It Looks Like This Is the End of 'Yellowstone' After All
Yellowstone has never lacked for drama on screen: over the course of its five seasons, the show has put the Duttons and those closest to them through assassination attempts, car crashes, kidnappings, bombings, land grabs, and federal investigations, not to mention no few trips to the "train station" and a sibling rivalry that makes Succession's Roys look like a happy family. But for fans, the last year and a half has proven that the show's behind-the-scenes drama is just as much of a roller coaster ride, and it's time to hang on for another drop.
Just a few weeks ago, many started to get their hopes up when the news broke that, despite Kevin Costner's infamous, unceremonious exit as the Dutton family patriarch and the long-announced news that the show would be ending after the second half of the fifth season (debuting this November), stars Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser were in talks to revive the show for an unexpected sixth season. Since then, there has been no official word on the status of the series, but a new interview with Reilly, along with fellow Dutton actors Luke Grimes and Wes Bentley, makes it sound like the odds for a sixth season are far from good.
“It was always going to be five seasons in [show creator Taylor Sheridan’s] head, but because the show became so successful, the network and everyone wanted more,” Reilly told Entertainment Weekly. “So, in a way, fate took it and we ended this part of Yellowstone in a way that he always envisioned it to end.”
She later added, in reference to the SAG and WGA guild strikes that delayed production last fall, “In a weird way, having a little break meant that you're coming back to something that you're not taking for granted, and the scripts were so good. So good. We got to finish something rather than draw something out or prolong it.”
Grimes echoed that sense of finality, telling the publication, “I read the last episode the day before we started filming. I couldn't be happier. I think it's a perfect ending for the show for every character. It's just a testament to what a good writer Taylor is, and it's a very, very profound, beautiful ending.”
Bentley, too, seemed to be bidding farewell to his character, the much-maligned Dutton brother, Jamie. “It's one of the biggest things I've ever been a part of, and it's a character that's a double-edged sword. It's both very satisfying to play a character who's given so much emotional work to do, but it also takes its toll. I'm excited to let him go, but I'm also sad to let him go,” he said.
The interview comes just a week after fellow Yellowstone actor Jen Landon got fans in a froth over a selfie from her "last day of the last season of Yellowstone."
Of course, while all of that talk certainly doesn't suggest that the stars anticipate there's more Yellowstone on the way, if the show and its protracted production drama have taught fans anything, it's that you should never count the Duttons out. Until there's (another) official announcement, the status of Yellowstone's future is anyone's guess.
You Might Also Like
