Netflix has shared a first look at its upcoming Western drama, The Abandons , and I will definitely be adding this one to my watchlist this December. The series, which arrives on the platform on 4 December, is set in the Washington Territory in 1854 and stars Lena Headey and Gillian Anderson as the matriarchs of two very different families whose fates are linked by "two crimes, an awful secret, a star-crossed love, and a piece of land with silver underneat".

© Netflix Gillian Anderson stars in The Abandons

Western dramas have surged in popularity ever since Yellowstone revived the genre, and it looks like The Abandons could just fill the gap left by Taylor Sheridan's mega-hit. The series, which is led by the Game of Thrones icon Lena Headey and The Crown star Gillian Anders

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