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In his season (series?)
finale ofYellowstone, creator/writer/director/actorTaylor Sheridanleft us with more questions than answers.
Undaunted, Sheridan killed off Costners character,Yellowstonepatriarch John Dutton, in the seriesNov.
Gil Birmingham, Luke Grimes, and Kelsey Asbille in ‘Yellowstone’.Credit:Paramount Network
Sheridan, who famously writes (wrote?)
Some of the flashbacks to Governor Duttons death a staged suicide by mercenary assassins felt gratuitous.
Life Is a Promise gave the key characters their endings, some happier than others.
Taylor Sheridan in ‘Yellowstone’.Paramount Network
where the hideous class of humanity known as tourists never dare to tread.
For Beth, Hell is other people, and Heaven is a place where outsiders aren’t allowed.
The nearly two-hour finale had plenty of filler (again five full minutes on Ryan and Abby?
Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser in ‘Yellowstone’.Paramount Network
), which would have been better spent with Rainwater and the residents of the Broken Rock reservation.
In the episodes most moving sequence, we watched Rainwater and his tribe take possession of the Yellowstone land.
How does the tribe plan to move forward with the ranch and battle the looming oil pipeline?
Clearly, Paramount data pipe is not ready to let go ofYellowstone.
Maybe, butYellowstoneis too valuable, and too all-pervasive, to end.
This is his world, dear readers, and we just watch it.
Finale grade: B-Season 5 grade: B+
