That’s what makes it great.Īnyway, let’s get to the first episode of Yellowstone Season 5. Yellowstone operates in that tiny sliver between right and wrong. It’s to the show’s credit that I still feel a smidgin of compassion for Jamie - the show’s de facto villain and the architect behind the Dutton’s sudden downward spiral - Rip, and Beth, despite their past terrible deeds. No one is truly bad, you see? Most Yellowstone characters are merely pawns executing John Dutton’s brand of justice purely out of loyalty. Like Game of Thrones, Yellowstone makes us care for terrible people, but that’s part of the appeal. Still, he makes Beth happy, so we forget his propensity for violence and root for his character to thrive in his newfound relationship. Rip (Cole Hauser), our foul-mouthed, ill-tempered, party-adverse Bunkhouse boss, kills people who threaten the Yellowstone way of life. Ah, it was only yesterday this same group hung Dan Jenkins from a tree branch. Smith), Teeter (Jennifer Landon), Ryan (Ian Bohen), Colby (Denim Richards), and Walker (Ryan Binham) - enjoying themselves in one of those patented Yellowstone montages bathed in golden sunlight. Later, we see the Bunkhouse Gang - Lloyd (Forrie J. “I love Montana, but the ranch comes first,” John (Kevin Costner) tells his squabbling children Jamie (Wes Bentley) and Beth (Kelly Reilly) - and these are our idols? These people murdered and lied their way to power, all to keep their ranch from falling into the wrong hands. I enjoy the characters so much that I often forget many of them are villains. By now, you’re on board or have ridden off to greener pastures.įor me, Yellowstone remains hammy fun. Now in its fifth season, the show goes out of its way to shock and awe its robust audience. That’s just part and parcel of the Dutton package. Yellowstone is back with a decidedly dour first episode that cranks the melodrama to ten.
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