“Yellowstone”Season 5, Episode 12 reveals another death on the road to the series finale, as Kayce learns his path forward
Note: This story contains spoilers from “Yellowstone” Season 5, Episode 12.
There’s something about the run to Season 5 Part 2 of “Yellowstone” that feels like a funeral march. The show is still humming along ratings-wise and creator Taylor Sheridan is more prolific than ever, but there’s a stink of death around his crown jewel. Perhaps it’s because the show lost its marquee actor, Kevin Costner, prior to the release of this season and thus quickly dispatched him on-screen in the premiere. Or maybe it’s just because it’s “Yellowstone,” a show that’s always been filled with drama and despair, and producers want to go out with a bloody bang.
Either way, there’s quite a bit of blood in the water already on “Yellowstone,” from the much-wanted demise of the evil Sarah Atwood (Dawn Oliveri) last week to the much sadder (and much more accidental) death of ranch hand Colby Mayfield (Denim Richards) this week. Trampled by a loose-cannon horse in a stall while trying to save Carter (Finn Little), Colby went quick and with cowboy dignity mere hours after confessing his love to Teeter (Jennifer Landon) over the phone. It was a bit of dialogue that we should have seen as a bad omen — when does a love confession ever lead to something good in a TV drama? — but it was shocking all the same. We knew there’d be more blood this season, but we didn’t think it would fall like this.
