All aboard! Season 2 of 1923 is finally here and PEOPLE has the exclusive first look!

fans of the Yellowstone The prequel series’ second season follows Jacob and Cara Dutton back to the Dutton ranch as “a cruel winter brings new challenges and unfinished business.”

“With harsh conditions and enemies threatening to end the Dutton legacy, Spencer embarks on an arduous journey home, racing against time to save his family in Montana,” the official log continues. “Meanwhile, Alexandra sets out on her own harrowing transatlantic journey to find Spencer and win back her love.”

1923 The film stars Harrison Ford as Jacob, an ancestor of the character played by Kevin Costner in the current series. With his wife Cara (Helen Mirren) by his side, the series follows the Duttons as they navigate the hardships of the era, including Western expansion, Prohibition and the Great Depression.

In addition to Ford and Mirren, season two will see the return of Brandon Sklenar, Michelle Randolph, Jerome Flynn, Aminah Nieves, Julia Schlaepfer, Brian Geraghty, Timothy Dalton, Sebastian Roché, Robert Patrick, Darren Mann and Isabel May.

Sklenar, who plays Spencer Dutton, tells PEOPLE about his experiences working with Ford and Mirren and the unspoken guidance he received from both.

“I wouldn’t say it’s necessarily advice that they gave me, but more of an observation, and I think that’s one of the biggest factors in their perseverance and their ability to have such incredible careers over and over again This is largely due in part to who they are as people,” says Sklenar.

“Seeing people at their level and being able to maintain such a deep level of humility, humanity and kindness is something that I will take with me forever because they are both just really special people and I think that that reflects in them.” work and how they are adored by the audience and have been for so many years.

For Sklenar, 34, it was a thrill to get back on set and get into character, he says. “Knowing where the show was going and the anticipation of filming those pages and the anticipation of filming the entire season was a great feeling for me.”

“Knowing that I was going to do what the little kid in me, the actor in me is — I was over the moon,” he continues.

“Filming this season was the most fun I have ever had in my life as an actor and I can’t wait for people to see it. I know they will love him.”

Sklenar previously teased that the Season 2 finale is “one of the best things I’ve read in my life,” as he said Forbes in August: “I can say with certainty that it will be absolutely incredible.”

“I knew from day one how it was going to end – Taylor (Sheridan) kind of told me. I knew the plot of Spencer from day one, so when filming the first part, you have to pay attention to where he has to go. I’m really excited.

As for the overall plot of the season, this is it It ends with us Star told the outlet: “The tone changes a lot and it’s definitely a bit darker. It’s very nice,” he continued, before sharing that he “will have a lot of time for Helen and Harrison and it will be special.”

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1923 can be streamed on Paramount+. Additionally, the Paramount Network will host a special linear broadcast of 1923s The first season begins on Sunday, December 8th, immediately following a new episode of Yellowstone.