After some tumultuous shuffles behind the scenes, Yellowstone is supposedly set to conclude with the second a part of its fifth season.
Created by Taylor Sheridan and John Linson, the Western drama sequence follows the conflicts alongside the shared borders of the Yellowstone ranch, owned by the Dutton household.
Up till season 5 half two, Kevin Costner led the sequence as John Dutton, alongside different solid members Luke Grimes, Kelly Reilly, Wes Bentley, and Cole Hauser.
Costner, nonetheless, introduced in June 2024 he wouldn’t return for the ultimate set of episodes, and later blamed the end result on mismanagement inside Paramount and 101 Studios, who apparently made it troublesome for him to juggle filming on Western movie Horizon.
“I made Yellowstone the primary precedence, and to insinuate the rest can be incorrect,” Costner instructed Deadline in response to experiences surrounding his exit. “I didn’t provoke any of these issues. They did. They had been doing a faucet dance and this poor man was additionally having to jot down a lot.”
How did John Dutton die in Yellowstone season 5?
In episode 9 of season 5, Costner’s character is discovered useless from a gunshot wound. Whereas it’s initially assumed he died by suicide, by the top of the episode, we uncover Sarah Atwood (Daybreak Olivieri) – the girlfriend of John’s estranged son Jamie (Wes Bentley) – had employed somebody to kill him.
Has Kevin Costner stated something about John Dutton’s loss of life?
After the episode aired on November 10, 2024, Costner appeared on SiriusXM the place he mentioned his character’s loss of life – after solely being made conscious of it that very same morning.
“I didn’t see it, I heard it’s a suicide, in order that doesn’t make me wish to rush to go see it,” Costner remarked. He did, nonetheless, say John’s loss of life might have been a “purple herring”, including: “[The writers] are superb, they’ll determine that out.”
When is the ultimate episode of Yellowstone season 5 launched?
The season 5 half two finale is about to air December 15, 2024 on Paramount.