Yellowstone’s Final Episodes: Everything We Know So Far
Giddy-up, Yellowstone fans, for the end is near. Not near-near, obviously; the Paramount Network smash won’t return with Season 5’s and the series’ conclusion until this fall. But answers to our burning questions are a helluva lot closer than they were before the one-two punch of the strikes that brought Hollywood to a standstill and the behind-the-scenes clashes that left Kevin Costner wishing that someone would tell his side of the story.
Yellowstone: 12 Burning Questions We Need Answered in the Final Episodes
What do we know so far? Read on to find out. We’ve got a production update, a premiere date and even intel on what will happen after Yellowstone is remanded to the metaphorical train station. All of this information could, of course, change in a heartbeat. What’s going on in the executive suites has sounded every bit as juicy as what’s gone down on screen, and we’d almost be surprised if we’d been dealt our last backstage twist.
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But the dossier that we’ve built up should prep you as best anything could for the send-off of the Western that we’d hoped would go on and on — and, in a way, is poised to. Ready or not, let’s go.
When Will Season 5B Premiere?
In June 2024, Paramount Network revealed that at long (long!) last the back half of Season 5 would begin to air starting Sunday, Nov. 10, at 8/7c.
Has Production Gotten Underway Yet?
Yup. On May 20, 2024, the announcement came down that, after the writers’ and actors’ strikes were resolved, the cameras had finally started rolling again.
How Many Episodes Will There Be?
Before the end of the Season 5 turned into the end of the series, period, six episodes were expected. But co-creator Taylor Sheridan later told The Hollywood Reporter that “if I think it takes 10 episodes to wrap it up, they’ll give me 10. It’ll be as long as it needs to be.”
Who Is Returning?
With more loose ends left dangling at the end of Season 5A than you’d find on a fringe jacket (read the recap here), the whole cast is expected to saddle up once more. Sorry — almost the whole cast is expected to saddle up.
Who Is Not Returning?
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve surely heard that Kevin Costner and Yellowstone co-creator Taylor Sheridan have not exactly seen eye to eye about the leading man’s demands. As a result, the Golden Globe winner Instagrammed on June 20 “that I’m not going to be able to continue, Season 5B or into the future.”
Who Dies?
If Costner’s John isn’t laid to rest before the closing credits roll, it’ll be a miracle. Beyond that, anything goes. As Wes Bentley (Jamie) told TVLine back in 2023, the lack of casualties in Season 5A could have been but “a build-up for some crazy bloodbath at the end.”
Is the End Really the End?
Not by a long shot. Two new Yellowstone spinoffs are already in the works, another prequel, this one tentatively titled 1944, and a modern-day offshoot that has for the moment been branded 2024. The latter is expected to star Matthew McConaughey and Michelle Pfeiffer, but as you read this, no deals have been sealed.
Will Any Yellowstone Characters Cross Over?
Though the original plan for 2024 was to discard the OG series’ cast, Kelly Reilly, Cole Hauser and Luke Grimes have since been said to be in talks to reprise their roles of Beth Dutton, her rough-hewn hubby Rip Wheeler and kid brother Kayce. That is, if agreements can be made regarding their salaries.
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