Netflix's new limited series is set in the Old West, but it's much more than a Western, says star Kim Coates, who plays Brigham Young.

Netflix's most ambitious western to date explores the conflicts that threaten to destroy pluralistic societies

American Primeval has just dropped on Netflix, offering a Western series set in 1857, with a star-studded cast including Taylor Kitsch, Betty Gilpin and Kim Coates

Jacob is a Mormon who's leading his family to Utah for a new life. He's played by Dane DeHaan, who recently appeared in "Oppenheimer" and "Dumb Money." Y

While Brigham Young (Kim Coates) succeeds in burning down Jim Bridger’s (Shea Whigham) beloved fort, Bridger survives the fire. In real life, Jim Bridger would head east to plea his case to the U.S. Government against Young. Fort Bridger would be resurrected as a key U.S. military base of operations and Bridger wouldn’t die until 1881.

The Western can be a deeply romantic genre with white hats and black hats, dusty streets and beautiful sunsets. Great films and TV series have broken with our rose-colored expectations of the American frontier,

Fans of Netflix’s American Primeval are eagerly awaiting updates on its future. The series follows a mother and son escaping their past while forming a found family in the harsh American West. Viewers are curious about the prospects for Season 2.

Peter Berg directs an epic six-part drama about the Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857, in which more than 100 settlers were murdered by militant Mormons.

However, it saps anything resembling wistfulness from its Hollywood Western roots, complicating its chances of cornering the post-Yellowstone market (alongside the latter's many spin-offs). What's left is the husk of a beloved genre,