Spoiler Alert for Yellowstone season 5, episode 14, “Life Is A Promise”
Beth and Rip’sYellowstonestory continuing in their own spinoff could prove bad news for the couple. Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser’s Beth and Rip characters are a staple of theYellowstonecast, emerging as the leads of the neo-Western after Kevin Costner’sYellowstoneexit. Since day one, Beth and Rip have been with us, fighting alongside John Dutton as his most loyal stewards. After John Dutton’s death, just days before theYellowstoneseason 5 finale, a report prematurely confirmed that Beth and Rip’s story would continue, with Reilly and Hauser leading an offshoot of the flagship.
Theending ofYellowstoneseason 5allowed Beth and Rip to move on from protecting John Dutton’s legacy when Kayce sold the family’s heirloom ranch to the Broken Rock Tribe. With the Duttons fulfilling a forgotten promise, Kayce and Beth stepped away from their family’s seven-generation homestead and moved on, respectively. Kayce settled at East Camp with Tate and Monica near the reservation, and Beth and Rip also started a new beginning that included their adopted son, Carter. Now that the lovebirds' story will continue outside the flagship, there’s one thing we know for sure about what’s next for them.
Yellowstone Ended With Beth & Rip’s Happy Ending
Beth And Rip Settle Near Dillon, Montana
InYellowstoneseason 5, episode 14, Beth tells her husband that she bought a ranch in Dillon, Montana. Beth notes that the little house and big barn are why she chose the homestead, noting its irrigated hay meadows where Rip can earn a living managing about 600 pairs of cattle. The end of the episode shows Beth and Rip moving onto their new ranch satisfyingly, with Beth looking out across its thousands of acres into the mountains. If Beth and Rip’s story ended with theYellowstoneseason 5 finale, their lives would forever be frozen at that moment in time.
Dutton Ranch: Cast, Story & Everything We Know About The Yellowstone Spinoff
Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone universe is continuing to grow with the announcement of a spinoff that centers on Beth and Rip.
Therefore, ifYellowstoneended with that scene of Beth, Rip, and Carter, it would preserve the family’s happily hard-earned ever after. While Rip notes that the ranch, located 40 miles west of Dillon, won’t be very active, Beth notes that the property’s isolation aligns with her desire to live without tourists wandering in and out of her life. Lloyd notes that the area Beth chose for their homestead experiences brutal winters and bug-infested summers, but perhaps we could imagine that Beth will get an expensive fur coat and somehow outsmart the bugs like she’s outsmarted everyone else.
Their Yellowstone Spinoff Will Inevitably Introduce Conflict Between Beth & Rip
Every Yellowstone Story Needs Conflict
Beth and Rip’s story continuation will inevitably disrupt the family’s happy ending, considering they will need to experience some form of conflict to tell a compelling story. The continuation of the characters means that Beth and Rip will face new hardships, which will likely extend beyond the harsh winters and frustrating summers they endure. While the new Dutton-Wheeler ranch pales compared to the Yellowstone, which comprises hundreds of thousands of acres, Beth and Rip maintaining seven thousand acres of private land and twenty thousand acres of BLM land will come with corresponding hurdles.
Yellowstone Finale Rules Out 1 Interesting Story For Beth & Rip’s Spinoff
While Beth and Rip’s story could go any direction in the couple’s Yellowstone spinoff, Taylor Sheridan’s season 5 finale shut down one possibility.
In an interview with theHollywood Reporter,Yellowstoneexecutive producerChristina Voros confirmed that Beth and Rip’s story could be bad news for the couple, saying:
I think he has left the door wide open for any number of stories to come out of that romance, and because people are in love with them, I think an audience would be interested in seeing whatever story that would become. Because ultimately, when you have interesting, complicated characters, especially those with dark secrets, something interesting is going to happen. And I think what he has done with the way he ends the show, it could be the end of the fairytale or it could be the beginning of another tragedy. You just don’t know.
Voros' comments imply that Beth and Rip’s complex backgrounds may complicate the simplicity of their future, suggesting that happily ever after is a simplified notion for characters like Beth and Rip. Voros directly implied that Beth and Rip’sYellowstonestory could be the beginning of another Dutton tragedy. Her take on the couple’sYellowstonefateis thatYellowstonescreenwriterTaylor Sheridan set up Beth and Rip’s conclusion so that their story could go in either direction, equally inclined to evolve into a fairy tale as it is to end in disaster.
Can Beth & Rip’s Marriage Survive Their Yellowstone Spinoff
Beth And Rip Are In Uncharted Territory
There’s no doubt that the couple share a deep love for one another, but Voros' comments insinuateBeth and Rip’s spinoff story could test their marriage. It’s worth considering that Beth and Rip have always existed on the ranch with a common enemy, fighting for the fate of the Dutton legacy side-by-side. Without a common enemy to attack, one has to wonder where Beth and Rip will channel the chaotic energy that embroils their experience, especially since theYellowstoneseason 5 finale suggested the land in Dillon, Montana, wouldn’t be kind to the couple, adding stress to their situation.
It’s difficult to imagine an ending to Beth and Rip’s story in which the couple separates voluntarily, especially considering Sheridan’s history of penning indelible power couples for Yellowstone.
Voros noted"dark secrets"in her comments, which could hint at Beth keeping Rip in the dark about aborting their pregnancy when they were adolescents.Rip knows that Beth is infertile, but the couple has yet to process the trauma of why that happenedtogether. Still, while new experiences could drive a wedge between them, it’s difficult to imagine an ending to Beth and Rip’s story in which the couple separates voluntarily, especially considering Sheridan’s history of penning indelible power couples forYellowstone.That said, Voros' comments suggest tragedy could follow the couple regardless.
Yellowstone
Yellowstoneis a neo-Western drama series created by Taylor Sheridan and John Linson, centered on the Dutton family and their fight to protect the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch from various adversaries, including land developers and nearby reservations. Premiering in 2018 on Paramount Network, the show has been praised for its depiction of power struggles, family loyalty, and rural conflicts. It has expanded into a franchise with spin-offs such as1883and1923, and an upcoming sequel series is in development.
