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Season 1

Season Overview

A fateful meeting in 1869 Alberta-Montana border country leads to tragedy, a struggle for survival and the search for justice and renewal. STRANGE EMPIRE is a Western whose heroes are women. With most of their men gone, and those who remain battling for control, the women struggle to survive, to find their independence, and to build a life in which to thrive and raise families. As the stories of Janestown's citizens unfold we see the clash between a power-hungry father and son and the deep prejudices among races, but also the start of something akin to community in this Wild West. Western stories take civilization as a goal; they begin in blood, and end in the morality of Main Street.

Episodes

The Hunting Party

1 - The Hunting Party

A bloodthirsty massacre leaves a group of women in the hands of a ruthless man who wants to put them to whore.

Buckskin Princess

2 - Buckskin Princess

Isabelle uses powers to attract investors to the mine. Kat's girls end up captured by Slotter.

Other Powers

3 - Other Powers

Slotter discovers that his son has been thieving. Isabelle trades her services for much needed cash. Kat is a witness to the cold blooded murder of a travelling preacher.

The Whiskey Trader

4 - The Whiskey Trader

Slotter makes an attempt at hanging two Blackfoot as scapegoats for the massacre, but when the camp turns against her - Kat, ends up on the noose.

Lonely Hearts

5 - Lonely Hearts

Jeremiah is missing and the bounty hunters are still on her trail. Kat turns to Native hallucinogens hoping to find answers.

Electricity

6 - Electricity

Slotter puts his most brutal man in as sheriff while Kat considers whether she's administering justice or if she's just another ruthless killer.

The Oath

7 - The Oath

Rebecca believes the only way Thomas will survive is a amputation. The girls spend a night of terror with some cattle rustlers.

How Far Is Heaven

8 - How Far Is Heaven

A self-proclaimed prophet from Utah territory sets his eyes on Kelly. Isabelle tries to orchestrate their union to get her hands on the prophet's money.

The Resistance

9 - The Resistance

When the Slotter's miners and Ling's railway workers fight one another to control the mine, the women take sides resulting in loss on both sides.

The Cage

10 - The Cage

With the mine in ruins, Slotter’s depravity reaches new depths as the camp struggles to save the last surviving miners trapped underground.

Confession

11 - Confession

Chase Sloat is hounded by ghosts. The women use his troubled mind to their advantage as the Slotter household turns on itself.

End Days

12 - End Days

An army of militia men is hired by Slotter to secure his power in Janestown. Kat goes in search of weapons and makes a plan to take the camp back.

The Dark Riders

13 - The Dark Riders

The women band together to take Slotter down.