Superb opening to a season rivalling something like True Detective or Fargo. This show is already full with rich characters, excellent cinematography and an intriguing story line.
You just want to go straight to episode 2 which is the best compliment you can give to any new show.
Bravo.
Sara Rowell and her son Devin travel from Kansas to Fort Bridger, Wyoming, searching for Devin's father, Beckworth. They learn Beckworth is in a remote location called Crook Springs, deep in the Wyoming mountains. Despite warnings from fort chief Jim Bridger about harsh winter conditions and regional conflicts, Sara insists on continuing the journey. After their hired guide, Mr. Frye, is accidentally killed at the fort, Sara asks Isaac Reed, a skilled mountain man raised among the Shoshone and familiar with the terrain, to guide them. Reed refuses to join the expedition but later secretly follows Sara and Devin out of concern for their safety. Sara joins a Mormon group led by newlyweds Jacob and Abish Pratt for safety. A bounty hunter from St. Louis reveals Sara's true identity as Sara Holloway after her departure, a fugitive wanted for murder with a $1,500 bounty. The bounty hunter from St. Louis is killed by Virgil's group, local trappers, seeking the reward. Along the way, the group rests with a caravan of 200 settlers from Arkansas. During this time, Devin befriends Two Moons, a Native American woman who fled abuse and sought refuge with the group. Tensions escalate when a Mormon militia, claims the territory and demands the entire group leave, unaware that some among them are Mormons. When the settlers refuse, the militia, disguised as Native Americans, ambushes them with the aid of Paiute allies. Most of the group is massacred, and women are taken as payment. Mr. Reed, who had been secretly shadowing the group, intervenes and manages to save Sara and Devin. Jacob Pratt is gravely injured, and the Pratt party, along with the Arkansans, meets a tragic end.