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The Abandons is a brooding revisionist Western created by Sons of Anarchy showrunner Kurt Sutter for Netflix. Set in the Washington Territory of the 1850s, it pits a fiercely protective frontier matriarch and her found family of outcasts against a ruthless land baroness determined to seize everything they have built.

Lena Headey stars as Fiona Nolan, a devout Irish widow raising a makeshift family of orphans and misfits on hard-won land in a settlement called Angel's Ridge. Gillian Anderson plays Constance Van Ness, a wealthy and merciless mining magnate whose ambitions threaten Fiona's home and ignite a violent struggle over land, loyalty, and survival. The ensemble, including Nick Robinson, Diana Silvers, Aisling Franciosi, and Lucas Till, fills out the two warring camps as old grievances and buried secrets rise to the surface.

Premiering in December 2025, the series leaned on the formidable pairing of Headey and Anderson, even as critics were divided on its soapier impulses. Netflix positioned it as a muscular, character-driven addition to the streaming Western revival. It is streaming on Netflix.

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