Spoilers beneath for the newest episode of Yellowstone, so be warned if you happen to haven’t but watched.
One other day, one other Yellowstone character demise to mourn, although as soon as once more it wasn’t precisely predictable, and I didn’t anticipate to see Colby’s murder-by-horse play out within the again half of Season 5. However whereas we’re giving Denim Richards’ character all of the R.I.P. love, that’s not what I’m right here to speak about following the occasions of “Counting Coup.” Relatively, I wish to speak in regards to the preview for the penultimate episode, and why it has followers pondering Season 6 is certainly amongst upcoming Yellowstone initiatives.
Yellowstone Previews Preserve Referring To The “Season” Finale
For fairly some time now, followers have anticipated the again half of Season 5 serving as the ultimate chapter of the Dutton household’s saga, with Kevin Costner’s exit seemingly stemming the necessity for extra seasons. That’s, till the purpose when Season 6 rumors began making waves effectively earlier than the spinoff The Madison was confirmed and ordered up. Then it appeared like an official announcement in regards to the future was coming, solely to by no means materialize.
And now followers wish to the present’s upcoming-episode previews as an indication of potential proof that Yellowstone will survive even past the stunning demise of John Dutton and its presumed decision. As a result of right here’s how the preview voiceover dude phrases issues because the footage performs out:
Just one episode left till the season finale of Yellowstone.
That assertion technically is not fallacious, however carries the implication that the season finale will not be the endgame for this western drama, regardless that nobody at Paramount Community or from Taylor Sheridan’s camp has confirmed the rest is coming past prequels and spinoffs. No matter what’s been confirmed or not, followers had been positively conscious sufficient to catch the particular language used within the promo, as seen by the smattering of reactions seen beneath.
- Did I hear that proper @Yellowstone? Yet one more episode BEFORE THE SEASON FINALE? Not SERIES finale, SEASON finale! #Yellowstone #YellowstoneTV – @msAJF
- I’m sorry did they are saying SEASON finale???? #Yellowstone – @MIKEYOUMADETHIS
- One other phenomenal episode of @Yellowstone tonight. The preview for subsequent week stated it is the final episode earlier than the Season Finale. Will there be one other season in spite of everything? Often they name the final episode of the final season the Sequence Finale, not a Season Finale. – @countrydarts
- That was the most effective hours of tv, EVER. My goodness. One query although – How on the earth will they wrap all of this up in 2 episodes? I did discover that SEASON finale line as an alternative of SERIES finale line. That did not go unnoticed. #Yellowstone #YellowstoneTV – @BillBernardoni
- Perhaps I’m slightly out of the loop however the bumper stated “season finale” of #Yellowstone not “sequence finale” as I had been result in imagine. Did they formally announce a sixth season? – @ToddDClark
Granted, these posts got here amongst a equally sized batch of harrowing reactions to all of the bloodshed taking place in these episodes, and the way there might not be any characters left to guide a sixth season if the subsequent two episodes proceed this body-dropping pattern.
Why I am Skeptical About Something Seen Or Proven In Yellowstone Previews
Seemingly extra so this season than another previously, Yellowstone has gone the Gray’s Anatomy route with regards to future-episode previews. Within the sense that the teasers are organising extremely dramatic moments that do not really play out wherever almost as curiously as they do within the promos.
For example, the longer preview containing footage from the remainder of the season featured a number of moments, resembling Rip throwing a glass into the hearth, that gave the impression to be teasing wild moments. However on this case, “Counting Coup” revealed he was frivolously coaxed into throwing the glass by Beth, who stated it could assist hold him from bottling up his emotions about Colby’s demise. Fascinating and useful, certain, however not so dramatic.
As effectively, the Season 5B trailers overestimated Kayce throwing Jamie throughout his desk, however that ended up being the one large bodily second throughout that sequence, with Wes Bentley’s character convincing his brother that he wasn’t liable for John’s demise. Hoodie-wearing Kayce threatening the person who arrange John’s demise additionally appeared like it could be much more hectic and thrilling within the previews, versus only a brief automobile journey. (Granted, the navy vet holding a toddler at gunpoint was wild, however not fairly in the identical means.)
It isn’t a brand new trick for TV trailers to set audiences up for one factor solely to drag off one thing else fully, but it surely’s not a trick that Yellowstone has needed to fall again on very a lot, for the reason that sequence constructed up its core viewers with out such countless arrays of hype. However now that we’re maybe so near the top, all of the stops are being pulled out.
So whereas I will likely be simply as comfortable and celebratory as anybody else if Paramount Community formally confirms Season 6 is coming to the 2025 TV schedule, I do not essentially suppose that the trailers’ particular wordage is proof of something.