Spoiler alert for Yellowstone Season 5, Episode 14, 'Life Is A Promise'The end of yellow stone Season 5, the conclusion for now of Taylor Sheridan's neo-Western Dutton family, scrapped a promising story for the Beth and Rip spinoff show. Just a few days before yellow stone ended, it was announced that Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser would reprise their roles as Beth and Rip, respectively, in their own spinoff with the yellow stone nickname in title. It was a promising development, though not exactly a surprise, given that the actors had previously been in talks to lead a potential yellow stone Season 6 as the obvious choice to replace Kevin Costner and lead the series.
yellow stone season 5 teased some big ideas about how Beth and Rip's saga could continue, while also detailing the fate of John Dutton III in flashbacks surrounding the events of his death. After Kevin Costner yellow stone Leaving before Season 5, Part 2, the show established its most important conclusions while filling in the timeline of Part 1. Ultimately, Kayce sold the Yellowstone Ranch to the Broken Rock Tribe and resettled in East Camp with her family . In conjunction with Kayce's decision, Beth bought a ranch in Dillon, Montanaand moved in with Rip and his adopted son, Carter.
Yellowstone Season 5 Part 2 Flashbacks Tease Beth and Rip's Move to Texas
Beth and Rip are at home in cattle country
Before the yellow stone season 5 finale, Sheridan Teased a Different Sequel for Beth and Rip. Flashbacks throughout Season 5, Part 2 showed what happened before John Dutton's death, which opened the series. They chronicled what happened to the Dutton children and the cowboys between parts 1 and 2, balancing not wasting a single minute explaining what would happen to John with filling out the timeline, necessarily. Flashbacks touched on the couple's potential future when Beth traveled to the Lone Star State to visit her husband and predicted how their lives could continue afterward. Yellow Stone.
Following Dutton Ranch's best and brightest cowboys heading to Texas at the end of yellow stone Season 5, Part 1, Beth visits Rip in yellow stone season 5, episode 10. By kidnapping her husband from the cattle operation and spending a few nights with him in a suite in Amarillo, yellow stone caused the couple to move to the state, where they were perfectly located in the cattle region amid the absence of tourists. Beth and Rip were, at the time, attached to the ranch, but it was hard not to imagine the lovebirds migrating further south after seeing them thrive there.
Beth and Rip's New Ranch Ruins Their Texas Future
Beth, Rip and Carter will stay in Montana
The couple was still attached to the ranch when we saw Beth and Rip's flashback in yellow stone Season 5, Episode 10. In the past, when the flashback occurred, Beth and Rip's loyalty was to John Dutton and to protect his legacy. In the present day yellow stone in season 5, after John's death, the couple becomes even more grateful to the ranch before Kayce decides to sell it. Therefore, Beth and Rip never formally discussed moving to Texas. When Kayce decided to sell the ranch to the Broken Rock tribe, Beth and Rip were able to live freely. Still, Beth chose something other than Texas.
Even though Texas made a big impression on Beth, she buys a ranch in Montana. Beth and Rip's ranch in Dillon will anchor the couple in their home state, which is appropriate, although the decision ignores Beth's desire to leave the state with her husband. yellow stone shows Beth, Rip, and Carter settling into their new ranch, which comprises seven thousand acres of land, a small house, and a large barn while the flagship is finished. The ending shows Beth's new reality, with her husband satisfactorily planting the seeds of his vision of raising around 600 pairs of cattle.
Why Beth & Rip's Yellowstone Spinoff Can't Be Set in Texas
Yellowstone is a franchise based in Montana
While it was cool to see Beth and Rip in Texas, their spinoff couldn't take place there. Taylor Sheridan has already teased a different spinoff than yellow stone flagship called 6666, which will appear at the Four Sixes Ranch in Texas, following Jimmy's decision to permanently work for Travis. With another Texas theme yellow stone pending spinoff, Beth and Rip's story couldn't go there. Having two yellow stone Texas spinoffs would completely change the tone of the franchisemaking its fascination with Texas more of a staple than a novelty, which complicated the show's association with the National Park it borders and Montana in general.
What Beth Dutton loved most about Texas was the isolation from the tourist crowds, which she achieved when she bought land 40 minutes west of Dillon in a secluded part of Big Sky Country.
Yet, Beth and Rip's Texas story paved the way for what came next. What Beth Dutton loved most about Texas was the isolation from the tourist crowds, which she achieved when she bought land 40 minutes west of Dillon in a secluded part of Big Sky Country. While Beth's real estate decision ruled out an interesting history for the couple, it also drew on the Dutton-Wheeler Texas love story, the first time the couple discussed a future beyond the ranch. Hopefully, how they deal with their future and what comes next will affect Beth and Rip. yellow stone spin off.