Prepare for a “darker” story when 1923 returns for its second and final season. The Yellowstone spinoff is currently filming in Austin, Texas, and star Brandon Sklenar has shared some details about what to expect. His comments confirm that he will share scenes with Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren in Season 2, implying that Spencer will make it back home to Montana.

Last we saw Spencer, he was arrested and separated from his love, Alex ( Julia Schlaepfer ), who promised she would meet him in Montana. They each screamed “I love you,” marking the first time either of them said it to each other, but it’s not clear if the confessions were heard. Spencer’s arrest threw a major wrench into their journey back to Montana, prompted by Aunt Cara’s desperate call for help in her letter to Spencer after the death of his brother, John ( James Badge Dale ).

The ranch is under threat of being taken over by the insidious capitalist Donald Whitfield ( Timothy Dalton ), so the Duttons need Spencer to help them fight for their home. In an interview with Forbes conducted on June 19, Sklenar said he was just five days away from leaving for Texas to begin work on Season 2. “I’m actually leaving in five days to go start the rest of 1923 .

We start filming in about two weeks and I’m leaving for pre-production in five days. I’ve had all the scripts for six months. I can confidently say that it’s going to be absolutely incredible,” he shared.

“The tone shifts a lot and it’s.