Trailer Thoughts

I'm so curious to see how this show shakes out - nineteenth-century America is so underrepresented in television once you get away from the standard Western template and tropes, and the construction of the railroad seems like a rich vein to tap. I'm particularly intrigued by Common's character - it seems like popular media has been reluctant to tackle the emancipation generation of black Americans in all their complexity, and there's definitely a wealth of stories to be told there. There's so much potential here - I hope the show's writers capitalize on as much of it as possible.