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REVIEW: Showrunner Taylor Sheridan has a way of being able to evoke a sense of space and place. Here you can almost taste the dust and smell the dirt.

Think of us as your eyes and ears. Visceral and violent, here you can almost taste the dust and smell the dirt. Although country singer McGraw might make for an appealingly rugged lead, it’s Elliott who gets all the grace notes and delivers the most powerful performance. As he’s shown time and again in movies like Hell or High Water, Sicario and Wind River, showrunner Sheridan has a terrific way of being able to evoke a sense of space and place in his storytelling, as well as attracting impressive acting ensembles and giving them plenty of dramatic meat to get their teeth into. I had heard 1000 stories, but none could describe this place. REVIEW: “Nothing had prepared me.