Yellowstone: Season 4

After being shot on a remote highway, John leaves a message in the dirt that the shooters are in a blue van, and is still breathing when Rip arrives. Kayce fights back against his attackers and starts a police chase of the blue van, intercepting it and killing all the shooters during a violent firefight. John is rushed to a hospital by helicopter and is barely stable while in intensive care. Beth survives the bombing of her office building and she confronts Jamie about his apparent complicity in

John is eventually released from the hospital though still shaken by the health consequences of his multiple gunshot wounds. Kayce also recovers from the wounds he suffered during the firefight. While at the hospital seeing to her father's release, Beth takes interest in a 14-year old boy who witnesses the death of his heroin addicted father and brings him home to see Rip, who is initially reluctant to have him around but eventually takes him under his wing. Meanwhile, Jamie buys land with the h

John and Kayce continue to hunt down the members of the multiple hit squads contracted to kill their family. The results are effective and bloody. Some of the captured perpetrators are bound, tortured, and interrogated about the hit squads. As the Duttons make progress in finding all the culprits, John deals with one of them in a one-on-one, midnight shoot-out with handguns, during which he successfully dispenses with his enemy.

John takes Kayce to his favorite place at the ranch and tells him that he must test Jamie's loyalty to the family. He hands Kayce the file given to him by Mo and Rainwater. It identifies the apparent leader of the multiple hit-squads hired to kill his family—an imprisoned felon named Riggins. John instructs Kayce to take the file to Jamie and ask him to open the prison file on Riggins for more information; if Jamie balks or delays in any way, John will assume that Jamie is selling out the family

John discovers that Beth has slept over at the house without telling anyone. She tells John that she is planning to leverage the offer from Market Equities and Schwartz & Meyer against both of them in an attempt to protect the ranch. At the Livestock Commission, Kayce is surprised by a random protest from an animal rights group against what they see as neglect by local ranchers. As they are arrested, John's attention is caught by the head protester, Summer; he bails her out and offers her a tour

John's invitation to Summer to tour the ranch after the animal-rights protest turns into an overnight stay. Beth gets upset when she discovers that her father spent the night with a new love interest. Jamie confronts Garrett about the assassination attempt against John by holding a loaded handgun in his face. Garrett tells Jamie to shoot if he completely believes that John did not act in his own interest, over-and-above Jamie's, when it came to protecting John's ranch. He embraces Jamie and the

Kayce is still searching for the horses reported as stolen that are still missing. Jamie continues bonding with his newfound son, his returned ex-girlfriend Christina, and his father Garrett. Garrett asks Christina if she'll help organize Jamie's bid for State Governor. Beth goes to her new office and discovers that the plans to renovate Yellowstone and its surrounding area are far more advanced than she ever suspected. John's sometimes love-interest, Governor Lynelle Perry, comes to visit him a

Jamie is distraught at the news that the Governor has endorsed John to run for office instead of him as was promised. Garrett and Christina counsel him to spurn the endorsement, and that John's old-fashioned message will not help him with voters, which boosts Jamie's confidence. Beth's work at Market Equities puts her in charge of dealing with a large group of protesters at the building site for the new airport. John and Rip are heading for a meeting with the sheriff to discuss the convict in pr

Jamie is dismayed about John's campaign for Governor, but Christina tells him John's old-fashioned message has no lasting campaign value. Jamie tells her Garrett did hard time for murdering his own wife, Jamie's mother; Christina advises him to distance himself from Garrett for the sake of his campaign. Kayce tells Rainwater and Mo that he wishes to take the warrior initiation rites of Monica's tribe, and they agree to arrange it. John gets a call from Summer that she is in jail for the airport

Rip convinces Beth to fully apologize to John, which he accepts. John clears all of Jimmy's debt, allowing him to move to Texas. At Market Equities, Beth is confronted by the board chairman who fires her and threatens to bring a major lawsuit against the ranch. Later, Beth kidnaps a Catholic priest to perform the marriage ceremony with Rip. John tries to get Summer free, but the judge decides to sentence her. Kayce's tribal initiation rites lead to nightmares and unpleasant flashbacks, causing h