Netflix‘s new show American Primeval has no problem showing the true brutality of life in the Old West. The very first episode of American Primeval crescendoes with the horrific events of the Mountain Meadows massacre, a real life event wherein the Mormon militia known as the Nauvoo Legion disguised themselves and murdered hundreds of settlers. Subsequent installments feature innocent women having their throats slit, terrible acts of sexual violence, horses and wolves attacking humans, arson, murder, and illness. Given everything that’s stacked against our heroes and heroines, is there any possibility that the likes of Sara (Betty Gilpin), Devin (Preston Mota), Two Moons (Shawnee Pourier), Isaac (Taylor Kitsch), and Abish (Saura Lightfoot-Leon) can survive all six episodes of American Primeval?
Does anyone in Netflix’s American Primeval get a happy ending? Can they??
**Spoilers for all six episodes of American Primeval, now streaming on Netflix**
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