Taylor Sheridan’s ‘1923’ Season 2 Finale Reveals Epic New Details

Spencer Dutton (Brandon Sklenar) survived yet another desolate day as he continued his harrowing journey home to Montana, but he still hasn’t reunited with his wife Alex (Julia Schlaepfer) going into the upcoming 1923 Season 2 finale. Paramount hasn’t officially announced if this will be the final season of the immensely popular Yellowstone spin-off, but fans of the show are being treated to a two-hour episode to close out Season 2 of creator Taylor Sheridan’s Western saga on Sunday, April 6.

The seventh and final episode of 1923 Season 2 will be twice the length of this year’s other episodes, according to The Hollywood Reporter, but it’s hard to imagine all the loose ends being tied up if this should be the final installment (series, not season finale) of the beloved Yellowstone spin-off. Hopefully, fans will at least get to see Spencer finally being reunited with Alex after having to split up at the conclusion of Season 1 — a full seven episodes ago. Supersized finale or not, though, time doesn’t appear to be on 1923’s side if Sheridan’s spin-off is going to come to a satisfying close.

Jacob Dutton (Harrison Ford) still must successfully pick up his nephew without incident at the train station, and a two-hour episode just doesn’t seem like enough time for Spencer to make it home and win the bitter war swelling between his family and the dastardly Donald Whitfield (Timothy Dalton) and his right-hand flunky Banner (Jerome Flynn). Plus, Alex has to somehow traverse the wintry nightmare she’s found herself stranded in, while Teonna’s (Aminah Nieves) story is still waiting to intertwine with the Dutton clan — her last name is Rainwater after all.

Brandon Sklenar Always Knew How ‘1923’ Season 2 Would End

Paramount may be keeping the fate of 1923 under wraps for the moment, but star Brandon Sklenar is certain the Yellowstone spin-off’s story will continue in some form or fashion, even if it’s not in an as-of-yet unconfirmed Season 3. In the last episode, titled “The Mountain Teeth of Monsters,” the show wrapped up several story arcs following all of 1923’s shocking deaths.

Meanwhile, Spencer emerged unscathed and made his way closer to Montana, which came as no surprise to Sklenar. As it turns out, creator Taylor Sheridan had already revealed to the actor how Season 2 would end before shooting even began on Season 1. Sklenar said in an interview with THR:

“They haven’t confirmed if it’s stopping here at Season 2, but I knew before we left to shoot Season 1 ultimately, where this was going. He kind of told me, not the specifics of what was going to happen, but he told me. I’ve always known to some degree how it was going to wrap up at the end of season two. It was interesting to know where Spencer needs to be emotionally and physically and having to allude to it in season one but never really go there.

You’re playing this cat-and-mouse game, and it’s kind of this magic trick where you’re like, how do I just open the window a little bit into letting the audience see what’s in there, but not letting it out fully because I have to save that? It was just such a joy to read these episodes and finally get to go to some cool places with Spencer.”

The two-hour finale of 1923 drops Sunday, April 6, on Paramount+. Whether Spencer Dutton’s heroic journey concludes remains to be seen, but Brandon Sklenar remains busy working in Hollywood. The actor shifts his focus to the big screen for his next project, in which he stars with Meghann Fahy in Universal Pictures and Blumhouse’s “satisfyingly absurd” Drop film. The must-see thriller, which MovieWeb rates 4/5 stars, opens in theaters on April 11.

‘1923’ Season 2 Finale Pictures Have Us All Kinds of Confused

We have so many questions ahead of the 1923 Season 2 finale and pictures shared offer very few answers. Actually, photos like the one of Jacob and Cara sitting on a bench are confusing us even more.

Gallery Credit: Billy Dukes

Teonna Returns! But why? Lauren Smith/Paramount+