Notice! Spoilers ahead for yellow stone Season 5, Episode 9.
This article mentions suicide.
yellow stone began explaining John Dutton’s fate following Kevin Costner’s departure from the neo-Western with season 5 episode 9, titled ‘Desire Is All You Need’. There was widespread speculation about how the series would write John following the news that Kevin Costner would not be part of the yellow stone season 5 cast after the first half of the season. Although John was expected to die, it was unclear how this would happen or how it would trigger a war between Beth and Jamie.
‘Desire Is All You Need’ filled flashbacks of the last six weeks between the horrific discovery of John’s death and Beth’s declaration that she knew Jamie was responsible and would make him pay. The flashbacks that made up most of the episode depicted the characters’ old way of life, suggesting that things will never be the same after John’s death. This exit sets up the series finale to be one of the yellow stonebest episodes, like this gives Beth and Jamie a strong reason to fight to the death and leaves the fate of John’s ranch up in the air.
Yellowstone Season 5, Episode 9 Reveals John Dutton Is Dead
Kayce tries to protect Beth from the most horrific aspects of her ending
yellow stone Season 5, Episode 9 wastes no time before establishing John’s death. The episode quickly moves from Beth being scared when she can’t reach John on the phone to Kayce showing the police tape. to discover John’s fate. Blood splattered on the wall and quick cuts to police officers looking at a body as the news reports that John is likely dead helped paint the picture of what happened without being overly graphic. The scene is accompanied by a seemingly shocked Jamie officially confirming the news of John’s death at a press conference.
John’s Death Doesn’t Include Any Scenes With Kevin Costnerwho had already left the series. Instead, a stand-in is used to represent his body, and the audience does not see the dead man’s face. This has led to some speculation that John may have faked his death, but this is unlikely considering Costner will not be returning to the series. Thus, John’s death is likely real, and the lack of clarity about what the body looked like came from the fact that Costner was not involved in the scene of his death. Instead, the remainder yellow stone will focus on the aftermath of John’s death.
Did John really kill himself in Season 5, Episode 9 of Yellowstone?
His death seemed to have been staged
John is found with what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and the gun next to him. That’s why, it is easy for authorities to declare his death a suicide and close the case. However, there may be more to it than that. He is killed moments before appearing at an impeachment hearing, which authorities consider to be the reason for the suicide. However, there is room for theories and other interpretations.
Although a state trooper working on the case tells Kayce that there was gunpowder residue on John’s hand, this detail could easily be falsified. Furthermore, Neither Kayce nor Beth believe their father died by his own handand his belief is vindicated in the final scenes when Sarah Atwood tells Jamie that she hired a contract killer as a favor to him. Jamie claims he didn’t want that, but he and Sarah were talking about ways to eliminate John permanently, so it wouldn’t be surprising if she was involved in his death.
Why Yellowstone Had to Kill John Dutton
Kevin Costner decided not to return for the second half of Yellowstone Season 5
Costner’s John Dutton was instrumental in yellow stone from the beginning, making it difficult for the series to continue without him. Dutton seemed virtually indestructible as he overcame a seemingly terminal cancer diagnosis, fought hard against the seizure of his ranch on multiple occasions, and survived an assassination attempt. However, the series had to write him out permanently because Costner confirmed in June 2024 that he would not return to yellow stone for the second half of its fifth season. This decision came after months of behind-the-scenes conflicts that left Costner’s status in question.
Costner’s decision to leave yellow stone it came after months of negotiations and rumors of a feud between him and Taylor Sheridan, who writes and produces the show. Costner’s lawyer denies that there was a fight or that Costner refused to work for more than a week (via Disk). However, it was confirmed that Costner wanted to work on his new project Horizoncausing scheduling conflicts and eventually he decided to step away Yellow Stone. Thus, he could not have any kind of special participation during the final part of the yellow stone season 5.
Given that Costner completely severed his relationship with yellow stonekilling John is the only ending that makes sense. John wouldn’t leave town in the middle of an impeachment trial. Furthermore, even if it were possible to go to Texas to help Rip or leave Montana, that would be an unsatisfying ending, especially if he was never seen again. So the only surprise was that John was possibly murdered, rather than dying of cancer or some other more mundane ending.
How John’s death sets up the rest of Jamie and Beth’s war
Beth is convinced that Jamie was responsible for John’s death
Beth can’t believe John ended his own life. From the moment she hears the news, she is convinced it is a murder and resents Jamie announcing at a press conference that her father took his own life. Although Kayce doubts that Jamie could have had any part in this, he does not know the whole truth, that Jamie also killed his biological father. This is a fact that Beth has been using to blackmail Jamie since she found out.
Her [Sarah] Hiring a contract killer makes it seem like she and Jamie engaged in a multi-layered cover-up to ensure their hands were clean.
Beth’s knowledge of Jamie’s past crime and her awareness that he and John were fighting helps convince her that Jamie is guilty, and it does not bode well for him that he is associated with Sarah, who wanted John out. of your path. for a long time. Jamie’s claim that Sarah acted independently of him may or may not be true, but it doesn’t matter. She claims she did it for him, and the hiring of a contract killer makes it seem like she and Jamie engaged in a multi-layered cover-up to ensure their hands were clean.
Jamie was ready to go on the offensive against Beth before this happened, and he will now fight Beth’s attempts to prove he killed her father and get revenge. That’s why, yellow stone will spend the remaining five episodes on the war between Beth and Jamie, and it will likely be a fight to the death between the two brothers who never had any use for each other.
Source: Disk