Includes SPOILERS for 1923 season 2, episode 3!
Alexandra Dutton goes through a perilous journey in1923season 2, episode 3, and it involves two notable quotes. Alex and Spencer Dutton were separated in1923’sseason 1 ending, forcing them to travel to Montana along different routes.Spencer was the first to touch ground in America and has already made it all the way to Texason an errand for the Italian Mafia, sidetracking him from returning home. Alex, on the other hand, had to return to England first and only just made it to New York in season 2, episode 3.
1923’sseason 2, episode 3 endingsaw a horrifying cliffhanger related to Alex, as a man seems to have cornered her in a bathroom and could potentially take her money. Still, that’s not even the worst thing that happened to her in the episode, as theprocess of immigration through Ellis Islandin the 1920s is regarded in history as an entirely dehumanizing process. Alex is examined by multiple men, physically and intellectually, as they don’t believe her marriage to Spencer to be legitimate without the proper documentation.
“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
I’m Angry At Jack Dutton For How He Keeps Failing Elizabeth In 1923 Season 2
I love Darren Mann’s performance as Jack Dutton in 1923, but his character is irritating me this season due to how he’s handled his marriage.
What Alexandra’s Walt Whitman Quote In 1923 Season 2, Episode 3 Really Means
Alex Quotes Walt Whitman To Prove She Can Read
When Alex is prompted with the question of whether she possesses any trade skills, she’s asked whether she can read. To prove it, she’s given a book of Walt Whitman poems. Rather than just read from the beginning,she decides to make a moment out of it, in theTaylor Sheridan fashion, looking for a specific passage that relates to her situation. The words she reads can be read below:
“O, to be a ruler of life– not a slave. And nothing exterior shall ever take command of me. Re-examine all you’ve been told and dismiss that.”
The first two lines are from a poem called “A Song of Joys,” and the third line is a general Walt Whitman quote. It seems like Taylor Sheridan merged and altered some phrases he liked to fit the scene, withAlex taking the opportunity to say that no matter what, she’s still in control of her own life. This has been her primary growth throughout1923.
