Sharon and I finished watching season one of 1923. The series is a prequel to the Paramount Network series Yellowstone.Season one of 1923 premiered on December 18, 2022, on Paramount+. It consisted of eight episodes.
The series stars Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren. Ford is Jacob Dutton, the patriarch of the Dutton family and the older brother of James Dutton (Tim McGraw in the series 1883). Mirren is Cara Dutton, the wife of Jacob Dutton and the Dutton family matriarch.
The series follows a generation of the Dutton family in in Montana in 1923. The family faces various hardships including Prohibition, drought, and the early stages of the Great Depression. The series is set in the period when automobiles, electricity and telephones are starting to spread across rural America.
Both Sharon and I enjoyed 1923 more than Yellowstone. Watching one of the episodes, Sharon said "this is a 100% better than Yellowstone."
I am fascinated by Prohibition. During the Rugby World Cup trip to New Zealand, I finished reading Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition by Daniel Okrent. Prohibition lasted from 1920 to 1933. It is absolutely amazing how out of control things were.
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