After 5 seasons of household drama, bloodshed, and a relentless battle for legacy, Yellowstone has reached its conclusion. Effectively, at the least for now. The Season 5B finale, titled “Life Is a Promise,” delivered the type of brutal bloodshed and household feuding Taylor Sheridan enjoys, with an ending that provided new beginnings in addition to immense closure. However as followers take care of the destiny of the Duttons and their sprawling Montana ranch, one lingering query stays: Was John Dutton’s dying at all times inevitable? Based on government producer and director Christina Voros, the reply is sure.
In a post-finale dialog with The Hollywood Reporter, Voros defined that John Dutton’s (Kevin Costner) demise was baked into the present’s DNA from the very starting, no matter Costner’s extremely publicized departure from the collection. She revealed that Sheridan had at all times deliberate for John’s dying, because it was the one strategy to transfer the story—and the Dutton legacy—ahead:
“My understanding is that [John’s death] was at all times the conclusion, as a result of on the finish of the day the answer that Kayce discovers shouldn’t be an answer that may have been attainable if John Dutton have been alive. Inevitably, sooner or later, he was going to die. That’s the inevitability of it. Even when there had been 17 extra seasons with Kevin Costner, finally within the story that’s the saga of Yellowstone, that’s what occurs. The patriarch passes and the legacy strikes onto his youngsters.”
How Did ‘Yellowstone’ Finish?
The finale noticed Beth (Kelly Reilly) and Kayce (Luke Grimes) promoting the Dutton ranch to the Indigenous Damaged Rock Reservation, fulfilling a prophecy foretold by Elsa Dutton (Isabel Might) within the 1883 prequel collection. The voice cameo from Might tied the whole lot collectively from 1883 by way of to 1923, after which Yellowstone.
However it’s not simply the Dutton ranch that discovered closure. Beth’s journey got here to a violent climax as she fulfilled her vow of vengeance by killing her brother Jamie (Wes Bentley), even when a few of us assume she was the true villain all alongside. On the similar time, Kayce (Luke Grimes) secured a quieter, hopeful ending as he lastly broke freed from the household’s generational burden, organising a peaceable life together with his spouse and son.
Yellowstone is over for now, however there might be extra to return, much more, in reality. Yellowstone could be streamed on Peacock, whereas 1883 and 1923 can be found to observe now on Paramount+. Keep tuned to Collider for extra updates.
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