'The Abandons' is a sudsy soap opera dressed up in spurs and a cowboy hat

Written on 12/06/2025
Glen Weldon

Lena Headey as Fiona Nolan in <em></picture>The Abandons</em>.

On the surface it's a gorgeous, hardscrabble Western, awash in stark landscapes, grubby faces, bar fights and banditry. But scratch away the grime, and you expose the pure, glitzy soap opera beneath.

(Image credit: Matthias Clamer)