I just watched 1883 for a second time.

The first time I watched 1883 it was an emotional endurance test. Like Sam Elliot's character I was waking up in panic attacks and choking back strong regret during the say. It made the series more than a TV show to me, it made it art.

I'm was in a better place this time around. I could inhabit those scenes and the rest of the series more.

It would have be nice/interesting if the writers put something in about Elsa's husband getting notified of what happened.

All of that tragedy and only 3 adults made it to Oregon.

I don't think what James Dutton's decision to go on that journey was rational. He and his descendants had to always fight other people for the ranch. I'm sure there were good times, but it cost him and his family so much.

The U.S. had a much smaller population then and much more unspoiled land. They could have ranched and farmed in other places and with much less grief.