The third episode of the second half of “Yellowstone” Season 5
premiered this past Sunday and took a closer look at
the unceremonious death of Gov. John Dutton.
Hollywood star Kevin Costner played Dutton since the show’s 2018 Paramount Network premiere but formally announced in June he would not return for the show’s apparent final season.
Costner’s character was killed off in the opening moments of the back half of Season 5 with an inglorious, bloody bathroom gunshot death made to look like a suicide. While Costner’s stunt double played the dead Dutton and viewers were spared from really gory images in that episode, that was not the case in Sunday’s episode, where Dutton’s stiffened and blue body is 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 new episodes of “Yellowstone” will come out and how you can watch.
‘Yellowstone’ Season 5, Part 2 episode schedule
The Part 2 premiere was on Sunday, Nov. 10 and new episodes will drop on Sunday nights, according to Paramount. Here’s when the remaining three episodes will be released:
- Episode 12: Dec. 1
- Episode 13: Dec. 8
- Episode 14: Dec. 15
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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.
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