Overview
- Netflix premiered the seven-episode Western on December 4.
- Set in 1854 Washington Territory, the story pits widowed matriarchs Constance Van Ness and Fiona Nolan in a brutal land feud.
- Gillian Anderson portrays Constance in what she describes as her first explicit villain role.
- Early critiques diverge: Newsday labels the series a misfire with disjointed writing, while the Observer deems it stylish yet insubstantial.
- Coverage notes creator Kurt Sutter’s withdrawal over creative differences and Otto Bathurst’s direction as key context for the finished season.