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Yes, life was hard in 1923, people treated others like shit, hubris will get you killed, and people do stupid shit. I am pretty sure that has been going on since there have been people on this earth and will continue forward so I have no clue why the hell Sheridan feels the need to hammer those nails about 10 times and episode.  

Sad thing is this series, much like "first" part of the story could have been so much better and instead he falls back on this tired shit.  Consider that he has now left Rainwater out in the middle of the fucking prairie with no clue where she is, no clue where to find food or water, no money, her dad and her first love dead and we know she somehow survives because decades later we have Thomas Rainwater. So, do you waste more time in your finale explaining how the fuck she survives, does she miraculously cross paths with the female marshal, navigates home, or do we just never really tie off that thread?

Why do we need to get reminded no good deal mixed with hubris and fueled with alcohol go unpunished and do we really need to be reminded how unreliable cars and roads were in 1923 during the best of times let alone in a blizzard? 

Seriously Rip and Beth get their fucking ranch with foster kid and you can't have Rainwater and her love survive on the plain or Alex and the two Britts wait out the storm in Buffalo or take the train?  Sheridan has gone full Shondra Rhymes with this shit.  

Banner is going to turn on Whitfield, you can see it in how he responded when Whitfield make the comment about the girl's mother and Banner realizes that the same pieces of shit who made his life miserable back home are present in the States even if he has a nicer home and better clothes/food for his family. Besides, somehow the Dutton's have to find out about the location of the train station unless everyone has been dumping bodies there for over a century which if the case would draw every damn scavenger in the Rockies. 

 

 

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4 hours ago, BearSchlong said:

See, I like Banner, for those reasons. He is actually my favorite character.

Solid character, one other reaction from Banner I found of interest is how his attitude about Spencer changed when he found out exactly where Spencer fought and not just simply that he got a medal.  He tried to explain to Whitfield that Spencer is the one truly hard man of all those who are going to be involved in this showdown.

By killing off the one Dutton, Sheridan has basically made Spencer immortal because once again we know the end of the story and we know the significance of the 6 generations of Duttons owning the land.  

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6 minutes ago, PGFrog said:

Solid character, one other reaction from Banner I found of interest is how his attitude about Spencer changed when he found out exactly where Spencer fought and not just simply that he got a medal.  He tried to explain to Whitfield that Spencer is the one truly hard man of all those who are going to be involved in this showdown.

By killing off the one Dutton, Sheridan has basically made Spencer immortal because once again we know the end of the story and we know the significance of the 6 generations of Duttons owning the land.  

Sam with the Rainwater girl. I guess that's how prequels work though 

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2 hours ago, Dennis Taylor said:

Sam with the Rainwater girl. I guess that's how prequels work though 

True enough and the moral of Sheridan's story is if you have to travel anywhere don't go with Alex, Rainwater, or Spencer unless you want to wind up dead or fighting for your life. 

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On 3/31/2025 at 11:14 AM, BearSchlong said:

See, I like Banner, for those reasons. He is actually my favorite character.

Agreed. He's not a morally good character at all, but a real one.  Wants to provide for his family/people and stick it to the ones he believes is making his life hard.

But there's a limit I think.

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That was really a Darwinian way to die. Because if there was a couple that would pleasantly be oblivious to dangers of winter in 1923, it would be the ones living basically in Chicago.

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4 hours ago, The Original Greaser Bob said:

Spencer has really gone from being the cool dude that all the guys want to hang out with to being an insufferable grouch.  I guess Costner got the grouchy genes from him.

You go that many months wearing the same damn clothes regardless of if you are swimming in the ocean, shoveling coal in a boiler room, dealing with corrupt police, or fighting hobo's and you would be grouchy as well.  

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