Just keep moving south and we'll hold them in the meadow and push them down into the river," he says in the flashback that opens the episode. Them old dries are gonna wanna double back on you. "We're gonna trot out to Mount Chisholm, set camp there, and drive them down to Lewis Creek. Yee-haw."Īt the start of the same episode, a younger John is shown delivering a near-identical speech, but to a much smaller crowd of cowboys. No way to get a camp up there, so it's empty stomachs and cold backs for a couple days. "If we're lucky, we'll get them all in one drive. "We'll ride up along Mount Chisholm and push them down to Lewis Creek, and hold them in the meadow overnight," John tells his team of cowboys before they set off into the night. Young John Dutton (Josh Lucas) and present-day John Dutton (Kevin Costner) in "Yellowstone" season five, episode five. If you were wondering what John makes of Beth, his only daughter, he adds to Rip afterward: "But that girl, that child, I envy." However, there is also a case to be made for John pitying Jamie, because he is not related by blood to the rest of the family, meaning that no matter what, he'll always be treated differently. Indeed, elsewhere in the episode, John tells Clara that he only has one son, making it obvious that John doesn't recognize Jamie as his at all. It's more likely, though, that he is referring to Jamie as the son he regrets, and that regret might be that he ever adopted Jamie and raised him as his own. At the same time, he might regret the way he treated Kayce in the past, and the wounds the two will never be able to heal. His pity could also come from the fact that Kayce, as a young boy, watched his mother die. John doesn't explain which child he is referring to in each instance but viewers can confidently ascertain that it's Lee, his eldest son, who died during the season one premiere who he misses.Īs for which son he pities, it's possible that he is referring to Kayce, given that he recently lost a child. This line also comes during John and Rip's chat the night before the cattle branding. Lee Dutton (Dave Annable), Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes), and Jamie Dutton (Wes Bentley). With this in mind, it seems likely that no one has asked Tate how he is feeling either. Tate's request to go fishing could indicate that he isn't coping all too well with the loss of his baby brother, and that he perhaps feels like he can't turn to his parents - who are, of course, grieving themselves - for consolation.Īs audiences saw elsewhere in the episode, Monica comes across Kayce crying on their porch and realizes that she "never bothered to ask" how he was feeling about the loss of their baby. It was how the two first bonded in season one and, in season three, viewers saw John take Tate fishing to help him deal with the trauma of his kidnapping. John (Kevin Costner) replies: "Not this trip, grandson," leaving Tate crestfallen.Īudiences will know that Tate has found comfort in his fishing trips with his grandfather over the last few years since moving to the ranch. When Kayce (Luke Grimes), Monica (Kelsey Asbille), and Tate (Brecken Merrill) arrive at the ranch for dinner the night before the spring branding, the youngster asks his grandfather: "Think we could sneak in some fishing?" John Dutton (Kevin Costner) and Tate Dutton (Brecken Merrill) in "Yellowstone" season three, episode four (top), and season five, episode five (bottom). Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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