Jacob Dutton (Harrison Ford) deals with a mounting range war between cattle ranchers and sheep herders led by Banner Creighton . Faced with a "twin pestilence" of locusts and drought, Jacob orders a mountain cattle drive to find viable grass, forcing his grand-nephew Jack to postpone his wedding to Elizabeth Strafford.

Teonna Rainwater (Aminah Nieves) endures horrific physical and emotional abuse at a Catholic-run Indian boarding school. After fighting back against the cruel Sister Mary , she faces further brutal punishment from the headmaster, Father Renaud. Key Characters & Relationships

Spencer Dutton (Brandon Sklenar), a traumatized WWI veteran, works as a big-game hunter in Nairobi. He is hired to hunt a man-eating leopard terrorizing a safari camp, a task that ends in a violent ambush.

The series premiere of 1923 (2022) introduces a new generation of the Dutton family struggling to maintain their Montana empire amidst the , Prohibition , and a severe drought. The episode establishes three primary storylines spanning from the American West to the African savanna and a government-run boarding school. Plot Overview