Elkhorn

INSP previously the PTL (Praise The Lord) network admittedly tried to make a family friendly western style drama with source material they should have left alone. I'm sure there was a salary cap on actors. As such, maybe they should have paid for a little better. As for story lines, they should have at least tried to bring up more truthful stories. The dialog is that of a community playhouse. The contrived drama is a bit much. The characters didn't match up with real history. There are too many anachronisms as well. Now, if you are here just to watch a breezy community playhouse production from let's say a bed and breakfast hamlet in an obscure Vermont hamlet set in North Dakota, you've come to the right place. Teddy wasn't a sniffling little self righteous brat when he arrived in North Dakota. He would have been murdered or kidnapped one second outside of NYC for parts unkonwn if he were like this childish character actor. Marques de Morés, while a real barnacle to society and his socialite wife, and also a good duelist, didn't have this many bad encounters with Teddy. His real beef, maybe or maybe not pun intended, was with the stockyard owners in Chicago, which turned him very antisemitic. Real life people, like E. G. Paddock and Arthur Packard have no history of the way they were portrayed here. Just too many false dramatical writing liberties. Other than maybe reading a couple pamplets from the state park and wikipedia articles, maybe INSP should have done a little more research. If INSP wants to make family friendly westerns like the 50s and 60s fodder that was so popular, either stick to make believe cowboys or try to stick closer to the reality of the characters.