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If you haven\u2019t watched Yellowstone<\/em><\/a> \u2026 what are you doing, exactly? Love him or hate him, Taylor Sheridan has become a television powerhouse, executive producing nearly a dozen series in less than a decade since his flagship modern Western first premiered in 2018. The series exploded in popularity over its five-season run, becoming the<\/em> watercooler series to unpack weekly. Viewers would tune in eager to find out how John Dutton (Kevin Costner) would once again preserve and protect the Yellowstone Ranch against exploitative outside interests, and how the rest of the Dutton family \u2014 daughter Beth and sons Jamie and Kayce \u2014 was navigating the next crisis.<\/p>\n Everyone I\u2019ve met who watches Yellowstone<\/em> extracts something different from it, whether it\u2019s the sprawling Montana landscapes or the way it functions as a solid yet intense family drama. Maybe you most remember the explosive dinner table arguments that quickly became a staple of most Sheridan series, the hijinks between the tight-knit crew of cowboys on the ranch, or Beth (Kelly Reilly) going on one of her now iconic tirades before being brought back down to earth by Rip (Cole Hauser). There\u2019s something for everyone.<\/p>\n A post-Yellowstone<\/em> Sheridan television universe is more sprawling than you realize, between the myriad Dutton family spin-offs and prequels, to CIA agents and a petroleum landman. Here\u2019s a guide on where to even start \u2014 and how you can catch up ahead of Dutton Ranch<\/em><\/a>, the latest installment premiering May 15.<\/p>\n It\u2019s been nearly two years since Yellowstone<\/em> wrapped, and that was after a midseason, yearlong hiatus as the show tried to rearrange itself after not only the Hollywood strikes<\/a> but Costner\u2019s decision to leave the series before it concluded. In fact, he was so<\/em> over Yellowstone<\/em> that he reportedly refused to return<\/a>. Eventually, the series returned for its final batch of episodes, with John Dutton (Costner) seemingly having died by suicide \u2014 only for viewers to quickly find out it was a hit ordered by adopted son Jamie\u2019s (Wes Bentley) lover, Sarah Atwood (Dawn Olivieri), and staged as a suicide. When Beth (Kelly Reilly) gets wind of what actually happened to her father, she ends up stabbing Jamie to death as revenge in the explosive 90-minute series finale.<\/p>\nWait, what happens at the end of \u2018Yellowstone\u2019 again?<\/strong><\/h2>\n