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‘Yellowstone’ Final Season: Stars Spill Series Finale Secrets & Address Spin-off Rumors (Exclusive)
Yellowstone fans yet person their answer, and they're not blessed astir it.
The destiny of John Dutton III, the quality played by Kevin Costner was revealed erstwhile the show's last tally of episodes premiered Nov. 11.
While viewers knew that Costner—who led the deed Paramount+ bid for 4 and a fractional seasons and exited the amusement halfway done play five—would nary longer look connected Yellowstone, it was unclear however the bid would grip his absence.
And the amusement didn't discarded immoderate clip uncovering John's destiny during its archetypal caller occurrence successful 2 years.
At the apical of the episode, Costner's quality is recovered dormant of a gunshot wound. John's children find his body, and it's initially believed that helium died by suicide. By the extremity of the episode, though, it's revealed that Sarah Atwood (played by Dawn Olivieri)—the woman of John's estranged lad Jamie (played by Wes Bentley)—orchestrated a execution crippled against him and hired idiosyncratic to termination him.
Yellowstone enforcement producer Christina Voros praised creator Taylor Sheridan for however helium handled the hard decision.
"I deliberation Taylor’s determination to statesman this mode was incredibly brave,” she told The Hollywood Reporter successful an interrogation published Nov. 10. "I deliberation it is testament to his religion successful the characters and the actors who embody them to go, ‘Let’s not marque this astir the incident. Let’s marque this astir however these quality beings beryllium successful the aftermath.’ That was much absorbing to [Taylor] than the incidental itself."
John's destiny was kept apical concealed until the occurrence premiered, and Voros gave penetration into however the formed and unit were capable to debar immoderate leaks.
"We didn’t speech astir it arsenic a death," she explained. "Any clip determination is simply a decease oregon immoderate benignant of event, we called it an ‘arrival.’ And we gave John’s quality a pseudonym. We called him ‘Crosby.’ We were calling the opening scene, ‘Beth discovers that Crosby has arrived.’"
"It was connected telephone sheets and the unit were like, ‘Who is Crosby? And, where’s helium coming from?’" Voros continued. "I did immoderate random research: [John Schuyler] Crosby was the past politician of Montana earlier Montana was turned into a state, successful the 1880s. It was a precise random, obscure, esoteric reference."
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While Sheridan's partners praised his originative call, Yellowstone viewers were not pleased with however Costner's exit from the amusement was handled creatively.
"John Dutton deserved to spell retired similar a gladiator, not a victim," 1 idiosyncratic tweeted. "Completely undoes the series. I’m not a instrumentality astatine each however #Yellowstone handled Costner’s departure."
Someone other wrote, "Truly bittersweet that John Dutton would beryllium killed disconnected of #YellowstoneTV by suicide. Kevin Costner IS #Yellowstone. Shame connected you Taylor Sheridan. Boooooooo!!! He deserved better. And helium should’ve been connected this season. America tin ballot you retired too!"
A 3rd idiosyncratic said, "If THAT'S however they determine to extremity a large quality similar John Dutton... THAT'S BULLS--T."
Added another, "The mode to extremity his quality was conscionable dumbfounded and lazy. Could’ve been a amended mode oregon helium conscionable could’ve rode disconnected into the sunset."
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Going into the series' last six episodes, Yellowstone's formed knew that determination would beryllium precocious expectations from fans.
"It feels similar each twelvemonth there's been immoderate brainsick caller challenges, not dissimilar this year," Luke Grimes, who plays Kayce Dutton, exclusively told E! News up of the premiere. "There was a big, caller challenge, but, you know, situation accepted."
Costner's abrupt exit from Yellowstone isn't the lone shocking TV exit. Keep speechmaking for much stars to stepped distant from fashionable shows.
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Reneé Rapp, The Sex Lives of College Girls
Ahead of The Sex Lives of College Girls' 3rd season, Reneé Rapp announced she would beryllium leaving the Max series.
"College Girls moved maine retired to LA and introduced maine to immoderate of my favourite people," she wrote connected societal media July 10. "2 and a fractional years later—it's fixed maine y'all and this community."
The show's co-creator Mindy Kaling besides confirmed Rapp's exit. "We emotion @reneerapp truthful overmuch and of people volition beryllium truthful bittersweet to accidental goodbye to Leighton Murray!" Kaling wrote connected her Instagram Stories earlier referencing Rapp's thriving euphony career. "We can't hold to spot our person connected tour!!"
Paramount Network
Kevin Costner, Yellowstone
More than a twelvemonth aft the histrion was rumored to person unexpectedly walked distant from the deed Paramount play aft 4 and a fractional seasons, helium confirmed successful June 2024 that helium volition not return to decorativeness retired the series' 5th and last season.
ABC
Ellen Pompeo, Grey's Anatomy
After 19 years arsenic Meredith Grey, Ellen Pompeo scrubbed successful for the past clip arsenic a bid regular connected the ABC play successful the Feb. 23 episode.
"I gotta premix it up a small bit," Pompeo explained connected The Drew Barrymore Show successful December of past year, though she has already returned for a May impermanent quality and continues narrating the series. "I'm 53, my encephalon is similar scrambled eggs. I gotta bash thing new. You can't bash The New York Times crossword puzzle each azygous day."
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Henry Cavill, The Witcher
Batman vs. Superman prima Henry Cavill revealed helium would beryllium stepping distant from the Netflix phantasy drama aft its 3rd season—with the announcement that Liam Hemsworth volition presume the relation of Geralt for play four, and perchance beyond.
"My travel arsenic Geralt of Rivia has been filled with some monsters and adventures," Cavill wrote connected Instagram successful October of past year. "Alas, I volition beryllium laying down my medallion and my swords for Season 4."
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Jesse Lee Soffer, Chicago P.D.
Original castmember Jesse Lee Soffer turned successful his badge successful 2022, saying goodbye to his beloved character Detective Jay Halstead relation aft 10 seasons.
"To make this hr play week aft week has been a labour of emotion by everyone who touches the show," Soffer said successful a connection aft his last quality successful the NBC procedural's Oct. 5 episode. "I volition ever beryllium arrogant of my clip arsenic Det. Jay Halstead."
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Damian Lewis, Billions
After 5 seasons, Damian Lewis departed Showtime's Billions successful Oct. 2021.
Fox
Emily VanCamp, The Resident
In Aug. 2021, it was reported that Emily VanCamp hung up her stethoscope for bully arsenic she had exited Fox's The Resident.
The CW
Madeleine Mantock, Charmed
One of the Charmed ones is saying goodbye. Madeleine Mantock, who has played eldest sister Macy for 3 seasons, is exiting the CW's Charmed reboot up of play four. She said it was her "difficult decision" to permission and thanked producers for supporting her choice.
NBC
Megan Boone, The Blacklist
Turns retired Elizabeth Keen ne'er volition find retired the information astir Raymond Reddington's identity. Megan Boone chose to permission NBC's The Blacklist astatine the extremity of play eight, and of people her quality was killed disconnected earlier she had the accidental to work the missive that would person revealed everything. Boone marked the extremity of Liz's travel with an Instagram post in which she called the acquisition "a dream."
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Rege-Jean Page, Bridgerton
Season 2 of Bridgerton volition beryllium down 1 duke. Rege-Jean Page became the breakout prima of Netflix's monolithic deed drama, and past broke hearts each implicit the spot erstwhile it was announced that helium would not beryllium returning for the 2nd season. However, fans tin remainder a small easier knowing helium wouldn't person been the prima anyway, arsenic the 2nd play is shifting absorption (as the books do) to Anthony Bridgerton, played by Jonathan Bailey. Meanwhile, Page is starring successful high-profile Netflix movie The Grey Man with Chris Evans and Ryan Gosling, truthful we'll beryllium seeing him again soon nary substance what.
CW
Ruby Rose, Batwoman
Rose played the titular relation of Batwoman, aka Kate Kane, successful the CW drama. She made her debut successful 2018's Arrowverse crossover and past starred successful 1 play of the series—making past arsenic the archetypal lesbian superhero to header their ain show, arsenic Batwoman came retired of the closet successful a large TV moment—before announcing her exit conscionable 2 days aft the play 1 finale aired. The relation was eventually replaced with Javicia Leslie as Ryan Wilder, a caller quality acceptable to instrumentality power of the Batcave successful play two.
Later connected successful play two, Kate got a spot of a look swap and returned played by Wallis Day.
NBC
America Ferrera, Superstore
America Ferrera decided to exit Superstore astatine the extremity of play five, leaving Cloud 9 without a manager and the amusement without a lead. She ended up appearing successful the archetypal 2 episodes of play six owed to the pandemic, and past erstwhile play six was deemed the end, she returned for the bid finale to springiness Amy and Jonah (Ben Feldman) the blessed ending they deserved.
Syfy
Jason Ralph, The Magicians
In the play 4 finale of the Syfy series, Ralph's quality Quentin completed his quest to prevention Eliot (Hale Appleman), but sacrificed himself successful the process. While the amusement does diagnostic dormant characters—it's called The Magicians aft all—Ralph did not instrumentality for the 5th and last season.
CW
Emily Bett Rickards, Arrow
Ahead of the last season, Arrow's Rickards announced her exit successful a poem of sorts.
"Felicity and I
are a precise choky two
But aft 1 done seven
we volition beryllium saying goodbye to you," she wrote.
She did, however, instrumentality for a impermanent quality successful the show's bid finale.
AMC
Lauren Cohan, The Walking Dead
Cohan said see you aboriginal to The Walking Dead pursuing prolonged declaration negotiations. She appeared successful a fistful of play 9 episodes, but aft a six-year clip leap her quality Maggie Greene was obscurity to beryllium seen. Producers were hopeful she'd instrumentality successful immoderate capableness for play 10, and aft her short-lived ABC series Whiskey Cavalier was canceled, they got their wish. Cohan made her expansive instrumentality successful this season's 16th episode, which aired successful October 2020.
AMC
Danai Gurira, The Walking Dead
Hot connected the heels of Lauren Cohan and Andrew Lincoln bidding farewell to the zombie play came Gurira's exit. After joining the AMC bid successful play 3 arsenic the katana-wielding Michonne, she made her past quality successful a play 10 episode which aired successful March 2020.
CW
Nicollette Sheridan, Dynasty
A recurring subordinate successful play 1 and bid regular successful play two, Sheridan starred as the iconic quality Alexis Carrington. She announced plans to exit the CW reboot up of play 3 to walk clip with her ailing mother.
CBS
George Eads, MacGyver
Eads exited the CBS remake successful 2019, midway done play three. At the time, helium expressed his tendency to leave and walk much clip with his family.
Fox
Damon Wayans, Lethal Weapon
Fox's Lethal Weapon is nary alien to formed exit drama. Clayne Crawford was fired from the bid aft the 2nd play and his erstwhile TV spouse Wayans announced his plans to exit the deed play aft the 13-episode 3rd season. "I'm going to beryllium quitting the amusement successful December aft we decorativeness the archetypal 13, truthful I truly don't cognize what they're planning, but that's what I'm planning," he said. "I'm a 58-year-old diabetic and I'm moving 16-hour days… Murtaugh said, ‘too aged for this.'"
Producers didn't request to enactment connected a replacement plan, though. The amusement was canceled astatine the extremity of play three.
Showtime
Cameron Monaghan, Shameless
Ian Gallagher went to the slammer. When Monaghan near Shameless during its ninth season, his quality was locked up. In reality, Monaghan was acceptable to research caller projects aft 9 years connected the show. But, successful a existent TV twist, helium went up and signed connected to instrumentality for play 10 anyway. He'll beryllium contiguous and accounted for erstwhile the amusement returns for its 11th and last play successful December 2020.
Showtime
Emmy Rossum, Shameless
After 9 seasons arsenic Fiona Gallagher, Rossum announced plans to leave Shameless.
"Emmy Rossum volition everlastingly beryllium portion of the Shameless family," enforcement shaper John Wells said successful a statement. "She has been integral to the show's success, from her fantastic portrayal of Fiona to her enactment relation connected set, arsenic good arsenic directing aggregate episodes of the series. We are hard astatine enactment present creating a play 9 finale for Shameless which we anticipation volition supply a Gallagher-worthy sendoff for Fiona that honors the large enactment Emmy has done. It is ever bittersweet erstwhile an ensemble subordinate decides to determination retired of the proverbial house, but our doorway volition ever stay unfastened for Fiona to instrumentality location for a visit, oregon to determination backmost in. I look guardant to continuing the stories of this wildly unpredictable household and each of america connected Shameless volition miss Emmy and her fantastic Fiona."
NBC
Chelsea Peretti, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Peretti appeared successful Brooklyn Nine-Nine erstwhile it made its NBC debut, but she didn't instrumentality astir for the full run. In a bid of tweets successful 2018, the histrion announced her plans to permission the comedy, but maintained she would beryllium back. She adjacent utilized Emmy Rossum's farewell missive to Shameless arsenic the ground of her own. Peretti welcomed a lad with hubby Jordan Peele successful 2017. Her quality was connected maternity permission and sat retired respective episodes successful play five.
AMC
Andrew Lincoln, The Walking Dead
Andrew Lincoln said goodbye to the blood, sweat and ungraded of the zombie apocalypse and left The Walking Dead during play nine. "These guys person been the champion surrogate household I could person hoped for. But I bash person a existent household and it is clip for maine to spell home," Lincoln said astatine San Diego Comic-Con. He is, however, owed to reprise the relation successful a movie trilogy sometime successful the future.
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Pauley Perrette, NCIS
After 15 years, Pauley Perrette hung up her laboratory overgarment and near NCIS in 2018. "I judge successful God and the beingness truthful firmly, and it conscionable abruptly became blindingly evident that present was the time," she said. "After a batch of thought, I decided to denote it myself connected Twitter due to the fact that I didn't privation it to beryllium turned into thing 'shocking. Abby leaving is much than a inexpensive TV ploy."
CW
Willa Holland, Arrow
Original formed member Holland's exit from The CW's Arrow had been successful the works for a while, brag Marc Guggenheim told TVLine. She asked to person her occurrence number reduced and past to beryllium written retired successful play six. Her departure conscionable happened to coincide with the instrumentality of Thea's boyfriend, Roy (Colton Haynes), and truthful they headed disconnected into the sunset unneurotic to destruct the unsafe Lazarus Pits that her precocious begetter had discovered.
CBS
Grace Park, Hawaii Five-0
Park, who changeable to fame connected Battlestar Galactica, near Hawaii Five-0 up of its eighth season. She and costar Daniel Dae Kim left aft negotiations to scope wage parity with their co-stars failed.
CBS
Daniel Dae Kim, Hawaii Five-0
Kim and his costar Grace Park near the CBS play successful betwixt seasons 7 and eight. In a Facebook post, Kim said the prime to permission was difficult, and that helium made himself disposable to travel back, but "CBS and I weren't capable to hold to presumption connected a caller contract."
NBC
Sophia Bush, Chicago PD
Season 4 of the NBC play ended with Bush's quality entertaining a occupation connection successful New York with the FBI, taking her retired of the titular Windy City. In December 2018, the histrion explained that she discontinue the bid aft "a accordant onslaught barrage of abusive behavior."
HBO
T.J. Miller, Silicon Valley
After 4 seasons connected the HBO comedy, Miller departed, calling it an "organic ending." He told Entertainment Weekly, "Also, successful a weird way, it's absorbing to maine to permission a amusement astatine its height. It's absorbing to maine to spot however the amusement volition turn and alteration with the exit of this character."
CBS
Erinn Hayes, Kevin Can Wait
After conscionable 1 play connected the CBS comedy, determination was rather a shakeup afoot. Hayes, who played woman to Kevin James, near arsenic portion of a originative shakeup. However, from the sounds of her tweet, it wasn't a communal decision. "True, I've been fto spell from the show. Very sad, I had a large acquisition play 1," Hayes said connected Twitter. "Thank you for each the enactment from our fantastic fans."
Kevin past moved on, successful a way, with erstwhile King of Queens costar Leah Remini. CBS past moved connected and canceled the amusement altogether.
