Season 1
13 episodes · premiered Oct 6, 2014
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.
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E1 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.
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E2 Buckskin Princess
Isabelle uses powers to attract investors to the mine. Kat's girls end up captured by Slotter.
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E3 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.
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E4 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.
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E5 Lonely Hearts
Jeremiah is missing and the bounty hunters are still on her trail. Kat turns to Native hallucinogens hoping to find answers.
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E6 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.
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E7 The Oath
Rebecca believes the only way Thomas will survive is a amputation. The girls spend a night of terror with some cattle rustlers.
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E8 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.
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E9 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.
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E10 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.
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E11 Confession
Chase Sloat is hounded by ghosts. The women use his troubled mind to their advantage as the Slotter household turns on itself.
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E12 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.
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E13 The Dark Riders
The women band together to take Slotter down.