'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.

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.

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.

A Western TV Series Starring A Game Of Thrones Veteran Is Hitting Netflix Very Soon

The Abandons, a new Western series starring Game of Thrones veteran Lena Headey and Gillian Anderson, is hitting Netflix this month.
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Why does Miles Alderton from The Abandons look familiar? Here's where you have seen the actor before

The Abandons is Netflix's latest gritty Western drama series starring Lena Heady and Gillian Anderson as two rival matriarchs locked in a brutal land war against the ruthless backdrop of the American
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