Namely, we think that Kurt Russell's Preston Clyburn is either dead from the get-go or dies in the first episode. Related It's Time for Sci-Fi Fans to Credit Kurt Russell for His Role in Kick-Starting a Decade-Spanning Franchise 'Tombstone' isn't the only film Russell helped save. Further cementing this observation is the fact that IMDb refuses to offer an episode count for Kurt Russell when it has already done so for the rest of the principal cast. When asked how the new series would fit in with Sheridan's flagship project, she noted that, "It's such a different story. Although it could be fun for Kurt Russell to bump into Cole Hauser's Rip Wheeler, it's certainly not a necessity for the series to succeed.