"Yeah, I mean, we need it so much," Gilpin said, more sincerely. "We deserve it, as the viewers, to have one moment of romance and joy in this crazy world."

Set during the Utah War of 1857, Peter Berg's limited series lays out a world where love conquers little, indifference is the only path to survival, and wanting anything will only bring death that much faster.

A new Netflix series breaks "with the historical record in ways that may bemuse the average viewer but will likely displease any Latter-day Saints," a New York Times reviewer says.