Taylor Sheridan’s prequel series, “1883,” is a sprawling epic tracing the Wagons West roots of the modern-day Montana ranching ranch family headed by “Yellowstone” patriarch John Dutton (Kevin Costner).Sheridan and “Yellowstone” co-creator John Linson (who’s an executive-producer here) have replicated that series’ winning formula in “1883,” streaming on Paramount+: a solid cast headed by Tim McGraw, Sam Elliott (and his mustache), Faith Hill and Isabel May and a gripping storyline and lush photography lending it an air of authenticity.
Elliott plays crusty, world-weary Pinkerton detective Shea Brennan, who’s mourning the loss of his wife and daughter, victims of the smallpox epidemic of 1878.
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