Spoilers ahead for the Season 5 finale. Stop reading if you don't want to know. Patriarch John Dutton (Kevin Costner) received the touching funeral he deserved in Sunday's Season 5 "Yellowstone" finale.
The ornery former Montana governor can rest in peace in his polished wood coffin, because the ranch he fought to preserve will remain unspoiled and never be turned into a dreaded real-estate development. There were many cowboy goodbyes in the apparent "Yellowstone" series finale as the Yellowstone Ranch is sold to the original Native Americans who owned it generations ago. But no farewell is as dramatic as the violent death of Attorney General Jamie Dutton (Wes Bentley), who finally receives tough justice for his role in his father's death in a fashion that is only surprising by its level of brutality.
It might not be the end: Rip Wheeler (Cole Hauser) and John's daughter Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) will reportedly star in their own spinoff series . But here's how the Paramount Network OG series said goodbye. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.
John Dutton was buried on Yellowstone Ranch with his ancestors The final six-episode run started with John Dutton's murder by professional hitmen, and his body examined on a morgue table after Costner left the series following a protracted squabble with creator and executive producer Taylor Sheridan. But this small funeral is perfect "Yellowstone": attended only by his family, the bunkhouse crew and two close friends.
