1883

“Some call it the American desert, others the Great Plains, but those phrases were invented by professors at universities, surrounded by the illusion of order and the fantasy of right and wrong. … (This) is hell, and there are demons everywhere.” – A young woman’s assessment of the world she has come to know in “1883.”A broken man in a weather-beaten cowboy hat kneels in a field, pointing his six-shooter under his chin. He’s ready to leave this unforgiving and cruel world.1883 Season 1 Download.

His partner approaches and says simply, “Captain … you coming?”“I’m thinking about it,” comes the reply from the shaken man, who is still holding his gun to his chin.“Think on it quick,” says his friend. “If I’m digging a hole, I’d rather do it before the sun’s high.This is as close to open-hearted emotion as things get in “1883,” the gritty, bone-smashing, beautiful and brilliant prequel to the smash-hit contemporary Western “Yellowstone.” As much as I love the latter series in all its rough-and-tumble glory (and soapy melodrama), there are times when “1883” explodes with such harsh brutality, it makes “Yellowstone” seem like a summer-stock production of “Oklahoma!” by comparison. This just might be the greatest Western on TV since “Lonesome Dove.”With “Yellowstone” showrunners Taylor Sheridan and John Linson taking the reins, “1883” will be a particularly enriching experience for fans of the Kevin Costner series, but it works perfectly as a stand-alone story in a late-19th century world – the Great Plains at a time when the land offered great promise and generational freedom, but also a high probability of premature mortality. In the early episodes of “1883,” various characters meet their maker via smallpox, suicide, wild animals, hanging, gunfights and getting crushed by a wagon wheel.

At the outset of a wagon train journey that will begin in Texas and (hopefully) end in Oregon, one of the veteran guides hired for the job notes, “Half these folks ain’t gonna make it,” and his prophecy begins to come true within days.The married country-and-western duo of Tim McGraw and Faith Hill star as James and Margaret Dutton, the great-grandparents of Costner’s John Dutton, and they are spectacularly good together.