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* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: Racism seems to just not exist in Independence, with the exception being Calian and even that is because he's accused of murder.
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In May 2023, [[https://tvline.com/2023/05/09/walker-independence-cancelled-season-2-cw/ the series was canceled by The CW]], and [[https://tvline.com/news/walker-independence-not-saved-cw-cancellation-season-2-1234997584/ unfortunately for fans, attempts to find a new home for the series were unsuccessful]], leaving the series with just one season.

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In May 2023, [[https://tvline.com/2023/05/09/walker-independence-cancelled-season-2-cw/ the series was canceled by The CW]], and [[https://tvline.com/news/walker-independence-not-saved-cw-cancellation-season-2-1234997584/ unfortunately for fans, attempts to find a new home for the series were unsuccessful]], leaving ending the series with just one season.
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In May 2023, [[https://tvline.com/2023/05/09/walker-independence-cancelled-season-2-cw/ the series was cancelled by The CW]], with the showrunners making plans to find a new home for the series.

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In May 2023, [[https://tvline.com/2023/05/09/walker-independence-cancelled-season-2-cw/ the series was cancelled canceled by The CW]], with the showrunners making plans and [[https://tvline.com/news/walker-independence-not-saved-cw-cancellation-season-2-1234997584/ unfortunately for fans, attempts to find a new home for the series.
series were unsuccessful]], leaving the series with just one season.
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** The ''Walker'' Season 3 finale introduces a detective who is Calian's identical descendant.

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In May 2023, [[https://tvline.com/2023/05/09/walker-independence-cancelled-season-2-cw/ the series was cancelled by The CW]], with the showrunners making plans to find a new home for the series.



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* BiggerBad: While Tom Davidson is the BigBad of the first season, his family is the one controlling everything.
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* BiggerBad: While Tom Davidson is the BigBad of the first season, his family is the one controlling everything.
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* CallForward: Abby's murdered husband is named William (Liam for short) and Hoyt names his horse Cordell.

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* CallForward: Abby's murdered husband is named William (Liam for short) and short), Hoyt names his horse Cordell.Cordell, Hoyt's mother is named Stella, and the local saloon is called the Side-Step.



* IdenticalAncestor: Hoyt Rawlins is this to the Hoyt Rawlins from ''Series/{{Walker}}''.

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* IdenticalAncestor: Hoyt Rawlins is this to the Hoyt Rawlins from ''Series/{{Walker}}''. Hoyt encounters a Texas Ranger who is this trope to Cordell Walker.

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* InLoveWithTheMark: [[spoiler: Tom]] was sent to kill Abby, but ended up falling for her instead.



* UnknownRival: Davidson assumed Abby (whom he never even laid eyes on) died in the fire with her husband and no idea it's the same woman he meets in town.

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* UnknownRival: Davidson assumed Abby (whom he never even laid eyes on) died in the fire with her husband and no idea it's the same woman he meets in town. [[spoiler: Turns out this is not true. He knew what Abby looked like long before and didn't do anything because he had fallen for her.]]
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** "How We Got Here" reveals [[spoiler: Tom knows exactly who Abby is]]
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* UnknownRival: Davidson assumed Abby (who he never even laid eyes on) died in the fire with her husband and no idea it's the same woman he meets in town.

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* UnknownRival: Davidson assumed Abby (who (whom he never even laid eyes on) died in the fire with her husband and no idea it's the same woman he meets in town.
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* ElectiveBrokenLanguage: Kai is quite fluent in English but pretends to barely be able to speak it with an accent to others. Thus, everyone is stunned when he speaks to the Tong in a clear and educated voice, with Kate sardonically noting, "so your accent's not real either."
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* ClosetGay: Kate is this, obviously having to hide it due to the time period. It turns out Abby's sister, Charlotte, is also this, with her engagements a "cover" and she and Kate spend a night together.

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* SpottingTheThread: Hoyt realizes Abby's husband's murder was not random when he learns Davidson is from a Boston family buying up land around town. He tells Abby, who likewise deduces her husband was assassinated so the Davidsons would have a town sheriff ready to cover up their crimes.

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Hoyt realizes Abby's husband's murder was not random when he learns Davidson is from a Boston family buying up land around town. He tells Abby, who likewise deduces her husband was assassinated so the Davidsons would have a town sheriff ready to cover up their crimes.
** When his old love Lily comes to town, Kai is eager to help her as she relates how she's been chasing after him to also flee the Tong. But Kate notes how Lily's shoes are too new for someone supposedly on the run with no money. Kai doesn't believe it at first but seeing Lily packing up more clothes than she should have makes him realize she's working with the Tong.

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* AmbiguousSituation: All we know is that Cordell and his family are descended from Abby, and given that Walker is Abby's own last name her future child will have a NomDeMom for whatever reason. Who will be the father, assuming she doesn't adopt, is a mystery.

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* AmbiguousSituation: All we know is that [[Series/{{Walker}} Cordell and his family family]] are descended from Abby, and given that Walker is Abby's own last name (her late husband was a Collins) her future child will have a NomDeMom for whatever reason. Who will be the father, assuming she doesn't adopt, is a mystery.

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%%Word Of God isn't an acceptable citation* BoomTown: The press releases state Independence is one but both it and the trailer indicate there's something sinister going on behind the scenes.
%%No citation* PeriodPiece: Set in the 1800s in an old Western town.

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%%Word Of God isn't an acceptable citation* * AmbiguousSituation: All we know is that Cordell and his family are descended from Abby, and given that Walker is Abby's own last name her future child will have a NomDeMom for whatever reason. Who will be the father, assuming she doesn't adopt, is a mystery.
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BoomTown: The press releases state Independence is one one, but both it and the trailer indicate there's something sinister going on behind the scenes.
%%No citation* * PeriodPiece: Set in the 1800s in an old Western town.
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* TheReveal: Kate is actually [[spoiler: an undercover Pinkerton detective]].
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* INeverSaidItWasPoison: Played with. When Augustus accuses Hoyt of robbing the bank, Hoyt says it's hard to identify a man wearing a bandanna. When Augustus says he never said the guy wore a bandanna, Hoyt easily brushes off that any robber would have the sense to do that. Plus, the story of the robbery has already gotten around and thus Hoyt could have easily heard what the guy looked like. Augustus is forced to acknowledge he has no serious proof to let Hoyt go.
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* CallForward: Abby's murdered husband is named William (Liam for short) and Hoyt names his horse Cordell.


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* IdenticalAncestor: Hoyt Rawlins is this to the Hoyt Rawlins from ''Series/{{Walker}}''.
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''Walker: Independence'' is an upcoming [[Main/TheWestern western]] Main/HistoricalSeries on Creator/TheCW. Executive produced by Creator/JaredPadalecki, it is a ''Series/{{Walker}}'' prequel.

Billed as an origin story, the series is set in the 1800s and follows affluent Bostonian Abby Walker (Creator/KatherineMcNamara), whose husband is murdered right in front of her while they're on a journey out west. She arrives in the town of Independence after crossing paths with Apache tracker Calian, where she runs into a diverse group of residents, including Hoyt Rawlins (Creator/MattBarr) and deputy sheriff Augustus (Creator/PhilemonChambers). Hoyt and Abby join forces and vow to save Independence, a frontier boomtown where nothing is what it seems as she seeks revenge for her husband's murder.


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''Walker: Independence'' is an upcoming a [[Main/TheWestern western]] Main/HistoricalSeries on Creator/TheCW. Executive produced by Creator/JaredPadalecki, it is a ''Series/{{Walker}}'' prequel.

prequel. The series premiered on October 6, 2022.

Billed as an origin story, the series is set in the 1800s and follows affluent Bostonian Abby Walker (Creator/KatherineMcNamara), whose husband is murdered right in front of her while they're on a journey out west. She arrives in the town of Independence after crossing paths with Apache tracker Calian, Calian (Justin Johnson Cortez), where she runs into a diverse group of residents, including Hoyt Rawlins (Creator/MattBarr) and deputy sheriff Augustus (Creator/PhilemonChambers). Hoyt and Abby join forces and vow to save Independence, a frontier boomtown where nothing is what it seems as she seeks revenge for her husband's murder.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Cordell invokes this as Abby's first plan is to shoot the town sheriff at a party with no evidence to back her claims he murdered her husband, which only lead to Abby being hanged for murder.

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* ConMan: Hoyt had been posing as a preacher to scam people before coming to Independence.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Cordell Hoyt invokes this as Abby's first plan is to shoot the town sheriff at a party with no evidence to back her claims he murdered her husband, which would only lead to Abby being hanged for murder.


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* SpottingTheThread: Hoyt realizes Abby's husband's murder was not random when he learns Davidson is from a Boston family buying up land around town. He tells Abby, who likewise deduces her husband was assassinated so the Davidsons would have a town sheriff ready to cover up their crimes.
* UnknownRival: Davidson assumed Abby (who he never even laid eyes on) died in the fire with her husband and no idea it's the same woman he meets in town.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Cordell invokes this as Abby's first plan is to shoot the town sheriff at a party with no evidence to back her claims he murdered her husband, which only lead to Abby being hanged for murder.
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%%Word Of God isn't an acceptable citation* BoomTown: The press releases states Independence is one but both it and the trailer indicate there's something sinister going on behind the scenes.

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* Main/TheAlcoholic: Abby seems to think Hoyt is one and calls him out for day drinking in the trailer.
* Main/BoomTown: The press releases states Independence is one but both it and the trailer indicate there's something sinister going on behind the scenes.
* Main/PeriodPiece: Set in the 1800s in an old Western town.
* Main/{{Revenge}}: As per the trailer, Abby is motivated to seek revenge and kill her husband's murderer after he's killed right in front of her eyes.
* Main/TheWildWest: Is set in a small Texas frontier town in the 1800s - Abby and her husband were going to Independence so he could be the sheriff there based on the trailer.


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* Main/TheAlcoholic: TheAlcoholic: Abby seems to think Hoyt is one and calls him out for day drinking in the trailer.
* Main/BoomTown: %%Word Of God isn't an acceptable citation* BoomTown: The press releases states Independence is one but both it and the trailer indicate there's something sinister going on behind the scenes.
* Main/PeriodPiece: %%No citation* PeriodPiece: Set in the 1800s in an old Western town.
* Main/{{Revenge}}: {{Revenge}}: As per the trailer, Abby is motivated to seek revenge and kill her husband's murderer after he's killed right in front of her eyes.
* Main/TheWildWest: TheWildWest: Is set in a small Texas frontier town in the 1800s - Abby and her husband were going to Independence so he could be the sheriff there based on the trailer.

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* Main/TheWildWest: Is set in a small Texas frontier town in the 1800s per the trailer. Abby and her husband were going to Independence so he could be the sheriff there based on the trailer


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* Main/TheWildWest: Is set in a small Texas frontier town in the 1800s per the trailer. - Abby and her husband were going to Independence so he could be the sheriff there based on the trailer

trailer.

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* Main/BoomTown: The press releases states Independence is one but the trailer and press release indicate there's something sinister going on behind the scenes.

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* Main/BoomTown: The press releases states Independence is one but both it and the trailer and press release indicate there's something sinister going on behind the scenes.
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* Main/Alcoholic: Abby seems to think Hoyt is one and calls him out for day drinking in the trailer.

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* Main/Alcoholic: Main/TheAlcoholic: Abby seems to think Hoyt is one and calls him out for day drinking in the trailer.
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/walkerindependence.png]]

''Walker: Independence'' is an upcoming [[Main/TheWestern western]] Main/HistoricalSeries on Creator/TheCW. Executive produced by Creator/JaredPadalecki, it is a ''Series/{{Walker}}'' prequel.

Billed as an origin story, the series is set in the 1800s and follows affluent Bostonian Abby Walker (Creator/KatherineMcNamara), whose husband is murdered right in front of her while they're on a journey out west. She arrives in the town of Independence after crossing paths with Apache tracker Calian, where she runs into a diverse group of residents, including Hoyt Rawlins (Creator/MattBarr) and deputy sheriff Augustus (Creator/PhilemonChambers). Hoyt and Abby join forces and vow to save Independence, a frontier boomtown where nothing is what it seems as she seeks revenge for her husband's murder.


'''Preview''': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOVevaEv014 Official Trailer]]

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!! This series provides examples of:

* Main/Alcoholic: Abby seems to think Hoyt is one and calls him out for day drinking in the trailer.
* Main/BoomTown: The press releases states Independence is one but the trailer and press release indicate there's something sinister going on behind the scenes.
* Main/PeriodPiece: Set in the 1800s in an old Western town.
* Main/{{Revenge}}: As per the trailer, Abby is motivated to seek revenge and kill her husband's murderer after he's killed right in front of her eyes.
* Main/TheWildWest: Is set in a small Texas frontier town in the 1800s per the trailer. Abby and her husband were going to Independence so he could be the sheriff there based on the trailer


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