Yellowstone Season 5’s Last Episodes Are Finally Coming, And I Can’t Stop …

We’re finally going to get some answers!

By the time the final episodes of Yellowstone premiere on the 2024  TV schedule, we will have been waiting almost two years for them. So, we’ve had a lot of time to think about what will come next and ruminate on all the loose ends that came with the last episode we saw. With that in mind, here are the five questions I can’t stop thinking about ahead of Yellowstone’s final episodes.

Kevin Costner as John Dutton in Yellowstone.
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How Will Kevin Costner Be Written Off?

While we officially learned that Kevin Costner wouldn’t be back on Yellowstone in June – not long after Season 5B’s premiere date was announced – there’s been speculation about it for well over a year. After things started looking really bleak regarding his return, I actually came to the conclusion that Taylor Sheridan’s show might be better without John Dutton.

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Now, before you try to take me to the Train Station over that, think about it for a second. The patriarch dying (or leaving) creates a new problem for the kids regarding who will succeed him when it comes to the ranch.

While I’m convinced that will be a primary plot point of Season 5B, I’m not so sure how they’ll write Costner off. They could bring back the cancer he had in earlier seasons. He could be killed by one of the Duttons’ many foes. Honestly, the possibilities are endless, and I’ve been questioning them for a long time. And as we’ll discuss in the next question below, I can’t help but wonder if Jamie will have anything to do with how John is written off…

Wes Bentley as Jamie learning he was adopted on Yellowstone.
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Is Jamie Going To Kill John?

We know Jamie and Beth’s feud has risen to a level of all-out war, and I don’t think it’s unreasonable to speculate about John getting stuck in the crossfire. According to the Jamie actor himself, Wes Bentley, the final part of Season 5 is gearing up to be a “crazy bloodbath,” and by mixing the fact that Kevin Costner isn’t returning with the notions that Jamie is actively trying to take down his sister and get his father impeached, we have to at least consider “yes” as a possible answer to the above question.

Also, let’s think about Jamie’s violent past. While I don’t think he knows how cruel and evil he is, he’s arguably one of the scarier characters in the show. Not only did he kill that journalist during the early days of the show, but he also murdered his biological father.

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His relationship with Beth, John and the rest of the Duttons has always been rocky at best, now it’s fully broken. He’s trying to take the ranch, and I fully believe he’ll do some truly terrible things to do it. And who knows, that might include him being the one to take out Kevin Costner’s character.

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