- Starring
- Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell, Beau Garrett
- Creator
- Taylor Sheridan
- Rating
- TV-MA
- Genre
- Action, Drama
- Release date
- March 14, 2026
In the rugged, untamed beauty of Montana’s Madison River Valley, a privileged New York family shattered by tragedy uproots their lives in search of healing and a fresh start. Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell lead the Clyburns as they clash with the harsh realities of the American West, fractured relationships, and the land’s quiet, unforgiving power in The Madison.
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James Carrick is a passionate film enthusiast with a degree in theater and philosophy. James approaches dramatic criticism from a philosophic foundation grounded in aesthetics and ethics, offering insight and analysis that reveals layers of cinematic narrative with a touch of irreverence and a dash of snark.
Watched the first few episodes. Seems like it’s actually anti-woke in some ways. An example is when a typical liberal, woke woman who is the daughter of Michelle Pfeiffer, is mugged by a black man. When she approaches a cop car with a black and white cop, they begin asking for a description. When the black cop asks what color the person was, she doesn’t give them an answer because she thinks it’s racist to tell them the color of the person. At this, her older sister rolls her eyes and knows it’s dumb.
Later a man tells the children of the family about making Indian Tacos. They tell him that’s racist. Later you find out the man’s wife is Indian (Native American) and that’s what she calls them.
So, it’s like some wokeness is presented but then shown to be dumb.
I agree about it being anti-woke. Any woke like comments are meant to inject humor, similar to dumb conservatives in modern sitcoms. Just like you wouldn’t say that those shows are conservative because they have a caricature of a dumb conservative who is included so the audience knows how dumb he is, I wouldn’t say there is wokeness just because some young adult goes off on a rant about something being racist.
This is a show about women, for women, written by a man. The core story is a woman struggling to survive after losing the man she loves. The subplots all deal with the feelings of the three central women in the man’s family. All three are urban professionals, and they slowly learn to appreciate traditional values and the great outdoors. It is a testament to Taylor Sheridan’s power that he was allowed to put this show on the air at all.
It was not made for me, but I still loved it.
II can honestly say it was anti-woke. Michelle Pfeifer loved her husband who was a good man. The men of Montana are all depicted in an extremely positive manner as is family life out in the country. No affirmative action, discriminatory DEI casting what so ever.
This show will upset young progressives as their beliefs are the source of humor.