Major (and I mean MAJOR) spoilers for Season 2, Episode 6 of 1923 are ahead! If you have not watched it, go stream it with a Paramount+ subscription. Any time a big character dies on a show, it’s emotional and a lot to take in. However, trying to grapple with seven (yes, SEVEN) deaths in one episode is almost incomprehensible.
But here I am, aghast and trying to fathom it all after that explosive 1923 episode aired on the 2025 TV schedule.Thankfully, I had the chance to chat about these developments with four of the actors who play now-dead characters. However, I was even more surprised to learn that these members of the 1923 cast also didn’t know their deaths were coming until they read the script for the first time.
(Image credit: Paramount+)Michael Spears Found Out About Runs His Horse’s Fate When He Read The ScriptIn preparation for this lethal episode of 1923, I had the chance to interview Michael Spears and Jeremy Gauna, who play Runs His Horse and Pete Plenty Clouds, respectively. They both met their ends in this episode, leaving Aminah Nieves' Teonna, once again, with no one.When I asked how they reacted to their fates and if they learned about them before getting the script, Spears – whose character was shot by Father Renaud – revealed this to me:I found out during the script, and I was sad.
I was sad, I grieved a little bit. I wished for something different, but it just gave me more drive to develop his character and his connection with his children. I love.