It’s official. The 1883, 1923, and the Yellowstone series are the best out there. So many people are accosting the writers because of the poor Catholic portrayals in 1923, but let me tell you, their behaviors fall completely in line with the stories I was told by Catholic relatives who experienced them first hand. By the way, I’m a Christian - just not a Catholic. While true Christians do not behave this way, there are bad apples in every religion, every profession, and every neighbor. And there are good, amazing, and hard working people too. Just like in these stories. The stories are so raw and real (whether we like it or not) that it’s hard to turn off the tv. We watch people who fought for everything they had. They earned everything- life wasn’t handed to them on a silver platter because they felt entitled. The scenery, the actors, the good and evil people, are just so incredibly real that at times it’s truly heartbreaking and heartwarming all at the same time. One moment we laugh, the next we cry. That’s what makes for a good series and this is it.