Science fiction and westerns don’t seem like genres that would go together, but they sometimes make for very watchable thrillers, like we’ve seen with Westworld . …
Science fiction and westerns don’t seem like genres that would go together, but they sometimes make for very watchable thrillers, like we’ve seen with Westworld. A new Prime Video series takes those two dramas and ads some pretty serious family-oriented stories, as well as a murder cover-up. Seem like a lot? Read on for more. Opening Shot: Lightning flashes. We hear a voice say, “Know anything about a Greek god called Kronos?” The Gist: Wyoming rancher Royal Abbott (Josh Brolin) has been dealing with some extreme events in the life of his family and his ranch. The Tillersons, who own a commercial ranch next to his, make a claim that his fences should be moved, since they own the stretch of land they’re on. He and his wife Cecilia (Lili Taylor) are suffering because the wife of their son Perry (Tom Pelphrey) has been missing for nine months. And their son Rhett (Lewis Pullman) seems to be struggling with his fledgling bull-riding career, perhaps due to his penchant for booze. There’s also something else: While looking for some wayward cattle, Royal finds a massive hole on the edge of his property. It’s an odd looking hole because it looks like it wasn’t dug by anything human. It also seems bottomless. When he reaches into the haze floating around the opening, memories of his childhood, plus premonitions of the future, come flooding into his head. When he yanks his arm out, it seems like hours have passed. His premonition was that the police were going to stop their investigation into finding Perry’s wife; that night, Perry and Rhett drink their misery away at the local watering hole.
