About 3/4 of it is really really good...but that 25% is hard to ignore.

He keeps throwing in big moments, out of nowhere in nearly every episode. We got another one this week.

"Im gonna run over here and get the horse.....whats that over there, a bear? Oh, and a couple Asians hanging off a cliff ?!?!"

I'm so torn on this show. I keep coming back for the grandness of it: the locales and the actors. I love it all.

It's the storyline that's so infuriating. The overall arc of the dysfunctional family is good, but it's the random events propelling the episodes that just make me shake my head.

In consecutive episodes, Kayce just happens to be driving by: 1) a trailer/meth lab that explodes and 2) a meth-related kidnapping. And both situations require him to fire off his gun. What?

And before she even parks her car, Kayce's wife has to run and break up a school fight where she gets punched so hard, she's bleeding from her head.....and the school nurse wraps her head up and sends her home. What? No. Hold on.

And we've now had four separate scenes where a bear shows up in the last two episodes. It's even brought up that the diverting of the river could affect the bears fishing food source. Anyone want to make a wager this pays off in the final episode? Maybe someone gets mauled?

And the Japanese tourists..........oh God. The first time they showed up was funny. They were passing through on a tour bus and saw a bear and pulled over to get pictures. Fine. Random, but I can see that. At least one to two days pass and Wheeler runs across two of them....who've gotten lost and SOMEHOW fallen off a cliff and are hanging on for dear life. How? First off, it doesn't make any sense. They are obviously from that bus tour group. Did they wander off when they stopped for the bear days earlier? And no one noticed they were gone? Did the bus come back later so people could go hiking? On the largest private ranch in America? After the owner scared them off by firing a rifle in the air to get them to leave? What in the hell were those people even doing there???!?? It made no sense whatsoever. This is from the guy who wrote Sicario and Hell or High Water.

I had such high hopes for this show. Really, it's Costner and the scenery that keep me coming back each week. These storylines suck.

Yeah, it's not great unfortunately. There's enough good to keep watching (mainly the location and cinematography) but it's disappointing coming from Sheridan. I'm entertained enough, but it's not up to par with his other work.

It could be so good too.

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GiveEmHellBill said:

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And then the next scene is the rich developer and the Indian chief going over their plan to build a casino. When the developer expresses concern selling his land to the Indians, the chief throws out "no more lawyers, you've got to trust me." Yeah, there is no way in hell anyone with a brain cell would actually do this without lawyers. He didn't get extraordinarily wealthy by ignoring his lawyers.

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Speaking of this scene, seemed like their whole plan was to make property values skyrocket so he couldn't afford his taxes. I'm not really well versed in ranch tax laws, but wouldn't he have some kind of exemptions protecting him fro this?

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It seems per the daughter/assistant scene that the rich developer isn't so 'rich'. His capitulation to the Indians isn't so far fetched based on that.

Wow you people are rough. This is Sheridan's first TV show, its not perfect but I've enjoyed it. How many of the people *****ing on about Yellowstone loved Sons of Anarchy? SOA had plenty of unbelievable stuff in every episode.

I'm still in. It's one of the best comedies on tv right now

I'd rather see a few seasons of the prequel/backstory from the flashbacks.

Watching now and just finished the scene where Kayce beats the crackhead, and I'm with you on all of this... This show is so bad. I don't understand how it's the same Taylor Sheridan.


And the Fish & Wildlife agent on the horse, wow... maybe the worst scene I've ever seen.

Everyone I know that has seen this show, loves it....including me!

acting is terrible
storyline is even worse
none of this characters make you want to care about them
the bad guys aren't particularly interesting
Scenery is amazing.



in other words I'M ALL IN FOR SEASON 2!!!!!

BMX Bandit said:

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acting is terrible
storyline is even worse
none of this characters make you want to care about them
the bad guys aren't particularly interesting
Scenery is amazing.



in other words I'M ALL IN FOR SEASON 2!!!!!

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Overall I think this show has been a flop.

There have been some good moments and maybe a good episode or two but in general it's just not very good. It's Sons of Anarchy on a ranch.

Pretty disappointing with both the hype and potential it has.

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America doesn't agree with you. It has the highest ratings in cable behind the Walking Dead.

And yeah, its not believable. But who wants reality? I can just drive to West Texas to the 6666 Ranch if I want that.

I can't wait to watch tonight.

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America doesn't agree with you. It has the highest ratings in cable behind the Walking Dead.

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And the Walking Dead is another one of those shows that most people still watching it can't explain why.

SoA and WD are two shows that started out great, then dropped off a cliff and most viewers stuck with it because they invested so much time into them they wanted to see it through to the end.

Yellowstone has high ratings because A) it's new in a sea of reruns B) a great cast & cinematography and C) hopes that it will live up to expectations.

We'll see if enough people are really enjoying the whole thing or can look over it's imperfections when it comes back for Season 2. I think this thread shows there are a lot of people who were disappointed and may not return.

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1. I love this show
2. What is Kayces body count, 5?
3. They killed one of the villains....how can that be?
4. How can Paramount show so much T&A?

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Don't ask, just enjoy!