1923: The Rule of Five Hundred (2023)
Season 1, Episode 7
5/10
Bizare episode seemingly writing by several separate teams of writers
20 February 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Rainwater storyline... amazing, heartbreaking, excruciating, cathartic, reflective.

Helen Miran - any scene with her in it, even with no dialogue, is easily a 7-8 out of 10. She is just outshining everyone.

Rest of the action with the family and cowboys on the Dutton ranch... starting to show promise and is building towards something interesting.

Strange out of place kitchen scene with the two "working ladies" and Timothy Dalton's character that added nothing to the story nor character development and seemed completely out of place.

And finally *sigh*... Spencer and Alex. The most bizarre dialogue written and zero chemistry between them, and the awful over the top English accent and mannerisms that have really blighted this series from the start. Notwithstanding some of the above criticisms, the episode was almost becoming one of the most interesting and promising ones (especially with the Rainwater story) but then the last 10 minutes completely spoilt it with the Spencer and Alex scenes. Would really love to understand what was done differently in this series as it bares practically no resemblance to 1883 or any of the Yellowstone series.
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