Who would have thought the lives of cattle ranchers could make for such compelling television?

Since it began in 2018, Yellowstone has been a ratings smash, garnering 16 million viewers for Season 5a and becoming the most-watched program of 2022. Led by enigmatic patriarch John (Kevin Costner), the show follows the lives of the Dutton family. as they fight to keep control of their remote Montana ranch.

There’s been death, murder, betrayal and love, and there’s more to come. With season 5b is to be released soonhere are the details on who’s returning and who they’re playing with.

John and Evelyn Dutton’s only daughter, Beth, is intelligent, cold and very calculating. A former high-flying financial executive, she became the farm’s executor after helping John through his cancer treatment.