Yellowstone Prequel series 1923 – which stars Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford at the top of the Dutton family tree – returns two years after the season one finale.

The first season of the Paramount+ series created by Taylor Sheridan released its finale in February 2023. After delays due to this year’s strikes and the long-running (Perhaps) final season of Yellowstone which is currently being broadcast, 1923 Now there is finally a return date: Sunday, February 23rd.

Along with the premiere date announcement, Sheridan-Verse has released two teasers and several first-look photos (all below) that provide a glimpse of what’s coming next 1923‘s Dutton Elders as the second and final season of the prequel series returns after the cliffhanger events of the first season.

In the two teasers released for 1923 In the second season, Spencer Dutton (Brandon Sklenar) is seen trying to communicate the urgency of his return to his family in Montana, while everyone he left behind is under attack, as Spencer’s uncle Jacob Dutton (Ford) says in the footage .

As a refresher (Warning: Spoilers from 1883 and 1923 follow), the second prequel series Yellowstone followed the next generation of Duttons after the events of the first prequel series 1883.

With 1923Sheridan traced the Dutton family’s lineage to Jacob and Cara Dutton, played by Ford and Mirren, the aunt and uncle of Elsa Dutton (Isabel May), who tragically died in the end 1883; John Dutton Sr. (played by James Badge Dale), who viewers met as a young boy 1883 and who died in the third episode of 1923; and Spencer Dutton, the 1923 Viewers met for the first time, played by Sklenar. The trio’s parents were James Dutton (Tim McGraw) and Margaret Dutton (Faith Hill), who died between the events of 1883 And 1923. In the meantime, 1923 is narrated by May’s Elsa from the afterlife.

The 1923 In the episode where John Dutton Sr. died, Jacob (Ford) was also seriously wounded, prompting his wife Cara (Mirren) to step in and run the Dutton family ranch. The first half of the season served as a prologue for the central team 1923 The story began to unfold as the series then focused on up-and-coming Dutton boss Spencer and his soulmate Alex (Julia Schlaepfer). The remainder of the season depended on Spencer and Alex’s transcontinental journey back to Bozeman, Montana, to save the Dutton ranch and his family from outside threats.

But the finale complicates Spencer’s impending return when he and his now-wife Alex are separated at sea when Spencer is banished from their ship after killing a passenger from Alex’s past who threatened their future. “All I know about part two is that I’m sure the tone will change, just when it comes to Spencer and the show itself,” Sklenar said The Hollywood Reporter after the final. “The overall stakes have been raised to a new level (for season two), and the pain and guilt he carries with him in this next installment will shape him into a version of himself that we haven’t seen yet. If I can speculate as a character, I could see it going there. And then hopefully he takes that home and can realize his goal of fighting for his family and saving the ranch.”

Beyond that, it’s heartbreaking Titanic-Stylish farewell for the series’ central love story (the couple is the top guess in Yellowstone-Verse theories about who Costner’s John Dutton’s parents are; Since they have not yet been identified), a glimmer of hope emerged with Teonna Rainwater, the groundbreaking Indigenous character played by Aminah Nieves. The season’s eight episodes chronicled Teonna’s treacherous journey to freedom and ultimately showed her to be a true survivor.

When viewers first met teenager of Crow descent, Teonna – who comes from the family tree of Yellowstone“Chief Rainwater” (played by Gil Birmingham) – was mistreated for her refusal to assimilate culturally and shed light on the era of Indian boarding schools, when local children were sent to government-funded schools run by the Catholic Church. Teonna murdered the nuns who abused her and fled on foot through the wilderness, where she had to contend with wolves and men sent on horseback to find her and return her to the head priest. In the final she finally prevails when she is reunited with her father and appears to fall in love with Pete Plenty Clouds, played by Cole Brings Plenty. (In a real-life tragedy, however, Cole brings Plenty, the nephew of Yellowstone Star and franchise consultant Mo Brings Plenty went missing and was found dead three months after the second season finale aired in April 2024, aged 27.)

Back at the Dutton family ranch 1923There’s also John Sr.’s son Jack (played by Darren Mann) and his wife Liz (Michelle Randolph), who now stars in Sheridan’s new series Countryman), who was revealed to have had a miscarriage at the end of the season.

The description for 1923 Season 2 reads: “A brutal winter brings new challenges and unfinished business to Jacob (Ford) and Cara (Mirren) at Dutton Ranch. Faced with harsh conditions and enemies threatening to end the Dutton legacy, Spencer (Sklenar) embarks on an arduous journey home, racing against time to save his family in Montana. Meanwhile, Alexandra (Schlaepfer) embarks on her own harrowing transatlantic journey to find Spencer and win back her love.”

The cast also includes Jerome Flynn, Brian Geraghty, Sebastian Roché, Timothy Dalton and Jennifer Carpenter.

Similar to the treacherous journey of 1883, 1923 is not for the faint of heart. And there’s still one season left to tell the story of the Prohibition-era Wild West in a time of great drought and expansion, and how this Dutton-centric saga will segue into the events of the flagship series.

YellowstoneMeanwhile, there are two episodes left of Season 5B, which was announced as the final season of the flagship series, although a sixth season is being discussed with fan-favorite stars Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser.

Paramount Network will begin linear rebroadcasts of 1923s first season this Sunday, December 8th, following the new episode of Yellowstone.

1923 is executive produced by Yellowstone Co-creators Sheridan, David C. Glasser, John Linson, Art Linson, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin, Bob Yari, Ben Richardson, Michael Friedman and Keith Cox. The series is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution Produced by MTV Entertainment Studios, 101 Studios and Bosque Ranch Productions.

Check them all out 1923 The first look photos of the second season are below and follow along THR‘S Yellowstone Cover.