46/23
Smith, who plays Lloyd, is a seasoned rodeo expert
Synopsis
A ranching family in Montana fights against encroachments on their land. Forrie J. John Dutton (Kevin Costner) often seems to “forget” his Montana accent and goes back to his normal Southern California voice. Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Summer TV Shows You Missed (2018).
This series has been running since 2018, but this is the first time I’ve watched it
Last night I finished watching the first episode of the first season, which lasts just under 90 minutes. The Dutton family is introduced: They have a lot of influence in their valley, but are fighting back against “attacks.” One comes from developers who want to build condos. Another comes from the neighboring Indian reservation and wants to get some of their land and some cattle back. To deal with all of this and the massive size of his ranch, Dutton (authentically played by the 60-something Kevin Costner) has several grown cowboy sons and a helicopter with a dedicated pilot.
They must have stopped when they reached Montana
I watched the first episode of the first season (on Peacock streaming) to get a feel for the Dutton family, as I’m currently binge-watching the ten episodes of the newer Taylor Sheridan show “1883,” which is something of a prequel. It was (fictionally) in 1883 when the Dutton family from Tennessee joined a larger group to travel “somewhere west” in a covered wagon from Fort Worth, Texas. Again, this is all fiction, but if we consider the ages of the men and the fact that Costner was born in 1955, his character in “1883” would likely be the great-great-grandson of the Dutton patriarch (played by Tim McGraw). E.g.
with sons born around 1875, 1900, 1925 and in the 1950s
Yellowstone is a really good show, the actors are all first class, the cinematography and sound are excellent. It’s just not the kind of show that I could keep hooked and watch over and over again. It’s hard to find characters with good qualities and I can’t really enjoy shows that are constantly about arguing and fighting and often killing. Now in my 70s I prefer to spend my time watching ‘enjoyable’ stories.