Taylor Sheridan is the screenwriter behind all those series set “out West” — Yellowstone, Landman, 1883, 1923 — as well as films like Sicario, Hell or High Water, and Wind River. In short, a Westerner who loves tight, no-frills scripts and stories that bring back that teenage feeling — the one where you just want tough guys, good guys, bad guys, guns, muscle, and plot. There’s no other word for it: it’s entertaining.
And now, to keep you entertained when you’re not watching the films we recommend — or more to the point, when you’re not out fishing — here is Taylor Sheridan’s latest series: The Madison. We’re only telling you about it now because we wanted to watch the whole thing first… As the name suggests, The Madison is the river of the same name… and there’s fly fishing in it! We’ll let you figure out who actually knows how to fish in real life and who just learned for the show — your eye and your experience won’t let you down, you’ll spot it on the very first cast. You can watch it on Paramount, or rather, on whichever package carries Paramount+… It’s a Yellowstone spin-off, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell.