Director Christina Voros dives into the highly anticipated return of the hit Paramount Network series to reveal how they kept John Dutton's fate a secret (there were code words), how it propels everything forward and how the cast "shouldered the weight of [Costner's] absence in such a bold and beautiful way.

Major spoilers for everyone who hasn’t yet seen Yellowstone ’s Season 5B premiere, so be warned! Holy shit, y’all. We’ve been waiting nearly two years for Yellowstone ’s final Season 5 episodes, and I’m pretty sure every imaginable hypothesis has been considered concerning how the western would explain Kevin Costner ’s John Dutton either being absent or suddenly returning after all the behind-the-scenes issues.

Nearly two years after Yellowstone aired its midseason finale (recapped here), it returned Sunday with the second half of what was supposed to be its last season (but now probably isn’t). Since Kevin Costner has already ridden off into the sunset, how ...

This post contains spoilers for "Yellowstone" Season 5 Episode 9, "Desire Is All You Need." Thank you for your service, John Dutton. In the first episode of the second half of Season 5, it was revealed that the Dutton family patriarch,

Following a very public disagreement between the lead of the show, Kevin Costner, and creator, Taylor Sheridan, over how writing and production on the show was being handled, Costner chose to forgo returning to "Yellowstone,

Kevin Costner, who played patriarch John Dutton on the series, has been at odds with Sheridan. This had to do with the amount of time that the show was requiring of Costner, who was attempting to launch his own franchise with the "Horizon" films.

Yellowstone is set to air its highly-anticipated season 5B on Monday night, picking up where the heart-racing finale of part one left off.