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Godless


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On: Netflix Original,

Genre: Western,

Length: 7 Episodes,



If you missed Netflix’s Western mini-series Godless when it premiered last November, as I did, it’s worth a belated discovery. There are so many points of cinematic quality that even when the storyline bordered on the implausible it retained its embrace of dramatic entertainment.


Jeff Daniels, who plays the dark and cruel antagonist Frank Griffin, is (as usual) superb. His persona, borne of religious psychosis, sets the stage for a clash of good versus evil that culminates in the final episode.

The panorama of landscapes and “Big Sky” made me yearn for extended travel to the West without regard to the story. The role horses played was even endearing. There was little evidence that the producers nickel and dimed their reproduction of the period.

Character studies were deftly portrayed by (among others) Michelle Dockery (Downton Abby) and Jack O’Connell, the protagonist, leaving the viewer guessing to the end of who remains with who.  Merritt Weaver (The Walking Dead) who plays a prominent role as the guts of the town (and a 21st century social progressive) was a bit of a lightweight compared to her peers in the cast.

Although the culmination of storylines (some gratuitous) were designed to appeal to the video game crowd, for those who still long for quality Westerns this series delivers.  Even for those who view Westerns as grandpa’s thing, they will not feel they wasted their time.

 3 Winks 2 Blinks No Stinks

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