Yellowstone: Season 1

Ranch owner John Dutton euthanizes an injured horse after a collision with a developer's truck, then has a legal case dismissed with the help of his middle son Jamie. Top ranchhand Rip hires an ex-con named Jimmy, and John sends them with dynamite to stop the developer's dam project by diverting a river. Meanwhile, Kayce, John's third son, lives on a Native American reservation with his wife Monica and family. When Dutton cattle wander onto Native American land, a confrontation ensues, resulting

Governor Lynelle Perry's autopsy report implicates Kayce in Robert's murder, so John tries to keep the evidence from going public. He convinces Federal agents to stay quiet but the county shares the results with the tribal police. Chief Thomas Rainwater sees an opportunity to remove the Duttons, and John cremates Lee's body to destroy evidence. Meanwhile, Kayce discovers dinosaur bones and decides to leave Montana for the Navy. Monica confronts him about Robert's murder, and then they discover a

In a childhood flashback, Beth and Kayce are horseback riding with their mother Evelyn. Beth is nervous, her horse rears up and causes Evelyn to be thrown by her own horse, critically injuring her. Kayce tries going for help, but Evelyn insists Beth go instead as the accident was Beth's fault. John finds Beth and, hours later, Evelyn's deceased body. Back in the present, Governor Lynelle spends the night with John on the anniversary of Evelyn's death, upsetting an already irritated Beth. On the

Thomas Rainwater and a work crew discover the graves and bones of the bodies buried by Kayce and Danny. A ranch worker is concerned that John should not be riding horses, and it is revealed that he has colon cancer and recently had surgery to have part of his colon removed. Kayce arrives at the ranch with Tate. Tate and John go to the river, where they gather wood to start a fire. Tate falls into the river, and John rescues him. Jimmy struggles with finding his footing in the ranch, and gets int

As Kayce feels the heat from the tribal police, Jamie works some legal magic. Rip recruits another ex-convict, Walker, as an extra cowboy for the ranch, and a beaten-down Jimmy begins to find some respect. John makes a play to keep Kayce and Monica close to home.

A new partnership between developer Dan Jenkins and Chief Rainwater threatens John and the Yellowstone ranch. Jamie ramps up his political campaign with the aid of a female organizer. Rip confronts Kayce about cleaning up his messes. Monica gets punched in the head while trying to break up a fight at her school.

John scares away a coachload of Chinese tourists trespassing on the ranch land. Rip stumbles upon a dangerous and dire situation with two hikers who fall to their death after fleeing a bear, and then shoots the bear in self-defense. A plan is set in motion designed to squeeze John Dutton and threaten his way of life. Monica has a slow recovery after brain surgery to relieve a hematoma in her brain. John feels sick after his checkup and ends up vomiting blood.

Episode starts with Rips backstory. Rip undergoes a sheriff's investigation into the deaths of the tourists and the bear killing. Beth enacts a strategy to undermine the developer Jenkins's finances and remove him from the board of his own company. Jamies unavailability to the family leads John to ask him to drop from the AG race. Monica decides to separate from Kaycee. Walker realises that he signed up for the wrong ranch

John discovers his true alliances. Rip searches to identify those plotting against the ranch and recruits the help of a female Native American wrangler, Avery, who joins the men living in the bunkhouse. Jamie's political career is threatened by John's cessation of all economic support, and in retaliation he agrees to a newspaper interview about his father. Beth takes on a new role, and Kayce moves into the ranch bunkhouse after Monica's decision to separate from him. Rip, Kaycee and Jimmy interr