Thread by @insomnochick

Started watching Yellowstone, and am about 4 episodes in to Season 1. Some takeaways (could contain spoilers, so be forewarned)...1/

1. Kevin Costner absolutely KILLS it in this role. He was born to play the lead in this series, and deserves all the kudos he can get. I forget he's not literally this man IRL.
2. Watching women smoke is nauseating. Love the show, but this adds nothing to it.2/

3. There is something worse than a police force with a few bad apples: people who are so powerful they ARE the law because they can buy and sell those who would otherwise write and enforce the laws. "Abolishing cops" does NOT leave you "free."3/

4. People probably do get away with murder every day. Yes, I know it's fiction, but it's also quite believable. Law enforcement is inherently political, probably always was, and always will be. Fight for transparency, it's the only hope. 4/

5. Tribalism is stupid. Full-stop. Nothing good comes from blind loyalty to anyone, be they family, or literal "tribe." At the same time, radical individualism is its own kind of tribalism, it's just a tribe of ONE. REASON, not emotion, is the key to liberty.5/

6. Mommas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys, at least on someone else's ranch.
7. People angling for a race-war, or who think the blue cities are just gonna take over the country, are in for one scary, bloody fight if it comes to that. 6/

8. Native Americans participating in this show aren't doing great things for their nation's PR (IMHO).
9. Even the best shows use lazy writing to advance the plot. I hope they quit doing it in future episodes, b/c as good as this is, the "coincidences" are getting old AF./END