Yellowstone Season 5 Episode 9 - what happened to Kevin Costner's John Dutton

We learned the fate of Kevin Costner's John Dutton.  Spoilers ahead.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Calarogus shark media. Hey there, basement dwellers, journey Joe Mitchell
here coming to you after a two year weight for
New Yellowstone. That's longer than it takes my cousin Earl
to decide on a breakfast order at the Denny's. But folks,
the weight is over. And boy, howdye did Taylor Sheridan
come out swinging like a cat in a tornado? Well,

(00:26):
they did it, They actually did it. After all the
Hollywood drama and schedule conflicts that got more press coverage
than a three headed calf at the state Fair, we
finally know what happened to Kevin Costner's John Dutton, and
let me tell you, friends, it ain't pretty. The episode
opens with Lloyd Bless his weathered cowboy heart, looking out
over the ranch like he's seeing the ghost of Christmas future.

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And it sets the mood faster than my ex wife
set fire to my vinyl collection. Before you can say
cattle rustler, we're at the Governor's mansion with emergency vehicles
lighting up the Montana night like a discount fourth of July.
Beth Dutton arrives in her usual style, which is to say,
like a hurricane in designer boots and finds what we've
all been dreading. Papa Dutton gone to that big ranch

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in the sky. Now the police are calling it suicide,
But folks, I've got a better chance of winning Miss
Montana than John Dutton has of taking his own life.
Kelly Riley bless Her, acts this episode like she's trying
to win every Emmy they've ever made. Beth knows, knows
that baby brother Jamie is behind this faster than a
rattlesnake can strike at a church picnic, And speaking of Jamie,

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played by Wes Bentley in his iconic eyebrows, he's putting
on a grief show that's about as convincing as a
three dollar bill at a rodeo. Meanwhile, down in Texas,
because this show's got more locations than my uncle Pete's
got ex wives, Rip and half the Bunkhouse crew are
settling in at the four six's ranch. They run into
our old friend Jimmy, who's looking more cowboy than a

(01:54):
bootstore catalog. There's a beautiful moment where Rip shows his
softer side with a family and their little boy, proving
once again that Kolhauser can melt hearts faster than the
Montana sun melts spring snow. Through some fancy flashbacks that
hit harder than my Mama's wooden spoon, we learn that
Sarah Atwood, Jamie's Squeeze, and the show's resident snake in

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designer clothing arrange the whole thing. She met with some
professional problem solvers who make the mob look like a
church choir, and decided that making John's death look like
suicide was cleaner than a whistle at a lip reading contest.
Over at the East Camp, Casey and Monica are settling
into their new digs, and for once, these two crazy

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kids seem happy enough to make a Hallmark movie blush
their boy takes, even giving them grief about too much PDA,
which is the surest sign yet that the apocalypse is coming.
The episode wraps up tighter than a new saddle, with
Beth pushing Casey to investigate Jamie while she calls Rip
with the kind of promise that would make the devil
himself think twice. Come home and help me decide how

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to kill him. And let me tell you, when Beth
Dutton starts playing your murder, it's probably time to look
into witness protection or perhaps a nice monastery in Tibet.
Stray thoughts from the basement. Walker's finally found his happy
place in Texas, and he hasn't even annoyed Rip yet.
Mark your calendars, folks, because that's rarer than a vegetarian

(03:18):
at a barbecue competition. The mention of Quana Parker was
a nice touch of history that didn't feel forced as
a square peg in a round hole. Gator apparently has
quite the vasoline collection, which is information I could have
gone my whole life without knowing the power Conveniently, going
out during John's death is about as suspicious as a
cat in a room full of empty vases. With only

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five episodes left, we're looking at a showdown that's going
to make the Ok Corral look like a playground scuffle,
Beth's out for blood, Jamie's trying to play innocent like
a fox in a henhouse, and somewhere in Texas Rips
probably planning the longest ride home since Odysseus. That's all
for this week, basement dwellers. Remember in Montana, family is forever,
unless you're Jamie Button, in which case forever might be

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a lot shorter than you planned. This is journey Joe
Mitchell reminding you to keep your friends close, your enemies closer,
and your remote control closest of all.