To some, ranking the seasons of Yellowstone is on a par with choosing their favorite child, but when you consider what the Paramount+ show is really about – a Succession-style tussle over the future of the Dutton family’s Montana ranch – it becomes a rather fitting comparison.
After all, who is John’s favourite? (It’s Beth).
We now know that the Kevin Costner vehicle is about to gallop off into the sunset, in part on account of the very real-life drama behind the scenes between the show’s star and its creator Taylor Sheridan. That contractual back-and-forth, as well as production delays due to the strikes and a recent lawsuit, has made for a fairly fraught set.
With the final part of season five set to premiere at the end of this year, we’re bidding our time until the return of the show, with all the sparky personalities we’ve come to know.
From dinosaur remains to an explosion at a meth lab and the sweeping backdrop of Montana, Yellowstone never fails to balance high drama with absurdity.
But which season of the epic frontier tale – which has been widely recognized as America’s most popular ongoing show, spawning millions of spin-offs – stands above the others?
Welcome to our definitive ranking of every horseback montage and rodeo spectacular that’s kept Yellowstone chugging from year to year.
