re: Yellowstone season 4, season long thread.

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I thought they ran the barrel racers out of the bunkhouse. Man, hell with this show. Just completely makes no sense.

They let Teeter back in because of the brand. Now they let the whore come back....why....Dutton just said no screwing people in the bunkhouse.

My God, Sheridan. You're terrible.

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This did annoy me, the barrel racer, not Teeter. I was confused af last episode how Teeter got thrown out with the bath water even though she’s branded and actually works and defended the ranch. But hey, they didn’t get around to telling John because of the attack. The attack after which Beth said she had a lot to tell him. Still waiting on what that actually is.

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It focused on spinoff series at the expense of the main franchise.

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This is my main problem with the show. It's going to really piss me off if something imperative happens on Yellowstone and you have to watch Four 6s to understand what happened.

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John Deserves everything bad that comes his way from Jamie. Jamie did nothing but become who he wanted him to be, and right when it started to become his time to shine John shite all over him time and time again Kill him Jamie

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Jamie’s bio dad once said

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John Deserves everything bad that comes his way from Jamie. Jamie did nothing but become who he wanted him to be, and right when it started to become his time to shine John shite all over him time and time again

Kill him Jamie

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Preach. John and Beth looked like the villainest of villains in the press conference scene.

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John Deserves everything bad that comes his way from Jamie. Jamie did nothing but become who he wanted him to be, and right when it started to become his time to shine John shite all over him time and time again

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Yeah, frick that. Jamie had the chance to make it right by turning his dad over to the Duttons. Instead he folded like a bitch and gives his leaching dad a big hug. I felt sorry for the guy before but not after that scene.



And Lloyd…. He goes from hating walker’s guts to trading in a prized buckle to buy him a fancy guitar… cmon mannnn

Teeter deserved to stay. They hired her and at least she contributes to the ranch.

Laramie is just a belly warmer. WTF does she get paid for? No one hired her, she just showed up and somehow collects a check?

whatever happened to the cattlemen wanting Kayce for governor?

Kayce asked Jamie to look into the guy who they thought was behind the attacks. Jamie finds out info but, apparently never shares with Kayce and Kayce never asks?


I guess Lloyd finally realized how bad he fricked up. him picking walker up after the fight last week kind of showed where that story line was headed. Glad that whole thing is over.

Them showing Lloyd looking at guns was dumb. He already carried a gun. He pulled it on that biker guy and shot the guy in season 1 at the train station.

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Um that saved the ranch. The other choice was the governor making the ranch sell the land. Jamie figured out a way for ranch to keep the land and benefit

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I guess you missed the part where what he did was a financially bad decision. He literally gave the ranch away. Also he let the one thing that is going to drive every rancher out of the state in the door. So Market Capital will drive up the prices of property until no one can afford their taxes and be forced to sell. The Dutton’s will not have a ranch in 4 years, so how it is in your mind that he saved the ranch is odd. Also, you don’t seem to see the fact that Jamie is so desperate for approval that he just wiped the slate clean the man who murdered his mother? He did this without getting the other side of the story. His bio dad is clearly using him. I doubt his mother was a crack whore like she is being portrayed. Let’s say his bio dad is a liar and then he is associated with him now? How does that make Jamie look?

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If Jamie didn’t come up with the lease idea, the governor was forcing John to sell that land. So how did Jamie not save that land for the ranch?

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According to Caroline Warner, CEO Market Equities, when she a Beth were reviewing the way Jamie handled the situation from their perspective it was a giveaway. I get that some of these details are not always grasped. But the real truth is that Jamie leasing the land didn’t save the ranch at all. Your choices are sell or don’t sell. Jamie says, we lease it and still retain ownership. Jamie and his fans all cheer in support of such a brilliant 3rd option. Well here is the reality. You just gave away for nothing the most valuable portion of your ranch. You had a chance to sell for 500 million dollars. You lease instead for nothing. Market Equities comes in a drives the prices of land up to such an extent that you cannot afford to pay property taxes. You end up selling in the end for nothing because you already gave away the most valuable portion of your ranch.

A review I read had these interesting things to add:

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How Jamie has built a successful law career when he's so easily manipulated has never been explained. He's never entirely focused on what's right. Instead, he's focused on what will bring him the appreciation he wants so badly.

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And, honestly, as much as I have enjoyed Wes Bentley's performance as Jamie, it almost seems like taking out Jamie would be in Jamie's best interest. He's been pulled in so many directions and has no idea how to straighten up and fly right.

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Jamie is so spineless and easily manipulated that this writer concluded:

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Using him as Montana's punching bag is cruel. Saying goodbye so that Beth and John can focus on saving their heritage against more significant evils would be more exciting to watch.

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There is a Jimmy redemption story, but I would not hold out hope that there is a Jamie redemption story coming your way. There damn sure isn’t one with Jamie the victor standing over the slayed carcass of John Dutton.

https://www.tvfanatic.com/2021/12/yellowstone-season-4-episode-7-review-keep-the-wolves-close/amp/

If you are hoping that the Governor race is venue to see Jamie triumph over John, I wouldn’t put too much stock in that option.

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With all that Jamie has to hide and how ineffective he is at tempering his emotions, he'd never survive going toe-to-toe with John for governor. Garrett might push him to do it, but they're no match for Beth, John, and their many allies. Before it gets to that point, it seems likely that what Jamie uncovered and subsequently buried about Garrett's involvement with the attack will leave him gasping for air literally and figuratively.

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It’s been said above but Beth has become a complete cartoon character. Just a cliché.