“I can’t watch the Beth Jamie storyline drag out any longer”: Kevin Costner’s Exit Makes the Most Annoying Yellowstone Storyline Even Worse That Taylor Sheridan Needs to Solve in the Final Season

Kevin Costner’s exit adds to frustrations with the Beth-Jamie storyline; fans demand a satisfying end as Yellowstone’s final season unfolds.

Yellowstone just got rocked hard! Kevin Costner, our patriarch John Dutton, is moseying on out, but that’s not the only rumble in the ranch. As the show saddles up for its final season, fans are grumbling louder than a herd of cattle about the never-ending Beth-Jamie feud. With Costner’s exit, the show’s whole dynamic shifts, leaving viewers even more exasperated by this tiresome plot.

Kevin Costner

This epic saga’s final act hinges on resolving this eye-roll-inducing feud. Writer Taylor Sheridan needs to wrangle a satisfying conclusion or risk leaving fans feeling more frustrated than a wrangler with a broken lasso.

Yellowstone’s Biggest Headache: Beth vs. Jamie AND Kevin Costner’s Exit Drama
Kevin Costner in Yellowstone

Remember the whole fuss about Kevin Costner leaving Yellowstone? Well, it just got messier. Costner’s potential return for the show’s final season throws a wrench into things, especially for the already-tiresome Beth vs. Jamie storyline. “I can’t watch the Beth Jamie storyline drag out any longer,” said one fan on social media. With Costner leaving, the whole Beth-blaming-Jamie stuff has gotten beyond annoying at this point.

Here’s the lowdown: Costner’s initial exit (reportedly due to clashes with creator Taylor Sheridan) forced a rewrite of the ending. Without John Dutton, the focus shifted to the stellar ensemble cast and other interesting plot developments took place (except… well, yeah). Fans were invested, the show was chugging along, and then whispers of Costner’s return started swirling.

Now, everyone’s scrambling. Sheridan reportedly wrote the finale with John Dutton MIA—but Costner, a huge draw for the show, wants a proper send-off. Let’s face it, John Dutton’s tangled web of plots demands resolution. Will they kill him off-screen (cancer relapse? revenge?) or worse, Beth vs. Jamie blame game. “It’s your fault Dad’s dead!” “No, it’s YOUR fault!” Ugh.

Wes Bentley and Kelly Reillly in Yellowstone

The whole sibling rivalry angle has anyway been torture for fans, but Kevin Costner’s leaving the show is much worse. Fans deserve a fresh plot and, of course, John Dutton’s return. While Costner’s leaving did give other characters (Beth, Rip, and Kayce) the spotlight, it was altogether a bummer.

Let’s hope Sheridan sticks to his guns and delivers a finale that focuses on the characters we’ve grown to love, Beth’s vendetta-meter be damned. Because honestly, at this point, a ranch overrun by rabid squirrels would be more entertaining than another round of Beth vs. Jamie.

Kevin Costner’s Yellowstone character is officially out, and fans cannot take it!
Kevin Costner as John Dutton in Yellowstone

Yellowstone just dropped a cliffhanger steeper than Dutton Ranch’s driveway—Kevin Costner, our grizzled ranch leader John Dutton, is officially out. Fans are already spooked, with whispers of a violent exit for John swirling online. Looks like fans might hightail it out of Yellowstone if the show gets stuck in a familiar rut.

Yellowstone’s writers are under a lot of pressure to come up with a good story for John Dutton now that Costner has left. Will viewers stay interested in the Dutton story or look for something else to watch? It’s about to get hotter in this land war, so stay tuned!

Watch Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone on Peacock.