The Yellowstone Ranch is gone, the cowboys are scattered everywhere, and Beth and Jamie fought to the death.

There were some strong moments on Yellowstone Season 5 Episode 14, almost as if the ghosts of how brilliant this series used to be were rising up to remind us of what we lost a while ago.

Everything wrapped up as well as could be expected, yet “Life Is A Promise” couldn’t outrun the mistakes of the past five episodes for long enough to be as powerful as it should have been.

(Paramount/Screenshot) The Yellowstone’s Fate Ended A Series-Long Conflict, But The Cowboys Deserved More Respect In The Wrap-Up

I had predicted that Kayce would sell the ranch to the Indigenous people, although I had envisioned something more along the lines of Kayce giving it to them for free and then buying partial ownership back cheaply.

He said that giving the...