The show's already renewed for Season 2, now streaming on Paramount+. Sheridan continues his Montana obsession, this time exploring grief, family legacy, and what happens when city people inherit wilderness they never wanted to understand.
The Clyburn family is wealthy Manhattan royalty thrust into the rugged West. Abigail is a divorced mom with two kids, Paige is married to Russell (Patrick J. Adams). The family dynamic centers on urban privilege meeting frontier reality — a classic Sheridan tension.
Russell and Fox appear throughout in flashbacks, keeping their presence alive despite the early deaths. Fox joked about being "subconsciously drawn to plane crashes" — a nod to his iconic "Lost" role that also started with a crash. Russell admitted the scripts were "incredibly emotional" and hard to get through.
Michelle Pfeiffer is the actual star. She plays Stacy, Preston's widow who must travel from NYC to Montana with her two adult daughters (Beau Garrett and Elle Chapman) to retrieve his body, decide where to bury him, and figure out what to do with his land. The show is really about her grief and acclimation to Montana life.
The setup is pure tragedy. Preston, a wealthy New Yorker and avid fly-fisher, has been begging his Manhattan-based family to visit his Montana cabin for years. They never do (no indoor plumbing, just an outhouse). He finally takes a fishing trip with pilot brother Paul, hits bad weather on the return flight, and crashes.
Taylor Sheridan just pulled off TV's biggest bait-and-switch. Kurt Russell headlines all the marketing for "The Madison," then gets killed in the pilot. His character Preston dies in a plane crash alongside his brother Paul (Matthew Fox) — both experienced outdoorsmen meeting their end in Montana's wild skies.
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The show's already renewed for Season 2, now streaming on Paramount+. Sheridan continues his Montana obsession, this time exploring grief, family legacy, and what happens when city people inherit wilderness they never wanted to understand.
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The Clyburn family is wealthy Manhattan royalty thrust into the rugged West. Abigail is a divorced mom with two kids, Paige is married to Russell (Patrick J. Adams). The family dynamic centers on urban privilege meeting frontier reality — a classic Sheridan tension.
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Russell and Fox appear throughout in flashbacks, keeping their presence alive despite the early deaths. Fox joked about being "subconsciously drawn to plane crashes" — a nod to his iconic "Lost" role that also started with a crash. Russell admitted the scripts were "incredibly emotional" and hard to get through.
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Michelle Pfeiffer is the actual star. She plays Stacy, Preston's widow who must travel from NYC to Montana with her two adult daughters (Beau Garrett and Elle Chapman) to retrieve his body, decide where to bury him, and figure out what to do with his land. The show is really about her grief and acclimation to Montana life.
2/6 🧵
The setup is pure tragedy. Preston, a wealthy New Yorker and avid fly-fisher, has been begging his Manhattan-based family to visit his Montana cabin for years. They never do (no indoor plumbing, just an outhouse). He finally takes a fishing trip with pilot brother Paul, hits bad weather on the return flight, and crashes.
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Taylor Sheridan just pulled off TV's biggest bait-and-switch. Kurt Russell headlines all the marketing for "The Madison," then gets killed in the pilot. His character Preston dies in a plane crash alongside his brother Paul (Matthew Fox) — both experienced outdoorsmen meeting their end in Montana's wild skies.