Warning: SPOILERS For 1923 Season 21923season 2’s perilous winter reaffirms why summer was John Dutton III’s (Kevin Costner) favorite season inYellowstone.So far, winter has been as prevalent in1923season 2 as series leads Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren. The patriarch and matriarch of the Prohibition-era members of theDutton family tree, Jacob and Cara Dutton, have been trying to hold the Yellowstone ranch together in the face of attacks from all sides by their nemesis,Donald Whitfield (Timothy Dalton).
Winter compounded the Duttons' ordeal in1923season 2. Taylor Sheridan’s flagship Neo-Western,Yellowstone,set in the present day, presented Paradise Valley, Montana’s natural surroundings as idyllic, but still dangerous. Bear and wolf attacks were to be feared, as well as the most dangerous animals of all: man, whether they were the Duttons or their many enemies. Still,Yellowstonegenerally showcased Montana in warmer seasons.1923season 2, so far, has been about how, as Jacob Dutton put it,“This winter just won’t end.”
1923 Season 2 Is The Worst Winter Ever Seen In Yellowstone
“This Winter Just Won’t End”
Taylor Sheridan waited until1923season 2 to fully depict the brutality of a Montana winter. With the omniscientnarration of Elsa Dutton(Isabel May) hammering the point home, winter has been exceptionally cruel to the Duttons in1923season 2. Besides the possibility of freezing from the snow and ice of blizzards, a mountain lion and a rabid wolf have attacked Elizabeth Strafford (Michelle Randolph). The wolf even penetrated the inner sanctum of the Duttons' lodge to kill a nurse, provingwinter’s wrath has no boundaries.
Every Terrible Thing That’s Happened To Elizabeth Strafford In 1923
Michelle Randolph’s 1923 character, Elizabeth Strafford, has a history of bad luck when it comes to life on the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch.
Yellowstoneseason 4’s premiere foreshadowed the bleak winter of1923season 2. Set in 1893, James Dutton (Tim McGraw), and his young sons Spencer (Charlie Stover) and John (Jack Michael Doke) encountered Native Americans and allowed them to remain on their land during a harsh winter season. It was one of the rare times a Montana winter and its challenges to man and beast were presented inYellowstone, andit laid the groundwork for what Jacob Dutton’s clan would face in1923season 2.
1923 Season 2 Makes It Clear Why John Dutton III Loved Summer
Yellowstone Season 3 Was A Great Summer
While the Duttons are eager for the unforgiving winter to pass,1923season 2 nicely reaffirms why John Dutton III loved summer. InYellowstoneseason 3,John led the Yellowstone cowboys and their herd to summer camp where they happily remained far from their many troubles and enemies - at least for a little while. Soon,Monica (Kelsey Asbille), Tate (Brecken Merill), and even Governor Lynelle Perry (Wendy Moniz) joined John at summer camp.
1923 Season 2 Makes Winter Brutal Compared To Kevin Costner’s Yellowstone Series
Winter is brutal in 1923 season 2 compared to Kevin Costner’s Yellowstone series, and it’s a wonder that John Dutton never navigated the snow.
Yellowstoneseason 3’s summer camp was possibly the most John Dutton ever enjoyed himself in the series before his death halfway throughYellowstoneseason 5. Paradise Valley was never more inviting, and the cowboy fantasy ofYellowstonemore alluring for viewers than John Dutton’s summer camp. John sometimes alluded to how unforgiving winter can be inYellowstone,and audiences are seeing it now in1923season 2 while sharing the Duttons' yearning for another Paradise Valley summer.
1923
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1923 is a series following the Dutton family during the early twentieth century. It explores the challenges they face amidst pandemics, the end of Prohibition, historic drought, and the Great Depression, as they struggle to maintain their home in the mountain west.
Yellowstone
Yellowstone follows the Dutton family, led by patriarch John Dutton, as they defend their expansive ranch against external threats from land developers, an Indian reservation, and America’s first national park. Released on July 09, 2025, this series examines the complex dynamics and violent conflicts surrounding the largest contiguous ranch in the United States.
