Is “The Abandons” Based on a True Story? All About the Real-Life Mafia That Inspired the Netflix Western

Creator Kurt Sutter said 'The Abandons' was loosely inspired by a real-life Italian mafia family

'The Abandons' is a sudsy soap opera dressed up in spurs and a cowboy hat

On the surface it's a gorgeous, hardscrabble Western, awash in stark landscapes, grubby faces, bar fights and banditry. But scratch away the grime, and you expose the pure, glitzy soap opera beneath.
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No, there isn't an episode 8 of The Abandons — even after that shocking cliffhanger

The Abandons on Netflix ends with a major cliffhanger in episode 7, but there's no episode 8 coming to answer whether Constance or Fiona lived.

Netflix's The Abandons cast: Meet the characters and the actors who play them

Gillian Anderson and Lena Heady going head to head in a Western drama? Sign us up.

Will ‘The Abandons’ Return for Season 2 After Cliffhanger Ending?

Gillian Anderson and Lena Headey talk potential Season 2.
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Netflix’s The Abandons fails to land in the hearts of fans with a low Rotten Tomatoes score

Netflix's attempts to bring the Wild West to the frontiers with The Abandons have had a disappointing debut with an extremely low Rotten Tomatoes score.

'The Abandons' Review: Gillian Anderson and Lena Headey Deserve Better Than Netflix's Plodding Western

Despite strong performances from Gillian Anderson and Lena Headey, Netflix's The Abandons falls short due to plodding pacing and uneven storytelling.

The Abandons Ending Reveals Who Survives the Fire

The Abandons premiered this week on Netflix with all seven episodes, and the show had a very fascinating ending to the tale of rivalry between Lena Headey’s Fiona Nolan and Gillian Anderson’s Constance Van Ness.
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