# Yellowstone 1923 Season Thread Premieres Dec 18 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [December 19, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstone-1923-season-thread-premieres-dec-18/976764 "2022-12-19T03:44:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstone-1923-season-thread-premieres-dec-18/976764/1 "2022-12-19T03:44:40Z")
I saw the premiere tonight on Paramount+. Quite surprised they signed Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren. They are certanly A list talent. I’ll comment about the episode tomorrow after people have watched. Should we use spoiler tags? > **[The Newest 'Yellowstone' Spinoff '1923' Premieres Sunday! Here's What You...](https://parade.com/1336445/klconniewang/yellowstone-prequel-1932/)** > > Premiere date for new 'Yellowstone' spinoff '1923' announced plus gorgeous new images. > **[1923 (TV series)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923_(TV_series))** > > 1923 is an American Western drama television series that premiered on December 18, 2022, on Paramount+. The series is a prequel to the Paramount Network series Yellowstone and serves as a sequel to the series 1883. The series is set to run for two seasons with eight episodes each. The first season was divided into two parts, with the second premiering on February 5, 2023. > Follows a generation of the Dutton family in 1923, during a time of various hardships including Western Expansion, Prohibit... ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstone-1923-season-thread-premieres-dec-18/976764/2 "2022-12-19T13:49:53Z")
I watched episode 1 twice. It’s a very good start to the series. There weren’t any big reveals. They only established the characters and the loss of livestock. The locusts have eaten the best grass and the cattlemen and sheepmen are trying to keep their herds alive. Any article about the series will give that same information. Harrison Ford is very good as the patriarch. He does look extremely thin and frail… Harrison is 80 and he looks it in this role. I really like Helen Mirren as the matriarch. She’s shown actually working on the ranch. A lot different from _Big Valley_ with Barbara Stanwyck elegantly dressed in gowns. The only predictable character is the troubled WWI vet son. He’s challenging himself by hunting big game in Africa. It’s a safe bet that he will eventually return home to the range war. 1923 looks very promising. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstone-1923-season-thread-premieres-dec-18/976764/3 "2022-12-19T19:12:14Z")
Good reviews. I admit the scene with cowboys riding into town on horses seems a bit wrong for 1923. I can more easily accept a farmer with horse drawn wagon. > **[Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren saddle up for another 'Yellowstone' prequel in...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/18/entertainment/1923-review/index.html)** > > The growing "Yellowstone" universe has developed a pretty clear formula, which starts with an older movie star espousing square-jawed western values, surrounding them with a younger cast and the trappings of a soap opera. With Harrison Ford and Helen...