Godless Review

 Ain’t nothing scarier than a man with a gun. And ain’t nothing more helpless than a man without one – Frank Griffin

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I recently watched Godless, a wild west tv series on Netflix. It was exciting and visually appealing. Throughout the series, a brown haze was present, as if we found ourselves back in time in New Mexico and Colorado.

Alice Fletcher shot Roy Goode of Griffin’s when he was trespassing her ranch, situated outside mysterious La Belle. Along with Iyovi, a Paiute, who is Alice’s mother-in-law nursed him back to life. When the sheriff Bill McNue, arrived at the ranch, Roy informs that he had broken out of Frank Griffin’s stealing their money and holding them out in a canyon.

Frank Griffin, the father and leader of Griffin’s, is a menacing outlaw who is terrorizing the west, is on a murdering spree starting at Creede in hunting Roy, for Frank, the gang is family. Jeff Daniels as Frank, who I quickly remembered from Speed was excellent. Bill McNue, realized that Griffins shelling LaBelle, is a matter of time and set out to track the outlaws before all the blood was spilt. The rest of the story is about how the strong and independent women of LaBelle captained by the brave and determined, Mary McNue, the sister of Bill, along with Alice, are fending off the Griffins.

Godless, was not run of the mill wild west, with spinning colts. It was a serious and enthralling series, around strong women, who are not reluctant to defend themselves. Jeff Daniels was ominous. The rest of the cast were as good. In fact, modern sensibilities were included and it was quite satisfying. After the final episode of homecoming, I felt, I should have watched this much earlier.

A must watch.

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