The Yellowstone universe is increasing with 1923 Season 2, which kicked off on February 23 on Paramount+. The second Yellowstone origin story tracks a brand new era of the Dutton household, led by Jacob (Harrison Ford) and Cara Dutton (Helen Mirren), who took over the Yellowstone Dutton ranch established by Jacob’s brother, James (Tim McGraw), and his spouse, Margaret Dutton (Religion Hill), in 1883.
Jacob and Cara took nephews Spencer (Brandon Sklenar) and John Dutton (James Badge Dale) in as their very own after James and Margaret’s deaths along with inheriting the ranch. They’ve been the land’s loyal stewards for many years, however Season 1 noticed the ranch beneath menace of being taken over by Donald Whitfield (Timothy Dalton) by way of a shady property tax scheme.
The sequence additionally tracks one other ancestor of a Yellowstone mainstay: Aminah Nieves performs Teonna Rainwater, ancestor to Gil Birmingham‘s Thomas Rainwater. In Season 2, Teonna is on the run with father Runs His Horse (Michael Spears) and new beau Pete Lots Clouds (performed by the late Cole Brings Lots in Season 1 and Jeremy Gauna in Season 2) after she escaped from the abusive residential faculty run by Sebastian Roché‘s Father Renaud. They had been searching Teonna down for the homicide of Sister Mary (Jennifer Ehle), who often abused Teonna on the faculty.
Spencer and his new spouse, Alex (Julia Schlaepfer) are combating to get again to Montana and one another following their separation. With John and spouse Emma (Marley Shelton) useless, Jacob and Cara desperately want Spencer again to assist defend the ranch. Teonna’s destiny is a thriller, however she’ll hopefully make it again residence together with her household. Zane Davis (Brian Geraghty), who is actually the present’s Rip Wheeler, was additionally arrested for being in an interracial marriage within the finale, a part of Donald’s plot to screw over the Duttons. Serving to him in these efforts is Banner Creighton (Jerome Flynn), an Irish farmer with a grudge in opposition to Jacob.
Will 1923 Season 2 be the tip of the story like some forged have teased? Right here’s what there’s to know in regards to the Yellowstone prequel’s future.
Will there be a 1923 Season 3?
1923 was initially billed as a restricted sequence, similar to 1883 earlier than it. However in contrast to 1883, it obtained a second season. The present’s producers remained coy about the potential for extra seasons up till February 2023, the halfway mark of Season 1’s launch (it first debuted in December 2022). Whereas Paramount itself has not confirmed that 1923 is ending with Season 2, the forged has stated it’s.
Sklenar advised The Hollywood Reporter in 2023 that 1923 Season 2 would be the ultimate season, saying that each seasons ought to be thought of “one piece.”
“No, no, it’s bookend. It’s nonetheless restricted, however I consider it as one piece — there’s only a break up within the center, however it’s all one piece. It should conclude,” the It Ends With Us star stated. Principally, consider Season 2 as extra of a Half 2, with a Half 3 being unlikely presently.
As of the time of publication, a 1923 renewal has not been introduced, nor has there been official phrase from Paramount+ that Season 2 is the ultimate season. The stakes are a lot greater in Season 2, it feels just like the sequence is constructing as much as one thing epic on the finish of the eight-episode season. And the Season 2 premiere raked in a record-setting viewers for Paramount+, the platform introduced on February 26. This might incentivize the streamer to create extra seasons, however forged availability is a significant component.
What’s going to occur in 1923 Season 2?
In a 2024 interview with Forbes, Sklenar seemingly confirmed that Spencer will reunite along with his household in Montana.
“I’ve had all of the scripts for six months. I can confidently say that it’s going to be completely unimaginable,” he stated. “The tone shifts loads and it’s undoubtedly a bit darker. It’s very lovely.”
“It’s so laborious for me to not give away spoilers. I do get loads of Helen [Mirren] and Harrison [Ford] time, and it’s going to be particular,” Sklenar added. Spencer was overseas for all of Season 1, and he and Alex almost died a number of instances on their journey all through Africa and on their means again to Montana.
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They had been stalked by lions and survived a shipwreck all earlier than they obtained married on an ocean liner, however they got here face-to-face with Alex’s former fiancé on that ship who challenged Spencer to a duel for whisking Alex away. He cheated within the struggle, and Spencer killed him when tossing him overboard in self-defense. Spencer was arrested and separated from his love, who promised to fulfill him on the household ranch. They’ve each confronted harrowing obstacles on their solo journeys residence in Season 2 to date (Alex confronted significantly upsetting challenges at Ellis Island within the third episode — Schlaepfer breaks down the episode right here). Until it’s a flashback sequence, it appears Spencer will make it again to Montana, primarily based on Sklenar’s feedback. He additionally teased the sequence finale, praising its script.
“I imply, the finale of the sequence might be among the finest issues I’ve learn in my life,” he raved. “I’ve sort of identified the way it was going to finish since day one — Taylor [Sheridan] sort of advised me. I knew the total arc of Spencer from day one, so in taking pictures half one, [you’re] conscious of the place he must go. I’m actually excited.”
What else is going on within the Taylor Sheridan-verse?
Sheridan has a litany of Yellowstone reveals and different tasks within the works at Paramount, with reveals airing each on Paramount Community and completely on Paramount+. Yellowstone‘s ultimate season concluded in December 2024, and the Michelle Pfeiffer-led modern spinoff The Madison continues to be within the works. One other modern-day spinoff, 6666 (in regards to the Texas ranch seen in Yellowstone), can also be reportedly nonetheless within the pipeline. The following Yellowstone prequel will likely be 1944, which may characteristic characters from 1923 given when it’s set.
The creator additionally has a brand new western drama, Landman, that debuted in November 2024 and Tulsa King Season 3 is on the horizon. Mayor of Kingstown concluded its third season in August (Season 4 is on the best way), and Lawmen: Bass Reeves is claimed to be an anthology sequence, although there’s no information but on if/when there will likely be a Season 2 (may it star Jennifer Carpenter’s Mamie Fossett, who made her 1923 debut in Season 2 Episode 2?).
That is all to say that evidently there’s just about at all times a Sheridan sequence within the works at Paramount as of late. Whereas 1923 is meant to be ending with Season 2, the legacy of its characters will proceed in 1944. Let’s hope the Duttons and Rainwaters of 1923 get a contented ending.
1923, Sundays, Paramount+