Contemplating 1923 will start its Season 2 run on the 2025 TV schedule on February 23, I figured now was a good time to re-watch Season 1. I’m comfortable I’m too, as a result of I’ve been reminded of the challenges the Duttons are dealing with and the hunt Spencer is on to get again to them. In actual fact, there are two quotes from Season 1 about Brandon Sklenar’s Dutton that I’ve been mulling over, as a result of I believe they might inform his actions on this subsequent installment of the Yellowstone spinoff.
Principally, we all know going into Season 2 that Spencer and Alex are separated, and so they’ll each be making their technique to Montana to unite with the Duttons and one another. That, combined with Sklenar’s character combating tooth and nail to get again to his house is trigger for drama and trauma, I assume, particularly since we all know the hunter has some demons buried deep inside him.
So, as I’ve been rewatching Season 1 with my Paramount+ subscription, I’ve been struck by two quotes from Cara and Alex about how Spencer’s previous haunts him. And I can’t assist however surprise if that might be a giant problem he faces within the new episodes.
“This ranch and also you’re legacy are in peril. Battle has descended upon this place and your loved ones. No matter struggle you combat inside your self should wait. You need to come house and combat this one.” -Cara
I used to be initially hit arduous by the phrases above that have been featured in a letter Helen Mirren’s Cara wrote to Spencer in a second of want.
Principally, on the finish of Episode 3, issues have been wanting bleak for the Duttons. The household in Montana was attacked, leaving Jacob wounded, John useless and Jack injured. Many others have been hit too, and the Duttons have been left in a state of disarray. That led to Jacob and Cara realizing Spencer wanted to come back house.
To do this, Helen Mirren’s character wrote a letter to the youngest of James’ youngsters, saying he wanted to place his personal points to the aspect and deal with his household. Whereas that took a entrance seat within the again half of Season 1, I believe it is going to actually drive Spencer in Season 2.
He received that letter months after it was written, and I believe he feels responsible for being away for therefore lengthy. Plus, his aunt known as him out for the way he’s been working away from his trauma.
Listening to this now, makes me assume that in Season 2 we would get to see Spencer face his personal demons head-on whereas additionally working his method house. I believe what Alex advised him about this matter provides to that idea too.
“There’s one thing you must learn about me. I’m a really jealous lover. I cannot share you together with your demons. So we should discover them and chase all of them away.” -Alex
In Episode 4, one installment after Cara sends the letter, it’s revealed that Spencer hasn’t learn any of the messages she’s despatched him over time. So, Alex makes him – saying the quote above to persuade him.
Whereas Cara’s letter is what’s actually driving Spencer house, I’m hopeful that Alex’s phrases will assist him face what he’s been hiding from for therefore lengthy. Particularly with Alex not by his aspect, I believe Sklenar’s character might be misplaced and probably compelled to reckon together with his demons. Nonetheless, I am hoping he remembers what she advised him to do as a result of I believe it is going to assist.
Throughout Season 2, because the Duttons face their adversaries and winter actually talking, I wish to see Spencer, particularly, deal with his inner struggle and trauma. He’s clearly nonetheless struggling together with his previous – particularly, his time combating in World Battle I – in addition to his place in his household, and I would like him to face all of it head-on.
No extra compartmentalizing.
Whereas he does must deal with his household, as Cara implied, that battle inside him that she talked about is essential too. As Alex stated, he must chase these demons away. By doing that he can reside a a lot happier life and transfer ahead as a pacesetter among the many Duttons. Plus, not solely would it not be nice for his development as a personality, but it surely’d make for fascinating TV too as he traverses his method across the globe to get again to his household. So, right here’s hoping that’s precisely what Spencer does in Season 2 of 1923.