One of the first things Fossett asks when she meetsSpencer is whether hes heard of Teonna.

ScreenRantinterviewed Carpenter about her pivotal scenes withSpencer Dutton in1923season 2, episode 5.

It would not have boded well for Teonna to have yet another man advertising what she had done.

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That’s why I really respect how closely she holds the law, Carpenter gushed.

It’s like the Good Book to her; the Good Law.

In her mind, Fossetts mantra is, Those are the laws.

Brandon Sklenar and Jennifer Carpenter in 1923 Season 2 Episode 5

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It’s more than a creed.

It is her purpose.

So, if the law says he must go, he will be there.

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The Sheriff should be the one watching out if hes scared."

I loved the first season, she admitted.

One of her scenes includes a full-out run on horseback, which the actor had never attempted before.

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After some last-minute coaching, she shared, I was high for two hours after filming that.

I watch everything he does, Carpenter exclaimed.

I think that he’s reconnecting audiences to what it means to tell stories on the viewer’s behalf.

Jennifer Carpenter as Marnie Fossett with a gun in 1923

He’s earning every minute of your time.

Not a second of my time or hopefully yours is wasted on this show.

She felt it offscreen too.

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I can’t tell you how much this job meant to me.

It brought me back to life as an artist.

When it came to episode 5 in particular, Carpenter pointed to her first scene as an example.

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I had one curiosity about this person, and I started there.

How rich am I?

It was so satisfying.

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One record of her work helped Carpenter, however.

Even if there were homes as they passed along the trail, they camped out on their own.

Based on this information, I knew she was legitimate and the real deal.

But power is how other people treat you, not how you treat people.

I wonder what would make a woman of her capability go at it alone, the actor asked rhetorically.

Did she go with her brothers when they made the move from East to West?

Did she lose some along the way?

Were any of them ever engaged to another woman?

Did she ever see what femininity could possibly look like?

Or was she the one who was left at the altar, either by just circumstance or illness?

I’ll be around now, she promised when asked about the rest of the season.

Even knowing what was going to happen, I was still a leaf in Taylor’s current.

It just moved me wherever it chose to, and I went willingly.

It was the most satisfying viewing experience I’ve had in years.

Is this how hard they fought for this simple pleasure, or this simple earthly convenience?"

It really helped me collect myself in a way that I hadn’t expected.

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