The fourth episode of the back half of “Yellowstone” Season 5 is set to premiere after episode three last Sunday gave fans a closer look at the death of Governor John Dutton.
Kevin Costner, who played the head of the Dutton clan since the show’s Paramount Network premiere in 2018, announced in June he would not return for the show’s apparent final season.
Dutton’s death was made to look like a suicide in the second half’s debut episode, with Costner’s stunt double playing the dead governor. While fans were spared from gory images in that episode, that was not the case in the most recent episode, as Dutton’s stiffened and blue body was thoroughly examined by the coroner. Dutton’s death is fully revealed in a flashback during the episode, where three balaclava-wearing pros grab the sleeping governor, drag him to the bathroom, drug him and force a gun into his hand and hold it up to his head.
What does the rest of the season have in stores for fans? Here’s when the newest episode of “Yellowstone” will come out and how you can watch.
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How to watch ‘Yellowstone’ Season 5, Part 2
New episodes will air Sunday nights at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Paramount Network.
You won’t be able to stream “Yellowstone” episodes on Paramount+, the platform announced, and it is not available with any of the service’s subscription plans. If you have a login to your TV provider, you can sign in to the Paramount Network and watch that way.
Prior seasons of “Yellowstone” are streaming on Peacock.
‘Yellowstone’ Season 5, Part 2 episode schedule
Here’s when the remaining three episodes of the season will be released:
- Episode 12: Dec. 1
- Episode 13: Dec. 8
- Episode 14: Dec. 15
What will happen in ‘Yellowstone’ Episode 12?
With scheming lawyer co-conspirator Sarah Atwood (Dawn Olivieri) murdered, dark Dutton son Jamie (Wes Bentley) is alone, cornered, and blubbering. Jamie is headed toward arrest, death-by-Dutton or maybe even the family’s dreaded “train station” dumping ground for past foes.
But don’t count the Attorney General out just yet.
“Jamie is a brilliant political animal,” director Christina Voros tells USA TODAY. “He is wired to pivot to the next survival option.”
Dutton siblings Kayce (Luke Grimes) and Beth (Kelly Reilly) are in trouble, too, with insurmountable tax bills and debt on their father’s beloved Yellowstone Ranch, which generations of Duttons have fought to preserve intact.
“If this is a chess game, all the characters are in check. No one’s in checkmate yet,” says Voros. “For Beth and Kayce, there’s no visible path forward that doesn’t include selling off some land portion. In their father’s mind, selling off any is as bad as selling all.”
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