Kevin Costner's The West

This fresh look at the epic history of the American West delves into the desperate struggle for the land itself – and how it still shapes the America we know today.

Genre: Documentary

Director: Kevin Costner

Cast:Kevin Costner , Clay Jenkinson , Yohuru Williams , Doris Kearns Goodwin , H.W. Brands , Elliott West

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Kevin Costner's The West: Miniseries (2025): Episode 1 - Fallen Timbers

May 26, 2025

Following years of land encroachments by American settlers, Chief Little Turtle of the Miami leads the Indian Nations of the Northwest Confederacy to a major victory over the fledgling U.S. Army. But a new force under General "Mad" Anthony Wayne embarks on a counteroffensive, leading to a final battle that will see the Confederacy defeated - and open a new era of westward expansion.

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Kevin Costner's The West: Miniseries (2025): Episode 2 - Colter's Run

May 26, 2025

After building his reputation as a formidable hunter on Lewis and Clark's Expedition into the newly acquired Louisiana Territory, John Colter chooses to stay out in the wilderness and enter the booming fur trade. But when he repeatedly ignores warnings from the Blackfeet not to hunt their sacred beaver on their lands, he's taken captive and forced to make a run for his life.

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Kevin Costner's The West: Miniseries (2025): Episode 3 - Oregon Trails

May 27, 2025

Missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman settle by the Columbia River to convert the Cayuse. Cultural clashes and a measles outbreak increase tensions, leading to a fateful confrontation.

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Kevin Costner's The West: Miniseries (2025): Episode 4 - Comancheria

June 2, 2025

The abduction of nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker kicks off a series of increasingly deadly confrontations between her Comanche captors and the newly independent Texas.

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Kevin Costner's The West: Miniseries (2025): Episode 5 - The Robin Hood of El Dorado

June 9, 2025

In Gold Rush California, Mexican immigrant Joaquin Murrieta forms a gang of outlaws that spreads terror across the newly formed state.

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Kevin Costner's The West: Miniseries (2025): Episode 6 - Bleeding Kansas

June 16, 2025

When Kansas becomes a battleground in the national debate over slavery, settlers on both sides of the issue pour into the territory to determine its future.

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Kevin Costner's The West: Miniseries (2025): Episode 7 - The Fetterman Fight

June 23, 2025

Civil War veteran Col. Henry Carrington takes command of Fort Phil Kearny in Northern Wyoming.

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Kevin Costner's The West: Miniseries (2025): Episode 8 - Johnson County Wars

June 30, 2025

A cabal of cattle barons smear small-time ranchers as common thieves and plot an invasion.