Warning: this article contains spoilers yellow stone Season 5, episode 11.yellow stone Season 5, Episode 11, ‘Three Fifty-Three’, finally explains the purpose of the flashbacks that dominated the second half of the final season. The series returned after a two-year hiatus to wrap up what will likely be its grand finale. It all started with the explosive revelation that Kevin Costner’s John Dutton is dead, but kept going back in time for most of the episode. yellow stone Season 5 Episode 10 also contains a lot of flashbacks, amounting to about half of the entire broadcast.
yellow stone Season 5 Episode 11 has its own long flashback sequence, with Beth (Kelly Reilly) reluctantly leaving Rip (Cole Hauser) in Texas to drive back to Montana for the night while Kayce (Luke Grimes), Monica (Kelsey Asbille) and Tate (Brecken Merrill) move into their new house and have their first dinner. However, these flashbacks reach the present, when John’s murder occurs while Beth is driving. This sequence in “Three Fifty-Three” also leads to Kayce’s new purpose in yellow stone when he begins to investigate what happened to his father.
Why Yellowstone Season 5 Part 2’s Flashbacks Are Divisive
They take up considerable time when there isn’t much left in Yellowstone’s final season
The flashbacks in yellow stone Season 5, part 2 aims to show the disconnect between the Duttons’ lives before John’s death and the chaos that followed. However, the flashbacks were more confusing than enlightening. They are often not marked as having occurred in the past, leaving the audience confused about what is happening or where it is in the timeline. Many of them also seem like fillers, like Beth’s surprise trip to Texas to visit Rip.
The biggest problem with these flashbacks is that they take up a considerable amount of screen time when yellow stone has just five episodes to tell its final story. However, flashbacks took up at least half of each of the first three episodes, drastically reducing the amount of time the series is able to spend on the murder story. Furthermore, the flashbacks left little time to wrap up each character’s story, leaving the audience in the dark about the likely fate of most of the characters. yellow stoneDutton family.
Yellowstone Season 5 Episode 11 Reveals the Importance of Flashbacks
Their goal is to show how disruptive John Dutton’s death is to everyone’s plans.
However, the final flashback sequence is powerful. Beth’s journey home is juxtaposed with scenes of John’s murderand when the fatal shot is fired, Beth shudders and calls Rip to say she has a feeling something is wrong. Rip, however, attributes this feeling to Beth’s tiredness and makes her promise to stop if she is unable to drive safely due to exhaustion. Meanwhile, Kayce suddenly wakes up, also aware that something is wrong.
The final set of flashbacks shows how happy everyone was and the plans they were making before John’s death.
These flashbacks therefore show that Kayce and Beth were so close to John that they felt a psychic ripping out part of their soul when he died, while Jamie (Wes Bentley) appears to have had no such reaction. While this is a major foreshadowing of the war between Jamie and Beth, the flashbacks also serve another purpose. The final set of flashbacks shows how happy everyone was and the plans they were making before John’s death.
Beth and Rip were thinking about moving to Texas permanently and were in a good relationship, while Kayce and Monica had just moved into a house, Monica crying with joy because she finally had her family together in their own space. Unfortunately, that was all the calm before the storm, as John’s death will completely disrupt all of this newfound happiness, and yellow stone I couldn’t say that without all those flashbacks from the last three episodes.
Yellowstone Season 5 Part 2 Flashbacks Make Next Series Finale More Intense
The Duttons are fighting not just for the ranch, but for their own future
While the flashbacks initially seemed like a waste of screen time, it’s now clear that they are necessary to set the stage for the final battle that lies ahead. yellow stoneThe war between Beth and Jamie isn’t just over control of the ranch or Beth’s anger at John’s murder; It’s also about fighting for that happy future that everyone imagined. These future plans won’t be achievable while John’s killer is still free to wreak havoc; Furthermore, Jamie’s manipulations of the legal system threaten the continued existence of the ranch, which is not only John’s legacy but also Tate’s birthright.
This will be one of the most intense finales in television history, likely resulting in the death of at least one character and some answers about what the future holds for the surviving Duttons.
Thus, the fight to the death is a fight to preserve the future, which makes the series finale potentially even more intense. yellow stone will likely use its final two episodes to set up and complete its final battle, with the fate of the ranch itself and all the people who grew up on it hanging in the balance. This will be one of the most intense finales in television history, likely resulting in the death of at least one character and some answers about what the future holds for the surviving Duttons.