: While some critics find the 45-minute journey "tortuous" and slow, others praise the "gritty environmental realism" that makes the human struggle feel authentic.
: Intense gunplay, fistfights, and environmental threats like snakes and storms. Billy the Kid S01E01 FRENCH HDTV
The episode is bookended by scenes of an adult Billy (played by Tom Blyth) in 1877, four years before his death. However, the vast majority of the runtime is a flashback to 1871, following a 12-year-old Billy (Jonah Collier) and his Irish immigrant family as they travel from New York to Kansas. : While some critics find the 45-minute journey
: The family seeks the "American Dream" but finds only tragedy. They lose their belongings crossing a river, and a family friend is killed by horse thieves. However, the vast majority of the runtime is
: Billy is portrayed as a sympathetic and reluctant gunman. Even in the present-day scenes, he tries to avoid killing a bounty hunter, famously removing bullets from the pursuer's gun to give him a chance to walk away.