Let’s face it: Yellowstone — at least the original show — is as good as over, and that’s alright because there are about 72 other Taylor Sheridan shows in process or on the way.
At some point, the final episodes of Sheridan’s flagship series will film and find their way out into the wild. However, it’s probably much more likely that we will see a few other Sheridan shows either debut or return first. Will 1923 be one of them? A second season is on tap, and between that and Tulsa King and Land Man it’s a good time to appreciate how A-listers are clamoring to appear in shows by Mr. “11 on the call sheet” from Sons Of Anarchy. Those were words from Sheridan’s memory, not anything that directly came from anyone on that Kurt Sutter production. Still, nobody could dispute that Deputy Hale has moved up in the world.
Let’s hop into action, too. 1883 came and went for a solitary season (despite an initial renewal), but 1944, 2024, and 6666 are still on the way. 1923 will return with Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren as Jacob and Cara Dutton respectively. What can we expect from their return to worrying about their beloved ranch? It’s amazing how the Yellowstone world can put so many different spins on that same question.
Plot
Sheridan has been upfront about how this season will be the last that we see of Cara and Jacob unless they appear somewhere else in flashback form. As a result, we can expect the lineage toward modern-day John Dutton III to become more clear. Last time around, the family tree grew more twisted and confusing when Elizabeth (Jack’s betrothed) took a shot to the abdomen. Expect those soap-opera teases and revelations to continue as the show will (hopefully) reveal the path that more precisely leads to John III.
Possibly figuring into that could be the arrival of Spencer Dutton, son to 1883 characters James and Margaret, at around the same time that we might see more followup on Zane’s family devastation. Outside of the direct family matters, Donald Whitfield will remain a chief antagonistic threat, who did not pick up Jacob and Cara’s tax bill with the most benevolent of intent. You know that Cara will not hesitate to pick up a shotgun again if Whitfield comes calling for that purpose, and viewers will be here for it.