Elkhorn â Season 1, Episode 2: The Frenchman
Drama âą 44 min âą 2 seasons, 18 episodes âą â 6.0/10
Episode synopsis
Theodore Roosevelt must fend off a powerful neighbor, the Marquis de MorĂ©s, who is intent on seizing Rooseveltâs newly built Elkhorn Ranch in an underhanded land grab. To save his ranch, Roosevelt travels to the home of the Marquis and his beguiling wife, Medora, who is just as cunning as her husband. Back at Elkhorn, Rooseveltâs new ranch hands, former lumberjacks Bill Sewall and Wilmot Dow, are attempting to master the saddle when their bronc-busting lessons are suddenly cut short by the arrival of the Marquisâ henchmen. For one long night, Elkhornâs very survival hangs precariously in the balance.
About Elkhorn
Theodore Roosevelt is bound for greatnessâhe's a Harvard graduate from a prominent family, a rising politician, and his wife, Alice, is pregnant. Then his promising future turns tragic. His mother succumbs to typhoid, and Alice dies in childbirth on the same day. Devastated, Teddy leaves his urban world of high rises and high society for the desolate Dakota Territory, where, by facing the harsh reality of surviving life on Americaâs frontier, he intends to remake himself into something greater.