Is Yellowstone Really Over? What We Know About the Dutton Family's Future After Season 5

Warning! 5th season Yellowstone spoilers ahead.

After five seasons, Taylor Sheridan Yellowstone potentially concluded.

The series finale, which aired on December 15, paid tribute to the legendary rider Bob Avila and tied up several loose ends. Kayce (Luke Grimes) saved Yellowstone Ranch by selling the land to High Chief Thomas Rainwater (Gil Birmingham), and Beth (Kelly Reilly) avenged the late patriarch John (Kevin Costner) by killing Jamie (Wes Bentley).

In May 2023, it was officially announced that Yellowstone would end with season 5. However, more than a year later, Deadline reported that negotiations are underway for a sixth season to be led by Reilly and Cole Hauser, who plays Rip. The publication has since announced that the dynamic couple will be starring in their own film Yellowstone spinoff, but Sheridan has yet to confirm the report.

“It would definitely be a shame to stop a big thing,” Hauser told PEOPLE in November 2024.

So it is Yellowstone ends with season 5? Here’s everything we know about the finale of the modern western series and its potential Beth and Rip spinoff.

What happened in Yellowstone season 5 finale?

Gil Birmingham, Mo Brings Plenty and Luke Grimes in ‘Yellowstone’.

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Yellowstone season 5 ended with a big win for Dutton — and the shocking death of Dutton.

Desperate not to lose the Yellowstone Ranch, Kayce sold the land to the Broken Rock Reservation for $1.25 an acre—the price it was when his ancestors originally took it from Native Americans. However, he had two conditions for Rainwater: that his family stay at East Camp and that Yellowstone never be developed or sold.

“We cannot sell our land Kayce, we have laws against it. It is sacred and we will treat it as such,” Rainwater told him before they sealed their deal with a blood oath.

Afterwards, at John’s funeral, Beth said goodbye to her father and promised to avenge him. “We won,” she whispered into his coffin. “It breaks my heart that I had to lose you to do this. I’m going to let you rest now, Dad.”

After the small ceremony, Beth rushed to Jamie’s house, where they got into an intense physical fight. But just as Jamie was about to strangle Beth to death, Rip arrived and saved her. Afterwards, Beth plunged a knife into Jamie’s heart and Rip disposed of the body at the “train station”.

The series ended with Kayce and his son Tate (Brecken Merrill) buying cattle for their land. Meanwhile, Beth and Rip were seen settling into their new home in Dillon, Mont.

Is Yellowstone officially ends with season 5?

Wes Bentley and Kelly Reilly in ‘Yellowstone’.

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Leading up to Yellowstone season 5 finale, there were varying reports as to whether the series had actually ended. Paramount Network has not officially announced it Yellowstone is officially over, but the signs are that it is.

Back in May 2023, news broke that the series would end with its fifth installment, and Paramount Network had plans for a Dutton-centric sequel.

Amid rumors that the show might continue, Reilly delivered the same message to fans in November 2024. “We are absolutely ending this show,” she said. The New York Times.

What’s up Yellowstone actors said about the end of the series?

Luke Grimes, Wes Bentley, Kelly Reilly, Kelsey Asbille and Cole Hauser attend the premiere of Yellowstone Season 2 Episode 5 at the Museum of Modern Art on November 7, 2024 in New York City.

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The cast Yellowstone were sad to say goodbye to the beloved series, but Grimes said Entertainment Weekly in September 2024 that he was satisfied with the ending.

“I couldn’t be happier. I think it’s the perfect end to the series for each character,” he said. “It’s just proof that Taylor is a good writer [Sheridan] is, and it’s a very, very deep, beautiful ending.”

As for Reilly, she told PEOPLE that she tried to enjoy every moment of filming the fifth and final season.

“Of course for me, and I really felt that with a lot of the cast members wanting to put it all out there this year,” she said in November 2024. “It was like, ‘Let’s go all out and give these characters and the show the ending they deserve. .’ ”

In June 2023, Bentley spoke with The Hollywood Reporter and admitted he would have “missed the challenge” of playing Jamie, but couldn’t wait to step away from the role.

“It will always be up there as one of the hardest things I’ve ever accomplished, or tried to accomplish, bringing out all the facets and nuances of this complicated character,” he said. “I’m going to miss it, but I’m also going to celebrate that it’s over.”

When will Yellowstone season 5 part 2 be on Peacock?

Kelly Reilly and Kevin Costner in the movie ‘Yellowstone’.

Paramount Network

Every season from Yellowstone is available to stream on Peacock, including the first eight episodes of Season 5.

The final six episodes of Season 5 will eventually land on the platform. Based on when the previous installments historically debuted on the streamer, fans can expect to wait around six months after the series finale to see it as an option.

Don’t want to wait? Yellowstone season 5, part 2 (including the series finale) is available for purchase on Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV+.

Will there be a sixth season Yellowstone?

Ian Bohen, Jen Landon, Denim Richards, Jake Ream, Ethan Lee and Ryan Bingham in ‘Yellowstone’.

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The sixth season of the series Yellowstone is uncertain but unlikely.

In August 2024, rumors began to circulate about a potential sixth season Deadline reported that Reilly and Hauser were in talks to cover the show after Costner’s departure.

But by the end of the year, on December 11, those rumors were dispelled when the outlet announced that Reilly and Hauser had signed on to host the spinoff series and reprise their roles as Beth and Rip. This offshoot will be the first in the Sheridan TV universe to carry Yellowstone in the title, trans Deadline.

That same month, Hauser spoke with PEOPLE, but remained tight-lipped about his character’s future.

“We’ll see what happens over the next year and we’ll see what happens next,” he said. “Hopefully we can continue to get into people’s living rooms and entertain them the way we’ve done for the last seven years.”

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