S01.E09: Racing Clouds

[millennium]

When the cowboys get the first glimpse of Elsa riding towards them pursued by a horde of Indians, tell me they didn't inwardly sigh and think, "Every fucking time with this girl."

I don't know how historically accurate it was to depict the Indians riding off and leaving their women and children entirely unprotected when they well knew that bloodthirsty bandits, military units and immigrant trains were wandering through the territory.

Hope Elsa dies.   It would ground the show back in reality to demonstrate that impudence, petulance and self-serving flights of fancy were luxuries nobody could afford on the Oregon Trail.   In some respects, Elsa is not so different from her bitter aunt (the one who killed herself by the river).  Both women are/were determined to make the journey about themselves, not the group.

Oh, Tim?  Keep the hat on. 

[SunnyBeBe]

Faith Hill is really rocking that Slash look.  It’s uncanny.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slash_(musician)

 

[Tyro49]

Sometimes people do overcome infections, even bad ones. I think it's a matter of genetics and/or other factors.

[Dowel Jones]

Well, the Clan of the People Too Stupid to Live sure got thinned out rather substantially.  And they left all the cattle behind, too.  Not that it really matters, as the cook is now in the process of feeding the next generation of cattle to come through.

Elsa might have stood a better chance if she had had the sense to turn around immediately after witnessing the cook's killing, but instead she sets her horse to a quick trot rather than a full gallop when the Lakota see her.

They got that wagon train up at the crack o' noon to get to the fort, didn't they?  And Elsa is going to bounce her grievously wounded liver all day long on horseback instead of bunking up in a wagon.  Because the parents want her to enjoy her last days.

Okay, the shootout with the killers.  Don't any of those three know anything about rifles?  Dismount, take aim, and pop them off at a distance.  But no, they evidently took their cue from Rooster Cogburn and relied on pistols that probably weren't accurate past 100' while on a horse.

By the way, the Wyoming Stock Growers Association is factual.  It was a vigilante association headquartered in Cheyenne, and they made it their business to run out of town or murder anyone who interfered with the business of large scale cattle operations.  Movies like Tom Horn, Cheyenne Social Club, and Gates of Heaven all touched on this dark side of Wyoming and US history.

[CrystalBlue]

36 minutes ago, Dowel Jones said:

Well, the Clan of the People Too Stupid to Live sure got thinned out rather substantially.  And they left all the cattle behind, too.  Not that it really matters, as the cook is now in the process of feeding the next generation of cattle to come through.

Elsa might have stood a better chance if she had had the sense to turn around immediately after witnessing the cook's killing, but instead she sets her horse to a quick trot rather than a full gallop when the Lakota see her.

They got that wagon train up at the crack o' noon to get to the fort, didn't they?  And Elsa is going to bounce her grievously wounded liver all day long on horseback instead of bunking up in a wagon.  Because the parents want her to enjoy her last days.

Okay, the shootout with the killers.  Don't any of those three know anything about rifles?  Dismount, take aim, and pop them off at a distance.  But no, they evidently took their cue from Rooster Cogburn and relied on pistols that probably weren't accurate past 100' while on a horse.

By the way, the Wyoming Stock Growers Association is factual.  It was a vigilante association headquartered in Cheyenne, and they made it their business to run out of town or murder anyone who interfered with the business of large scale cattle operations.  Movies like Tom Horn, Cheyenne Social Club, and Gates of Heaven all touched on this dark side of Wyoming and US history.

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