Luke Grimes Teases Jaw-Dropping Ending for Yellowstone’s Final Chapter!

If the Season 5 finale of Yellowstone turns out to be the series’ finale — and that’s still a big “if” — it won’t just be fans of Taylor Sheridan’s Paramount Network smash who are hard hit, it will be the cast, too. Luke Grimes, who’s played Kayce Dutton since the beginning, didn’t even want to crack open the last script before he absolutely had to do so.

“I mean, it’s the end — the end-end,” he tells TVLine. “I had no idea how the show was going to [wrap up], and I wanted to save reading that episode for the very last second.”

At the moment, it’s looking a lot like Yellowstone’s send-off will also be Kayce’s adopted brother Jamie’s swan song. Kayce is determined to get to the bottom of their father’s murder, and sister Beth is already convinced that the rat she smells is the black sheep of the family.

Whether Kayce is called upon to serve Jamie his just deserts — Beth called dibs — it sounds like we are in for an emotional roller-coaster ride. When at last Grimes read the finale’s script, “I was a mess,” he says. “It’s beautiful. It’s profound. It’s heartbreaking.”

The actor is also confident that viewers will be satisfied by the way Yellowstone goes to the train station. “They won’t feel like they’ve wasted their time for the past six years.”

Cole Hauser Teases Surprising Twists After Kevin Costner’s Exit?

As Kevin Costner has hung up his boots and moved on, his decision has left many with bated breath, wondering what it means for the series’ final act. While some reports have confirmed the possibility of a sixth season (see Variety), Cole Hauser is keeping his cards close to his chest about Yellowstone’s future. He did, however, tease fans with the promise of unexpected outcomes (via Entertainment Tonight):

I think there are a lot of people—well, millions of people—who have an idea of how it’s going to be. I think some will be right and some will be very wrong.

So, what does that mean for the Duttons? John has always been the pillar of the ranch’s defense, fighting tooth and nail to protect the land at all costs. But with him gone, who will stand in the way of this shift?

Well, American history has a lot of violence, especially against Native Americans who were forced off their land by settlers. This history is also part of Yellowstone, where the Dutton family has owned the ranch for many years, land that originally belonged to Indigenous people.

Some fans on Reddit believe that after John Dutton’s death, returning the land to the Native Americans would be poetic justice. This would end generations of trauma and symbolize correcting past injustices. Ergo, as John Dutton’s reign comes to an end, the door is wide open for change—especially when it comes to Tate, who is both a seventh-generation Dutton and an Indigenous person (via his mother Monica Dutton).

Could Tate ultimately fulfill the idea that the land should be returned to its rightful owners? After all, if there is one thing that Taylor Sheridan’s show has taught us, it’s that the future of the Duttons is as much about survival as it is about change. And maybe, just maybe, it’s time for a new generation to chart a different course.