Countless times, the conflict surrounding the ranch has spilled over into his family, deeply traumatizing his wife and son. While he likes to play cops and robbers, he doesn't have the real grit that it takes to do what needs to be done to ensure that the land remains in the family. However, Kayce has proven over the years that he cannot balance his family life with ranch business. Kayce takes after his father in his love for the land, and he also has a son that could carry on the legacy after him. Kayce ( Luke Grimes), on the other hand, might seem a more logical choice for taking over the Yellowstone. It is clear that Jamie ( Wes Bentley) will probably not end up at the helm, as he has alienated himself from everyone in his family and now seems to be on a mission to destroy them. So even though the next generation of ranchers may not be Duttons by blood, they will share the experience and values that have been carried through the decades.Īnother reason why Beth deserves the ranch? Her brothers' relationships with the family business. While Beth and Rip cannot have children of their own, they have already carried on the tradition her father started, taking in desperate people and giving them a home, by adopting an orphaned teen and showing him the ropes of ranching. While his relationship with Beth may not always have been on solid ground, they recently reached what appears to be a very stable place, and even finally married one another. Rip has spent the majority of his life on the ranch, learning from John and other cowboys, and he has more experience with the physical aspects of governing the ranch than any of the Dutton children. After he was orphaned, John took Rip in as a teen, where he began an on-again, off-again relationship with Beth. Paired with Beth's financial skills, Rip could easily take on the management of the cowboy aspects of the ranch. The future of the ranch will not be decided by buying hay and selling cattle it will be determined by how the Duttons manage their finances, taxes and business dealings, all of which only Beth is truly prepared to do.īeth's relationship with Rip ( Cole Hauser) is another reason that she is most primed to carry on her father's legacy. Up until now, the fate of the ranch has depended on traditional values, with salt-of-the-earth ranchers focusing on defending the land, but there are new challenges brought by a modernizing world that require a different skill set to overcome. Beth has a shrewd understanding of money that has allowed her to save the ranch from bankruptcy on multiple occasions. He has proven time and again that he will put his ego and love of the land before the family or the ranch's best interest. While her father understands business, John is still a cowboy at heart. She has mastered the world of business and finance, and while some may not want to see the ranch in the hands of one of the cruelest characters on television, she is the best person for the job. With strained relationships between the Dutton children and their father, there have always been two dimensions to the series as the characters' personal dynamics become irreparably intertwined with the family's gruesome business dealings and dirty work.įrom her first appearance in which she bullies a CEO of an oil drilling company into merging with her business by threatening to destroy his company and leave him penniless, it is clear that Beth possesses a scary amount of intelligence and business acumen that she is able to wield like a sword to get what she wants. From rival ranchers to politicians and greedy land developers, the Duttons have done some pretty unspeakable things and endured their fair share of hardship in order to keep what is theirs.įor five years, the family has suffered countless trials and tribulations as they fend off foes while dealing with infighting and potential civil wars within the family. For years, audiences have watched the Dutton family go to tremendous lengths to protect their family ranch from anyone who might cause it harm. The past few weeks have been full of suspense for fans of Yellowstone, as the rumors of Kevin Costner's exit were confirmed, and the series is set to end in its current form after the second installment of the fifth and final season when it airs this summer - although a spinoff series, featuring much of the same cast, is currently in the works.
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