Yellowstone is in the home stretch as the Season 5 finale draws near, and the show bid farewell to a major character on Sunday (Nov. 16) amid a tense showdown between two of the Duttons.
Season 5, Episode 10 is titled “The Apocalypse of Change,” and it finds the Duttons and all of their ranch hands struggling to adjust to the new normal in the wake of John Dutton’s (Kevin Costner) death.
That includes Carter (Finn Little), who is so despondent that he has taken to his bed, where Rip (Cole Hauser) tries to comfort him by telling him he will always have a place at the ranch.
Meanwhile, Lloyd (Forrie J. Smith) is wondering whether he needs to look for a job after having spent his entire adult life at the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch, and Tate (Brecken Merrill) is struggling with how he views his own future after his grandfather’s death.
The episode sees viewers bid goodbye to John Dutton’s girlfriend, Summer Higgins (Piper Perabo), who goes her own way after Beth (Kelly Reilly) tells her it’s time for her to leave. As it turns out, she was never actually released into John Dutton’s care; she had been free to go all along.
The highlight of the episode is an angry confrontation between Beth and Jamie (Wes Bentley), who can’t even bear to look her in the eye in the wake of their father’s death. Telling him she knows he was behind it, Beth warns him that the next time he sees her, he will die — and though she has threatened his life before, this time has a ring of finality about it.
Jamie’s girlfriend and accomplice, Sarah Atwood (Dawn Olivieri) is not spared from Beth’s wrath, either; she physically assaults her after Atwood laughs in her face as she confronts her.
Though Kayce (Luke Grimes) has been trying to give his brother the benefit of the doubt, he appears to believe Beth when she tells him that Jamie could not look at her when confronted — and the phone call he makes to an old military friend has an ominous tone to it.
Elsewhere in the episode, we see the Yellowstone ranch hands still struggling to settle in at the 6666 Ranch, and it’s unclear if any of them will ever return to the Yellowstone.
With just four episodes left in Season 5, there are still many more questions than answers. Will Jamie and Sarah get away with John’s death? Will he really allow Market Equities to reinstate their lease and start developing parts of the Dutton family’s land? Is it even possible that he might end up replacing his father as governor in a special election? And who will end up winning in the looming confrontation between all of the surviving Duttons?
Yellowstone airs every Sunday on Paramount Network.
Yellowstone is gearing up to return for the much-anticipated second half of Season 5, and Paramount Network has shared several never-before-seen photos as a first look at the upcoming episodes.
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Yellowstone star Kevin Costner lives the ranch life when he’s off the set of the hit show, too. The Oscar-winning actor owns a 160-acre ranch in Aspen, Colo., that’s a spectacular getaway, complete with a main residence, a lake house and a river house.
The luxury retreat also features a baseball field, a sledding hill, an ice rink, multiple hot tubs and views of the Continental Divide. The ranch property comfortably sleeps 27 people, and it’s currently available to rent for 36,000 a night.
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Cole Hauser doesn’t just play a rancher on Yellowstone, he’s lived that life off-screen, too. The actor’s 5-bedroom-6-bathroom, 5,402-square-foot rural home on a very private, double-gated three-acre parcel of land includes the lavish 4-bedroom, 4-bathroom main residence, as well as a guest house and a separate studio apartment. The main house runs completely on solar power and comes with a 3-car garage, with easy transitions between indoor and outdoor living spaces, and the exterior of the property includes a pool area and a hot tub, as well as fenced-in horse corrals.
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Yellowstone star and singer-songwriter Ryan Bingham has listed his 3-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 2,394-square-foot home in an exclusive area of Los Angeles for sale, and pictures show a beautiful, luxurious property that offers stunning mountain views.
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Yellowstone star Hassie Harrison is selling her stunning villa in a private California canyon, and pictures show a rare property that’s worth every penny of her nearly $2.7 million asking price.
Harrison’s 3-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 2,579-square-foot home was built in 1958 and has since been updated into a Mediterranean-style villa.
The property is remarkably secluded, with just one small, private road leading to the gated front of the home. It opens onto soaring canyon views at the back of the property, and almost every interior room boasts stunning views out over the canyons, while the exterior boasts outdoor living spaces, a fireplace and more.
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Yellowstone actor Barret Swatek is selling her spectacular oceanfront estate in Malibu, and pictures show a bedazzling property that’s one of the most upper-crust properties even in that illustrious zip code.
Swatek and her husband, former hedge fund manager Adam Weiss, are asking for just under $100 million for their 4-bedroom, 5.5-bathoom, 7,450-square-foot contemporary villa that sits directly beachside on the white sands of El Sol Beach, one of the most exclusive spots even according to Malibu standards.
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The stunning Montana ranch that serves as the setting for the hit TV show Yellowstone offers cabins for rent, and the price includes tours of the set and ranch. Scroll below to see photos of the extraordinary property.
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Sterling Whitaker is a Senior Writer and Senior Editor for Taste of Country. He focuses on celebrity real estate, as well as coverage of Yellowstone and related shows like 1883 and 1923. He’s interviewed cast members including Cole Hauser, Kelly Reilly, Sam Elliott and Harrison Ford, and Whitaker is also known for his in-depth interviews with country legends including Don Henley, Rodney Crowell, Trace Adkins, Ronnie Milsap, Ricky Skaggs and more.