Warning! Spoilers ahead for Yellowstone season 5, episode 9.

This article mentions suicide.

Yellowstone has begun explaining John Dutton's fate following Kevin Costner's exit from the neo-Western with season 5, episode 9, entitled "Desire Is All You Need." There had been widespread speculation about how the series would write John out following the news that Kevin Costner would not be part of the Yellowstone season 5 cast after the first half of the season. While it was expected that John would die, it wasn't clear how that would happen or how it would spark a war between Beth and Jamie.

"Desire Is All You Need" sandwiched flashbacks of the past six weeks in between the gruesome discovery of John's death and Beth's declaration that she knew Jamie was responsible and would make him pay. The flashbacks that comprised most of the episode depicted the characters' old way of life, suggesting that things will...