1923 (TV series)
American Western drama television series
1923 is an American neo-Western television series created by Taylor Sheridan that premiered on December 18, 2022, on Paramount+. The series serves as a prequel to Yellowstone (2018–2024), a sequel to 1883 (2021–2022), and is the third television series in the Yellowstone franchise. It stars Helen Mirren, Harrison Ford, Brandon Sklenar, Julia Schlaepfer, Jerome Flynn, Darren Mann, Brian Geraghty, Aminah Nieves, Michelle Randolph, and Timothy Dalton in main roles while Isabel May reprises her role as narrator Elsa Dutton from 1883.
The second and final season premiered on February 23, 2025. The series concluded on April 6, 2025, after two seasons consisting of sixteen episodes.
Plot
The series follows a generation of the Dutton family in 1923, during a time of various hardships including Prohibition, drought, and the early stages of the Great Depression, which affected Montana long before the Wall Street crash of 1929.
Cast and characters
Main
Helen Mirren as Cara Dutton, Matriarch of the Dutton family, wife of Jacob Dutton. Having no children, Jacob and Cara raised John Sr. and Spencer Dutton as their own.
Harrison Ford as Jacob Dutton, Patriarch of the Dutton family, Cara's husband, and older brother of James Dutton (Tim McGraw in 1883).
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