On 2/7/2022 at 9:00 PM, Affogato said:

For me the day to day is the most interesting, and I wonder if the writers know how they move on. 

It's feeling like Yellowstone all over again. Yellowstone started off compelling and reasonably realistic then went over the top and I always think it's because they never thought about the long game. Seems they are doing the same here. 

On 2/7/2022 at 11:09 PM, Haleth said:

Is Elsa going to fall in love with someone new every episode?  The cowboy she flirted with last week looks enough like Kayce that I think he'll end up with her.  "I may have overestimated my appeal."  Or maybe not, in the long run.

Losing everything like that is heartbreaking.  Why didn't Shea know enough to follow the cook?  

That's a nasty wound in James's back.

 

Seems like it. And it's always going to be a man that most father's would rather kill than allow to even look at their daughter. Elsa as Rodeo Barbie was enough but now she gets to openly flirt with an Indian and that is just accepted for 1883? Really? Even Sam's own tribe would be disapproving. 

And Sam would be ok with having a horse race with a woman? And losing? I don't think so.

The Comanche were one of the most violent tribes as well. Even other tribes feared them due to their brutality. I think Sam is a little idealized but the whole series is seen through the eyes of a romantic girl.

On 2/8/2022 at 8:03 AM, toodywoody said:

I'm wondering now if Elsa winds ups saved by Sam in the beginning sequence. 

Or if they wind up together and her pregnant with his kid and then there is claim to the land.

Looking that way. Or she finds another Indian. She seems to burn through men.

On 2/8/2022 at 12:11 PM, mojoween said:

Were the 12 guys they took out really cattle thieves, though?  From what I understood they came across cattle on their own, not branded, so how were they to know that someone else had claim to them?  Unless I missed something that they knew they were being trailed by someone who knew they had a herd.

Unless we see Elsa lose it, I hope they put in an Easter egg for Yellowstone watchers where somewhere in Kevin Costner’s house you see the 135 year old hair token Sam made.

Elsa is going to get herself a reputation if she’s not careful.

Those men were also quick to fight so perhaps they thought they were being set upon by thieves? On a related note, I don't understand why they didn't keep their horses after killing them. Given how much they just lost you would think you would want to take whatever they had.

That would be a fun Easter egg. I think it's too late, Elsa has a rep and through the magic of television it is perfectly accepted as normal even though it is set in 1883.

On 2/8/2022 at 1:39 PM, bennyblue said:

So Elsa's a bit of a ho?

A lot *ahem* big ho... Very unrealistic that her parents just seem to accept it. Unless they are planning to reign her in once they reach civilization again. She is becoming tiresome just like Beth in Yellowstone.

On 2/9/2022 at 11:15 PM, Rorysmom said:

Part of me thinks that this is all Elsa's dream. Thinking back to the opening scene, she is coming to consciousness into a very terrible reality in her original dress. After all she has done, what are the odds that she would have found that same dress again and actually want to wear it?

If it is a dream, I will be amazingly disappointed. 

That would make sense. I find her to be a let down to the series really. For the most part it seems realistic enough but then having her behave like that, I just don't buy it. I am not saying women were weak or useless back then, to the contrary really. But she can just flirt and have sex with guys and that is ok?