Paramount Network’s Yellowstone season five episode two opens with the heartbreaking and devastating scene of Monica and Tate’s car accident. An injured Tate was the only person who wasn’t ejected when Monica’s car and a stranger’s truck ran into a buffalo that wandered onto the road.

Monica (Kelsey Asbille) is in horrible pain as she yells for Tate (Brecken Merrill) to call an ambulance. Tate, who’s already endured so much trauma in his young life, makes the call as Monica screams.

The credits lead into a scene at Kayce’s place, with Kayce (Luke Grimes) gently holding his sleeping wife in bed. He quietly rises to drive Tate somewhere, assuring his son that they’ll be okay but it will take a while to mend. They’ve lost a son and brother, but Monica’s lost a part of herself so her healing will be much more difficult.

Tate wonders if they’ll try again and lets his dad know he liked having a brother, even if it was just for an hour.

Over at the Yellowstone Ranch, Rip (Cole Hauser) orders Carter to saddle up John’s horse. John’s not around but the horse needs to get out, so Carter’s going to be subbing in for the big boss. Carter moves a little too slowly for Rip’s taste and Rip says, “God didn’t add extra daylight to Tuesday, Carter!”

Lloyd (Forrie J Smith) joins Rip, and they watch Carter methodically work on saddling the horse. Rip finally loses his patience and takes off with the wranglers, leaving Lloyd to supervise. Carter’s nervous since he’s never done this for himself, and he pretty much forgets everything he normally does when getting the horses ready in the morning.

Lloyd has the patience of a saint and walks him through each step.

John (Kevin Costner) goes over his schedule with his assistant, Clara Brewer (Lilli Kay), and is stunned to learn just how many meetings he has to sit through in one day. He’s also frustrated when he hears about a talk he’s supposed to give the following day in Butte to promote one of his educational programs…a program he’s never heard of.

His patience is as short as Rip’s and he calls for his Chief of Staff Jim Roberts to be brought into this morning’s meeting. (Jamie, Beth, and Lynelle are already in attendance.) John’s savvy enough to know Jim’s friendship with someone who benefits from this new educational initiative is the reason it’s been approved.

Poor Jim…he’s barely made it into the meeting when he’s replaced by Beth as CoS and ordered to leave.

Beth (Kelly Reilly) doesn’t want the position but John insists that since she got him into this job, she has no choice but to get him through the next four years. Beth looks at her dad’s schedule and Lynelle explains what his next meeting’s about. (John’s clearly a fish out of water with exactly zero you-know-whats to give about being governor if it doesn’t concern his family’s ranch.)

Lynelle reminds him that as governor he needs to shake hands, pose for photos, and basically play nice. John, who’s already said he’s a one-term governor, doesn’t plan on doing any of that.

Jamie (Wes Bentley) is next up to explain what the legal process will be like if he calls off the funding for the airport and other Market Equities projects. Market Equities will just get funding elsewhere. Also, John can’t just cancel the lease or he’ll be sued. And Jamie’s certain if they sue, Market Equities will win.

“Revoke the funding, order an environmental review, and cancel the lease,” says John, not budging one iota from his position despite the legal consequences.

Jamie and Lynelle argue that Market Equities will ultimately wind up owning the ranch if John continues down this path. Beth points out the Yellowstone’s zoned as agricultural. That leads to – at least on the surface level – a civil discussion with Jamie about approvals and use of the land for purposes outside its zoning.

Jamie says that statute is waved by the governor’s office all the time, and Beth fires back. “Well, not this time.”

Beth has Clara set a meetup for drinks for her and John with Ronny and Kyle from the Park County Commissioners’ office today. John also has Clara clear any meetings from his schedule with groups that have “alliance” in their title.

Beth’s ready to wrap up the morning’s meeting after telling Clara to pack a bag, she’ll need it for their evening with the commissioners. But John has one more item to discuss. He orders Jamie to have the paperwork complete and on his desk in one hour. Jamie requests a private meeting with John, and Beth tells him to just go do his f*cking job.

After Jamie and Beth leave, Lynelle looks over John’s schedule and explains the game to him once again. It’s all about exchanging favors. First, he gives them and then he can ask for favors in return. She’ll fill in on as many of his meetings as she can, but he must agree to some meetings. She also reminds him that if he alienates everyone by insisting he’s not in it for the long haul, his supporters will desert him. And he’ll need them to help fight off Market Equities. It’s unlikely they’ll just slink away quietly into the night.

If Market Equities learns they only need to wait four years, they’ll wait. He’ll have to change laws while he’s in office if he wants to permanently hold them off. The Land Board has five officers – the Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Auditor, and Public Interest Superintendent. Lynelle believes Jamie was smart to sign the lease in the first place, and if he hadn’t then the Land Board would have voted to allow the State to own the Yellowstone Ranch.

When John cancels the lease, it’ll go back in front of the Land Board and they could still turn over Yellowstone to the State – if John refuses to play the game. (He should listen – Lynelle understands exactly how this all works.)

Jamie ignores Beth when she follows him and keeps saying, “Hey,” slamming his office door behind him in her face. Undeterred, she barges in and slams the door even harder behind her. (She has to one-up him on every single thing!)

She warns her brother never to contradict John again, but Jamie patiently explains why he spoke up. Beth claims she wants to believe he’s doing what’s best for the family but then she reminds herself that John’s not his dad and this isn’t his family. She also brings up that he shot his own father (without saying those actual words).

Beth wants him to do as he’s told until Market Equities gives up. After that, he can leave. Beth confirms she views him as unredeemable.

“Your political career was over the moment you chose your father over mine,” says Beth. He had best not forget he’s her prisoner now unless he wants to go to jail. And, since he’s sold his ranch, she wants him home on weekends so she can keep an eye on him. (I’ve always been #TeamBeth but not loving this extreme version of a vengeance-driven Beth right now.)

Home alone, Monica makes it to the bathroom and stares at herself in the mirror. She touches her stomach and takes a deep breath before joining Kayce outside. He’s taken the day off work in case she needs anything, and Monica confesses she’d like to hold a very private funeral for the baby. Kayce blames himself and Monica warns him they’re not going to do that. It’s no one’s fault.

Monica wants to bury the baby at Yellowstone, and Kayce says he’ll ask John but already knows the answer’s yes.

Monica asks the question on all our minds. Is this what Kayce meant when he said he saw “the end of us”? He admits it isn’t; he never saw this coming.

“This won’t be the end of us,” says Kayce. He adds that he had to choose the end of us, and he will never choose that.

Kayce brings up that Tate wants a brother and Monica says she wanted him to have one. The couple holds each other tight as Monica sobs.

The wranglers work the cattle and come upon a dead momma cow. Rip and Lloyd believe that wolves did it, but Ryan (Ian Bohen) disagrees. Wolves might have eaten it, but something else killed it. He wants to call in Kayce, but Rip wants to leave Kayce out of it, given what he’s going through right now. Plus, they don’t need a State hunter on Yellowstone just a couple of days into John’s term.

They’ll deal with it themselves after they get a permit. Rip puts Ryan and Colby (Denim Richards) in charge of killing the wolves.

Episode two’s halfway done when one of season two’s new big baddies, Sarah Atwood (Dawn Olivieri), puts in her first appearance. Sarah’s a heavy-hitter called in by Market Equities CEO Caroline Warner (Jacki Weaver) to handle the Dutton situation.

Sarah joins Caroline and the Market Equities team to watch a press conference called by Governor John Dutton.

Meanwhile, Jamie delivers the paperwork John requested squashing the permit and funding. Jamie warns his dad that he’s basically declaring war by signing this order, and John says they’re already at war.

John delivers a speech about the meaning of the word freedom. Allowing a city to be built in the middle of the pristine wilderness strips Montanians from their freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water. The development would also strain hospitals and key infrastructure. Plus, it will ultimately raise their taxes and make it harder to remain in Montana.

He signs an executive order to revoke Market Equities’ permits and cease all funding. John doesn’t take any questions and quickly leaves the press conference.

Caroline wants a cease & desist order filed along with a lawsuit over breach of contract. She wants them to throw in any other charges they can think of.

Sarah points out that Jamie doesn’t look up to the fight. He’ll be her first target.

Back at the ranch, Lloyd’s impressed with Carter’s first real day of cowboying and sends him off to round up two nearby cows. Suddenly, his horse trips in a hole and falls, with Carter injuring his arm. However, that’s not the worst of it. The horse won’t be able to recover from this injury and Rip’s forced to put him down. (Remember, this is John’s horse.)

Rip dispassionately orders everyone back to work as Carter apologizes. Rip tells Carter to carry the bridle and saddle back to the barn, after reminding him to always have one eye on the ground and one eye on the cattle in the future.

Beth arrives early for the evening’s meeting over drinks, and a man unwisely chooses to hit on her at the bar. She pegs him as a professor with grown kids and a wife who left him. She shatters his ego by describing what she thinks is his way of life, sending him off to nurse his wounds after calling him a pencil d*ck.

The meeting begins and the men aren’t happy John just stripped the county of hundreds of millions in tax revenue. John points out they don’t have anywhere to spend hundreds of millions anyway, so it doesn’t really matter.

John promises to increase their tax revenue by doubling property tax on non-residents. Ronny Meyers (J Downing) and Kyle Fremont (James Remar) don’t think it’ll work but Beth attempts to sway them to John’s side. They cut to the chase and ask what John wants, and he asks them to turn down the request to rezone Yellowstone Ranch.

A discussion ensues and John promises there won’t be any litigation. And he promises they’ll remain in office if they take his side. Plus, when the rezoning request is denied he plans on placing the ranch in a “conservation easement” so there will be nothing to litigate.

This takes Beth completely by surprise. It’s also all it takes to convince Ronny and Kyle to promise to deny the rezoning request.

Beth warns her dad that if he makes that move, they won’t be able to cover their losses or taxes. They can’t sell off or develop any of the ranches, and will likely lose the whole ranch.

“But it will be whole, honey,” replies John. “It will be whole. That matters more than any name on a deed.”

Beth did not see this move coming.

John arrives back at the ranch and Rip fills him in on what’s going on. Carter broke his arm when John’s horse stepped in a badger hole and shattered his leg. He apologizes to John and says it was his fault. John understands and doesn’t hold it against Rip or Carter.

Rip’s happy to have his wife back, even if it is just for eight hours. Beth promises they’ll cram a week’s worth of loving into one night.

Night’s fallen, and Colby and Ryan follow Rip’s orders and shoot the wolves eating their cattle. It’s not until after they’re dead that the guys realize these are protected wolves from the park. They’re each wearing collars that track their movements and if they remain still for 12 hours, dozens of game wardens will come looking for them.

People love these wolves and follow their movements. They even have their own Facebook pages, and some supporters wear T-shirts with their faces. If they learn the wolves have been killed, all hell will break loose.

Ryan thinks they need to take off the collars until he can figure out what to do.

It’s only after the wolves are dead that Ryan admits they didn’t get the necessary permits to kill them. (What’s with all the animal deaths in this episode?!)

A flashback shows a young John Dutton (welcome back, Josh Lucas) and a ranch hand discovering dead fish, a calf, and a dead elk. There’s something in the water that’s poisoned the animals and fish, and John looks for the cause from a helicopter. He discovers a construction site and punches the foreman, Dick Weller (Elijah Mahar). He holds up his Livestock Agent badge and pulls out his gun, to show he means business.

One of the men explains they’ve been spraying a chemical to kill off weeds. Dick claims they’re licensed to spray it and doesn’t care the chemical’s made its way into the creek. The EPA approved it while they’re working on putting up a cell tower for the phone company.

Because they have a permit, they won’t stop using the chemical. John will have to speak directly with the phone company.

That night, a teenage Rip and other ranch hands destroy the construction site and the equipment. They also spray the chemical all around the foreman’s property and knock the man out when he confronts them.

The vegetation quickly dies along with birds and any other wildlife in the area. The foreman howls in the shower as he tries to wash off the chemicals after laying outside, unconscious, all night covered in poison.

Back to current events and Ryan and Colby are forced to call Rip about the dead wolves. He rides out in the middle of the night and instructs them to remove the collars. They’ll need to move like wolves as they ride back to the park.

They place the collars semi-loosely on pieces of wood and toss them in the river. Rip warns them never to shoot wolves with GPS tracking devices again (that’s pretty obvious, isn’t it?) and never to tell anyone what they’ve done.

Morning arrives on the ranch and Clara’s overwhelmed by the view. She can’t imagine what it takes to maintain the Yellowstone and John admits it takes everything they’ve got.

The episode ends with one of the pieces of wood, tracker still attached, getting snagged on a tree limb that’s fallen into the river.

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Season four of Paramount Network’s Yellowstone ended with Beth forcing Jamie’s hand and compelling him to murder his biological father. Of course, that means Beth now owns Jamie, which is incredibly good timing given John’s decision to run for governor—a position Jamie lusted after and assumed would be his for the taking. Kayce told Monica he saw “the end of us” after his vision quest and, in case you forgot, Monica is pregnant. Plus, Beth’s now a married woman with a bullseye painted on her back courtesy of Market Equities’ CEO.

And now for a recap of Yellowstone season five episode one, airing on November 13, 2022:

Episode one picks up the story on election day with John (Kevin Costner) winning the gubernatorial race. After calling John to congratulate him, Scott McMullen makes a concession speech that Jamie, Beth, outgoing Governor Lynelle Perry, and John’s supporters watch and savor from John’s campaign headquarters.

Jamie (Wes Bentley) has a quiet moment alone to take in the news.

As John’s about to deliver his first speech as governor-elect, Jamie requests the honor of introducing him as well as newly elected Montana Senator Lynell (Wendy Moniz) to their constituents. Beth (Kelly Reilly) knows Jamie’s only doing it to get on the stage. Whatever his motivations, Jamie does a fantastic job of selling his enthusiasm for both his dad and Lynelle’s victories.

John confirms they have a lot of work to do and a lot to undo. He’s determined not to allow Montana to become “the rich man’s plaything.” His goal as governor will be to preserve what sets Montana apart and be a faithful steward of the land and its people.

Jamie and Beth engage in a staring contest (a battle of wills) as the balloons fall and the crowd cheers.

Over at the casino, Thomas Rainwater (Gil Birmingham) concedes John’s election will be good for the land. However, it will kill a potential income stream for the tribe.

Market Equities CEO Caroline Warner (Jacki Weaver) smashes a glass as John’s win is announced, certain it spells the death of the airport and resort. But her associate, Ellis Steele, points out how glum and depressed Jamie looks on stage as the celebration continues. He’s the weak link, and Caroline instructs Ellis to bring in Sarah Atwood. The gloves are off and Caroline’s done playing around.

We’re treated to a brief flashback of a teenage Beth taunting a hard-working Rip, who promises that someday he’ll be top hand. She’s about to leave for college and asks if he wants to go on a date on her last night in town.

Rip agrees, and the bunkhouse boys give him a hard time as he leaves for his date. Beth continues to tease him as they head to the bar in town, and when they get there, Rip admits he’s never been there before. (He adds that he’s never been anywhere before.)

Rip’s also never had a martini before and settles for water while Beth gives the bartender a peek down her shirt when he requests her ID. Beth and Rip’s discussion turns serious as Beth explains she can either be a victim of how men look at her or benefit from it. She chooses the latter, and she claims men are the weaker sex.

Rip’s not in the mood for this discussion, and it’s obvious he’s incredibly uncomfortable. He suggests they leave, but Beth wants to stay. Rip leaves, alone, since Beth’s clearly not changing her mind.

Outside, the guys from the ranch are just pulling up and offer him one of their trucks so he can make it safely back to the Yellowstone.

Hours later, Rip’s waiting outside the barn as Beth and the wranglers return from the bar. Beth kisses one of the men and then slips into the backseat for a quickie. Rip looks devastated.

It turns out this unpleasant stroll down memory lane leads the Beth we now know and love into apologizing to her husband. Rip (Cole Hauser) doesn’t understand why she’s sorry, and she explains it’s nothing recent that’s making her feel the need to atone.

“This is a sort of blanket apology to generally cover the past,” says Beth. “Everything before right now…that’s what I’m sorry for.”

Beth admits she was awful to him when they were younger, but she claims she was worse on herself. Rip believes her brain is almost as big as her heart. He also thinks he’s the only one who truly understands just how big her heart is.

Beth becomes emotional as she expresses how much she regrets robbing them of years they could have spent together. Rip assures her he’s incredibly happy and doesn’t need anything, including those lost years—or anything else that time took from them. (Rip’s such a decent man and exactly who Beth needs in her life.)

Rip suggests she find someone new to fight so that she stops fighting herself. With a smile, Rip finally agrees she did put him through hell. Now, he just wants her to let herself be happy. She promises she will.

The ranch is buzzing as preparations for John’s party celebrating his win get underway. Rip’s angry about all the hoopla (he calls it a sh*tshow) and orders the wranglers to concentrate on the work at hand. Today that means looking for calves.

Meanwhile, Lynelle and John have a quiet chat at the capitol before John meets with his staff. John points out that the breakfast buffet could feed the poor, and Lynelle explains his staff will eat it while trying to figure out what issues deserve his attention. She also assures him he doesn’t have any friends in this building.

John teases that he blames her for his election, and she reminds him she wanted Jamie as governor because she could have controlled him. That’s not the case with John. They share a joke about their sexual relationship and confirm it’s going to be an interesting four years.

John isn’t going to run for reelection, and Lynelle suggests that he concentrate on that. He doesn’t need to compromise and can get things done without worrying about offending any potential 2026 backers.

We finally catch up with Kayce (Luke Grimes) half an hour into the season five premiere. He’s still Livestock Commissioner and has joined his men in pursuit of horse thieves. The thieves are attempting to drive the horses through the river and over to the Canadian side of the border, where Canadian police are waiting to arrest them. (Canada’s legal system doesn’t scare them as much as America’s does.)

Kayce manages to get the thieves back on American soil, but the horses have made it to Canada. Kayce touched Canadian soil while turning around the thieves and the Canadian police aren’t happy about that or that he’s snagged the thieves they were hoping to apprehend.

Kayce’s able to convince the Canadian cops to return the horses and to allow the thieves to be arrested in America since the U.S. justice system is much harsher. Kayce gets his way and also gets in a final jab at Canada by inferring the cops are sheep when they claim Canada’s more civilized.

Meanwhile at the capitol, a crowd of supporters and the media have gathered to watch John being sworn in as governor. John takes an extraordinarily long pause before stating his name as instructed while being sworn in. In fact, Beth has to prompt him to recite the oath of office.

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Governor Dutton dons his cowboy hat, and after a brief acknowledgement of applause, he delivers another speech. He reconfirms he didn’t want this job; he just wants to preserve what makes Montana special. He announces his first official action is to cancel the funding for the Paradise Valley Airport Project and the surrounding commercial developments.

John lists additional actions he’s going to take, all of which will financially impact non-residents. “We are not your playground. We are not your haven from the pollution and traffic and mismanagement of your home states,” declares John, as Jamie can barely contain his exasperation with his dad’s actions.

Jamie asks Beth if she knew about John’s plan. He’s certain it will set the state back 30 years. Beth assures him the plan is to actually set it back 100 years. Jamie’s concerned John’s proposals aren’t legal, and Beth doesn’t care. She’s going to work her brother like a “rented mule” and force him to ram John’s proposals through the courts.

It’s only John, Beth, Jamie, and the driver in the car as they leave the capitol, and Beth refuses to pour Jamie a whiskey—even when John tells her to. Jamie suggests John reconsider canceling the airport funding since it’ll bring in $5 million annually to the ranch. The ranch is currently losing $3 million a year as it is.

Jamie and Beth get into an argument over her use of campaign funds to pay for the party at the Yellowstone Ranch, and Jamie’s certain they’re all going to prison. John finally tells them to shut up but then starts the argument up again when he blames Jamie for the fact he’s now governor. John didn’t want the job, and all parties agree Jamie could have won the election. But, John asks, what would happen then? He couldn’t depend on Jamie to do right by the land.

John blames himself for the mess he made of his family and thinks they’re an embarrassment to the family’s legacy. John orders Jamie to sacrifice his ambition and sacrifice his “weak, self-loathing heart” and become strong. Jamie’s also ordered to do everything John says exactly as he says to do it.

John warns them every decision will be made for the good of the ranch. That is first and foremost in his mind as they move forward.

John reminds his driver that everything said between the family stays within the family. The driver earns himself a permanent role with Governor Dutton by agreeing he’d do exactly what John’s doing if he owned the Yellowstone.

The bunkhouse boys play poker and drink while discussing what to wear for the party. There’s a lot of lighthearted ribbing about the possibility of Jake wearing a dress and Teeter shocks everyone by revealing she owns a couple of dresses.

Rip arrives to warn them not to get drunk before the party. When he asks what they’re laughing about and learns Jake wants to wear a dress, Rip orders him not to even think about it. Rip’s serious as a heart attack, but the guys and Teeter are still chuckling. (Poor Jake, he’s in trouble and none of this is his doing!)

A short while later the party gets underway with Shane Smith & The Saints performing on stage. The ranch hands are wearing their dress shirts, but they’re still engaging in a lot of teasing as they discover there’s an open bar. The Bar M cowboys arrive and Lloyd suggests all the wranglers enjoy themselves away from the formal party.

A massive tent’s set up for dinner and applause greets John Dutton and Lynelle as they walk through the crowd and shake hands. They eventually arrive at the head table and Beth says her goodbyes; she’d rather be with Rip.

John complains to Lynelle that it’s the first time he’s been at the ranch in a month. This year marks the first time he’s ever spent the night away from his home. (I guess the nights spent in the hospital recovering from being shot don’t count.)

The cowboys are having a blast roping each other in the arena while pretty female party guests (including Lainey Wilson playing a Country singer named Abby) watch from the sidelines. The roping leads to dancing with the guests, and everyone enjoys themselves while Rip watches, relaxing on a nearby hill. Beth joins him and Rip says he’s just keeping an eye on things. He admits when he looks at this party, the future—which he normally never worries about—seems uncertain. Rip compares this whole affair to Nero playing the fiddle as Rome burned.

“He’s going to lose this place,” says Rip, calmly. He gives Beth a kiss and then heads home. Beth continues to sit on the hill and watch the party after he leaves.

Night’s falling as the stolen horses are corralled and waiting to be picked up. Kayce rings up Monica (Kelsey Asbille) to fill her in on what’s happening, and she appears to be ready to give birth any minute. He has to take the horses to Billings, and Monica reveals she probably needs to meet him there. It’s three weeks before her due date but she’s having painful cramps that seem to be getting worse.

Kayce’s worried about her driving and says he’ll have an ambulance meet her on the road.

Kayce leaves Steve Hendon (James Jordan) in charge of the horses and heads out to meet Monica at the hospital.

Monica’s continuing to experience bad cramping as she drives with Tate in the passenger seat. The cramps are almost debilitating, but she won’t pull over and Tate’s too young to drive. The car weaves all over the road.

A truck is heading in Monica’s direction with a driver who’s distracted by food. Suddenly, a buffalo appears on the road in between Monica’s car and the truck. We’re spared the moment of impact, but the sound of shattering glass confirms something horrible’s taken place!

It’s a peaceful morning at the Yellowstone Ranch when Carter (Finn Little), who’s really sprouted since season four, greets John at the barn. John doesn’t have time for a ride and Carter admits he misses their rides. John promises they’ll do them again and then orders Carter to stop growing because it freaks him out.

“You’re a living reminder of how much time I don’t have,” says John to a completely confused Carter. John tosses in a warning that if he grows a beard, he’s fired.

Jamie meets John at the car and informs him their plans have changed and they need to go to Billings. Beth’s with them as they arrive at the hospital and find Tate outside his mom’s room. Tate’s banged up but okay. The same can’t be said of Monica. She lost the baby and Tate tells his grandfather that he had a brother for an hour. Tate reveals his mom and dad named the baby John.

John enters Monica’s room and stands silently by the bed as Kayce lies in bed next to his unconscious wife.

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