🚨🚨🚨 After nearly a two year hiatus, Paramount+'s riveting Western series, “Yellowstone,” finally returns to give its dramatic conclusion. The popular Paramount+ show has captured audiences since 2018 with the ups and downs of the Dutton family, the owners of Montana's Yellowstone Dutton Ranch — the largest ranch in the United States. Six years later, “Yellowstone” is set to air its final episodes, but without the show's favorite land magnate, John Dutton, played by Kevin Costner.
His last appearance on the show was during the first part of Season 5, which was released in 2022. After reports emerged of between Costner and “Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan, Costner confirmed in a June video that he would . So what happens to his John Dutton character, and will Costner make an appearance in Season 5, Part 2 of “Yellowstone”? Read on to learn what happens in the Season 5, Part 2's premiere episode of “Yellowstone” and how the show writes off Costner's character of John Dutton.
The first episode finds viewers in the middle of major drama as emergency services and caution tape surround John Dutton’s mansion. As Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) runs to the house with Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes) not far behind her, it becomes imminently clear that something is wrong with their father. As the siblings enter the home, viewers find that Governor Dutton has supposedly died by suicide.
Beth immediately accuses Jamie (Wes Bentley) of having killed their father.