1883
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Summary
Taylor Sheridan once explained why1883season 2 did n’t happen , which underlines why attempting a second season would have been a bad idea . Sheridan emerged seemingly out of nowhere in the last decade to become one of the most prominent ( and fertile ) writers / director in the business . After garnering acclaim for hisSicarioandHigh or High Waterscreenplays , he moved into directing with moving-picture show likeWind River . Of course , he staked his claims as a goggle box Moghul withYellowstone , which debuted in 2018 and has become a monster success .
In the years since , Sheridan has created many more TV show , including variousYellowstoneTV spinoffsorSpecial Ops : Lioness , starring Zoe Saldaña . Arguably his most acclaimed show is1883 , a prequel toYellowstonethat explored how the Duttons came upon the land their cattle ranch was founded on . The ten - sequence serial publication was an aroused , crimson and torturous Western , but1883’sending did n’t lend itself to a second time of year .
With five seasons of Yellowstone and two seasons of spin - offs , Taylor Sheridan ’s television universe is just beginning . Here ’s how it all rank so far .
1883 Season 2 Would Have Had No Story To Tell
1883 killed most of its characters
By the time the prequel serial publication close , the Dutton clan had give up on their architectural plan to channelise to Oregon and instead settled in Montana . This is the place where the show ’s primary character and narrator Elsa Dutton become flat ( Isabel May ) , and her parents James ( Tim McGraw ) and Margaret ( Faith Hill ) later build a ranch on the land where she passed . Sam Elliott ’s Shea was1883’sother major type , but he die by suicide in his final scene , having fulfilled a promise to his late wife to see the Pacific Ocean .
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In short,1883’sfinale conclude the book of account on this chapter in the Dutton saga , so there was no compass point in a 2nd season.1883season 2 could have perchance focused on Jamesm Margaret and their two untried sons struggle on the land , but this would n’t have been nearly as compelling as their journey to get there . In the same wayYellowstoneis fundamentally John Dutton ’s ( Kevin Costner ) story , the prequel was Elsa ’s , so without her , it would have felt up like a gratuitous extension .
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1923 Was The Perfect Way To Expand The Yellowstone Franchise
1883’s sequel launched an expanded universe of Yellowstone tales
In aDeadlineinterview , Sheridan explained1883was always designate as a ten - minute movie with a definitive closing . He also claim Paramount understood this , but they greenlit a second season anyway in answer to the show ’s achiever . It ’s only when they take Sheridan how he would excuse how Shea " survived " his self-annihilation that he realized they were serious about another season . Since he already had a greenlight to make a show , Sheridan retooled the concept into1923instead .
This sequel serial pick up decades later on on the ranch , which is now execute by James ' brother Jacob ( Harrison Ford ) and babe - in - law Cara ( Helen Mirren ) . They shin to throw onto the Yellowstone during a particularly rugged full stop , and this has open up the franchise to further spinoffs explore unlike eras inthe Dutton family tree . In truth,1923isn’t as well crafted as1883 , but study Paramount has given Sheridan something of a blank check with theYellowstonesaga , more offshoots like1944are incoming .
Yellowstone Gave 1883’s Surviving Characters An Epilogue
Yellowstone revealed what happened to James and Margaret Dutton
James and Margaret were introduced during the fourth season ofYellowstonein a serial of flashbacks . This is what yield Sheridan the notion of make a prequel miniseries exploring how they found the land where the ranch was work up , but these flashbacks also serve as an epilog to their write up . These flashbacks pick up a decade after1883when James and Margaret are settled on the land and have a new son named Spencer - who would go on to become a major character in1923 .
Being aYellowstonestory , it all ends in disaster . These1893 sections expose James became a fire warden , but after hunting some thieves and being still-hunt , he ’s fatally hurt in a gunfight . James handle to make it home but dies soon after . Margaret herself would pall a class later , and it was leave to Jacob and Cara to take over their ranch and kick upstairs Spencer and John Dutton Sr . Knowing where the character ended up , it was another smart choice by Sheridan not to press out ahead with another season of1883 .
Source : Deadline
