Yellowstone season 5, part 1 ended dangerously for the Dutton family. The ranch hands make their way to the Four Sixes in Texas to save their cattle, leaving Kayce in charge. Meanwhile, in a twist to Beth and Jamie’s rivalry in Yellowstone, Jamie gets the upper hand when threatening to reveal John’s involvement in multiple murders. Anticipating his family’s moves, Jamie gets help from Sarah Atwood, who convinces Jamie to hire assassins. It sets the stage for an intense showdown in the final chapter of the series, and season 5 part 2 promised to be Yellowstone‘s most shocking yet.
Latest Yellowstone Season 5 Part 2 Critical Reception
The Final Half Of The Final Season Got Mixed Reviews
Though there is still much confusion surrounding the fate of the flagship show, the finale of Yellowstone season 5b was billed as the end of the trail.
Screen Rant echoed many of the sentiments found in other reviews, and described the last episode as “disappointing” in its mishandling of its emotionally weighty ideas. Though there is still much confusion surrounding the fate of the flagship show, the finale of Yellowstone season 5b was billed as the end of the trail. Unfortunately, that trail seemingly only led to a dead end.
Yellowstone will officially continue with a spinoff starring Kelly Reilly’s Beth and Cole Hauser’s Rip Wheeler, and the show already hinted at it.
Who Returned For The Final Episodes Of Yellowstone?
Costner laid out his reasons for leaving the show, but his absence from season 5b certainly weighed everything down.
The cast of Yellowstone season 5 part 2 includes:
Yellowstone Season 5 Part 2 Trailer
Watch The Trailers Below
Paramount released a brief teaser a few months before the debut of Yellowstone season 5 part 2 on their official Instagram account. The clip shows Rip stalking through the ranch with a gun before finally entering the Dutton mansion. Little actual footage from the season is used, but the teaser is clearly trying to signal the violent and bloody conclusion that has been building since season 1.
Just days after the first teaser was released, the Yellowstone official Instagram account dropped a second short trailer. Like its predecessor, the second teaser remains vague, and is made up of clips of the Dutton family mansion that are punctuated by narration from the main characters. What the trailer truly highlights is the absence of Costner’s John Dutton, and it seems to suggest the patriarch may die during the the second half of season 5.
After a long string of teaser trailers, Paramount finally released a full trailer for Yellowstone season 5 part 2 in late October. Using existing footage of Costner’s John Dutton to highlight the generational nature of the story, the trailer returns to some of the most heated feuds in the series. Kayce makes a blood pact with Thomas Rainwater, Rip gets his hands dirty doing Dutton family business, and Jamie exchanges a few violent words with Beth. All this points to an explosive conclusion for the popular neo-Western.
Yellowstone Season 5 Part 2 Ending & Spoiler
The Dutton Story Ended On A Flat Note
though it didn’t have much to say, the finale did at least allow things to change, which is what an ending needs to do for a show like Yellowstone.
Yellowstone season 5 concluded on December 15, 2024.
Yellowstone’s Future Setup Explained
There Are Plans In Place For More
Besides the prequel series (1883 and 1923), the future of the Yellowstone franchise is already being written as well. Though the 6666 spinoff has been languishing in no man’s land for quite some time, it has been revealed that a spinoff involving Rip and Beth is already in the works with Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser set to reprise their roles. While many details are still unknown about the aforementioned continuation, the ending of Yellowstone season 5b perhaps offers a few clues about what happens next.
