Netflix has now released the first full trailer of The Abandons, and it is all the wild, gritty Western drama that fans had been hoping for. Imagine soap-style emotions intertwined with gunfights and family feuds. The setting of the story is 1854, Washington Territory, a place where there is silver and danger, and where people can do anything in order to win it. Two mighty women are at the center, each a leader of her own clan and willing to fight to claim what is hers. The Abandons will be released on Netflix on December 4, 2025.Lena Headey and Gillian Anderson’s roles in The AbandonsLena Headey is playing the role of Fiona, the hard but affectionate central figure in The Abandons. She is the woman who has seen it all and yet has not crumbled. Fiona has created her own family by assembling abandoned children, outcasts, and drifters that society has discarded, and operates a cattle ranch in Jasper Hollow. She is a ruler who combines religion, passion, and wrathful devotion.The Abandons trailer reveals that Fiona is a guardian and a warrior. One minute she is singing praises, the next minute she is prepared to protect her land and people using all she possesses. The code of morals that Fiona has may not necessarily be clean, but it is hers, and that is what makes her so magnetic. Lena Headey balances their warmth and wrath just right, making Fiona both a human and a hero.The character of Constance, portrayed by Gillian Anderson, is totally different from Fiona. She is a member of the Van Ness family, a rich and influential family that is smart, polished, and concerned with safeguarding their colossal mining enterprise. While Fiona is outspoken and impulsive, Constance is quite level-headed, tactical, and always planning how to win.The trailer portrays Constance as a matriarch who can wield her manners and influence as a weapon as well, ensuring that the power of her family is squarely in her hands. Anderson plays a strong, cold, and commanding mother figure in The Abandons, someone you will admire and be scared of simultaneously.Other notable cast members in The AbandonsThe Abandons | Image via: Sutter InkThe character of Diana Silvers, Dahlia, appears to be the impetus in Fiona’s group: full of energy, a bit reckless, and determined, not wanting to follow the trail of others. The Abandons trailer presents her as a person who adds youthful passion to the team, often defying rules and expectations. She resembles the type of individual who will stir things up, in love as well as loyalty, with lots of emotional and subversive moments to come.The Van Ness family introduces its own drama into the story. Garret, played by Lucas Till, Trisha by Aisling Franciosi, and Willem by Toby Hemingway, all have their origins in wealth and power and are not without trouble. Each of them appears to be harboring secrets along with personal interests and ambition, adding to the family tension. The Abandons trailer is an indication that the plot will see friendships ending, alliances shifting swiftly, and not every person will remain on the same side.What to expectKurt Sutter - Source: GettyKurt Sutter (the producer of Sons of Anarchy) is the creator of The Abandons, and the series is set to be a combination of the grandiose and rogue western backdrop with the fiction of a family soap. It is full of violence, secrets, forbidden love twists, and struggle over land, which the folks are willing to die for.The trailer displays some of the most beautiful shots of frozen rivers, bloody dirt roads, and intense close-ups, which assure a lot of drama. The Abandons will be a high-quality show that features strong and complex women in the lead and offers a modern interpretation of a period drama, which makes it all the more worth watching.For more such insights on The Abandons, keep following SoapCentral.