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Strange Empire

  • 2014 – 2015
  • Canceled
  • Western
  • ~1h / ep
  • 1 season
  • 4.9/10

Set in 1869 Alberta-Montana border country, “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.

Latest: Season 1 · 2014

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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.

  1. E1. The Hunting Party

    Oct 6, 2014 · 60m

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

  2. E2. Buckskin Princess

    Oct 13, 2014 · 60m

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

  3. E3. Other Powers

    Oct 20, 2014 · 60m

    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.

  4. E4. The Whiskey Trader

    Oct 27, 2014 · 60m

    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.

  5. E5. Lonely Hearts

    Nov 3, 2014 · 60m

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

  6. E6. Electricity

    Nov 17, 2014 · 60m

    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.

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