Well, folks, this is it.
Since 2018, fans have wondered how the Dutton family would save their infamous Montana cattle ranch.
Alongside him are some ofthe Broken Rock Indian Reservation’s finest.
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Back at the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch,the cowboys enjoy their remaining time together telling stories in the bunkhouse.
When Rip expresses his interest,Beth reveals that she’s already bought it.
“Who’s gonna run this place, Beth?”
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“I’ll explain that tomorrow,” she replies.
But the next morning, the funeral home calls: John Dutton’s (Costner) body is ready.
And Senator Lynelle Perry (Wendy Monitz), of course, who she calls next.
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But Kayce’s plan becomes clear.
“My vision told me of two paths.
On one, my family; on the other, the ranch,” Kayce explains.
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More than that, he had vowed to remove any evidence that the Duttons had been there at all.
The two of them make a blood pact, exchanging knifes with the other’s blood on it.
“We are brothers now, to each other and to the land,” Rainwater tells Kayce.
As Mo sings a victory song, Kayce and Monica embrace.
But it’s not over yet.
There may not be cows on it, but there wont be condos either.
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“Soon after, John Dutton is laid to rest.
“I said I forgive him,” Kayce replies.
But, long after everyone has gone,Rip sticks behind, and buries his father-in-law himself.
“I dont even know what to say,” he tells him.
I want you to know I’ll take care of your daughter.
You have my word.
I’ll try and love her the same way that she loved you.”
It’s clear that he will.
The Wild West never rests.
As he lies through his teeth, he remains pleased with himself.
But elsewhere, a reckoning is coming.
Grabbing Lloyd, they drive off to catch up with Beth, though they’re about an hour behind.
Rip calls Beth, but she refuses to listen.
In fact,Beth wastes no time either.
It’s a brutal scene, one that’s been a lifetime coming for these two.
Eventually, Jamie gains the upper hand and threatens Beth.
But it’s all moot at this point.
Beth tells Jamie that the deal has been made with the reservation.
Enraged, Jamie grabs Beth and nearly kills her before Rip arrives and throws Jamie off her.
With Rip holding Jamie,Beth stabs her brother in the heart.
When Detective Dillard (Rory Cochrane) arrives, he hears the fake statement she gave the police.
This led to an altercation, and when she woke up, Jamie was gone.
Afterward, they double-backed to the middle-of-nowhere central Idaho to light Jamies car on fire.
When the authorities eventually do find it, they believe that the former Attorney General has fled the scene.
But Kayce doesn’t care.
He walks outside to have a moment, and as Monica joins him, they embrace.
“We’re free,” he says to her.
“You’ve always been free,” she replies.
“This is closure.
But Kayce believes it’s still freedom.
“It’s a story worth telling,” she says.
Rip offers Kayce the Yellowstone brand, but he’s decided to start his own instead.
For now, Rip and Beth will keep it.
At the former Dutton Ranch, the place is renovated by the folks from Broken Rock.
All traces of the Yellowstone “Y” are removed, including from the barn.
Rainwater praises the Creator.
But when a few kids vandalize the Dutton boneyard, Mo rebukes them.
“They protected this land,” he explains.
“They died for this land.
This land is where theyll stay.”
It’s here thatElsa’s spirit narrates the episode to its conclusion.
“My father was told they would come for this land, and he promised to return it.
Nowhere was that promise written.
It faded with my father’s death but somehow lived in the spirit of this place.”
Yellowstone(Seasons 1-5A) can be streamed on Peacock.
Cast
A ranching family in Montana faces off against others encroaching on their land.
