YELLOWSTONE (Paramount Network)

Yeah, I got the humor. I thought it was pretty funny.

And getting home from work will always make me happy.

I do think you will enjoy Yellowstone if you stick with it because it does get a little less hammy after those first few episodes. They pack a lot into the start that sets the foundations for a lot of character conflict later in the show.

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Like I said, Lisa likes it, so I presume we will continue watching. It also looks great, is shot in interesting locations, and that one chick's clothes keep falling off, so there is at least some level of interest that remains for me.

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Yikes. Turns out I’ve watched 4 seasons & am awaiting dvd of 5th season part 1.

I need to get a life.

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Ah, come on. Part of life is enjoying good entertainment.

Has anyone watched any 1923? Is it good?

(P.S. I’m still not back to normal from my post-migraine meltdown last week as I just wrote ‘2023’ above and it took me a hot minute to see what was wrong with it).

Though I guess there’s also, ‘How’s 2023 been treating everyone so far?’

Season 2 has been quite a bit better/less contrived than the first.

I still can't stand Beth, but am enjoying many of the other storylines.

A report from Deadline is indicating that "Yellowstone" is liking to end soon, potentially as early as at the end of this current season, and that a franchise extension is being discussed with Matthew McConaughey. If true, I think this would be very sad and disappointing.

https://deadline.com/2023/02/yellows...ey-1235251400/

When a show is split in half for a season (Yellowstone as well as, for example, Mad Men & The Sopranos) those shows have come to an end. Wouldn’t surprise me that season 5 is the final season.

While I understand why you'd say this, as I thought this same thing myself when breaking Season 5 into two halves was announced, this didn't appear to be the case for this show. Cole Hauser, who plays Rip, said there would be at least one more season, and potentially two, and that Taylor Sheridan was in the process of writing Season 6 at the time Cole was interviewed.

I am hoping that this is a negotiation tactic on the part of Paramount to persuade Kevin Costner to get back to the table and express a willingness to compromise on his earlier offer to only work for one week to film the second half of the season. Given that he is the main character of the show, that just wouldn't be feasible, and it's unrealistic for Costner to think otherwise.

Cynical me says Hauser could be misinformed & just wants to show he’s in the know. Wouldn’t you think Sheridan would tell his own news? Whatever, I don’t care.

How did Costner ever think he could film 6 or so episodes in a week? God forbid he should work more than a week. I think he just wants to focus on his own project.

While I would still argue that the first two season had quite a few problems, the show eventually found its legs, the actors settled into their roles, and the writing also settled to be at least somewhat more believable.

Seasons 3-5 were excellent.

We are all caught up now, looking forward to the rest of S5.

@Sedai: Beth is unhinged. I haven't seen season 5 yet, but I am betting she is going to be peak Beth.

She’s definitely barking.

Saw some comedian on YouTube talking about this series, being about gentrification, you know, moving the working people out to put all the plastic people in. Before that, I've seen a clip about vegetarianism, or veganism, doesn't matter, was this cowboy talking about what it takes to farm some vegetables these activists like to eat, he had a point, about how much we care about what we're killing if it ain't cute, if it doesn't like to be pet.

Binged watched the first five seasons, on the final episode right now. I never really liked cowboys, still don't, but I dislike gentrification and plastic people more, with their car, their food, their hobbies, their image, and specially their sense of rightfulness, it's been entertaining so far, specially the native people aspect to it, the cultural, historical, political aspect.

It took a loooooong time getting here. A long time, but it returns November 10th, 2024. Finally.

Am rewatching it from the beginning for 3rd time now.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/enter...2/75718171007/

The whole situation with "Yellowstone" is incredibly sad. It's ending prematurely, in large part because Kevin Costner chose to do "Horizon", which has unfortunately been both a critical and commercial failure. I think if Costner could rejoin "Yellowstone" now, he'd do it, but I think there is too much bad blood between Taylor Sheridan and Costner for them to do that, which is why they're ending the show. Additionally, Taylor Sheridan is a bit of a control freak and has taken on way too many shows, which have caused constant delays for "Yellowstone", but his other shows are not as popular, so it seems like he's spread himself too thin when he should be dedicating more of his focus to making "Yellowstone" as good as it can be. Had he been less busy, he likely could have scheduled filming in a way which worked with Costner's schedule. I watch many of his other shows, and they are all entertaining, but "Yellowstone" is the best one, by far, outside of "1883", which was a stand alone series, and is not a continuing time commitment now.

I always understood season 5 was going to be the last season all along, and thats why they split it into 2 parts. Possibility exists it may extend even further now as studio gave Sheridan the ok to go longer if he wants.

Another interesting bit was Costners character was supposed to die at the end of season 1. Just tells me the show was never meant to be story dependent on him.

I love Yellowstone but imo Special Ops: Lioness has been his best full season to date.

Special Ops: Lioness is good, but I think that there are many other shows in the genre that are much better, such as "Homeland" and "The Americans", while with "Yellowstone", I feel like it is the best of its genre in terms of current shows.

This isn't true. Kevin Costner stated that they were in negotiations for Seasons 6 and 7 and the reason that it didn't happen was that they couldn't agree on the terms. Any continuation of "Yellowstone" now would be without Kevin Costner, which would not look and feel like it was the same show.

Oh wow, I'll have to rewatch season 5 Part 1, I've forgotten most of it.