![]() Before he can succumb to his cancer though, he has to make sure his children have his business in order, and that's no easy task. Oh, and John has a secret cancer diagnosis that he's kept to himself. To make matters worse, while John leads the charge against Broken Rock, he's also tasked with keeping an eye on Dan, a land developer on a mission to purchase Yellowstone Ranch for development purposes. The rest of Season One follows the slow downward spiral of the Dutton family. The ongoing battle quickly comes to a head in Episode One as John's son Lee is murdered by a Broken Rock resident after some cattle escaped. In their minds, they believe they still can claim rights to a good portion of the Dutton family's land and the livestock that lives on it. Yellowstone Ranch is going toe-to-toe with the Broken Rock reservation, who believe that the boundaries put in place by the Dutton family are simply manmade. The cast is rounded out by Thomas Rainwater, the new chief of the local Broken Rock Reservation, and Dan Jenkins, a developer who wants to start new projects on the Dutton's land. Lee (David Annabelle) is just a cool cowboy brother who wants to continue his father's legacy, but he gets killed by Monica's brother at the end of episode one, so there's that. But that changes quickly as Kayce moves into the role of henchman for his father. Kayce (Luke Grimes) is initially the most distant Dutton, living with his Native American wife, Monica, and son on a reservation. Beth (Kelly Reilly) is the Dutton sister-a smart financier driven almost entirely by manipulation, rage, and pills. He is loyal to his family, but he becomes further and further estranged when he disagrees with his family's direction for the future of Yellowstone. Jamie (Wes Bentley) is a lawyer who is the resident city slicker. As John says, in what becomes a heavy-handed norm, "Last long enough for your children to continue the cycle and maybe, just maybe, the land is still there when a tree sprouts from you." This is ultimately the story of the Duttons. Yet as heavy-handed as that sounds, that only covers the people of Broken Rock. Other times, they explore the complications of fracking on their community. Sometimes, the natives of Broken Rock are seen beating on drums and sporting headdresses while wearing suits. ![]() The Duttons, are consistently at odds with land developers who want to break up their land, and a native community in Montana called the Broken Rock Reservation (which the show problematically only refers to as "The Indians"). They own and operate Yellowstone Ranch, which is the largest continual ranch in the U.S. ![]() Yellowstone, developed by Taylor Sheridan (who wrote the critically acclaimed Sicario and Hell or High Water), follows the Dutton family, who are the descendants of early 19th century Montana settlers. Taylor Sheridan Is This Century's John Ford.
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