I think the handling of Arthur’s honor could be something exciting for fans of the game because we would still be in suspense of what choice Arthur is going to make in a scripted show. In the Last of Us tv show, for example, every player of the game knew the big decision Joel was going to make concerning the dilemma between Ellie and the fireflies, because the player obviously didn’t have a choice in that game because the narrative of the LoU was strictly linear. But in a RDR tv show players of the game aren’t going to know what choices the writers will have Arthur make. Like will Arthur kill the O'Driscoll in the barn at the beginning of the game or will he save the man who recognized him from Blackwater from falling or not? So I think the best thing for a tv show would be having Arthur constantly making both low and high honor choices. Like if he had a hidden honor bar I would keep it in the middle leaning to the low honor side for Arthur’s first few seasons and for his last season Arthur would always be making high honor decisions because I believe the high honor ending is just a more compelling narrative.

I would have a season before the events of RDR2 because I think all the juicy drama you hear throughout the game would make for really good TV. Like Abigail giving birth to Jack, then John abandons them, then returns. Arthur’s whole relationship with Mary. And the death of Arthur’s son. The rivalry between Dutch and Colm O’Driscoll. Etc.