Just read the first 3 pages of this thread. I figured I wouldn’t get any significant spoilers. It was safe.

Anyway, you people are weird. Yes it’s a Godfather reboot. I think of it as Sons Of Anarchy on horseback. I am loving it. The scenery is beautiful.

Laughed my ass off tonight when

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Monica and Kayce told Tate she was pregnant, and he goes “gross, I knew you guys weren’t taking naps” … oh man I can see the day here in the Bammer household. Thinking now about how we sneak away to bang.

You can read the whole thread. Bada and I have spoiler tagged all the 1883 stuff.

And what are you talking about weird? We said it was a Godfather deal.

Kevin Costner plays a convincing morally questionable patriarch. I didn't think he had it in him.

Ryan Bingham's character is a little bitch though. He should stick to singing.

I don't know if I'd call it great. I just want to talk with someone about it but no one on RM seems to want to give it a try!

Fine.

Last week I was at a work conference in a posh resort in the middle of the otherwise rugged Texas Hill Country and all I could think about was how terrible it was that I was enjoying the amenities brought to me by a development group who didn't fully understand the otherwise rugged land, just like how Paradise Valley "improved" areas adjacent to the Dutton Ranch. As I went for a trail run across cacti and limestone laden landscape, I marveled that my cell signal never got below four bars. I thought about how if I fell and seriously injured myself on a rock, I could probably get myself to a hospital within 45 minutes. I thought about this conversation between Beth and Rip; “People have been saying that for a hundred years, Beth. I mean, they thought that barbed wire was going to ruin the frontier. There it is. The frontier is all around us.” "Rip, I hate to break it to you, but that's not the frontier." "Well, you can call it what you want Beth, but that's what it is." I thought about how, as city folk, nothing we will ever touch or see out in "the wild" is really how it once was. Not to the tourists, the developers, the frontiersmen, or even the indigenous people who got there "first."

Nice post. While I’ve given Yellowstone a shot, I can’t help but watch it through this lens. Knowing that Trumpers are watching and sympathizing with Costner’s character throws off the enjoyment factor for me.

The ending to season 3 and Ep1 of season 4 were probably the peak for me, in this show. Really intense few scenes. Glad I binged this after airing because the way season 3 ends... I really wouldn't have wanted to wait to know.

My friends hate this show and would think less of me if I watch it but I kind of want to watch it

Well fuck. We’re a little past halfway in season 2. On another board I frequent, one of the mods was telling everyone to keep the thread dedicated to the show spoiler free as people are coming into it at different times. in doing so he dropped a HUGE fucking spoiler that we’ve not gotten to yet. Goddammit

After finishing the second season last night, the answer is unequivocally Rip.

“You ever plow a field? To plant the quinoa or sorghum or whatever the heck it is you eat. You kill everything on the ground and under it. You kill every snake, every frog, every mouse, mole, vole, worm, quail, you kill them all. So, I guess the only real question is: how cute does an animal have to be before you care if it dies to feed you?”

Hell yeah bammer.

We are at a stupid stand still on episode 5 s4 currently. My wife is doing this thing she does where the show gets really good but she decides to take a break from it for an unpredictable amount of time. We could pick it back up tonight or a year from now. Same thing happened with Ozark.

I’m 5 eps in, will read thru this thread once I get caught up. Thoughts as I go thru the series, maybe already covered. Sorry if I’m Classic B’ing the thread.


What’s with John calling in a favor with the priest? After service the priest has a private conversation we don’t see with a young man I didn’t recognize. Who is that? Did he witness something? I missed something here for sure.

Slowly making our way through season 4. I am now slightly offended that my friends compared me to Lloyd. Not a good moment for him in episode S4 ep6.

I am realizing what makes this show sound so conservative to those on the left who are hesitant to dive in. Especially here in the later seasons, there's a constant emphasis that what the Duttons are fighting for is worth conserving. The show does this in visual ways, like making the Dutton Ranch look like the most idyllic place in Montana, but it also does it with showing you what's at stake if the ranch goes away. Progress would ruin this land first, then it would deteriorate the entire mythos of "cowboying", a way of life with a code that means something of deep commitment and importance to those in this show who live it. If you're unfamiliar with any of that, you might think "so what?", but spending any amount of time with these characters helps understand just a little bit better why this way of life is virtuous. Obviously the violence to preserve it is another story, but the virtue being preserved is, I think, on good display in this series.

S4minor plot point spoiler alert:

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There's that scene in S4, episode 6 where John is taking home an environmental activist after having a romantic rendezvous. He drives down the road, sees a calf on the other side of the fence, then pulls over and flags down Rip and crew who are working nearby to help him get the calf back in on the other side of the fence. His new lover is all "if there weren't fences, you wouldn't have to do that", but of course this is the modern and the fences are a practical way to keep a domesticated animal safe, and John really does have to do that. It's just the way this all works. He understands the land and the livestock in ways that an idealistic activist never will and he does what he needs to to preserve that. In every aspect of his life or his family dealings.

The world hates Dutton for the above because it's messy but necessary work. Like a lot of capitalism, the product of ranching is consumed/enjoyed by all, but the minute you peel back the layers and see the cost or the work involved, the men behind it are seen as uncaring villains without empathy for others. I can understand how it might be hard for someone who spends time thinking in the black/white dichotomy of our current political climate to see past the surface level in this show, but it's so rich for discussion if you dive into it.

You know who is a great character that absolutely no one talks about? Gator. My man is holding steady in that kitchen season after season, keeping to himself, making fantastic looking dinners for the Duttons and guests. Where does he live? How big is that kitchen? What does he do when he's not cooking? What's his story?