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Is seeing Rip handle the pain of his boss being gone. The portrayal is really powerful and you can feel the pain. But then again Rip has been the main character for a long time now.

The rest of the episode is very much mopping up all the loose threads, not in a very good way to be honest. Its Beth in her very much boiled down "highly functional alcoholic" role, its Kayce going all native and speaking to spiritual animals, you get the compulsory song event and some of the banter that has become kind of a staple of the series.

And of course we get Sheridan, just to show himself off in every series...

Ill watch it for Rip. The rest is forgettable. Except the pics of the Montana view, that will always be easy to watch.

After binge watching this series from start to finish a few times over, the pace of the ending felt disjointed and rushed. We got our obligatory tying up of loose ends and predictable ending which would give some fans the ending they wanted but left others feeling cheated. The characters felt like they were disconnected from one another even before going their separate ways. We all wanted the finale to have something to hold on to as fans but happy endings and loose ends being tied up leaves nothing to hope for in terms of a spin off. We'll miss these characters and thank the creators for telling their stories.

I agree with the consensus that the series was phenomenal. By every measure Taylor poured his heart and soul into this story. Knowing that it was going to conclude at the end of this season anyway made the last episodes emotional and poignant.

I have no idea what Taylor planned for the penultimate conclusion, but it feels like the last episode got us to the that place. Thank you Taylor Sheridan for this journey.

The characters were grounded, strong and the writing stayed true to them all. We'll never know but it feels like the death of John Dutton was intended for the last 1 or 2 episodes with the viewer left with suspicions of what might happen next.

Sometimes I get anxiety watching the last episode of a series, because you just don't know if it's going to be disappointing, weird, or leave you saying, whaaat the heck just happened?!

But this episode, was perfect! Even though I went into it with and an idea of how it was going to end, I still laughed, cried, clutched my pearls and gasped while watching this one.

All the actors were truly phenomenal and the story line was moving and gripping. I've never seen a better ending!

It was the perfect wrap up to this inspiring series! Not to mention the epic cinematography and stunning music that was featured! It exceeded my expectations in every way!

What happened had to happen, so that what was meant to be could be. A very fitting finale with plenty of defining moments that captured the spirit of the show and, in my opinion, did the entire series more than enough justice. An ending that left no loose ends and nothing to be desired. Couldn't ask for more. Well, I take that back. Of course I desire more and I wish it wasn't over. But there will never be any amount of episodes or any last episode that feels like "enough". Series finales (of GOOD series) always remind me of that country song, "One more day, one more time. One more sunset, maybe I'd be satisfied. But then again, I know what it would do. Leave me wishing still for one more day with you." I'll miss Yellowstone, the characters, the plots, and the beauty of the scenery. It was a legendary show, there's no question about that. But all good things must come to an end, and they did a good job with it. Like I said, no loose ends were left, with perhaps one exception. I won't give it away, but it involves Beth's conversation with the detective. That would've been a great plotline to start the next season off. But I understand why they chose not to. To the creators, writers, actors, directors, producers... thank you ALL for this show! So looking forward to more spinoffs (I hope!) and to watching Kevin Costner's and Taylor Sheridan's future endeavors in TV and cinema.

Ah Yellowstone... we laughed, we cried, we watched people get the crap kicked out of em. Speaking of which, without giving too much away... what an EPIC scene between Beth and Jamie. Talk about things coming to a boil! I wasn't sure how all that was gonna go down, but boyyy did it, and it did not disappoint. I imagine that was a fun scene to film. Yellowstone went out with a bang... some happy tears, some sad tears, some sass, and some laughs... everything that made Yellowstone great.

It's a shame that this GREAT series has ended... The series' creators did the right thing by finding a fair ending to the story of the Dutton family on the Yellowstone ranch.

Everything has a beginning and an end. The story of the Dutton family has ended... A sacred place is never empty, and the land is soon returned to its rightful owners - the Indians. I think that the curse of this land will no longer haunt the children of John Dutton.

I recommend that the creators make some kind of spinoff with the former cowboy heroes of the ranch. Many images of cowboys are not revealed, which would have gained further distribution. For example, the Sundance Ranch in Wyoming or in other mountain states.

For me, the biggest failure of Season 5.2 was the mismanagement of expectations. I first heard of this term when 'The Killing' was on years ago viewers were led to believe it was a one season show. We suddenly found out it wasn't. Viewers were furious.

I watched 'Yellowstone' from the beginning, because it was supposed to be a modern day western set in Montana starring Kevin Costner. Then this last season Costner left. Much of the season was set in Texas at the Four Sixes Ranch seemingly starring Taylor Sheridan with some characters building up his mystique. The Texas scenes were pretty boring. If I wanted to see this kind of horse training, I would watch Sheridan's reality show 'The last Cowboy'. I watched a couple of episodes of that show and found them boring.

To me, Costner's John Dutton grounded 'Yellowstone', Beth was the backbone, Rip the heart, Kayce mostly irrelevant, Jamie almost a guest star type villain. I never liked him. With the characters that were left, the prophecy that after seven generations the land would go back to the native Americans, Kayce's lack of interest in the ranch, Beth and Rip relocating, this ending was predictable. There was little dramatic impact, plus it was an insulting disservice to Costner, his character, and viewers expectations from a show that many viewers started watching, because of Costner. This is how I feel. It was a betrayal of trust.

Greetings from Lithuania.

"Life Is a Promise", last episode of "Yellowstone" was the best episode of absolutely unesesary season 5 and a really solid ending of the entire story. I did enjoyed how they wrapped up things. The outcome of the owning of the land story was satisfying in my opinion, and wasn't as unexpected if you followed the series and its spin offs. The biggest problem is that this season 5, as is 4th in my opinion were unnecessary - and they stretched this story way to long. This season 5 was pretty bad only because story was going in circles, all episodes felt and were fillers. That said the ending was good - but only for entire story which should have ended few seasons earlier.

The ridiculous overuse of the "F-bombs"! I understand people speak like this in real life, but I would like to watch this great show with my family, yet can't. Also, a word to Taylor Sheridan: You seem to be a gifted and intelligent writer, creator, producer, director, etc., but we-the viewing public-feel that maybe your ego sometimes can get in your own way. One word of advice for the future: Stay OUT of your own way. Stop inserting yourself in everything and trying to "butch up" for the camera, and please CUT BACK on the unnecessary language. Trust me, you will get even more people to watch your stuff, instead of alienating a lot of those who love your stuff, but are put off by the overuse of very foul language. We get the story and the point without it.

One last thing about the production: Whoever is in charge of marketing this show, whether it be Paramount or whoever, you need to pay better attention to how to promote it. As someone who works in this field, I can say from a professional position that this IS NOT the "SEASON Finale", but the "SERIES FINALE". "Season" implies that there's another coming, which, obviously is not-unless there's something brewing that the general public doesn't know.

Also, the filming locations listed are NOT complete and accurate. For instance, this finale only says Park City, Utah as a filming location, but that is OBVIOUSLY not true. The scene where "Abbey" (Lainey Wilson) sings her song is actually at Billy Bob's Texas, which is at The Fort Worth Stockyards, Fort Worth, Texas.

Moreover, anyone who actually lives in Montana (we have land there) knows that the Yellowstone set and the bulk of the show is filmed near Hamilton, Montana. So GIVE THE CREDIT to the people of these areas, or AT LEAST let the public as that information here on this database.

Back to the point of canceling this series-whoever canceled this show is absolutely out of their minds-it is a successful CASH COW (no pun intended on the "cow" part), and ending this is as dumb as CBS ending "Blue Bloods", but I digress.

Now, on to this finale. Other than my complaints listed above, it was completely fitting and memorable. I'm trying not to put any spoilers in this review, but the Native American kids should have been made to stay and fix/clean what they pushed down.

The epilogue heard by "Elsa" near the end was beautiful and poignant.

The cinematography is STUNNING!

Oh, and the selection of the Willy Nelson sing to close out this series? In a word-perfect.

The End.

(By the way, WHERE is Beth going to be able to get any type of service for her Bentley? HA!)

Ironies abound. This reviewer does not know the details about the spat between Sheridan and Costner which resulted in the latter leaving the series early, and former turning the final episodes into literally and figuratively a memorial for the show that made him Hollywood's #1 writer/producer. The irony is that, as good as Sheridan is, this show could not have reached its potential without an exceptional cast. The irony is that, as good as he is, he never quite managed to fill the gap Costner left. The irony is that Hollywood itself learned nothing from all this, and unflinchingly killed the "Australian Yellowstone" which could have captured this existing audience. ((Designated "IMDb Top Reviewer." Please check out my list "167+ Nearly-Perfect Movies (with the occasional Anime or TV miniseries) you can/should see again and again (1932 to the present))

I ended up really liking Yellowstone. Nothing is perfect but it's got a lot of good things going for it. I'd give the show 9/10 overall. The acting is good and the scenery is beautiful. It also has really nice music.

My main issues are that they kind of forced Jaime to be the villain even when it didn't actually make sense and that Costner left and so he isn't in the last episodes.

Also as entertaining as Beth was she did all kinds of cruel and terrible things but for some reason no one cares and people love her. In fact almost all of the main characters like John, Beth, Rip and even Kayce do terrible things like murder people but for some reason Jaime is the only one who doesn't get forgiven, they just hate him no matter what he does.

I mostly liked the show but I just think that they kind of forced Jaime into being a villain when he didn't really have to be. John Dutton might actually be the worst character on the show. He a horrible father.

It's a very entertaining show but I just have a few issues with the story. I'd probably still recommend it though.

It cannot be said that the "Yellowstone" finale didn't give the people what they wanted.

You couldn't have written better endings for the motley crew of characters whose lives enthralled us for five gripping seasons of television than what Taylor Sheridan - whose character was one of the show's best creations - put together in the final ninety minutes of his magnum opus.

From the first second of "Life Is a Promise" to the last, it was enthralling, emotional television.

"Yellowstone" the television show will live on down through the ages, just like the Dutton family and their ranch will in the complicated world Sheridan created: one of drama and triumph, grief, love, hatred and compassion, of good guys and bad.

What a show.

The final 6 episodes of "Yellowstone", delayed by the writer's strike and thrown into chaos by the departure of Kevin Coster have finally arrived, around a year after the initial 8. Whilst it's hard to shake the feeling that this is a bit of a rushed job, to find an ending from the departure of the shows leading man it's a satisfactory reset for a series that seems like it is essentially going to continue in various spin offs.

Governor Dutton apparently commits suicide in his mansion, though neither Beth (Kelly Reilly) nor Kayce (Luke Grimes) believe that this is the case, with Beth immediately blaming it on Jamie (Wes Bentley). She is technically correct, though Jamie is initially unsure about how explicit his instructions to Sarah (Dawn Olivieri) were. The rest of the ranch team are in Texas participating in a cattle saving relocation, alongside the Four Sixes Ranch, this provides some new concerns for them and means that Rip (Cole Hauser) isn't around when the news about the Governor breaks.

These last episodes do feel like they're truncating several aspects of the story, particularly the airport storyline and the reaction of Market Equities to what happens. Naturally the stories involving John and the specifics of his Governorship are dropped, and Summer (Piper Perabo) gets just a single scene to finish off her interest. It's all complicated by these episodes, certainly the first three or four, jumping backwards and forwards in time, to accommodate the fact that most of the 'cowboys away' storyline has to take place before the assassination, but they couldn't just do that whole storyline first and ignore all the rest of the characters.

Other than the rapid pace - though still finding time for a few interminable musical performances - generally this was as decent a ending as the show was going to get, given the extenuating circumstances and I look forward more to resetting with the spin offs in the near future.

With Costners abrupt departure, I think they salvaged the show as best they could. I could have done without the long drawn out pointless side quest stories that didn't really add value but it was better than if they would've just ended the show completely after Costner jumped ship. Overall a forgetful & semi disappointing ending to what is overall a fantastic series.

Just repeating stuff here to meet the word requirements - With Costners abrupt departure, I think they salvaged the show as best they could. I could have done without the long drawn out pointless side quest stories that didn't really add value but it was better than if they would've just ended the show completely after Costner jumped ship. Overall a forgetful & semi disappointing ending to what is overall a fantastic series.