Unexpected deaths also impact Alex and Teonna’s troubled journeys.
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The winter-battered second season of1923has been filled with death, despair, and destruction.
And that’s without accounting for Alex’s (Julia Schlaepfer) seemingly endless stretch of extremely bad luck.
Harrison Ford as Jacob Dutton in ‘1923’ season 2, episode 6.Credit:Paramount+
Before the opening credits roll, we also get some closure on last episode’scliffhanger.
But the priest is upset over the young man’s death he demands justice, not murder.
He’s fed up with Kent hiding behind his badge, slaughtering anyone who gets in the way.
Michelle Randolph as Elizabeth and Helen Mirren as Cara in ‘1923’ season 2, episode 6.Paramount+
For those keeping count, that’s two characters dead before the episode even properly kicks off.
And it’s just getting warmed up.
Back at the ranch, Jacob has gathered a room full of men and a table full of guns.
Aminah Nieves as Teonna and Michael Spears as Runs His Horse in ‘1923’ season 2, episode 6.Paramount+
Cara makes him promise that he’ll return home in one piece.
While the Duttons are mobilizing, Whitfield is giving his new prisoner/prostitute a warm welcome.
He orders his other live-in sex worker to alternate between torturing and pleasuring the terrified girl.
Robert Patrick as Sherriff McDowell in ‘1923’ season 2, episode 6.Paramount+
Banner interrupts the sexual sadism to deliver the news of Spencer’s arrival.
At the ranch, Jack is patrolling the grounds.
Speaking of the great white hunter’s trip home, we briefly check in with Spencer on his train.
Janet Montgomery as Hillary and Julia Schlaepfer as Alexandra in ‘1923’ season 2, episode 6.Paramount+
The conductor suggests a more reliable but lengthier path to Montana, and changes his itinerary.
On the plus side, Jack is on his way to help strengthen their ranks.
Jack is riding through the wilderness on his way to meet Jacob when he spots two cowboys.
It’s Clyde and another man, who announce themselves as livestock agents.
Clyde shoots him dead.
An uncharacteristically jaunty montage follows Alex and her charming friends from Wisconsin to South Dakota.
Undeterred, the Brits fuel up, fasten snow chains to their vehicle’s tires, and continue forward.
While we cross our fingers for Alex, the episode returns us to Teonna and her father.
Still reeling from Pete’s murder, the former is losing her will to move on.
As her dad attempts to comfort her by the fire, Father Renaud watches them from afar.
Later that evening, the priest slowly approaches while they sleep.
He shoots and kills Runs His Horse before turning his pistol on Teonna.
He commands her to ask for forgiveness before he executes her.
He condemns her to hell, then pulls the trigger.
As an unseasoned gunman though, he hasn’t accounted for how much ammo he has already used.
Teonna reacts to his empty pistol’s click by feeding him a face full of burning embers.
She then stabs him repeatedly before firing a few bullets into him for good measure.
But there’s still a few minutes left.
No longer enthusiastic about their road trip, the Brits are cold and looking a little nervous.
She asks his wife where he went but gets no response.
The woman is frozen solid.
Alex exits the vehicle and sees a body buried in a nearby snowdrift.
Shivering and sporting blue lips, she goes back inside the car and shuts the door.
