So far, Yellowstone has scored sky-high viewership as a western soap opera. Costner's departure just adds to the drama.
Early on, police filled the mansion where Dutton was living, as governor of Montana. Viewers couldn't see Costner, but there was a body shown next to a handgun in a pool of blood. The verdict was obvious: Suicide by gunshot.
On Sunday, that meant uncorking an episode hinting at the future of the show without the patriarch who once was the series' focal point. A mid-episode time jump six weeks into the past, before Dutton's death, ensured there wouldn't be a funeral scene Sunday – exposing another time worn element of the soap opera, stretching out the drama.
Of course, Sheridan can't resist poking at the people who aren't a part of that culture – like a moment in Sunday's episode where Rip lets a well-scrubbed little boy pet the horses he's shepherding, before telling a young couple with wild hair and scruffy looks to buzz off.
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