History Series / Godless

* DeterminedWidow: Twice-widowed Alice runs a homestead and raises her son with only the help of her elderly Mother-in-law.

* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding: La Belle recovers from Frank's assault, but loses a ''huge'' amount of characters seen throughout the show, including Whitey Winn. Roy also finally ends Frank personally despite suffering heavy injuries. The show closes off with everyone in La Belle paying due to the victims and being able to make their town thrive and Roy leaves all the money from the last robbery he did with Frank to Alice so she can leave town, all while Roy rides off to California to finally reunite with his brother]].

* TheCameo: UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts fighter Donald "the Cowboy" Cerrone has a cameo as a member of Frank Griffin's gang. His biggest moment is looking into the windows of La Belle and shaking his head back at Frank. The casting of fellow UFC veteran Keith Jardine as KnifeNut Dyer Howe was probably a factor in his appearance.

* KnifeNut: Dyer Howe of Frank's gang wields several knives and is shown throwing them to deadly effect. He carries a pistol but is never shown using it.
** [[spoiler: Subverted in the final gunfight, when Alice manages to pick him off from the roof of the hotel with her rifle, [[NeverBringAKnifeToAGunfight completely out of his range]].]]

** When they are repairing one of the fence posts on her ranch, Roy and Alice discuss the old wive's tale about gold being buried beneath such posts. The stories go that ranchers would bury it there to hide it from bandits and the government. In the finale, [[spoiler:Roy tells Alice that there is one last fence post which needs fixing, and when she goes to set it straight she finds the money that Roy left for her]].

* FatalFlaw: [[spoiler:Whitey's fondness of showing off and pride in how fast a draw he is ends up costing him his life at the climax as he boldly walks out to confront Griffin's gang ... but Howe has no interest in a draw contest and just immediately puts a knife to his heart before any words are even spoken.]]

** For no explicable reason, no men barricade themselves in the hotel along with the women. Several blunder out into the street when Griffin's men arrive and are promptly shot and/or killed. This is especially noticeable in the case of the Pinkerton (who could have been of help in the shootout), who Whitey outright asks after to merely a shrug of Martha. He ends up wandering the streets with his guns calling for Martha and gets shot in the chest.

** For no explicable reason, no men barricade themselves in the hotel along with the women. Several blunder out into the street when Griffin's men arrive and are promptly shot and/or killed.

* AllForNothing: Marshall Cook is passing through La Belle because he is seeking out a cavalry regiment in the area that he hopes to enlist in the fight against Frank Griffin. [[spoiler:This is what allows Frank to set an ambush for Cook and kill him]]. When Sheriff [=McNue=] finally tracks down the regiment, they directly refuse to help because they're more concerned with tracking and fighting Sitting Bull.

* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: The massacre of innocent people aside, one of Frank Griffin most monstrous acts is when he forces one of the wives of two Norwegian immigrants to have sex with him.

** [[spoiler: RealityEnsues in the final gunfight, when Alice manages to pick him off from the roof of the hotel with her rifle, [[NeverBringAKnifeToAGunfight completely out of his range]].]]

* ThePiratesWhoDon'tDoAnything: Played with in the case of Roy Goode. He rode with the Griffin gang for over 12 years, is wanted dead or alive, and has been described in one newspaper with the phrase "no virtuous woman is safe" around him. On-screen, however, the audience only sees him rob, assault, and kill "bad guys" such as [[spoiler: members of the Griffin gang and Logan's men]], all of whom have it coming. His pre-redemption-arc crimes are therefore left to the imagination.

** Griffin makes a point of noting how the Winchester repeating rifle is the most powerful handgun in the west, allowing a man to gun down whole swaths of men. [[spoiler:Roy and the Sheriff are both later shown gunning down multiple men with rapid rifle fire]].

* BiTheWay: Maggie [=McNue=] loved her husband dearly when he was alive and misses him still, but since he's dead she sees no reason to put her own life on hold and begins a new relationship with Callie Dunne.

''Godless'' is a [=2017=] Creator/{{Netflix}} Western limited series. It stars Creator/JeffDaniels, Michelle Dockery and Creator/JackOConnell.

* NotWhatItLooksLike: Mary Agnes at one point sees her lover Callie Dunne come out from Martha's house, both of them fixing their clothes, making Mary think she's cheating, leading to a big fight between them. [[spoiler:Eventually Mary learns, upon visiting Martha, that Callie was actually there to let herself be painted nude for a picture that was to be a gift to Mary. Oh, and Callie always paints wearing nothing but an apron, but that's just her way.]]

** RealityEnsues in the final gunfight, when Alice manages to pick him off from the roof of the hotel with her rifle, [[NeverBringAKnifeToAGunfight completely out of his range]].

* [spoiler: BittersweetEnding: La Belle recovers from Frank's assault, but loses a ''huge'' amount of characters seen throughout the show, including Whitey Winn. Roy also finally ends Frank personally despite suffering heavy injuries. The show closes off with everyone in La Belle paying due to the victims and being able to make their town thrive and Roy leaves all the money from the last robbery he did with Frank to Alice so she can leave town, all while Roy rides off to California to finally reunite with his brother]].