When it comes to the final episodes of Yellowstone’s fifth season , anticipation is running high as we wait to see how the show will continue without Kevin Costner’s John Dutton . Rumors about his departure swirled around the show for well over a year, and now questions are coming up about where the story will go without him. However, Kelly Reilly ’s latest comments have revealed that this massive change in the cast really won’t impact the show's original plan much.
In the lead-up to Yellowstone ’s long-awaited premiere on the 2024 TV schedule , Beth actress Kelly Reilly has been teasing what’s coming for the Dutton family in the final half of Season 5. From sharing news that she’s filming scenes in Texas to commenting on those Season 6 reports and the prospect of Beth and Rip leading the show moving forward, she’s supplied some very insightful information. However, her latest quote from an interview with EW should provide a lot of ease to fans who are worried about Costner not being in the new season, as she said: The absence was part of the ending.
That's not something that we had to pivot, that was already written into the tapestry of the story. It was always going to happen, it just happened a little bit differently. So.
..was the plan always to do the final arc of this Yellowstone story without Costner’s John? It seems like it, and I get why.
I love the idea of writing off John Dutton and forcing his kids – Beth, Jamie and Kayce – to figure out who w.