era but the ruthlessness was necessary to survive.
When everyone else wants what your family has .. you become very family intensive and defenseful.
Not really think back to Elsa death and the spiritual stuff around that
One of my favorite shows. Amazing writing
My god, just seeing this summary with upbeat music in the background, I started crying again. The suffering in this series is so deep and hurtful, yet so beautiful ...
The man who played Spotted Eagle was also in Dances With Wolves, and was a regular cast member on The Red Green Show
Graham Greene has been around a long time and been in A LOT of movies. He was a villain in the Longmire tv series and played that pretty well also. Great actor.
He was also in Longmire as a series regular.
He was in Wind River too, a film from Sheridan, highly recommended
@@sugab3160 Wind River is such a great movie. I like about anything with Graham Greene
Thunderheart!!!!!!
This is one of the best shows I've ever watched.
You forgot to mention the significance of the humming bird on the beach. It was a promise kept by Else to Shea to meet him there. As it connects to the bird Else saw as she lay dying and her first memory. Else is in a sense, the humming bird, a bird with a short but exuberant life.
Wow, thanks for pointing that out. I missed that. 😥
I’m the kind of person who will watch a movie, or episodes of shows, to a wholeeee other level!! I don’t even know how many times I’ve seen each episode, of every season, of Yellowstone & 1883….& I’m doing the same w/1923!! I find little things I’ve missed, previously. But, I love that I do that!! I learn soooo much by being a binge watcher…paying very close attention!! ((ONLY w/Yellowstone, 1883 & 1923, though. AND, if another series off-shoot 6666(Four Sixes Ranch in TX..which Taylor Sheridan purchased!):
The reason for the “hummingbird on the beach” at the end, w/Shea aka Captain, was(really needed to pay attention for this) the dress that Elsa was wearing when she was shot w/a LAKOTA arrow(NOT Comanche arrow-Elsa’s husband, SAM was Comanche) had blue hummingbirds alllll over it…if you see it again? Watch for it😉 When John was holding Lee, underneath a tree, after he was killed, he(John) said that they’d just rest a while & then pick a spot. John looks up, after a bit, & sees a bird on the ground-Lee was buried under that tree. Also, I believe it was after the huge attack on the Dutton’s…Kayce had just come out of the brush in camouflage & was talking to his father. Beth was sitting outside w/a shotgun. The wind chimes were really annoying her, so, she shot them(lol). Then, a little bird lit on the back of a chair, singing away. Beth lifted the shotgun toward the bird. The bird flew off, & Beth said,” Smart bird…” Same thing Elsa had said “You birds sure are smart..” (LOVED IT).
When Elsa was in her father’s arms, dying, her 1st memory was the birds getting worms after it rained. It alllll ties in between Yellowstone & 1883. BRILLIANT!!!! And now, 1923…absolutely as good as 1883. Elsa still narrates, as she did on 1883.
Oh!! And, when the construction guys were digging for the airport, the one guy found a Buffalo skull that was painted & then a human skull-THAT was where the Lakota had buried their Chief, & James Dutton(Tim McGraw) gave his permission to bury him there, & given them a steer because they were starving.
OK….there is more(believe it or not!!) but, I better stop or they’ll tell me to shut up LoL!!😂
Thanks for mentioned it …it makes sense
As Helen died, Shea promised his wife he would see the ocean for her. When Shea looks at the ocean, he says 'look at that Helen. Isn't it Beautiful?" as the hummingbird appears so the hummingbird was actually representative of his wife.
@@fergieferg9192it was not representative of Elsa. it was Helen, Shea's wife, who he had promised he would see the ocean. right before the hummingbird appears, Shea says 'look Helen. isn't the ocean beautiful?".
I see the stuff that is leading up to future events or "Yellowstone" and it's awesome to see or hear these stories lead to "Yellowstone" Writer Taylor has an insight that I believe happened in the early 1800s, which was hard by any means! People think they have it hard in today's world. Can you imagine what that was like? You have nothing like you have today. Bathrooms, showers, and food is not the food we eat today! There are antibiotics, and there's so very much everyone available in today's world.
I loved this show. I love Yellowstone and look forward to binge-watching Yellowstone. But when I watch, I imagine I was there. But I'd like a 🚿 shower. Eat good food. Have a home with heat and air conditioning. So many things!!
Thank you Taylor for showing me what it is like to live in these years, or the years they are showing in Yellowstone. We should be grateful 🙏 pray for our country and do our part in life!! Fight for our country and not make it possible to NOT HAVE a war! Because it's possible every day.
Don't stop Taylor, let these people know how to prepare. War could be upon us with what Putin is doing! And it feels like (I know feelings aren't fact!) Biden is getting us into a war soon. Maybe I shouldn't put it all on Putin, though he sounds like he is not, or he has a solution, but Putin is a puppet. He's not well and forgets and acts like he is on some kind of meds. Ones that make him calm and undisturbed by anything!! He laughs, smiles, and acts like a school kid that doesn't know what or loses his memory. He reads the Prompt.
God. Please save us from others in charge. They are just happy to be in charge and care nothing about us.
John says something about this, not sure how he put it. it... "We should be living with the land and not on the land!!" I agree
The scene on the beach when Shea fulfilled his promise, caused localized allergies in the area of my eyes.
@MichaelRobert: Good thing you weren't crying; that would have been a Man Card violation... :)
Oh, go ahead and admit it. You bawled just like the rest of us. 😉
Elsa and Sam's love story was so beautiful it brings tears to my eyes ❤
This series had everything. It was a tough series to watch as well. A real look at the wagon train days and it’s perils. A wonderful show indeed.
Blown away with this 1883 cinematic journey. Life, death and every joyous yet somehow cruel thing in between. Never cared much for McGraw's music but was pleasantly surprised by his performance. Loving, distant, ruthless, stoic, and compassionate all at once. It's hard to fathom that with all the "advancements" we've made as humans, life still remains just as cruel and fleeting as it was back then. Sad ending. But that makes for a "story that sticks to you like a eyeball on cactus" to quote James Earl Jones in "Grim Prairie Tales." Well done all around.
Binge watched it last week in one weekend... HOLY COW I WANT MORE
I was immersed in it binge watching and had a hard time coming out of it.
Then maybe you shouldn't have binged it.
I kept pulling to the very end for Elsa to survive only to have my heart completely broken. If that wasn't enough, the end of Shea was nearly as tragic. But, wow, what a great series! Great acting! Great writing! (But I don't know that I could ever watch it again.)
A truly great series. It has set a benchmark which will be almost impossible to outdo for a miniseries
Hey ya, Dave, you're right as if I'm an authority, on your perception of it being the high water mark. And that's a great looking pup. Nothing I've experienced in life is as loyal or as Grand a friend. Love 'em to death. The only thing more cruel than losing my Labs to old age was being a pall bearer for my brother.
My grandfather was born in 1886. We were still fighting out west. A real hard time to live.
As was my paternal grandfather. Never met him as I was born two months after he passed. My Pop said his Dad and I would been great pals hunting and fishing together.
Better than Yellowstone. And Yellowstone isn't bad. 1883 was wonderfully bleak. And Sam Elliott...
The acting in this series, especially Sam Elliot’s sadness all the way through the journey, was incredible.
I'm sorry crying to this day. It was so easy to forget it was just a story not a documentary.
This is one of the greatest western series. I look forward to the next series.
That was a good storyline to follow and I got addicted to it from the start and felt so sorry for Elsa. Tim McGraw and faith hill did an amazing job and so did Sam Elliot.
1883 is emotianly SUPERB , LONG LIVE 1883
I'm pretty sure that looking at the "filthy" arrow, and that the father and mother were familiar with "liver shot", is how they knew that Elsa would die... Not because that fort "doctor" told them. And Noemi's kids didn't blame her for their father's death, if it was anyone's fault it's Margaret's sister's, they didn't know how to talk to here cause of how much she struggled to keep them alive.
I seem to remember a scene with James and Shea referring to seeing wounds like that in the war and the outcomes never were good. I think that's why James was more realistic in Elsa's eventual demise.
the way this story is told thru film made me think it was told as a series of poems put together into a motion picture. Well done at getting the audience to learn each character and feel the pain and suffering of each member of the cast portraying what it was like to survive part of the development of the west and how it changed the life of the native people that lived there.It showed that some of the native Americans had deep hatred toward the new invaders and some still wanted to help. and that in the future the native Americans will come back to take the lands back. In the Yellowstone series it shows how the native Americans have learned how to use the power of money and influence to work towards that goal.This series has moved towards that goal but we still have yet to see how this will be obtained. By force or by a joining of the Duttin family marring into the tribe where maybe Tate will be the key to inheriting the ranch finally giving the land back to the natives.
That is exactly how I describe Elsa's musings to people. Poetic.
What did you think of the ending to "1883"?
i ugly cried. it was excellent. Not happy, but excellent.
Elsa's last words were, "I understand. I am not afraid." She was a deeply spiritual character, a dimension missing from the present-day Duttons of the Yellowstone series.
sad
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A year later I would have liked the mother to have placed flowers on her daughter's gravesite. Also, have Elsa on the mountain as a vision to her husband, and he is saying to her " Yellow Hair, your spirit will roam these mountains forever". The last ride Elsa would then make on her horse would be in a field with her hands spread wide, showing she was happy and free forever. This would be the ending I visioned. I loved this movie and cried at the lost, loves and dreams of so many.
1883 exceeded Yellowstone. It was amazing. It was heart wrenching.
This ending absolutely broke my heart.
The whole series broke my heart. it was riddled with nothing but tragedy. The land on the trip to Montana is one murderous bitch. I went through a whole roll of toilet paper, and yet, I will be the first to watch the next installments of this series, and suffer through all of its harsh reality. 😢
@@mrinvader thank god the guards will bring you another roll in the morning with your cereal and cold toast lmao
@@woxineaucrows7355 what do you mean 🤔
I'm 65 yrs old and cried my eyes out as sat in my room alone away from wife so she would not hear me .Broke my heart . The emotions that welled up inside me . 💔💔 Did anyone catch the similarity to James and Elsa and John and his son under the tree ?
This was a really great show one of the very best I have ever seen. And I have see a lot. The ending made me weep like a baby! So much weeping! Elsa WAS the show I really hated the ending. I prefer happy endings 95% of the time. And this was not one of the 5%.
it was a happy ending small brain you are spoiled with your wanting happiness how about you go out into the wilds for a weekend with nothing but a knife-flint-water jug and try to find some.
I’m glad i’M not the only one it affected for days afterwards 😢
The last time I cried this hard over a tv show was when I watch the GOT series. I think the new challenge is to watch this series without crying.
1883 was sooooo much better than 1923. And even if i love Yellowstone very much,i even think 1883 beats it. I wish there was more seasons.
If Taylor can repeat this miracle with 1923, he will have etched his name into a very small cadre of writers who can make me care enough about characters in a work of fiction to actually shed a tear. I suspect that many of us can see which character is likely to meet with an untimely end, so I wont ruin it for others, but Sheridan has assembled enough villains to wipe out the entire Dutton family or what's left of them at this stage. My only regret is that we need 10 more like him ;)
This Series 1883 Very well put together. Rated 5 Star. Beautiful. Hopefully To Continue Series. Amazing ❤❤❤❤❤
I've never seen Yellowstone, but I have seen 1883 and I loved it !
Seen all of Yellowstone and was crazy for it from the get go. Told my family bout it every week til they got hooked too. Had to cancel cable, land line phone and internet a year and a few months ago due to finances but I bought the Yellowstone dvds and just recently bought and watched season 4. My son in Denver told me about 1883 and said the part played by Sam Elliot was written by someone who had known me most of my life. I still aint seen any of 1883 yet but if my only child says a part played by Sam Elliot personified ME in any way, shape or form I cant wait to find that dvd too. Ive loved purdy much everything Mr. Elliots ever done so you cant give me a bigger compliment...other than a little kid in Target gave me a couple years ago. He was ridin in a shopping cart with his dad pushing it. They came around a corner, he looked up at me with BIG eyes and said "HI SANTA! " Im 64, 6ft 1in tall and go about 285 with a full slightly untrimmed white beard and mostly white and gray hair. He had to have been 4 or 5 at the time and I think it was around September. I got as big a laugh out of it as his dad did. He said sorry bout that but I said " Dont be...probably the best compliment I ever got so my boy telling me something done by Sam Elliot was me from the get go, I cant wait to check it out.
I am soo excited about Yellowstone and it’s spinofffs. I can’t wait for them all to air I have watched them all at least six times already. I’m 71years young
Sheridan should get awards for such great storytelling.
1883 the best western ever. Had always wondered the life and times, ups and down of the wagon train. Now awaiting season 2 1923. Reminds me so much of the Sackett family by Louie Lamour
I've watched 1883... twice.
Just watched the 1st episode of 1923 and wasn't feeling it... (Helen Mirrens Irish accent was painful at times)
is the rest of the season good?
The Elsa stuff was certainly sad. But man I was more disturbed by shaes final scene. He finally gets to the beach and I honestly thought he seemed a little bit content …or somewhat sadly victorious …then boom he’s done as the camera pans out. I never ever cry during movies or shows but this was close. My wife was hysterical .
His suicide was senseless.Poor writing.
This is an awesome show, its foolish not to have more seasons. Just like 1923 another great show!!! Continue both!!!!!! 👍
Expected Sam to show up in Montana trying to find Elsa. But then he was racing with Elsa. Was hoping Elsa made another miracle comeback from her wound, but I guess it was just a flashback to when they were together. Was kind of confusing and raised false hopes for a second season. Besides the leaders, only 4 people made it to Oregon. Should have taken the train.
afterlife.
Elsa was dead. Taking into account her talk while riding off and seeing Sam, I think that Sam had died following Quannah Parker the Comanche leader and that they met up in the afterlife and did what they loved best, riding together.
@@roberthickerty390 their spin of the Elysian fields.. I can only wish for half as wonderful an end ❤️ 🧡
@@roberthickerty390 That's what I thought of that scene as well.
Yeah 6 episodes of a Train journey would have been exciting......
one of the best series in a loooooong time. great acting great story great directing great writing. watched it 3Xs so far.