Nothing Left to Lose
- Episode aired Feb 26, 2023
- TV-MA
- 1h 8m
The feud between Whitfield, Banner, and the Duttons reaches the point of no return. Spencer and Alexandra encounter a different kind of peril on their passenger ship home. Marshalls track Te... Read allThe feud between Whitfield, Banner, and the Duttons reaches the point of no return. Spencer and Alexandra encounter a different kind of peril on their passenger ship home. Marshalls track Teonna, who finds a rare respite of hope.The feud between Whitfield, Banner, and the Duttons reaches the point of no return. Spencer and Alexandra encounter a different kind of peril on their passenger ship home. Marshalls track Teonna, who finds a rare respite of hope.
- Elsa Dutton
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Did you know
- TriviaMiscegenation laws made interracial marriage illegal, most states had these laws, all states with these laws banned the marriage of white and blacks, some also banned the marriage of whites to Asians and Native Americans as well. Montana's miscegenation law was passed in 1909 and made marrying blacks and Asians illegal and it wasn't repealed until 1953.
- GoofsThe RMS Majestic was decommissioned May 5, 1914 nine years prior to 1923. There was a second RMS Majestic, launched 1914 as SS Bismarck, awarded to White Star Line in 1920 as war reparations, renamed to RMS Majestic, sailing into the 1930s.
- Quotes
Jack Dutton: How you feeling?
Elizabeth Strafford: Like a failure.
Jack Dutton: It's just nature looking out for you. Things weren't right and nature took care of it. It happens to horses. It happens to cattle.
Elizabeth Strafford: It happens to cattle. You sell them.
Jack Dutton: Well, you ain't gettin' sold if that's what you're worried about.
Elizabeth Strafford: It's my one purpose on this planet. If I can't do it, then what the hell am I here for?
Jack Dutton: Well, my aunt never had children. You saying she got no purpose? She raised me. Raised my father. Nursed my uncle back to life. You too. No telling how many lives she nursed away from death during the war. When I look at my aunt, all I see is purpose. Maybe that's your purpose too. Be a mother to those who ain't got one. A teacher to those who need lessons. We choose our purpose. The word you're looking for is destiny. And if you wanna give God a good laugh, you tell him what you think your destiny is."
Elizabeth Strafford: And if I can't ever have children?
Jack Dutton: Then you can't have children.
Elizabeth Strafford: Then you'll never be a father.
Jack Dutton: I guess it ain't my destiny. You're my destiny.
Elizabeth Strafford: You just said you can't choose destiny. You chose me.
Jack Dutton: One look at you and I had no choice at all. Destiny... And think of all the things God had to give to you to make you choose me. Like poor judgment, bad vision, terrible taste in men. We take what life gives us. It's all we can do.
For a very basic overview, 1923 tells the continuing story of the Dutton family now set in the titular year. Jacob (Harrison Ford) and Cara (Helen Mirren) are the family bastions, while son Jack's (Darren Mann) courtship of Elizabeth Strafford (Michelle Randolph) also gets a lot of screen time. With a rough year and a locust infestation having reduced grazing land to a bare minimum, the Duttons feud with the local sheep herders--led by the fiery Banner Creighton (Jerome Flynn)--in a jostle for land.
On the other side of the world, Spencer Dutton (Brandon Sklenar) is trying to find himself after some harrowing World War I experiences. As a gun-for-hire, he meets an unlikely romantic partner in the upper-crust Alexandra (Julia Schlaepfer). When Spencer is summoned home by mother Cara, he takes Alex along on his adventure to return to the Dutton homestead.
Alongside all the "Dutton stuff", young Teonna Rainwater (Aminah Nieves) is being horribly abused by the nuns and priests in a Wyoming Catholic reform school (ostensibly assimilation them into American civilization by force). Will she escape and return to her roots--or ultimately suffer a seemingly inevitable fate?
Somehow, 1923 manages to be adventurous, aspirational, and extremely culturally/emotionally relevant all in the same breath--not an easy task for any series. Bits of dialogue or monologue in the "city life versus country life" themes will have viewers deep in thought. This might be followed by Spencer and Alex's next rollicking adventure--or a tender moment between Jacob & Cara--or maybe some jarring (and I mean absolutely gut-wrenching) Native American material. There is nary a moment wasted in these eight episodes.
All of this plot material is supported by some of the best acting performances you'll seen on television today. Ford--at 80 years old--hasn't lost an ounce of his magnetic charisma, and Mirren is equally as tremendous. When one or both of these characters are on screen, it is utterly mesmerizing. The same can be said for the Spencer/Alex relationship, as they are the couple that everyone strives to be. The ferocity of Nieves is startling, as is her torment by the likes of Jennifer Ehle & Sebastian Roche in their authority roles.
Is this first season of 1923 perfect? Not quite. The Timothy Dalton character arc doesn't quite work and leads the final couple of episodes down a debauchery path that sort of steals the thunder from the more nuanced material. But even that slight misstep can't drop my rating down even a single star--I enjoyed the rest of the proceedings that much!
I'm overjoyed that a second slate of episodes is in the works and will be tuning in as must-see viewing when it lands. Whether you are a Yellowstone fanatic or a former newbie like myself, this is a series you'll burn through quick!
- zkonedog
- Mar 2, 2023
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- Malta(Used for the Sicilian port of call)
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- Runtime1 hour 8 minutes
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