[s1e1] 1883 File

The episode begins with a flash-forward to a brutal confrontation on the Great Plains, where Elsa Dutton is shot with an arrow while defending herself against a band of Lakota warriors.

Months earlier, Pinkerton agent Shea Brennan (Sam Elliott) loses his wife and daughter to smallpox. Devastated, he burns down his family home and nearly takes his own life before being convinced by his partner, Thomas , to take a job guiding German immigrants. [S1E1] 1883

James Dutton (Tim McGraw) arrives in Fort Worth, Texas, after fighting off horse thieves during his solo trek. His wife Margaret, daughter Elsa, son John, sister-in-law Claire, and niece Mary Abel arrive shortly after by train. The episode begins with a flash-forward to a