Sunday night, Sharon and I finished watching season five of Yellowstone. We finished season one in September of 2021, season two in March of 2022, season three in May of 2022 and season four in June of 2022.The first part of the fifth and final season premiered on November 13, 2022. We watched it almost two years ago. The second part premiered on November 10, 2024 with the series finale airing on December 15, 2024.
The series follows the conflicts along the shared borders of a large cattle ranch, a Native reservation, and land developers. Over the first four and a half seasons, Kevin Costner as John Dutton starred as a sixth-generation patriarch who operates the Yellowstone/Dutton Ranch. Apparently due to creative differences with the show's creator, behind-the-scenes tension and pay disputes, Costner left the show before the filming of part two.
I have never been very complimentary of Yellowstone. It just seemed too outlandish. In particular, the body count was very high and the plots regularly jumped the shark. I enjoyed this half season more than previous seasons. The murder of Dutton (Costner) at the beginning of part two moved the show in a slightly different direction. My biggest criticism is that part two of season five seems to contain a lot of lengthy gratuitous scenes that really don't move the plot along.
I have to wonder where the series would have gone if Costner hadn't dropped out. What was Taylor Sheridan's original vision for the end of seasons five? Did he always plan to have the ranch sold to the Indian Tribe?
I suspect that we will end up watching the two prequels to Yellowstone: 1883 and 1923. There are rumors of several other related Yellowstone series, including a sequel. We have already started watching Taylor Sheridan's Landman with Billy Bob Thornton.
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