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* ArtisticLicenseGeography: BYU (Brigham Young University) is in Provo, not Salt Lake City. This is basically an Utah variant of BritainIsOnlyLondon: acting like the biggest city in a country/state is the ''only'' city.

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* ArtisticLicenseGeography: BYU (Brigham Young University) is in Provo, not Salt Lake City. This is basically an Utah a {{UsefulNotes/Utah}} variant of BritainIsOnlyLondon: acting like the biggest city in a country/state is the ''only'' city.



* ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject: Pyre asks his bishop about blood atonement. The bishop brushes this question off. What the show does not make clear is that it's a JustifiedTrope. A Mormon bishop is a lay clergyman, meaning a member of the congregation whose role as bishop is a part-time and unpaid. Unlike a Catholic bishop, a Mormon bishop is ''not'' trained as a theologian -- he's just a guy who's volunteering at his church. One side effect of this arrangement is that bishops are often underprepared for their role. People can come to their bishops with ''any'' problem they're having in their life. In this scene, Jeb comes in and asks his bishop questions that might be better addressed to a historian and pharmacologist.

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* ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject: Pyre asks his bishop about blood atonement. The bishop brushes this question off. What the show does not make clear is that it's a JustifiedTrope. A Mormon bishop is a lay clergyman, meaning a member of the congregation whose role as bishop is a part-time and unpaid. Unlike a Catholic bishop, a Mormon bishop is ''not'' trained as a theologian -- he's just a guy who's volunteering at his church. One side effect of this arrangement is that bishops are often underprepared for their role.roles. People can come to their bishops with ''any'' problem they're having in their life. In this scene, Jeb comes in and asks his bishop questions that might be better addressed to a historian and pharmacologist.



* HaremSeeker: A ''very'' dark example. [[spoiler:Dan wants to marry his 12 and 14 year old stepdaughters, but Matilda helps them escape first]].

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* HaremSeeker: A ''very'' dark example. [[spoiler:Dan wants to marry his 12 and 14 year old stepdaughters, but Matilda helps them escape first]].first.]]



* MassiveNumberedSiblings: The Lafferty family is so large it requires a diagram to parse out. In addition to the six Lafferty brothers (Ron, Dan, Robin, Sam, Jacob, and Allan), there are their wives, and most have at least five children of their own.

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* MassiveNumberedSiblings: The Lafferty family is so large it requires a diagram to parse out. In addition to the There are six Lafferty brothers (Ron, Dan, Robin, Sam, Jacob, and Allan), there are their wives, and most have at least five children of their own.



-->'''Jeb:''' I just still -- I... I get these moments with her, Becca, these moments of real clarity, and -- and --and she's still there, when we go for a walk, or when we talk at night. And I'm just concerned that these medications are just gonna… take away anything that's left.

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-->'''Jeb:''' I just still -- I... I get these moments with her, Becca, these moments of real clarity, and -- and --and -- and she's still there, when we go for a walk, or when we talk at night. And I'm just concerned that these medications are just gonna… take away anything that's left.



* {{Patricide}}: [[spoiler:Ron let his father Ammon die because he wanted to led the family]].

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* {{Patricide}}: [[spoiler:Ron let his father Ammon die because he wanted to led the family]].family.]]



* SingleSexOffspring: The Lafferty family has 6 children, all sons. In contrast, the Wright family, Brenda's family, has 5 daughters (Brenda + 3 younger sisters + 1 elder sister Betty) and 1 son.

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* SingleSexOffspring: SingleSexOffspring:
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The Lafferty family has 6 children, all sons. In contrast, the sons.
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Wright family, Brenda's family, has 5 daughters (Brenda + 3 younger sisters + 1 elder sister Betty) and 1 son.



* TwoferTokenMinority: Bill Taba is acutely aware that he's this since he's both a Southern Paiute man and a non-Mormon in an Utah community that's mostly white Mormons.

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* TwoferTokenMinority: Bill Taba is acutely aware that he's this since he's both a Southern Paiute man and a non-Mormon in an Utah community that's mostly white Mormons.

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