The Abandons | Official Trailer | Netflix
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Feels a bit clumsy. Set in the 1850's, we've got two strong women opposing each other over the expansion of a silver mine in the fictional town of Angel's Ridge in Washington territory. On one side we have Lena Headey (famous for her role as Cerci Lannister in Game of Thrones) as Fiona Nolan the matriarch of a small cattle ranch. On the other we have Gillian Anderson (X Files) as Constance Van Ness, matriarch of the local silver mine. The silver mine built the town, but the mine isn't performing as well as they like and Cornelius Vanderbilt, one of the primary investors, is threatening to pull out. Gillian/Constance's solution is to buy out four land owners to expand the mine, but those four owners have no interest in selling. Cornelius is famous for having gotten rich by building a railroad empire, but there is no mention of mining in his Wikipedia article. However, like all uber-wealthy people he no doubt had his fingers in a number of pies. Early on in the show he visits Angel's Ridge, arriving in a fancy carriage pulled by four horses. Would he have actually made such a visit? Seems unlikely, but hey, it's TV.
Interesting bit. Fiona has made a group of orphans (The Abandons) into her 'family', most of them are teenagers. Our sympathies tend to lie with this group, Constance is obviously the evil capitalist. So I kind of expected the other land owners to side with The Abandons, but a couple of guys don't want to have anything to do with this mess and just want to be left alone. Can't you guys see what's coming down the pike? Are you blind? They're not blind, they're just not looking. I see that a lot in modern day politics.
Anyway, push comes to shove, and then the situation escalates and then it escalates more and we get a spectacular finish.
7 episodes, about 40 minutes each.
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