Kevin Costner Responds to Fan Backlash Over His ‘Yellowstone’ Character’s Fate

Though John’s decease was initially made to look similar a termination during the play five, portion 2 premiere, the Montana rancher really was killed courtesy of a radical of hitmen hired by Sarah Atwood (Dawn Olivieri)—the pistillate his lad Jamie Dutton (Wes Bentley) is presently seeing. 

As for however they staged the death, a flashback country showed John being grabbed by soldiers dressed successful black, who inject thing into his ft to termination him. When constabulary get to the governor’s mansion and find his body, however, the soldiers are gone.

While this is happening, John’s different 2 kids Beth (Kelly Reilly) and Kayce (Luke Grimes) person gut feelings that thing is incorrect and aboriginal are convinced that Jamie was progressive successful their father’s death.

And aft Kayce met with the aesculapian examiner, helium determined that John’s decease was not a termination but alternatively a homicide.

The aggravated twists near fans divided connected the net arsenic they tried to marque consciousness of 1 of the occidental drama’s last episodes.

“I truly privation these last six episodes of #Yellowstone to bring the bid to a worthy conclusion,” one X idiosyncratic wrote, “but aft 2 of them I'm officially acrophobic they've mislaid their way. Anyone else?”

Another spectator noted however disruptive they recovered the flashback scenes, adding, “Dear Yellowstone writers, each of this jumping astir betwixt characters and clip jumping has got maine beyond confused and not enjoying the show. Please stop.”

And 1 X idiosyncratic added that the assassination country near them scarred, writing, “This country made maine acrophobic to ever springiness idiosyncratic directions again. #YellowstoneTV #Yellowstone #driving.”

Costner antecedently shared his absorption to the quality that John Dutton had died, anterior to the uncover that it was a homicide alternatively of a suicide. 

"Fans person a dependable successful things and they take to travel stuff," he told E! News connected Nov. 17. "I suggested a portion backmost ways to bash it. I’m not gonna precisely accidental it now. Who americium I? They bash what they privation to do. That’s good with me."

Yellowstone airs Sundays astatine 8 p.m. ET connected Paramount and has 3 episodes remaining to adjacent retired its last season.