The premiere introduces a new generation of the Dutton family struggling against the Great Depression, Prohibition, and a historic drought in Montana.

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: Now the patriarch, Jacob serves as the Montana Livestock Commissioner. He faces an escalating range war with sheep herders led by Banner Creighton (Jerome Flynn) , who are trespassing on Dutton land to feed their starving flocks.