Battling within itself

The character development is slow but interesting and patience pays off. Some of the characters are written a bit poorly, but not so much as to ruin the story. The scenery/cinematography is remarkable and very pleasing and satisfying for a 'city dweller' like myself who recently moved to be a bit more 'rural'. The camera work to me is very good and remarkably impressive at times. Some of the story lines seem like an inner battle - the wokeness *wants* to creep in, but it's sometimes held at bay or merely acknowledged but doesn't become repetitively preachy like other shows. I don't consider the Indian tribe victimization to be wokeness since there have been legitimate injustices against Native Americans - the balance/context of recognizing their own injustices and failures is not quite present, though. I haven't completed the series - just finished Season5 w/one more to go.