Yellowstone
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What do we want out ofYellowstone?
Viewers have come for the shows crazy blend of relaxed ranch drama and kinetic western thriller for three seasons.
Neither half of the show is better than the other.
Half the Money is a great premiere because its two sides fit together better than ever.
Of course, everyone makes it out alive becauseYellowstonerarely kills off a main character.
(As I recall, Dan Jenkins is the only one with that honor.)
Rips cabin, gifted to him by John not too long ago, is burned to the ground.
Beth, with her back covered in burns, might have the longest-lasting visible wounds.
She tells him, Im going to kill you.
But when I do it, Im not going to farm it out like you, you fucking coward.
Ive gotten a bit sick of the sheer repetitiveness of the Beth-Jamie scenes, to be honest.
Beth has good reason to hate him, but her constant tirades dont do her any favors.
That scene aside, though, Beth has the most striking subplot of the episode.
While sitting outside the hospital, she meets a 14-year-old troublemaker whose heroin-addict father is dying.
Theres something refreshing about how she talks to Carter like an adult, never condescending to him.
So Half the Money does slow down a bit after the attacks, becoming a classic aftermath episode.
At the chiefs direction, Mo ties him to a horse and brutally drags him through a field.
The tone here is pretty grim, and we havent even seen the fallout for Monica and Tate yet.
Yet the premiere never feels bogged down because it has focus and is grounded in character.
Theres a sense of paranoia, fury, and grief underlying everything.
And then … John visits the bunkhouse.
He apologizes to the ranch hands for putting them in danger and thanks them for protecting the ranch.
And he cracks open a beer.
I wanted to yell at Beth when John asks who theyve lost, and she says, Define lose.
Sure, youve all lost something, but she should let him know his family is okay!
Beths final scene of the episode is giving a pep talk to a woman at the bar.
And get me a skinny margarita with Titos.
First of all, vodka in a margarita?
