Which Dutton Family Member Is in Africa in '1923'?

A Certain Dutton Family Member Winds Up in Africa in '1923'

Dec. 19 2022, Published 12:39 p.m. ET

Spoiler alert: This article contains spoilers for Episode 1 of 1923.

Oscar and Emmy winner Kevin Costner (Dances with Wolves) leads your dad's favorite TV display: Emmy-nominated neo-western drama Yellowstone. First premiering in 2018, Taylor Sheridan's hit series — which facilities at the Dutton Family contributors and their liked Montana ranch — has been pumping out spinoffs left and proper.

From 2021's 1883 to 2022's 1923, lovers are taking to the franchise like a horse takes to oats. The latter by-product is a star-studded prequel to Yellowstone and a sequel to 1883.

Starring Oscar nominee Harrison Ford (Blade Runner) and Oscar winner Helen Mirren (The Queen), 1923 options "a new generation of the Dutton family as they explore the early twentieth century in the mountain west." But one of the vital Duttons — who used to be only a boy in 1883 — boasts a storyline that takes position outside of the U.S. In reality, it is set in the warmth of Africa.

Who is Spencer Dutton in '1923'?

"Violence has always haunted this family," Elsa Dutton (Isabel May) says by way of voiceover at first of 1923. "And where it doesn't follow, we hunt it down." As she utters the ones words, the audience is offered to an adult Spencer Dutton.

Played by way of Brandon Sklenar (The Big Ugly), Spencer Dutton — aka Jacob Dutton's (Harrison Ford) nephew — is a distressed WWI veteran who travels to a five-star safari hotel in Nairobi, Africa, to take down four-legged predators. The wide-eyed vacationers who embark on African safaris have to be stored protected from the gifts of Mother Nature, in the end.

Spencer's time in the Great War no doubt had an impact on him, as he's haunted through anxious flashbacks. Unfortunately, this is the least of his worries in Episode 1, as the episode's concluding moments put his lifestyles in nice threat.

As he hunts an enormous leopard throughout the lifeless of evening, Spencer is stalked by means of a second predator, which comes at him from in the back of. The ultimate shot of the episode is filmed by way of Spencer's standpoint as a spotted cat leaps to the digicam. It's closely implied that Spencer is brutally attacked, however does he live on?

According to IMDB, Brandon Sklenar will appear in all 8 episodes of Season 1 of 1923, so Spencer will likely continue to exist the ordeal.

Considering probably the most veteran's colleagues shouts "Spencer, there are two!" moments prior to we see the second leopard pounce, most likely any individual shoots the animal in the nick of time.

Episodes of1923 premiere on Sundays at Three a.m. ET on Paramount Plus.

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