‘1923’ season 2 trailer sees Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren prepare for ‘war’

The Duttons aren’t letting their home go without a fight. 

Paramount+ dropped the first trailer for Yellowstone prequel 1923’s highly-anticipated second season on Sunday, teasing a bitter and bloody war between the Duttons and wealthy businessman Donald Whitfield (Timothy Dalton) over the family’s Montana property. And, from the looks of it, Cara (Helen Mirren) and Jacob (Harrison Ford) Dutton are going to need all the help they can get in order to keep it.

In the trailer, Whitfield can be seen touting Montana as the next great “playground for the elite” to a collection of socialites over dinner, unveiling a painting that depicts a collection of cozy chalets with skiers enjoying the wintery landscape. Privately, however, he and Banner Creighton (Jerome Flynn) plot to “destroy” the Duttons once and for all. 

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“I’m trying to prevent a war here,” Robert Patrick’s Sheriff William McDowell says in the clip. Jacob, in turn, replies, “It ain’t preventable! He wants to take this place from us.” 

He and Cara will hopefully find help in the return of their son Spencer (Brandon Sklenar) — if he can make it back to Montana in time, that is. The expert marksman, who was forcibly separated from his fiancée Alexandra (Julia Schlaepfer) at the end of season 1, appears to land himself in hot water once again in the clip, this time being held at gunpoint by a new character played by Jennifer Carpenter. 

“My family is in danger,” Spencer says at one point. “My wife is lost to me, and I don’t have time.” 

The Duttons can also be seen taking matters into their own hands throughout the trailer, firing a slew of guns both in and around their homestead. “Of all the things I’ve had to do for this ranch,” Mirren grumbles as she reloads her sniper, “this takes the cake.”

An official description for season 2 of 1923 reveals that “new challenges and unfinished business” will soon be arriving upon the Dutton’s doorstep. “With harsh conditions and adversaries threatening to end the Dutton legacy, Spencer (Brandon Sklenar) embarks on an arduous journey home, racing against time to save his family in Montana,” it reads. “Meanwhile, Alexandra (Julia Schlaepfer) sets off on her own harrowing trans-Atlantic journey to find Spencer and reclaim their love.”

Written and created by Taylor Sheridan, 1923 also stars Brian Geraghty, Aminah Nieves, Darren Mann, and Michelle Randolph. It is the second chronological installment in theYellowstone franchise, occurring 40 years after the series’ first spinoff, 1883. All of the Duttons featured in both series are family members of Yellowstone‘s lead cowboy, John Dutton III (Kevin Costner).

1923 begins streaming Feb. 23 on Paramount+ . Watch the trailer above.