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The theme depicted of the resentment to outside rich people using Montana as a playground is spot on. The current Montana governor is not even a Montanan. He could learn a lot from John Dutton's attitude. I have seen my home state changing in a way that most Montanans are not happy about, just like the show.

Taylor does a pretty good job of getting things right but there are some that drive me crazy. Nobody in Montana pronounces coyote KY-Ote-E. It's pronounced KY-Ote. Yes, I know the original is more accurate but that's still not the way Montanan's say it.

I always laugh when they are hopping around from town to town that they mention. Montana is the fourth largest state in the union. You don't just hop in the car and leave the Paradise Valley and drive to Helena.

Another thing is, having been raised on a ranch, no rancher ever has pickups as pristinely clean as depicted on the show. A true working ranch has dirt and grit all over their trucks. It might seem small to some people but again, it's just one thing that is not a true depiction.

I know Beth is a heroine to some but I'm finding her meanness towards Jamie tiresome. She is nasty to literally everyone except her dad and Rip.

As someone else mentioned, another thing that drives me crazy is it is snowy and cold in November, which this month represents considering they just had an election. Believe me, it is not always blue skies and warm in Montana. As much money as they have for a budget, obviously, they could at least do some shooting in the winter to make it more realistic.

What is up with requiring so many characters to write a review? Now I'm forced to just ramble so I can meet the required character limit.

It's frustrating, believe me, but my wife and I really like this show. We took a chance on it about a year ago, and ended up bingeing four seasons pretty much straight. And now we start the fifth, after a healthy layoff. Why 'frustrating'? Because I can't even tell if it's any good.

This episode continues the story nicely, reintroducing us to the characters. But it is just more of the same. And annoyingly, that's no bad thing. I don't think I like any of the characters, the storylines are relatively bland. And yet, I still like it.

So, in short, it's bizarrely compelling. Bleak and wonderful. And I have no idea why. Enjoy.

Good first episode, but I expected more, just didn't know what.

After watching...bingeing, the first four seasons last year, I, along with rest of the Yellowstone community have been looking forward to this season, this first episode.

Everyone is back, and they have not lost any of their luster...thank you Taylor Sheridan. Beth and Jamie, their contentious hateful relationship, wow. I'm waiting for Jamie to go off the rails after being treated like he is by Beth. Then there's Kayce, he's endured so much trauma and he continues to do his job and play his character. Rip, I love how he plays the constant "got your back" guy. John Dutton, though everything that is bad about his family comes from him he is the man in Yellowstone.

We are looking forward to what is next....can't even imagine though.

Again, I was left wanting more in the first episode, I'll be patient though

TENSION!!!!!!!!

What on earth has happened to this show. It's become so bleak. All of the characters are incredibly unlikeable and the story is going nowhere. I hoped things would pick up after the disastrous season 4, but it seems to have picked up where it left off. The constant bullying of Jamie is just getting boring. Beth's character used to have some depth and intrigue, now she just seems to be full on dick. Really, really hoping that season 5 takes a turn for the better, but at the moment, I'm not not overly hopeful. The show desperately needs some new strong characters who can shake things up a bit. Fingers crossed.

Okay. This review is also based on how the story ended in the last season and the progression. I have loved this series from episode one.

The daughter is amazingly nasty. One son seems grounded and the other is a mess. It does not compute that a seemingly smart attorney makes such bad decisions. Lets remember he gave his sister permission to hate him. Where are they leading us with this? The power to walk away seems to be lost and I know I have said this so I am looking forward to other story lines emerging in this series and this season. I keep watching and hoping for more and better plots. I really love the depth of challenges presented to this family and I hope that remains the trend.

That's what bothers me the most. So unrealistic, every "conversation" she has with anyone and she talks backs she ALWAYS has the last word and 'wins' the partícular debate or dispute, even though there's sooooo many things one could reply to her last statements!!! It infuriates me because it's bad and unrealistic writing.

Particularly vs Jamie... I find myself screaming at the TV to Jamie, "say something back!!!!!" There's plenty on dirt on Beth to shut her up.

Aside from that, this series has seriously lost it's edge. The dialogues are now predictable. The plots are nonsensical and the stakes are so low now. No feeling of loss anymore.

They just had a gubernatorial election. That mean's it's November. In Montana in November there is snow. Nope! Not with this horrible writing. People are outside in short sleeved shirts. Even at the Canadian border there's no snow. Why can't the writers use basic facts? They get half of the ranching and wrangling aspect wrong. What group of grown men just sit around the bunkhouse playing cards and drinking beer... in EVERY episode? Can the ever relax without Rip coming in the bunkhouse to complain about something? If Rip EVER wrong? About anything? Is Beth ever civil, to ANYONE? Are we to believe this kind of lifestyle is actually a thing? Anywhere?

After nearly a year off, this is what they came up with??? Poor writing. Boring. Cliche. The writing is making the actors look bad. No one cares about Beth and Rip anymore. Nothing has changed with them or with Beth's relationship with Jamie. Still all the same. Just throw in a few different music scenes with cowboys wrangling cattle and think the audience will enjoy? The scene with the Canadian Mounties was just unnecessary. Was it an attempt at making a political statement? If so, wow, such a bold move!!!...not. It seemed amateur and the dialog was ridiculous. The episode had the feel of a bad high school play. I feel like the fool paying Paramount+ to watch this garbage. Subscription cancelled now.

This episode was not that good. Beth's love story really is not that interesting, I think it's safe to say we could care less. Her back story about her always being in the streets is not a surprise and it was a waste of my time to watch.

The jerk off rip said if you see a coyote or a wolf to shoot it. Btw this is the thinking of the dirty disgusting current Governor of Montana - get that rat out of office.

Honestly the episode was kind of a let down The ending was weak, we've seen a similar storyline with her being injured or hurt really bad.

I honestly was bored with this episode.

The series is starting to lose its excitement.

IMBD please stop with the 600 characters I'm not sure how many different ways I can verbalize just how bad this episode was.

I'm not sure if I watch this because good post pandemic tv is as sparse as during the pandemic or it's some sort of guilty pleasure. Like watching a really bad show to laugh

And here is why, I think this

The show unapologetically displays the Dutton family as the Sopranos. Low moral and unethical values towards everyone but the literal few members in the family (but not all family members). Murder is easily accepted and for trivial reasons. They brand human beings in this morbid sense of ownership/solidarity for the worker bees.

I have no idea hy so many people rave about Beth. She is a repulsive human being with zero humanity. Evil comes to mind. Sociopath comes to mind. I have not want d a show to kill off a character so bad since Geoffrey in GOT, but even that show had what this one does not...it had a give and take of power and struggle between people and groups.

The script in nearly every episode is a child's game of "I win". The plots are laughable as their is zero real character development in any character on the show. No lessons. No obstacles...the give and take. It's just an entry if new character...a Dutton has a tantrum and then they win. Zero real world accountability. They use situations like other gravity ti then and characters like tissue paper. Use them and then throw them away for no purpose than Dutton win. It has been a long time since I have seen a show close to as bad as this with so many aspects. I can B rated shiws know to let the main cast struggle for good portions of a season. To show lessons learned. To grow. To change.

And the toxic cowboy up mentality fixes all. Get shot with builders several times over...then just cowboy up and you can just rip out your IV and walk out the hospital, go ride a horse and good in a few days at full health. --or destroy your spine, but cowboy up after doctor says any impact will make you a quadriplegic and then you are suddenly fine. Although ti be honest about that character...he was the ONLY one I router for...and mainly to get away from Duttons...to a ranch's be people who aren't evil.

But route for all characters that have a chance to obliterate the Dutton family. This show has made me not trust Montana as a whole...even though I'm sure most people there are just hard working people. But this show is my only reference and has made me not want to ever go there. And that makes me sad, even though I realize this is a fake depiction. But real world people have swept social media applauding this family. Especially Beth. And that is what scares me.

In contrast, the spin off 1883 was incredible. Shocking that 2 singers did 1000% better than veteran actors in Yellowstone. Supposedly there is another spin off coming. I hope and pray it's like 1883 and not Yellowstone.

Sellouts, 7 commercial breaks, really? At 5 commercials per break at 2 1/2 minutes. 20 minutes of commercials for an hour long show. The show definitely deserves an 8 but how season 5 is forcing me to watch a show, exclusively on Paramount+, which I subscribe to, same with Hulu, Peacock, Netflix and so on. I pay this because I hate commercials. For a decade I would buy every movie and TV series because I wasn't going to spend $50 to take my wife to the movies or wait a few months and just buy it. I find that commercials are intrusive, inappropriate content for children. I don't understand why Paramount is not allowing subscribers to view season 5 through the Paramount+ app on my Apple TV, I have to search apple and still don't know where season 5 even came from, not from Paramount+, that's pretty obvious. So who would have done this?

Lukewarm at best. Starting to look like a network show where all storylines are tied up with a nice, neat bow, and situations get worked out by the next commercial break.

Also, getting kind of tired of the Beth/Jamie dynamic; tired of Beth destroying everyone she ever talks to - god forbid she have a decent conversation where she doesn't tear someone down and belittle them. I'm tired of Jamie being so weak; he has a lot to offer - looking for him to rise up, which knowing the show's dynamic, there will be a lot of silver tongue tough girl posturing by Beth followed with a beating by Rip. Finally, tired of the likes of John Dutton and Rip out smarting and being more clever than anyone else, even veteran law enforcement officers, attorney generals, senators, business men, etc. I'm under the impression their educations are limited and mostly based on life experience, which isn't to say you can't be smart or clever, but when John can shutdown a room full of seasoned politicians, seemingly knowing all the angles? Come on. And Rip always knowing what to do in every situation? It wouldn't hurt for him to get it wrong once in a while, or get knocked down and being able to exact revenge.