This review contains spoilers for 1883 episode 5, “The Fangs of Freedom.”
The fifth episode of 1883 begins at the bed of the river where the previous episode ended and saw a number of people from the wagon train drown as they tried to cross. Elsa’s (Isabel May) narration to start the episode notes this as kind of a marker, as they have left one world behind and officially entered “the land of no mercy.” She, and us viewers, get a better understanding of that throughout this episode, another quality entry that shows 1883 has found its groove.
