As November rolls in, Yellowstone fans are holding their breath, counting down the days to the fifth and final season of this acclaimed TV show on Paramount Network. With Kevin Costner’s exit from the series confirmed, all eyes are now glued to Kelly Reilly’s dynamo of a character, Beth Dutton, whose emotional wreckage makes her as unpredictable as a tornado in a trailer park.
The million-dollar question—will Beth take a plunge so dark that it leaves even her most ardent skeptics gobsmacked? As Reilly hints at a twisted, explosive path ahead for Beth, speculation runs rampant, with fans convinced she’s on the brink of doing something so horrific it might forever tarnish her already tarnished reputation.
Case in point: Remember that jaw-dropping moment in Season 5, Part 1, when Beth discovered Jamie had a son? Why didn’t she immediately take that dirty laundry to John?
Could Kelly Reilly’s Beth Commit the Ultimate Betrayal in Yellowstone’s Final Season?
When it comes to emotional wreckage, Kelly Reilly’s Beth Dutton is like a tornado in a teacup—intense, unpredictable, and ready to scatter everything in her path.
Fans are biting their nails, convinced that Beth is about to pull a stunt so shocking it’ll make her truly unredeemable. Take this example: a fan recently had a ‘eureka’ moment while rewatching Season 5 Part 1 and wondered:
It seems like Beth’s emotional turbulence might be leading her to play a dangerous game. Another fan theorized that Beth might be itching to do something truly dastardly to Jamie’s son.
Meanwhile, one fan took it a step further and suggested that while John might be all smiles if he knew about Jamie’s baby, Beth could turn things upside down by snatching the child and raising him in her toxic world, where she might just return the favor with a deadly dose of her own medicine, proving that for her, revenge is a dish best served with a side of tragedy. After all, Jamie ‘murdered’ her chance at motherhood.
Meanwhile, one fan pointed out Beth’s darker side, noting:
The roots of the Beth-Jamie rivalry run deep, stemming from when Jamie had Beth sterilized as a teenager. After Rip got Beth pregnant, she was desperate to abort the baby without revealing the truth to her father.
Don’t Miss Kelly Reilly’s Update on Yellowstone’s Finale
Kelly Reilly, the powerhouse behind Beth, has lately given a few tantalizing crumbs about her character’s turbulent journey in the latter part of the season (TVLine). However, she’s kept the juicy details tightly under wraps, leaving us all hanging like a cowboy on a bucking bronco, especially since Kevin Costner’s exit has thrown a wrench into the storyline.
I mean, I know the ending of the show, which I’ve known for six years. We all knew what the ending would be. We’re going to film that this summer.
However, despite being in the know about the final curtain call, Reilly is still left guessing about the nitty-gritty of Beth’s grand finale. When asked what she hopes for her character, she mused, “Peace, I think.”
Now, considering Beth’s track record of being a whirlwind of intensity and havoc, the notion of her finding peace might seem as likely as finding a needle in a haystack.
Reilly is the first to admit that peace might be a tough nut for Beth to crack.
As possible as it is for any of us. Peace requires some digging and some surrender and letting go of old pains and hurts.
As Yellowstone’s final episodes loom on the horizon, the question on everyone’s lips is whether Beth might finally catch a break and experience some personal happiness. Reilly remained cautiously optimistic, though she acknowledged:
I certainly believe that she can find that. Whether or not that’s possible, I don’t know. She’s such a warrior, isn’t she? Her reason to be is to protect. Her reason to be is to fight. But I’d like to see that for her.
Ergo, with Beth Dutton at the wheel, expect the unexpected because this emotional hurricane is far from finished—and she’s got a few more twists up her sleeve.