The Big Picture In the streaming age of television we currently find ourselves in, it's impossible to watch everything. Whether a show is on television or online these days is almost a moot point, as so many shows find their way to audiences everywhere that we hardly have the time or energy to get to them all.
"I describe it as 1/3 Clint Eastwood, 1/3 John Steinbeck, 1/3 James Ellroy," creator Tony Tost once noted about the series . "That is, it takes some characters you’d normally see in a tough western, plops them in the world of Grapes of Wrath, and places them in the sort of pulpy paranoid narrative you see in Ellroy’s novels.
While the reasons for their feud are understandable , these Wyoming-bred brothers are constantly getting in the way of the other, and it's their dynamic that elevates Damnation to something bigger than a simple Depression-era tale. While Taylor Sheridan's 1923 has Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, and a host of other Duttons behind it to pull audiences in, Damnation's succession is due to Killian Scott and Logan Marshall-Green, who kill it in their respective roles.
Of course, unlike those who use the Good Book as a power trip, Seth does so for "the greater good" of producing revolutionized action on behalf of the workers unable to provide for their families. Yes, there is some serious manipulation involved, but at least Seth cares about those he's influencing. He may not be the most noble character, nor is he a particularly good minister . But just because Seth hasn't been sanctified yet doesn't mean he isn't getting there.