Spoiler alert for Yellowstone Season 5, Episode 14, 'Life Is A Promise'THE yellow stone The Season 5 finale references Dutton's first significant death in the original series, bringing Taylor Sheridan full circle. The finale is a momentous ride for Beth and Kayce, who end their businesses respectively. Kayce sells the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch to Thomas Rainwater and the Broken Rock Tribe, freeing himself from the family burden by passing on management of the largest ranch in the country. Meanwhile, Beth finally ends her sibling rivalry with Jamie by killing her adopted brother and calling the police to report him for assault and involvement in her father's murder.
John III's funeral is one of the most significant events, with his family and the Yellowstone cowboys coming together to honor the Dutton patriarch and say goodbye. It's an emotional struggle for Beth, who cares for her father perhaps more than anyone else. While the characters are on the grass, surrounded by tombstones that mark the Dutton family tree, John's funeral has significant links to yellow stoneLee Dutton's first funeral, after Lee Dutton's yellow stone death in the series premiere. The details highlight the importance of Costner's character in the yellow stone, standing as a reminder of its opening moments in the series.
John Dutton's funeral gives a glimpse of Lee Dutton's tomb
Lee Dutton is the eldest son of John Dutton III
Node yellow stone In the Season 5 finale, Kayce and Rip lead the funeral procession, carrying John Dutton's gleaming mahogany casket to the Dutton family cemetery. The episode then cuts to Lee Dutton's grave, which reads the years he lived, from 1974 to 2017. Displaying Lee's tombstone is a moving tribute to John III's eldest sonwho died at the beginning of the modern war for the farm. The Duttons went through many hardships as they fought to maintain control of the land, and Lee's death marks one of the most significant sacrifices the family made to protect it.
John III's funeral subtly references Lee's death in other wayslike the sad music of the violin and the behavior of two keys yellow stone characters in each ceremony. As attendants gather around the casket at Lee's funeral, John hesitates to proceed, and Beth also stays at her father's house, neither of them willing to come to terms with one of the greatest tragedies of each of their lives. During Lee's funeral, John III looks up to the sky and closes his eyes, momentarily transcending. Beth does the same at her father's funeral, looking into the thicket of trees, watching a hawk fly away as her more immediate surroundings dissolve.
How Lee's Death Started the Events of Yellowstone
Lee's death begins the Yellowstone saga
The death of John Dutton's eldest son in yellow stone the series premiere kicked off the show. A modern war began after a herd of cattle ended up on the Broken Rock reservation, prompting John III to send a convoy to retrieve their meat. Lee was a key figure in his father's attackriding through the night on horseback. However, members of the Broken Rock tribe awaited the Yellowstone Ranch maneuver, and its members and tribal police awaited them with firearms. After a series of events do not go as planned, Lee is shot and killed by Robert Long.
Lee Dutton's death was the first in a series of tragedies for the Duttons in yellow stone as they fought to defend and maintain the largest farm in the country. Lee and John's deaths are support for the yellow stone history, each a tragedy that cost Yellowstone Dutton Ranch its protection during its modern era. While occupying the land for 141 years, the entire Dutton family faced a series of tragedies and many Duttons died. However, the youngest sixth-generation Dutton farmer, Kayce, ends his family's reign on the property, freeing himself from the burden of protecting his family's property.