1923 Season 2: Everything We Know

1923 Season 2: Everything We Know

Around the same time that Yellowstone season 5 went on a surprise hiatus back in January 2023, creator Taylor Sheridan also wrapped the first season of a new spinoff titled 1923. The Great Depression-era story introduced audience to the Dutton family a century in the past. 1923 also boasted big names such as Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren. Now that Sheridan has (temporarily) secured Yellowstone‘s future, does he have a plan for Yellowstone‘s past?

Following the Duttons through a period of famine, economic depression, and big game-hunting in Africa, 1923 acts as both a prequel to the Yellowstone main series and a pseudo-sequel to the 1883 prequel. Got all that? The spinoff plans to finish out its epic tale in a second and final season. There’s just one major hurdle. Sheridan has his hands full at the moment.

The Yellowstone creator not only has the main series to close out by the end of the year, but he also had four other shows air in 2024. This year alone, Paramount put out new seasons of Mayor of Kingstown, Tulsa King, Lioness, and yet another new series titled Landman. The network also has plans for a Yellowstone sequel, The Madison. Did Paramount forget about 1923? Let’s take stock on the series so far.

cowboys preparing horses in a snowy landscape near a barn

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1923 premiered back in December 2022.

What Happened in 1923 Season 1?

Harrison Ford’s Jacob Dutton is on the mend following an attack from sheep-herder Banner Creighton (Jerome Flynn), which occurred in episode 3‘s shocking ending. Cara Dutton (Helen Mirren) asked her nephew, Spencer (Brandon Sklenar), to quit hunting big game in Africa—and come home to defend his family’s ranch. One of his brothers, John Dutton Sr. (James Badge Dale), was killed in the attack—while his nephew Jack barely survived. Meanwhile, Creighton is bolstering his forces as well, thanks to some help from Timothy Dalton’s evil Donald Whitfield.

In the season finale, Spencer and his new wife, Alexandra (Julia Schlaepfer) are separated following a duel with her ex-fiancé. It’s a major hitch in their plans to return to Montana, especially as turmoil continues to plague his aunt and uncle back home. Meanwhile, Jack’s fiancée, Elizabeth Strafford, suffers a miscarriage, Teonna Rainwater is on the run after escaping a corrupt Indian boarding school, and the bank has refused to help finance the Duttons through the winter. Dejected, Cara Dutton tears up her latest letter to Spencer, pleading for him to come. “It’s going to hurt,” Sklenar told Esquire about the finale. “Just from an audience standpoint, from a fan standpoint… Yeah, it’s agonizing. It’s going to fire people up to be counting the days till the second part airs.”

1923

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Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren play the Duttons of 1923,

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