As Yellowstone’s final episodes get ever closer, the first official teaser of Part 2 gives a first look at a world without John Dutton. For fans of the Taylor Sheridan show , Yellowstone Season 5 Part 2 will be bittersweet. Sure, we’ll be able to step back onto the Dutton Ranch once more, but Kevin Costner (aka: JD) won’t be there.

While nobody knows just how he’ll be written out of the big finale, the first look has a few eerie clues that he might have gone to the great Train Station in the sky. The teaser, released by the official Yellowstone X/Twitter account, doesn’t give much away. There’s a shot of the Yellowstone ranch entrance, barns (complete with the iconic brand), a white horse, and a shadowed figure stepping into the doorway of the Dutton family house.

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#YellowstoneTV pic.twitter.com/yif807TToj By all accounts, that looming figure could be Rip or Kayce, hinting that either might play a larger role once John is out of the picture.

But it seems as though death is hinted throughout the trailer, most notably when it comes to the sight of John’s hat hanging alone on a rack. John dons an army of cowboy hats over the course of the show, but his most iconic is his brown one, which can be seen hung up without a wearer. What’s more, the white horse is most likely a piece of foreshadowing that hints towards John Dutton’s off-screen death when the.