These days, audiences are spoiled for choice when it comes to the TV Western — Taylor Sheridan alone has made an entire cottage industry out of the genre. "The Abandons" offers up a tantalizingly engaging new entry, fraught with tension between the heads of two families in 19th century rural Oregon. Ably led by Gillian Anderson and Lena Headey (each practicing their very best Western growl), "The Abandons" will bring to mind "Deadwood" for audiences, in that it's filled with interesting supporting characters that bring an immense amount of intrigue and heart to the production. With any luck, Netflix will appreciate what they have with this compulsively watchable new show, and it'll stick around long enough for us to become even more attached to them all.

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