Yellowstone Season 3

In this episode, Joe breaks down Market Equities' arrival with Roarke Morris and Willa Hayes, Beth's career moves, Jamie's parentage revelation, and the coordinated attacks on the family. Special focus on the growing threat to the ranch's existence.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Calarogus Shark Media. Welcome back to TV in the Basement,
where we dive deep into the hottest shows on television.
I'm your host, Journey Joe Mitchell, and today, folks, we're
moseying back to the Yellowstone Dutton ranch for season three.
And let me tell you. If you thought the Beck
brothers were trouble, wait until you meet Market Equities and

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their shark and designer heels Rourke Morris. Now season three
is like watching a chess game where all the pieces
are made of nitroglycerin. Our new antagonist Roorke Morris. Josh
Holloway swaggers in with his fishing rod and his Wall
Street millions, looking like he just stepped out of a
luxury ranch catalog. But folks, don't let that pretty smile
fool you. This man's got more tricks up his sleeve

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than a rodeo clown at a bull festival. And then
there's Willa Hayes Karen Pittman, the CEO of Market Equities,
who makes Beth Dutton look like little bo Peep. When
these two corporate raiders set their sights on the Yellowstone,
it's like watching wolves circling a wounded buffalo, except this
buffalo's got nuclear weapons and daddy issues. Speaking of Beth,

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Kelly Riley continues to be the show's secret weapon. Her
verbal shootouts with Willa Hayes are like watching two tornadoes
collide over a dynamite factory. There's this one boardroom scene
that'll make you want to stand up and applaud or
hide under your couch, maybe both. And her relationship with
Rip Folks, it's evolving faster than a Montana weather forecast.

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Cole Hauser and Kelly Riley could generate electricity just by
looking at each other. Let's talk about the big man himself.
Kevin Costner's John Dutton spends this season realizing that sometimes
the biggest threats don't come wearing black hats and carrying
six shooters. They come with briefcases, billion dollar offers and
environmental impact studies. Watching him try to navigate this new

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battlefield is like watching a gunslinger bring a revolver to
a drone fight. But the real surprise this season is
Jamie Dutton. Wes Bentley takes us on a journey darker
than a moonless Montana night. When Jamie starts digging into
his past. What he finds is the kind of family
secret that makes the Dutton's usual drama look like a
Sunday picnic. The scene where he confronts John Folks, it's

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the kind of acting that makes award shows sit up
and take notice. Meanwhile, Casey is settling into his role
as livestock commissioner like a boot into a stirrup. Luke
Grimes shows us a man finally finding his balance between
family duty and personal honor. Though let's be honest, in
the Dutton family, those lines are blurrier than a whiskey
bottle at closing time. And can we talk about the

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scale of this season. The show's gotten bigger than a
Montana sky. We've got corporate takeovers, land grabs, political maneuvering,
and enough family drama to fill ten soap operas. There's
this one sequence involving a protest that's shot so beautifully
it belongs in a film school textbook. The ranch scenes
continue to be a highlight. Watching the bunk house boys

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at work and play is like getting a masterclass in
modern cowboy life, and the addition of Teeter Folks Jennifer
Landon turns this pink haired ranch hand into the kind
of character you can't take your eyes off. Her romance
with Colby is sweeter than honey and rougher than sandpaper.
In other words, perfect for Yellowstone. Now some critics are
saying the show's gotten too big, too ambitious. To them,

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I say, have you seen Montana? Everything's big out there,
the steaks, the scenery, the personalities, it's all larger than life.
And Season three leans into that like a horse into
a gallop. The season builds to a finale that'll have
you checking your pulse to make sure your heart's still beating.
Without spoiling anything, let's just say it makes the Red
wedding look like a tea party. The last ten minutes, folks,

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I had to pick my jaw up off the floor
with a spatula. Special mention has to go to the
introduction of Lost's Josh Holloway as Rourke. He brings this smooth,
calculating energy that's different from previous villains. He's not just
trying to take the ranch, He's trying to change the
whole game. And watching him go toe to toe with Beds,
it's like watching two card sharps try to outbluff each

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other with royal flushes. The show also digs deeper into
themes of change versus tradition, progress versus preservation. The Duttons
aren't just fighting for their land anymore. They're fighting for
a way of life. It's like watching the last Cowboys
face off against the future itself, and the Future's got
a pretty impressive legal team. Every episode looks like a

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love letter to Montana. There's this one scene at sunrise
that'll make you want to sell everything you own and
move west until you remember that in the Yellowstone Universe,
Montana's about as peaceful as a cat and a dog pound.
So what's the verdict on season three? It's like the
show took everything we loved about the first two seasons,
added a shot of adrenaline, a dash of corporate intrigue,

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and a whole lot of family drama, then shook it
up like a cocktail in a tornado. The result pure
lightning in a bottle.