Before the season premiered, it was announced that Kathryn Kelly, who plays Jimmy's fiancée, Emily, had also been promoted to series regular and returned to the show alongside Jefferson White as Jimmy. So far, they've only appeared in the midseason finale and are happily living and working at the Four Sixes Ranch in Texas.

The story of the Dutton family, owners of the largest ranch in Montana, is now one of Paramount's biggest successes. On balance the author has allowed the audience to see in a most suburb way what 21st century ranching is like. However, Bentley also wanted to clarify that this doesn't mean he knows how many episodes or seasons it will take the show to reach this conclusion, so we hopefully have a long time yet before that happens. Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. I was a hard ass on him," he said. "It's tough love in season four, and I don't think much has changed, but there's a little bit of... Not kindness but a little bit more of... 'Okay, you're doing all the things that I expect you to do, and you're working your ass off, you're trying'.

Before the actors joined the industrial action, Luke Grimes confirmed the cast hadn't started filming any of the episodes yet. Four new characters have arrived on Yellowstone as well. Kai Caster plays a young cowboy named Rowdy. Lainey Wilson plays a musician, Abby. Lilli Kai plays Clara Brewer, Gov. Dutton's new assistant. And 1883's Dawn Olivieri joined the cast as Sarah Atwood, a Montana newcomer and "corporate shark" who has attached herself to Jamie. Or perhaps you enjoy the fact that, as the writer Emily St. James puts it, Yellowstone is a show about “how when you own a ranch, you have to kill many people.” Probably it’s just that when push comes to shove, you find the show appealing. I guess that’s why I’m still watching? It’s that plus I enjoy shows where people spend a lot of time arguing in the vicinity of cows. One of those places Sheridan wanted to tell that story was on the 6666 ranch, the real-life North Texas ranch that became part of Yellowstone's story and the property that Sheridan now owns. However, production on 6666 is now on hold, because Sheridan is looking to spend extra time on it given that he's personally witnessed its storied history. Yellowstone Season 5 Part 2 release date While the writers union reached a deal with the studios earlier this year and have now been able to return to work, Yellowstone filming is still postponed indefinitely until the actors and the AMPTP can come together.

Meanwhile, in an interview with Extra, Kevin Costner talked about how he identifies with the story in the new season.A prequel limited series, 1883, aired on Paramount+ late in 2021, and revealed the origin story of the Dutton family arriving in Montana. The series starred Isabel May as the brave and adventurous teenager Elsa, elder sister to John Dutton's great-grandfather, John Sr., and Tim McGraw as her father, James.

There's a lot of unfinished business to take care of before the flagship series signs off. Civil war has broken out among the Duttons, with Jamie ( Wes Bentley) and Beth ( Kelly Reilly) at each other's throats, John (Costner) at risk of being impeached, and a devastating illness spreading through Montana wildlife and endangering the Duttons' cattle. The Sheridan-produced limited series Lawmen: Bass Reeves, starring David Oyelowo as Bass Reeves, was originally expected to exist within the Yellowstone universe as a prequel to 1883, but will now function as its own standalone series. That doesn't mean the final season will be truncated, though. Yellowstone Season 5 Part 2 was supposed to be just six episodes, but that may no longer be the case. Sheridan told The Hollywood Reporter, "If I think it takes 10 episodes to wrap it up, [Paramount Network will] give me 10. It'll be as long as it needs to be." He told People: "We have not [started filming the second half of season five] because of the writers’ strike. I think we would be if it weren't for that. But that takes precedence over everything. They got to get that all sorted, and then we'll be getting after it." The Yellowstone Universe Explained: Every Show, How to Watch, Dutton Family Tree, and More Main cast membersCo-created by Taylor Sheridan and John Linson, the series has featured an all-star guest cast including Danny Huston, Gretchen Mol, Lost's Josh Holloway, Piper Perabo and singer Faith Hill in the first four seasons. Get ready for another season of romance, family drama, violence and betrayal as the Duttons gear up for the second half of Yellowstone season five . In February Deadline reported that the show could be ending in the near future, saying that the series would wrap up and be replaced by a new spin-off show starring Matthew McConaughey. Per the publication, the root of the issue was a disagreement with Yellowstone star Kevin Costner over the series's shooting schedule, however Costner's attorney Marty Singer denied the claims. I am confident our Yellowstone sequel will be another big hit, thanks to the brilliant creative mind of Taylor Sheridan and our incredible casts who bring these shows to life."