Top 10 Yellowstone Moments That Shocked Everyone

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These "Yellowstone" moments had us doing a double take. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re looking at the most disturbing, impactful, and all-around bold scenes in the ever-unpredictable “Yellowstone.” This means some serious spoilers lie ahead.

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00:00 "I think you, Mr. Rainwater, and I should all sit down and clear the air."

00:06 Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're looking at the most disturbing, impactful,

00:11 and all-around bold scenes in the ever-unpredictable Yellowstone.

00:16 This means some serious spoilers lie ahead.

00:19 "It didn't even feel like my hands. It was like I was above watching it."

00:27 10. Beth vs. Summer John's activist-nemesis-turned-girlfriend

00:33 Summer Higgins has had particular trouble winning over Beth. John hopes they can bury

00:38 the hatchet over a family dinner. "So, Gator, what did you kill for dinner this evening?"

00:43 "Sorry, I didn't know you'd be joining us. I would have picked a different everything,

00:48 had I known." But when Summer repeatedly condemns the vegan-unfriendly menu,

00:52 Beth decides to face tensions a different way. The dinner party steps outside to watch both

00:58 women throw down in an insanely brutal fistfight. "It was a metaphor. Familiar position for you?"

01:08 Audiences figured it was only a matter of time before Beth handled this feud in typically gritty

01:13 fashion. Still, nobody expected the moment of catharsis to be one of the most purely violent

01:19 on the notoriously hardcore show. While this fight didn't completely settle the beef,

01:24 so to speak, the victorious Beth seems to respect Summer for putting up for her principles.

01:29 9. Monica Takes Action Monica Dutton is usually a passive,

01:36 even moral figure beside her in-laws' twisted frontier justice. But she can no longer wait

01:42 for police to deal with a string of sexual assaults and murders targeting Native American women.

01:48 She deliberately fakes car troubles on a remote road to lure an apparent Good Samaritan. He's

01:53 revealed to be the killer when the two get into a heated fight, ending with the hidden Moe shooting

01:59 the man with a sniper rifle. Monica's role in the execution marked one of the most dramatic

02:04 character shifts in Yellowstone. Even with so many innocent lives avenged, both Monica and fans are

02:10 haunted by her going full Dutton. 8. Tate's Abduction

02:15 The Becks made a fatal error in their ultimate effort to intimidate their business rivals.

02:21 It isn't long before the Duttons track down the neo-Nazi militia hired to kidnap Casey's son,

02:26 Tate. Raising stakes with child endangerment is a pretty standard trope, of course. While Tate's

02:36 thankfully unseen torture pushes the envelope, what makes the abduction so shocking is how it

02:41 ultimately plays out. Casey and company rescue Tate in a characteristically unheroic massacre.

02:48 Afterward, the child and his family must reckon with PTSD. It was a fittingly bleak way to mature

02:58 the innocent Tate into the Dutton family business. His abduction still epitomizes

03:03 Yellowstone's ability to escalate conventional drama with brutal realism.

03:08 7. Jamie Stops Sarah

03:12 Jamie's cutthroat skills are usually limited to legal battles. He seemed to find an unbeatable

03:17 foe in Sarah Wynn, a journalist who infiltrated Jamie's political campaign to uncover his family's

03:22 corruption. Even John recommends a lawsuit to suppress the disturbing expose. But with Jamie

03:28 being more concerned about his statement and the story, he strangles Sarah to death in a fit of

03:33 panic. Rip's ability to make it look like an accident saves the Duttons from trouble once

03:38 again. Still, Jamie was the last person expected to get blood on his hands. It's less surprising

03:57 that he did it for strictly selfish reasons. If anything, his remorse for defending the Dutton

04:02 name would further alienate him from this clan of killers. 6. Fight in Beth's Office

04:14 Beth Dutton is one of the toughest characters to break on TV. The Becks at least accomplish

04:20 that when they send masked henchmen to bust into her office after hours.

04:27 The intruders kill Beth's assistant before directing more sexual violence at Beth herself.

04:32 Just then, a concerned Rip rides in for one of the most grisly killing sprees Yellowstone has

04:38 ever delivered. The incident remarked a turning point in the show's brutality in Beth's

04:43 characterization. It took a long time for her to push down that trauma. Rip's rescue may affirm

04:49 his and Beth's relationship, but Western fans have never seen a damsel in distress scene

04:53 quite so distressing. 5. Patricide

05:00 Jamie wasn't seeking a relationship when he confronted his biological father about

05:05 killing his mother. He ultimately forms a genuine bond with Garrett Randall,

05:17 going along with the scheme to orchestrate Jamie's inheritance of Yellowstone Ranch.

05:22 Only after Beth uncovers his betrayal does her adopted brother beg forgiveness for his

05:27 own survival. The black sheep returns to the flock on one twisted condition.

05:37 While Garrett peacefully contemplates nature and fatherhood, Jamie shoots him in the back

05:50 of the head. One of Yellowstone's most darkly poetic deaths marks the ultimate low in Jamie's

05:55 cowardly efforts to protect himself. His identity and integrity completely lost,

06:01 he returns to the Duttons with a strictly transactional relationship and thoughts of revenge.

06:06 4. Debranded Once a ranch hand with the Yellowstone brand,

06:12 Wade Morrow became an enemy of John Duttons after he was fired for stealing. Their initially petty

06:18 feud becomes lethal when Morrow colludes with Rourke Morris to bring down the Duttons.

06:22 His attempt to kill two of John's hands sealed one of the show's most hard-to-watch fates.

06:28 Rip hangs Wade from a tree, but not before ordering Walker to carve the Yellowstone

06:33 brand from Wade's flesh. This scene wasn't just controversial for its graphic violence.

06:38 Rip righteously torturing someone to death became a symbol for the warped morality of the show's

06:43 anti-heroes. Their already disturbing brand also took a more sinister meaning.

06:49 3. Hit on the Duttons Yellowstone has delivered many

06:58 hair-raising cliffhangers. Nothing tops how season 3 goes out with a particularly sizable

07:04 roster of enemies. As Beth's assistant opens a package delivered to her office, it explodes.

07:10 Meanwhile, Casey engages a band of armed intruders and John is left for dead by a drive-by shooter.

07:20 It wouldn't be until the end of the season when we learn that the attack was ordered by an

07:25 associate of Garrett Randall's. Initially holding Rourke Morris responsible, Rip sicks a rattlesnake

07:30 on him while he's fishing. That episode closer was shocking enough. Still, it's hard to get over

07:39 the finale that drew the Duttons' fates into question.

07:42 2. Losing John Dutton IV One shock going into season 5 is that Casey

07:49 and Monica are in a good place with their second child on the way. That heartbreakingly changes by

07:54 the end of the season premiere. Monica goes into early labor while Casey is on the job and has to

08:00 drive herself to the hospital at night. She and passenger Tate narrowly survive the car's collision

08:05 with a wandering buffalo. The little one, who was to be named John, does not. This tragedy would

08:15 haunt the entire Dutton family. Some believe it even foreshadows the doom of John 3's legacy.

08:21 His grandson's brief life shows that even after 5 uncompromising seasons,

08:26 Yellowstone can still deliver devastating character drama.

08:29 3. The Assassination of Dan Jenkins The land developer's unlikely alliance

08:45 with the Duttons is cut short by Beck's hitman, breaking Lloyd's hand. Rip ends the petty Lloyd

08:54 Walker feud by putting his friend in his place. Dirk Herdstrom's death. Jimmy's debt to some drug

09:06 dealers viciously falls on his grandfather's head. Sheriff Haskell's death. A diner stick-up

09:19 gives the crooked lawman his honorable last stand. Governor Dutton. John announces a wild scheme to

09:31 preserve his land for good. Montana's highest office. Before we continue, be sure to subscribe

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09:54 your settings and switch on notifications. 1. Why Beth Hates Jamie

10:01 Yellowstone's third season was full of shocking character revelations.

10:05 Jamie's discovery that he was adopted is surely the most consequential. But it was a natural

10:10 dramatic progression after a flashback revealed the foundation of his and Beth's hostilities.

10:15 When a teenage Beth got pregnant by Rip, Jamie took her to a reservation to have the pregnancy

10:21 terminated without record. Beth didn't know that this Native American clinic still practiced

10:26 compulsory sterilization, but Jamie did. He permanently robbed Beth and Rip of a family

10:37 to protect the Dutton name. The couple were ultimately able to move past Beth's confession

10:42 and find a surrogate son in Carter. Still, in knowing the depth of Jamie's cruelty,

10:47 audiences understand Beth's crusade to rob him of a family. Which Yellowstone moments

10:56 caught you with your guard down? Write in the comments.

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