I could pass on heart so long as I loved it. Somehow I felt immune to the dangers of this place. And the journey was a necessary, miserable road between the two. We were leaving a place, and seeking another. “I had abandoned every memory of Tennessee as if I was born on this journey. Episode 4 shows us a young lady on the cusp of womanhood a transition that would fully take place by 1883‘s Episode 5. That war between what you should become, and what you could become.”Įlsa’s narration matures as the episodes do themselves. And the woman was magnificent.” Season 1, Episode 4: ‘The Crossing’ “I watched her ride and I didn’t see my mother. As Elsa watches her mother, Margaret (Faith Hill) herd cattle, she sees her as a woman – not solely a mother – for the first time: Moments of levity still captivate her young mind, however. “But of all the perils awaiting us – sickness and snakes, bad horses and bandits – there was one thing above all that sent terror through both man and beast… There was one word so feared it was barely spoken and barely whispered… River.” As if death was not the result of accidents and disease, but death was its own disease. With every death, our father moved camp a little further away. And a few your worst nightmare couldn’t muster.” And behind us was a cliff.” Season 1, Episode 3: ‘River’īy Episode 3, Elsa’s narration takes a darker turn as she witnesses the horrors of 1883‘s Westward Expansion. We were backing into the abyss so worried our sins would follow us we didn’t bother watching where we walked. “What began as a journey had become a retreat into the unknown. Then, Elsa ends 1883‘s second episode with a stirring reflection of the changing times. It was the most magnificent thing I had ever seen.” And the whole of Texas spread out before me. The light was soft and pale and pink, like God had decided to light this day with candles. Beyond him, cowboys and cattle pushed towards us dust following them like a cloudy shadow. “I looked to the right and saw my father somehow riding vertically towards the earth. “18-years ago on this day, Lee surrendered to Grant in the home of Wilmer McClean in the village of Appomattox.

Everywhere a bounty just waiting to be scooped up.” “It seems even the trees are new to this place scattered about in clusters like little villages. “The world here plays parlor tricks on your senses. “Freedom is running wild through untamed land.”Īs we catch up with Elsa in Episode 2, the young woman is still wildly hopeful for the journey ahead. And the dream was coming true.” ‘1883’ Season 1, Episode 2: ‘Behind Us, A Cliff’ Then, Elsa ends the premiere by summarizing the dreams of her father, James Dutton (Tim McGraw): “But if this is Hell, then I must be a demon, too. But those phrases were invented by professors at universities. And I understand it less than when I first cast eyes on this place. I heard a thousand stories… But none could describe this place.

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