Spoilers below for the Season 5 finale of Yellowstone , so be warned if you haven’t yet watched. Without a doubt, Yellowstone ’s return with Season 5’s final episodes has been one of the biggest events of the 2024 TV schedule , even if reactions have been mixed regarding how the Kevin Costern-less season has handled John Dutton’s death and the aftermath inspiring several upcoming Yellowstone series . No matter one’s feelings, Taylor Sheridan ’s co-creation has now officially closed out its fifth season with a big and deadly finale.
(Here's how to watch !) Thankfully, Yellowstone did indeed pay off on one long-promised death, while also boosting my spirits with a surprise reveal that could potentially shake up our expectations for the 6666 spinoff, which could really use a behind-the-scenes update or two at this point. Let’s take a closer look — though from a safe, DNA-safe distance — at one of the western drama’s most ruthless and gripping hand-to-hand brawls. Beth Finally Murdered Jamie, But Only After A WWE-Esque Kitchen Brawl With Beth and Rip’s spinoff already set to carry Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser ’s characters into a new arc or two, I had the innate fear that Sheridan would make an ill-advised call to stave off murdering Jamie so that the heated sibling feud could extend into the continuation series.
That fear built up after Jamie’s only early scenes were entirely about his press conference speech. Thankfully for all involved, except for may.
