1923
War and the Turquoise Tide
TV Flash files “War and the Turquoise Tide” as a desk essential hour — 1923 (2022–) on Paramount+, season 1, episode 4, aired 2023-01-08, 55 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E04: listed hour 4 of 15 in the 1923 guide, hour 4 of 8 in season 1. It aired 2023-01-08 (55 min). The listed hour before it is “The War Has Come Home” (S01E03). Next is “Ghost of Zebrina” (S01E05).
Essential hour: “War and the Turquoise Tide”. War and the Turquoise Tide as mid-season-one collision: overseas and range in one title, still drought politics, still movie-star Dutton myth.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
In the wake of the attack, Cara and the Duttons carefully plan their next move. Spencer and Alexandra enjoy the pleasures of Zanzibar, unaware of what has happened back home. Banner Creighton seeks a powerful ally.
Viewer FAQ
Where does War and the Turquoise Tide sit in the 1923 guide?
S01E04 is listed hour 4 of 15 — hour 4 of 8 in season 1, season 1 episode 4.
When did 1923 S01E04 air?
War and the Turquoise Tide aired 2023-01-08 and is listed at 55 minutes.
Do I need 1883 or Yellowstone first?
Helpful for Dutton myth, not required. 1923 is built as its own brutal western with Ford and Mirren — connective tissue, not a homework packet.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren on the range, bridging Dutton myth between the wars. Prohibition, drought, and land as a weapon — Sheridan epic with movie-star gravity instead of ranch-soap default. Watch for timeline connective tissue that still plays as its own brutal western, not a homework packet for Yellowstone fans.
So about the timeline charts — 1923 is the group chat's Dutton homework that still plays as a western. Taylor Sheridan's Paramount+ series, 2022 onward, puts Harrison Ford as Jacob and Helen Mirren as Cara on the range, Brandon Sklenar as Spencer, Prohibition-era chaos, drought, land as a weapon. Duttons between the wars. Movie-star gravity instead of ranch-soap default. Fifteen episodes, two seasons, connective tissue that does not need you to pause for a family tree. (I said spoiler-free. The year in the title…
Filed against
- Harrison Ford as Jacob Dutton
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- Helen Mirren as Cara Dutton
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- Brandon Sklenar as Spencer Dutton
Brandon Sklenar carries Spencer Dutton through 1923 — the between-the-wars Dutton who makes Prohibition-range myth feel like a body, not a timeline footnote. Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren own the ranch gravity; Sklenar owns the younger…