Is “Yellowstone” really over? What we know about the future of the Dutton family

Warning! Season 5 Yellowstone Spoilers ahead.

After five seasons, Taylor is Sheridan’s Yellowstone may be completed.

The series finale, which aired on December 15, paid homage to famous equestrian Bob Avila and tied up several unanswered questions. Kayce (Luke Grimes) saved the 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).

This was officially announced in May 2023 Yellowstone would end with season 5. But more than a year later deadline reported that negotiations are underway for a sixth season with Reilly and Cole Hauser, who plays Rip. The outlet has since revealed that the dynamic couple will star in their own film Yellowstone spin-off, but Sheridan has yet to confirm the report.

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

That’s the way it is Yellowstone End of season 5? Here’s everything we know about the finale of the modern Western series and its possible Beth and Rip spinoff.

What happened in that? Yellowstone Season 5 finale?

Yellowstone Season 5 ended with a big Dutton win – and a shocking Dutton death.

To avoid losing the Yellowstone Ranch, Kayce sold the land to the Broken Rock Reservation for $1.25 an acre – the price it was worth when his ancestors originally took it from Native Americans. However, he placed two conditions on Rainwater: to keep his family in East Camp and to never develop or sell Yellowstone.

“We can’t sell our land Kayce, we have laws that prohibit it. It is sacred and that is how we will treat it,” Rainwater told him before sealing their deal with a blood oath.

Beth then said goodbye to her father at John’s funeral and promised to avenge him. “We won,” she whispered to his coffin. “It breaks my heart that I had to lose you over this. I’ll let you rest now, Daddy.”

After the small ceremony, Beth ran to Jamie’s house, where a violent physical altercation broke out between them. But just as Jamie was about to strangle Beth, Rip came and saved her. Beth then 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 end with season 5?

In advance of the Yellowstone In the fifth season finale, there were varying reports as to whether the show actually came to an end. Paramount Network has not officially announced this Yellowstone is officially over, but signs point to it.

Back in May 2023, it was announced that the series would end with its fifth installment and Paramount Network had plans for a sequel focused on Dutton.

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

What’s the point? Yellowstone What did the cast say about the end of the show?

The cast of Yellowstone We were sad to say goodbye to the beloved series, but Grimes told it Weekly entertainment in September 2024 that he was happy with the ending.

“I couldn’t be happier. I think it’s a perfect ending to the series for every character,” he said. “It’s just a testament to what a good writer Taylor (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.

“Definitely for me, and I really felt with a lot of the cast that they wanted to show it all off this year,” she said in November 2024. “It was like, ‘Let’s just give and give your whole heart.'” “This one “Characters and the show get the ending they deserve.”

Bentley spoke back in June 2023 The Hollywood Reporter and admitted he would “miss” the challenge of playing Jamie but was looking forward to stepping away from the role.

“It will always be one of the most difficult things I have ever achieved or tried to achieve, highlighting all the facets and nuances of this complicated character,” he said. “So I’m going to miss it, but I’m also going to celebrate that it’s over.”

When will Yellowstone Season 5 Part 2 to be on Peacock?

Any time of the year Yellowstone is available to stream on Peacock, including the first eight episodes of season five.

The final six episodes of season five will eventually land on the platform. Based on when previous installments debuted on the streamer in the past, fans can expect to wait around six months after the series finale to see it optioned.

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

Will there be a sixth season? Yellowstone?

A sixth season of Yellowstone is uncertain but unlikely.

In August 2024, rumors began circulating about a possible sixth season deadline reported that Reilly and Hauser were in negotiations to headline the series following Costner’s exit.

But at the end of the year, on December 11, those rumors were put to rest when the magazine announced that Reilly and Hauser had signed deals to lead a spin-off series, reprising their roles as Beth and Rip . This spin-off will be the first to air in the Sheridan TV universe Yellowstone in the title, per deadline.

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

“We’ll see what happens in the next year or so and we’ll see what comes next,” he said. “Hopefully we can continue to get into people’s living rooms and entertain them like we have for the last seven years.”