7 Questions We Still Have After The '1923' Season One Finale
As the Dutton universe expands ever westward, the first outing of Taylor Sheridan's Yellowstone prequel delivered some serious drama, barn-sized betrayals, and a dust-storm of new mysteries. While we're still picking dust out of our hair, here are the questions we absolutely must have answered after that nail-biting season one finale.
After that harrowing miscarriage, Elizabeth and Jack's heartbreak felt final — until later on in the season, when a hopeful pregnancy test spun the cycle again. But with Elizabeth left clutching her grief as Jack's fate spirals into uncertainty, are we truly to believe she carries the next Dutton in her womb, or will season two revisit this loss? Some fans remain unconvinced, desperate for a definitive answer.
It's nearly Shakespearean: Teonna Rainwater's journey could run parallel with the Duttons', but after a season of suffering (and fighting back — go Teonna!), their worlds have yet to truly meet. Is a future Dutton-Rainwater alliance on the cards? It would be a powerful echo down the Yellowstone timeline.
Let's be blunt: it's 1923, borders are literal, and Alex is two continents away, traumatised and alone. What's her plan: hop on another ocean liner, cross half a continent, ride a horse up a mountain? Will she and Spencer — whose romance is already mythic — ever share a Montana sunrise?
The duel with Arthur — that overboard moment! — had us gasping. But while the fallout seemed to serve only as the logistical reason to strand Alex and Spencer, should we expect more consequences? Law, family scandals, or guilt may yet close in.
1923 finally revealed the origin of the infamous 'Train Station,' Yellowstone's most chilling euphemism for frontier justice. But as of season one's finale, the Duttons seem blissfully unaware. When — and which generation — will inherit this most toxic secret? The shadow of this knowledge haunts the future Duttons, and we're desperate for the dots to be joined.
Fans are buzzing over Spencer's potential second child — a mystery alluded to but never confirmed. If true, who is the mother, and what fate awaits this lost branch of the family tree?
Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford's chemistry very much anchors 1923, but power and pain fracture even the strongest of partnerships. How will their marriage, already tested by grief and war, weather new storms? Was Cara's final look defiant, or secretly broken?
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